What to buy

[NukeBowlerHat]

I currently have a PC with a Pentium G4560, 8gb of RAM, a GTX 970 and 1.5tb of storage, but definitely see some stutter in newer titles from CPU & RAM load. I have around £150 at the moment, but soon will get 50-150 more.

My current ideas are - Playstation 4 - Most of my friends are on PS4, and I also would like to try some of the exclusive titles ~ £200.

- A nintendo switch - A bit expensive but I love the system and what I have played of BotW, also the PC ports like doom and skyrim would be brilliant on the go.

-A new CPU, probably an i5 8400, but that would need a new motherboard so perhaps a cheap Sky/Kaby i5 (or even i7). If i got a nice CPU, I would see gains in some games, but in many games I wouldn't benefit that much without a new Monitor

-Speaking of , A new monitor - I have space on my desk, and hit 120 FPS on many esports titles, so a 120hz monitor would be nice

finally - a mediocre old laptop to play older/less demanding games on the go - Elder Scrolls games, TF2,RTS like AOE2, etc

 

Any ideas, I'm awful at making my own decisions

 

[Canada EH]

What about a rocking stereo system for good tunes?

[NukeBowlerHat]

1 minute ago, Canada EH said:

What about a rocking stereo system for good tunes?

I'll pass, thanks

[givingtnt]

2 minutes ago, NukeBowlerHat said:

I currently have a PC with a Pentium G4560, 8gb of RAM, a GTX 970 and 1.5tb of storage, but definitely see some stutter in newer titles from CPU & RAM load. I have around £150 at the moment, but soon will get 50-150 more.

My current ideas are - Playstation 4 - Most of my friends are on PS4, and I also would like to try some of the exclusive titles ~ £200.

- A nintendo switch - A bit expensive but I love the system and what I have played of BotW, also the PC ports like doom and skyrim would be brilliant on the go.

-A new CPU, probably an i5 8400, but that would need a new motherboard so perhaps a cheap Sky/Kaby i5 (or even i7). If i got a nice CPU, I would see gains in some games, but in many games I wouldn't benefit that much without a new Monitor

-Speaking of , A new monitor - I have space on my desk, and hit 120 FPS on many esports titles, so a 120hz monitor would be nice

finally - a mediocre old laptop to play older/less demanding games on the go - Elder Scrolls games, TF2,RTS like AOE2, etc

 

Any ideas, I'm awful at making my own decisions

 

tbh
if most of your friends are on the ps4 and you want to play with them
it might be the better option
but

is it 200$ without games ? or is it with the games your friends play ?
don't forget to account for the (what 50$/year ?) online subscription
 

or, you could alwais just wait a bit for more money and buy 2 of the optiopns.

[Canada EH]

1 minute ago, NukeBowlerHat said:

I'll pass, thanks

What about wireless speakers?

[NukeBowlerHat]

1 minute ago, givingtnt said:

tbh
if most of your friends are on the ps4 and you want to play with them
it might be the better option
but

is it 200$ without games ? or is it with the games your friends play ?
don't forget to account for the (what 50$/year ?) online subscription
 

or, you could alwais just wait a bit for more money and buy 2 of the optiopns.

The £200 would be for a PS4 and R6 siege (used). I would also play fortnite, which doesnt require a PSN Subscription

[givingtnt]

Just now, NukeBowlerHat said:

The £200 would be for a PS4 and R6 siege (used). I would also play fortnite, which doesnt require a PSN Subscription

oh cool

so yeah, I mean, if your friends play there and you want to play with them, id say go for it.

[NukeBowlerHat]

6 minutes ago, Canada EH said:

What about wireless speakers?

I'm fine regarding audio

[TH3M4DR4TT3R]

I would upgrade the CPU and then play Fortnite on the PC...

[NukeBowlerHat]

10 minutes ago, TH3M4DR4TT3R said:

I would upgrade the CPU and then play Fortnite on the PC...

I already do, but I have no friends on PC to play with

[General Winter]

switch is pretty fun and since you can take it anyway as long as you have friends IRL you should have no problem playing with them

 

 

i would wait for ryzen 2(this April) to come out before deciding on which cpu to get

[Canada EH]

Custom Watercooling Loops for CPU and GPU!!!!!!!!!

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

You should buy some Bubble Tea.

[NukeBowlerHat]

Just now, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

You should buy some Bubble Tea.

£200 of bubble tea? Sounds like a damm good party idea

[NukeBowlerHat]

24 minutes ago, Canada EH said:

Custom Watercooling Loops for CPU and GPU!!!!!!!!!

On a Pentium ?

[Tsuki]

2 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

You should buy some Bubble Tea.

thats a lot of bubble tea.  i like where you're going with this idea.

 

OP, get bubble tea

[Canada EH]

3 minutes ago, NukeBowlerHat said:

On a Pentium ?

8400

[TH3M4DR4TT3R]

18 hours ago, NukeBowlerHat said:

I already do, but I have no friends on PC to play with

I didn't when I first started playing...

Here's my idea, upgrade the CPU and when you get the rest of your money get a new monitor as well, something like this one "AOC 27 inch 1 ms Response Time LED Monitor, Display Port, HDMI, DVI, VGA, Vesa Q2778VQE" which is for sale on Amazon at about £150. This is what I would do anyway!!!

[jtmoseley]

19 hours ago, NukeBowlerHat said:

I currently have a PC with a Pentium G4560, 8gb of RAM, a GTX 970 and 1.5tb of storage, but definitely see some stutter in newer titles from CPU & RAM load. I have around £150 at the moment, but soon will get 50-150 more.

My current ideas are - Playstation 4 - Most of my friends are on PS4, and I also would like to try some of the exclusive titles ~ £200.

- A nintendo switch - A bit expensive but I love the system and what I have played of BotW, also the PC ports like doom and skyrim would be brilliant on the go.

-A new CPU, probably an i5 8400, but that would need a new motherboard so perhaps a cheap Sky/Kaby i5 (or even i7). If i got a nice CPU, I would see gains in some games, but in many games I wouldn't benefit that much without a new Monitor

-Speaking of , A new monitor - I have space on my desk, and hit 120 FPS on many esports titles, so a 120hz monitor would be nice

finally - a mediocre old laptop to play older/less demanding games on the go - Elder Scrolls games, TF2,RTS like AOE2, etc

 

Any ideas, I'm awful at making my own decisions

 

Why do you need an 8400? I would get a ryzen 5 or something. Your gpu is fine and your RAM shouldn't really matter.

[Canada EH]

1 hour ago, jtmoseley said:

Why do you need an 8400?

because OP already has the mobo and ram for it

[NukeBowlerHat]

3 hours ago, Canada EH said:

because OP already has the mobo and ram for it

I don't? Well ram yes but I have no 300 series mobo

[NukeBowlerHat]

5 hours ago, jtmoseley said:

Why do you need an 8400? I would get a ryzen 5 or something. Your gpu is fine and your RAM shouldn't really matter.

It outperforms it in games, and will last longer

[Egg-Roll]

On 2/13/2018 at 5:59 PM, givingtnt said:

tbh
if most of your friends are on the ps4 and you want to play with them
it might be the better option
but

is it 200$ without games ? or is it with the games your friends play ?
don't forget to account for the (what 50$/year ?) online subscription
 

or, you could alwais just wait a bit for more money and buy 2 of the optiopns.

Friends are replaceable... You'll find news ones online.

 

If they want to play with you they can come over to the PCMR... We're better in every way, unless you want to buy a GPU right now that is 

 

I'd upgrade the CPU if it's causing bottlenecks, tho should be known you might need to upgrade your ram too, so keep that in mind.

 

4 hours ago, Canada EH said:

because OP already has the mobo and ram for it

Don't gen 8's need a new board? I thought they did...

[RyomaSJibenG]

save money in the bank for future use or emergency

[Crunchy Dragon]

1 minute ago, RyomaSJibenG said:

save money in the bank for future use or emergency

Dave Ramsey would be proud.