Budget of £800

[matbir]

Hi.

With a max budget of £800, how would this perform as a gaming PC? Are there any changes you would make as I haven't really got the knowledge when it comes to Specs!

I'll be playing steam games like Cities Skylines, The Forest, Euro Truck Sim etc...

I have to have a monitor and I would prefer wireless over homeplugs because I don't understand how they work to be honest!

Thanks in advance for any help offered.

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-4590 (3.3GHz) 6MB Cache
Case
InWIN GT1 BLACK GAMING CASE
Motherboard
ASUS® H81M-PLUS: Micro-ATX, LG1150, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 960 - DVI, HDMI, 3 DP - 3D Vision Ready
Free Item
FREE BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT with select GTX 9 Series GPUs! -Subject to T&Cs
1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 450W VS SERIES™ VS-450 POWER SUPPLY
Processor Cooling
Super Quiet Titan DragonFlyTriple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS 802.11N 150Mbps PCI-E CARD (£5)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 8.1 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Windows 10 Upgrade
FREE Upgrade to Windows 10 with all Windows 7 & Windows 8.1 Purchases*
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor
AOC 21.5" WIDESCREEN LED TFT - 1920 x 1080, 5MS, D-Sub, DVI-D (£85)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £791.00 including VAT and delivery.

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[keynes]

Looks good, I would suggest a 550w psu to have more room for upgrades and do a bit of research on homeplugs. I keep getting problems with wireless cards losing connection or being slow, homeplugs are easy to set up (takes less than 2 minutes) and provides a more reliable connection. You would need 2 though.

 

[Utilize]

It should be pretty good. You won't be able to max every game but most games should run very well at respectable settings. I would go for a 550W power supply though. A GTX 970 could make this a quite high end system if you were willing to extend your budget.

 

[matbir]

Thanks guys, The Homeplugs and PSU upgrade is stretching my budget so a gtx970 may be a bit too much unfortunately.

Could you advise on the difference between the Asus motherboard in my build and the Gigabyte alternative? They're both the same price so I wondered if there are any advantages over the other?

 

[Utilize]

Thanks guys, The Homeplugs and PSU upgrade is stretching my budget so a gtx970 may be a bit too much unfortunately.

Could you advise on the difference between the Asus motherboard in my build and the Gigabyte alternative? They're both the same price so I wondered if there are any advantages over the other?

Not too much difference. From what I can see, the Asus one will give you better audio and Ethernet and more USB ports.