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1 minute ago, Jamesgames99 said:

Budget for Graphics card £130 CPU £130 RAM £100 (atleast 12 GB)

New PC

Total for the PC Under 400

Then just buy an R5 2400G system

up to you if you want to save up to get 16GBs of RAM, 8GBs is probably fine
 

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CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£125.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£63.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£79.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£149.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Rosewill - SCM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£18.88 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£51.00 @ Box Limited)
Total: £525.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Hello, I know this may start an argument but what is the best graphics card to get for under £130?

 

The games I mainly want to play are City Skylines, Transport Fever and modded minecraft

Thanks

 

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Right now GT 1030 cause its the only option (fuck you miners) but normally you can get a 1050 Ti for those prices.

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1 minute ago, orbitalbuzzsaw said:

Right now GT 1030 cause its the only option (fuck you miners) but normally you can get a 1050 Ti for those prices.

Ok lol, also what CPU would be a good choice for under £130 as well

 

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4 minutes ago, Jamesgames99 said:

Hello, I know this may start an argument but what is the best graphics card to get for under £130?

 

The games I mainly want to play are City Skylines, Transport Fever and modded minecraft

Thanks

 

Are you upgrading a PC? if so what PC?

Is your entire budget for the PC 130?

 

 

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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5 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Are you upgrading a PC? if so what PC?

Is your entire budget for the PC 130?

 

 

Budget for Graphics card £130 CPU £130 RAM £100 (atleast 12 GB)

New PC

Total for the PC Under 420

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Is this a good card? 

Sapphire - Radeon RX 550 - 640 4GB PULSE Video Card

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1 minute ago, Jamesgames99 said:

Budget for Graphics card £130 CPU £130 RAM £100 (atleast 12 GB)

New PC

Total for the PC Under 400

Then just buy an R5 2400G system

up to you if you want to save up to get 16GBs of RAM, 8GBs is probably fine
 

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/jfTLJ8
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/jfTLJ8/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£125.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£63.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£79.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£149.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Rosewill - SCM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£18.88 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£51.00 @ Box Limited)
Total: £525.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-05 18:30 BST+0100

 

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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Then just buy an R5 2400G system

up to you if you want to save up to get 16GBs of RAM, 8GBs is probably fine.

For modded Minecraft, 8Gb was never a problem for me.

Quote or tag me( @Crunchy Dragon) if you want me to see your reply

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2 minutes ago, Jamesgames99 said:

Budget for Graphics card £130 CPU £130 RAM £100 (atleast 12 GB)

New PC

Total for the PC Under 400

That leaves you 40 for Motherboard, Case, PSU and Harddrive.  probably not going to happen

 

Just now, Streetguru said:

Then just buy an R5 2400G system

up to you if you want to save up to get 16GBs of RAM, 8GBs is probably fine
 

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/jfTLJ8
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/jfTLJ8/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£125.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£63.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£79.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£149.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Rosewill - SCM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£18.88 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£51.00 @ Box Limited)
Total: £525.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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This guys got the right idea

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Just now, Crunchy Dragon said:

For modded Minecraft, 8Gb was never a problem for me.

What about City skylines?
 

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Wait 4 months or so before you buy anything, everything is too expensive.

Just go with what Streetguru said

 

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  • CPU: Intel Core i5-3470, 3.20GHz or AMD FX-6300, 3.5Ghz
  • CPU SPEED: Info
  • RAM: 6 GB
  • OS: Microsoft Windows 7/8 (64-bit)
  • VIDEO CARD: nVIDIA GeForce GTX 660, 2 GB or AMD Radeon HD 7870, 2 GB (Does not support Intel Integrated Graphics Cards)
  • FREE DISK SPACE: 4 GB

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  • CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo, 3.0GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+, 3.2GHz
  • CPU SPEED: Info
  • RAM: 4 GB
  • OS: Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1 (64-bit)
  • VIDEO CARD: nVIDIA GeForce GTX 260, 512 MB or ATI Radeon HD 5670, 512 MB (Does not support Intel Integrated Graphics Cards)
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3 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Then just buy an R5 2400G system

up to you if you want to save up to get 16GBs of RAM, 8GBs is probably fine
 

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/jfTLJ8
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/jfTLJ8/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£125.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£63.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£79.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£149.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Rosewill - SCM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£18.88 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£51.00 @ Box Limited)
Total: £525.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-05 18:30 BST+0100

 

Is updating the BIOS going to be hard? (for a first timer)

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1 minute ago, Jamesgames99 said:

What about City skylines?
 

You just google R5 2400G [game name] here, just check what RAM settings they have

 

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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Just now, Jamesgames99 said:

Is updating the BIOS going to be hard? (for a first timer)

The board is probably updated at this point but just contact the retailers before you buy it
 

 

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

You just google R5 2400G [game name] here, just check what RAM settings they have

 

With mods and assets?
 

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1 minute ago, Jamesgames99 said:

With mods and assets?
 

Google is your best friend

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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4 minutes ago, Finnskii said:

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  • CPU: Intel Core i5-3470, 3.20GHz or AMD FX-6300, 3.5Ghz
  • CPU SPEED: Info
  • RAM: 6 GB
  • OS: Microsoft Windows 7/8 (64-bit)
  • VIDEO CARD: nVIDIA GeForce GTX 660, 2 GB or AMD Radeon HD 7870, 2 GB (Does not support Intel Integrated Graphics Cards)
  • FREE DISK SPACE: 4 GB

min

  • CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo, 3.0GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+, 3.2GHz
  • CPU SPEED: Info
  • RAM: 4 GB
  • OS: Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1 (64-bit)
  • VIDEO CARD: nVIDIA GeForce GTX 260, 512 MB or ATI Radeon HD 5670, 512 MB (Does not support Intel Integrated Graphics Cards)

My laptop has those specs but it is still laggy (I use the intel integrated graphics)

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My laptop has those specs but it is still laggy (I use the intel integrated graphics)

If you have the minimum specs then it means you can start the game but it will be laggy. If you have the recommended spec then it will be normal until your city becomes too big. 

I know people with the best of the best computers and they still get lots of lag because of the size of the city.

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Just now, Finnskii said:

If you have the minimum specs then it means you can start the game but it will be laggy. If you have the recommended spec then it will be normal until your city becomes too big. 

I know people with the best of the best computers and they still get lots of lag because of the size of the city.

ye ok thx

 

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