So recently my laptop died and I'm sick of having crappy laptops to run things off. I'll be having a budget of about £1000 - £1500 to spend and (as I've not got no real knowledge of building a PC) was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction. I've spoken to a few people in the past about it but that was years ago and sadly I have the memory of a fish...
Thanks for any help :)
Posted Jul 14, 2016, 10:34 AM UTC
Go to r/buildapcforme you can get a build from there or refer to builds from r/buildapc as for the actual building, there are many tutorial videos on YouTube on how to build A pc
As far as I am concerned, other posters have had great suggestions, but I have seen some problems. Here is my recommended list. The GTX 1070 is a bit of a high price and not very appropriate at 1080p if that is what your resolution will be. Judging that your laptop died and you said it was crappy, I will guess that you have not played in 1080p maxed before. I chose a better motherboard for greater stability, OC potential of locked Skylake CPUs, more functionality, and great simplicity for starters in custom PCs. Additionally, it is also a regular ATX, meaning it will not be as crammed as a Micro ATX motherboard. I chose the RX 480 because it is the greatest performance per value as of current, and has gained up to 27% performance with Vulcan in Doom, which can suggests it will have great longevity also considering it gained 3% performance from a single driver update. 850 Evo is a solid SSD with its 3d NAND, and is still not matched, so I left that. I chose the Toshiba X300 4TB because it offers incredible speed and responsiveness at its price, and is truly a hidden gem. It has much newer hardware and features (2015) compared to the WD Blue (2011), and a great deal quieter. If you wish, you can wait a few more days until custom RX 480s come out, which will offer greater cooling and performance.
Laptop was a Lenovo Y50 so 1080p high was easy to hit :P
Thanks for the list. I'll give it a look through when back from work.
CPU cooler and SSD not strictly necessary, but nice to have.
I don't know what you need in terms of peripherals, but the budget still has room.
GTX 1070 availability is spotty. Check when one appears somewhere and snatch it. Doesn't have to be that specific one.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
I'm guessiing this build would be able to run most games on max settings
Thank you for the list ;)
Pretty much all of them. I'd recommend getting a 1440p or 1080p144Hz monitor with that.
Was gonna get a smaller screen due to having not much room but will look into it. Thanks once again :)
[I would recommend getting any motherboard on this list.] (http://overclocking.guide/downloads/skylake-non-k-oc-bios/) For starters, an MSI Z170a PC Mate is a great motherboard with tons of functionality, and it has the ability to overclock locked Skylake processors like that i5 6500, which can be used by upgrading the BIOS with the firmware relevant in this post. MSI is a great motherboard producer for starters, and it will last a long time. The motherboard on that list is a bit cheap, and in tech you get What you pay for. Never ever cheap out on a motherboard, get at least acceptable quality as it will greatly impact your user experience. Do not get a Micro ATX motherboard for your first buy, you will regret it.