Entry level Pc

[lani100]

 

 

 

 

Everything I said was in relation to the above build. For the price tag of 583.74, or 600 respectively, you can get this.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£178.39 @ Ebuyer) 

Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£59.96 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£29.98 @ Dabs) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.70 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0 Video Card  (£133.99 @ Aria PC) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£35.94 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

Monitor: BenQ GL2460HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor  (£116.20 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £593.16

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-01 19:44 BST+0100

 

Seems much better than the above 600 build. And it doesn't have all the compatibility issues I mentioned. 

 

But this is off topic of OP original price range.

 

The cpu is for sure but the gpu eeh no.

[vSyNd1c4t3]

The cpu is for sure but the gpu eeh no.

 

id beg to differ.

 

[klh2000]

I would suggest getting this guys build, the one with 860k, since there are games that wont even start on a dual core.

 

Only problem with that build is the GPU, there is no reason to go with a 960 over an AMD card. The 960 can't compete with AMD at this pricepoint.

[jimakos234]

Only problem with that build is the GPU, there is no reason to go with a 960 over an AMD card. The 960 can't compete with AMD at this pricepoint.

due to nvidia drivers optimization for lower  level cpu overhead, i believe that  the 960/950 will perform better on a lower end cpu like athlon than the 370/280

[klh2000]

due to nvidia drivers optimization for lower  level cpu overhead, i believe that  the 960/950 will perform better on a lower end cpu like athlon than the 370/280

 

 

Yes, but if he went with the build that i mentioned earlier, he would not have to worry about that. That build has an FX-6300

[jimakos234]

Yes, but if he went with the build that i mentioned earlier, he would not have to worry about that. That build has an FX-6300

FX series are old now, i would say to avoid, since they are 4 years old now. Also FX 6300 is no real 6core, it has 3 modules that show up as 2 cores each, so it is something like a 3core cpu.

Better buy an i3 if he can afford it. But if the budget dictates the choice, 4cores for gaming will become a must, so 860k for the time being.( or g3258,if someone will be upgrading after some months,and he is willing to wait and save some money for i5/i7 later on)

[klh2000]

FX series are old now, i would say to avoid, since they are 4 years old now. Also FX 6300 is no real 6core, it has 3 modules that show up as 2 cores each, so it is something like a 3core cpu.

Better buy an i3 if he can afford it. But if the budget dictates the choice, 4cores for gaming will become a must, so 860k for the time being.( or g3258,if someone will be upgrading after some months,and he is willing to wait and save some money for i5/i7 later on)

 

 

There are 6 physical cores, they just combined them in pairs of two to save space. it is a true 6 core. It doesn't work like intel hyperthreading does.

[Thony]

This build is the same price, you just need to ocnvert to the same currency.

WRONG.

EU pays high import tax therefor currency exchange rates are irrelevant.

1 dollar = 0.55 british pounds when u want to get cash.

But when it comes to imported electronics from America, it often is 1 dollar = 0.8-1 british pound

To help him with the build u can use UK version of partpicker. So try that here: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/

[jimakos234]

There are 6 physical cores, they just combined them in pairs of two to save space. it is a true 6 core. It doesn't work like intel hyperthreading does.

I didnt say it works like intels hyperthreading. The FX line of processors basically work by dropping 2 physical cores into a single module that then shares resources, such as cache. So your FX-6300 for example has 3 modules, each with 2 physical cores contained within. Each module has 2MB of L2 cache dedicated to it, that is shared by the 2 physical cores in that module. Then it has 8MB of shared L3 cache that is accessible to all of the module