Need some advice/help...

[ally0212]

First of all any advice given is greatly appreciated as I do not have much knowledge when it comes to PC Building.

A few years ago I bought a mediocre PC for gaming on, It was okay but over the years an "Overheating" issue occurred that to this day I still do not know the cause (I believe it to be PSU). When trying to resolve this issue I applied new thermal paste etc and even went to the extension of buying a new Graphics Card and received a 1TB SSD as a gift at xmas which I installed.

My problem is now whether I would be better to sell valuable components that remain in my old PC or to keep them and either Build around them or simply install them into a New Built PC as I am not exactly confident when it comes to "building" a PC as such.
The "valuable" parts I have are:

1TB SSD (as stated above) - MSI GEFORCE GTX 660 - 16GB RAM

I would be looking to spend £500-600 excluding the value of these components. As I said, Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[mantadog]

Both the SSD and GPU are very easy to install. You could do em both in half an hour including a tea break.

if you had anther £600 to spend you could get an i5, decent motherboard and a 550w PSU, so it might be worth keeping your SSD + GPU.

 

[ally0212]

Both the SSD and GPU are very easy to install. You could do em both in half an hour including a tea break.

if you had anther £600 to spend you could get an i5, decent motherboard and a 550w PSU, so it might be worth keeping your SSD + GPU.

Hi There, Thanks for the reply.

The thing I was thinking about was if I were to buy a "Pre-Built" PC then I would be able to take out warranty and avoid any "overheating" issues in the future. My thoughts were to look for a Decent PC for 500-600 + Value of GPU and just put the SSD in it ?

If so, Do you have any recommendations for Pre Built PC's for in and around that value?

Thanks again for the help!

 

[keynes]

Case
InWIN GT1 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-6400 (2.7GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® H110M-D D3: Micro-ATX, LG1151, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
8GB Kingston DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
NONE, I ALREADY HAVE A GRAPHICS CARD
1st Hard Disk
500GB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 16MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Processor Cooling
Super Quiet Titan DragonFly Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 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 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
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 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £517.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/intel-skylake-home-office-pc/mjKhQ2BXQQ/

 

[stegor]

What CPU have you currently got? They haven't progressed half as much as GPUs. A decent one bought in the last 4 years isn't worth replacing.

 

[ally0212]

What CPU have you currently got? They haven't progressed half as much as GPUs. A decent one bought in the last 4 years isn't worth replacing.

I bought the PC maybe 3 or 4 years ago, But the overheating problem has just cause me so many problems that I didn't really want to do much with it as components might be fried. Buying a PC with warranty and putting my valuable components into it seemed like a better idea.

 

[ally0212]

Case
InWIN GT1 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-6400 (2.7GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® H110M-D D3: Micro-ATX, LG1151, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
8GB Kingston DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
NONE, I ALREADY HAVE A GRAPHICS CARD
1st Hard Disk
500GB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 16MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Processor Cooling
Super Quiet Titan DragonFly Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 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 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
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 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £517.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/intel-skylake-home-office-pc/mjKhQ2BXQQ/

Fantastic, Thank you very much....

If I were to take the Windows 10 out of the price (Already own a copy), Where would you invest the remaining money ? I also believe to have 16GB in RAM but not sure if thats to of any use.

Thanks again for the help, really appreciate it.

 

[stegor]

I see. In that case keynes build is good to go.

 

[ally0212]

I see. In that case keynes build is good to go.

Yea, Just need to work out if theres anywhere else that can be upgraded in build for the £80-100 I don't need to spend on the windows 10.

Thanks again for your help

 

[jerpers]

The only key upgrade I would make from this is upping the PSU to the CS series. Modular, quieter and better components.

 

[ally0212]

The only key upgrade I would make from this is upping the PSU to the CS series. Modular, quieter and better components.

Ok Thanks, Is there an argument to invest the money in an i7 and if so, Does it require more money spent on other components to maximise its use?

 

[jerpers]

I went for an i7 because I could afford it. There is minimal performance increase for gaming, but I hope there will be some improvement when I get back to editing all my family photos and videos. If on a budget, the i5 should be more than adequate for your usage. If you do plump for an i7, I would change to ddr4 RAM, but thats just me.