Cheap setup for light gaming

[The Belgian Waffle]

Hello,

 

Simple question :

What about this setup for 200€ for light gaming?

Since my laptop motherboard broke because of the heat, I'd like to buy something quite cheap where I could keep gaming on.

 

https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/473800/asus-k30ad-be018s-(belgisch-model)/specificaties/

 

Thank you !

[3rrant]

2 minutes ago, The Belgian Waffle said:

Hello,

 

Simple question :

What about this setup for 200€ for light gaming?

Since my laptop motherboard broke because of the heat, I'd like to buy something quite cheap where I could keep gaming on.

 

https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/473800/asus-k30ad-be018s-(belgisch-model)/specificaties/

 

Thank you !

What games do you actually play? Because for what I see there, it is hard to imagine games more recent than Half Life 2 running "decent" ..

[LienusLateTips]

I don't think so. iGPU and S-series i5 barely can play Minecraft (with mods). At least my slightly more powerful i5 4460.

[The Belgian Waffle]

Just now, ErrantNyles said:

What games do you actually play? Because for what I see there, it is hard to imagine games more recent than Half Life 2 running "decent" ..

League Of Legends  And maybe Tomb Raider / Assassin's Creed

[3rrant]

Just now, The Belgian Waffle said:

League Of Legends  And maybe Tomb Raider / Assassin's Creed

At minimum settings on a non-1080p display, LOL might even run (bad). But the other two.. really don't think so, at least if you didn't mean the first chapter of each serie

[The Belgian Waffle]

Wait it's not written on the website, it has a GTX 660ti

@JDE

@ErrantNyles

[LienusLateTips]

1 minute ago, The Belgian Waffle said:

League Of Legends  And maybe Tomb Raider / Assassin's Creed

 

Just now, The Belgian Waffle said:

Wait it's not written on the website, it has a GTX 660ti

@JDE

@ErrantNyles

Maybe 60fps High of LoL, 60fps Low-Medium on the others.

[3rrant]

Just now, The Belgian Waffle said:

Wait it's not written on the website, it has a GTX 660ti

@JDE

@ErrantNyles

Oh well, then for 200€ I guess it's ok. Just don't expect great performance or settings either way, expecially on newer games.

[Thunderzzu]

1 minute ago, The Belgian Waffle said:

League Of Legends  And maybe Tomb Raider / Assassin's Creed

You don't really need a GPU for League of Legends .... I played it on a i3 laptop with no dedicated GPU and it still scored 50FPS... On the other hand, a GTX 1050Ti could probably handle most of those games and is relatively cheap. A older-gen i5 processor and a SSD to accompany it

[The Belgian Waffle]

1 minute ago, ErrantNyles said:

Oh well, then for 200€ I guess it's ok. Just don't expect great performance or settings either way, expecially on newer games.

What about Black Flag? It's not as new as the other ones

[3rrant]

Just now, The Belgian Waffle said:

What about Black Flag? It's not as new as the other ones

That would probably run good. I just mean that games 2016+ will not run well, at least many of them, at medium settings. You might have to go for the lowest settings. While others might be surprisingly good. For a 200€ complete build, that's surely a deal no doubt, but don't expect a miracle I'm just sayin' that

[The Belgian Waffle]

4 minutes ago, Thunderzzu said:

GTX 1050Ti

In Belgium, this GPU costs as much as the entire build

 

But will the CPU handle the games? It doesn't look like a quite standard and I wouldn't want to change the motherboard + the cpu in 3 months, since the LGA seems pretty unusual to me

[LienusLateTips]

1 minute ago, The Belgian Waffle said:

In Belgium, this GPU costs as much as the entire build

 

But will the CPU handle the games? It doesn't look like a quite standard and I wouldn't want to change the motherboard + the cpu in 3 months, since the LGA seems pretty unusual to me

1150. It's standard.

 

The only thing is that it's a S model which means it has low clocks.

[The Belgian Waffle]

I also found a i7 2600 for 60€ but I should buy another motherboard, so the deal is a bit useless if I have to change half of it, since I won't probably be reselling the parts

[LienusLateTips]

Just now, The Belgian Waffle said:

I also found a i7 2600 for 60€ but I should buy another motherboard, so the deal is a bit useless if I have to change half of it, since I won't probably be reselling the parts

That's a great deal. You will get more performance out of that. Pair it with something like a HD 7970 and you will be set.

[The Belgian Waffle]

Just now, JDE said:

1150. It's standard.

 

The only thing is that it's a S model which means it has low clocks.

Oh, well, nvm then. I saw the "FC" before the "LGA 1150", I thought it meant something else

[3rrant]

1 minute ago, The Belgian Waffle said:

Oh, well, nvm then. I saw the "FC" before the "LGA 1150", I thought it meant something else

There's no difference. LGA is just the short term for the same socket. Getting a i7 for cheap would be great. The i5 included is really just "ok" and nothing more, while an i7 can still last you for years.

[LienusLateTips]

Just now, ErrantNyles said:

There's no difference. LGA is just the short term for the same socket. Getting a i7 for cheap would be great. The i5 included is really just "ok" and nothing more, while an i7 can still last you for years.

LGA 1150 is not the same as LGA 1155 or 1151.

[The Belgian Waffle]

25 minutes ago, JDE said:

 

Maybe 60fps High of LoL, 60fps Low-Medium on the others.

Is there a way to estimate FPS with a certain hardware? 

[LienusLateTips]

Just now, The Belgian Waffle said:

Is there a way to estimate FPS with a certain hardware? 

BENCHMARKS!

[The Belgian Waffle]

Just now, JDE said:

BENCHMARKS!

Without buying the hardware itself

[LienusLateTips]

1 minute ago, The Belgian Waffle said:

Without buying the hardware itself

Searching up benchmarks, that's what I meant originally.

[The Belgian Waffle]

Just now, JDE said:

Searching up benchmarks, that's what I meant originally.

Ooh ok, thanks !

I'll go and take a look at the hardware tomorrow to see if everything works.

 

I'll come back to ask for some help

[The Belgian Waffle]

Update :

Hello everyone. The guy was super cool, so I bought the computer (not because he was cool )

I cleaned the machine as much as I could, but since it's a pre-built system, cable management is a mess. I tried to organize it a bit, but yeah

 

Anyway, thanks for the help

[The Belgian Waffle]

21 hours ago, JDE said:

Snip.

The GPU is almost cold while idle, but the CPU is at 90°. Will new thermal paste be enough or I should also get something to replace the stock cooler (or case fans, or both?)?