Budget PC

[boredatwork]

Hey is this good enough for gaming ? I am on a really tight budget ...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B004FA8NX2?ref=olp_product_details

[Guest]

yeah but that's an old cpu and old cpu should be bought used not new

[Jurrunio]

It's enough, but you will need a P67 or Z68 (somewhat expensive) mobo to overclock it and squeeze its performance out first. Otherwise a non-k newer CPU will be better.

[tim11111111]

Do what Dexxterlab said. Buying it new is pointless.  Get one used and put the saving towards a better gpu.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=2500k&_dcat=175673&rt=nc&_mPrRngCbx=1&_udlo&_udhi=70

[begadelavela]

tell us your budget for entire build

[CidiusV]

It depends mostly on your GPU.
You can game on anything, it depends on your standards of what you want that gaming experience to be like, on like 2 or 3 scrapyard wars linus got Q6600's. Just make sure you're not cutting corners too much in one area (for example, CPU) or you may bottleneck your other components and be your own downfall. So a 2500k can game but it'd likely bottleneck a current generation GPU. I have used a 750TI semi recently and it pulled out decent FPS. But much lower than that I'd probably have some doubts with how enjoyable your gaming experience would be.

[boredatwork]

8 hours ago, CidiusV said:

It depends mostly on your GPU.
You can game on anything, it depends on your standards of what you want that gaming experience to be like, on like 2 or 3 scrapyard wars linus got Q6600's. Just make sure you're not cutting corners too much in one area (for example, CPU) or you may bottleneck your other components and be your own downfall. So a 2500k can game but it'd likely bottleneck a current generation GPU. I have used a 750TI semi recently and it pulled out decent FPS. But much lower than that I'd probably have some doubts with how enjoyable your gaming experience would be.

So then will Pentium g4556 and my 1050ti be okay ?

[CidiusV]

1 hour ago, boredatwork said:

So then will Pentium g4556 and my 1050ti be okay ?

I assume you mean g4560? I can't find the g4556 anywhere.
It depends on the titles you're running, but the combo should be fine without incurring much if any bottlenecking. Bottlenecking is only a concern because it means you're wasting the value of the restricted component. If you're looking at new GPUs you can't get much cheaper than a 1050ti (as the RX400 and 500 series are kinda selling out everywhere and gtx900 series appears to be mostly off the shelves where I live). So wasted value isn't much of a thing right now for you.

the g4560 I expect would cost less overall unless you get the 2500k and all its surroundings 2nd hand. Which you might be able to find some guy selling mobo+ram + CPU + Fan as a package or something. Honestly if you're not in the biggest rush you could save up a little more money and go for a Ryzen 3 processor. It should be cheaper than an i3 and I doubt it'd bottleneck a 1050ti.