New pc
Hello I’m about to buy a gaming pc but wanted to check if it is any good and will run some of the game I play smoothly as I’m not an expert on pcs the pc is a Stormforce Onyx Ryzen 5 3400G 8GB 1TB Radeon RX Gaming PC I want to play games like HOI 4, total war, pubg, Football manger and other I haven’t been able to play because my pc isn’t good enough to play I don’t have £1000 to go buy a top gaming pc hence why I’m looking at this any advice would be helpful thanks !
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The system I have now is intel(R) core(TM)2 Quad Q8300 @ 2.50Ghz 2.50GHz
4GB 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

That's over 10 years old, and unfortunately there really isn't much you can do to upgrade that system. You're better off with a new build.

That prebuilt isn't much good unfortunately... the motherboard is a budget model, the PSU won't be able to handle upgrades, no dedicated GPU, and the RAM is quite low.
I know it’s not great that’s why I need a new one but it’s hard trying to find one suitable for my games that isn’t £1000+
max.aspin eredeti hozzászólása:
Hello I’m about to buy a gaming pc but wanted to check if it is any good and will run some of the game I play smoothly as I’m not an expert on pcs the pc is a Stormforce Onyx Ryzen 5 3400G 8GB 1TB Radeon RX Gaming PC I want to play games like HOI 4, total war, pubg, Football manger and other I haven’t been able to play because my pc isn’t good enough to play I don’t have £1000 to go buy a top gaming pc hence why I’m looking at this any advice would be helpful thanks !
hey, look, if u havent bought it yet try building one urself u will end up buying better parts for the money, i have been working on pc building for litterralyy my whole life and if u need assistance in parts list or how to build it, feel free to message me. Best of luck!
I wouldn’t have the slightest idea how to build one
Pretty much the best value you're going to get, with little waste, is buying a used pre-built with a 2nd (or newer) generation i5 or i7 and throwing a GPU like a 1650 SUPER into it, and a 240GB+ SSD for the OS if there isn't one installed. It wouldn't be the bee's knees but it'll play what you want to play pretty well.
Legutóbb szerkesztette: r.linder; 2020. okt. 6., 11:49
max.aspin eredeti hozzászólása:
I wouldn’t have the slightest idea how to build one

Plenty of how to videos on youtube showing you step by step what and how to do it it's really not rocket science
max.aspin eredeti hozzászólása:
I wouldn’t have the slightest idea how to build one


It's not hard. But it's also not everyone's cup of tea. After all changing the oil in your car is easy, right? I ain't gonna do it though. I'm more than happy to pay someone double and do something worth my time.

But that being said, if you're trying to build a gaming PC on the cheap on a meager budget, building your own can get you the best value. If you're buying a prebuilt you're going to be paying them a chunk out of the cost for labor and inventory and profit.

It also sounds like your current system is so old the system you asked about in your original post would be a huge upgrade. So, while it may not be the ideal super gaming system for a lot of us. It might meet your needs just fine. Adding more RAM and a better graphics card later wouldn't be a huge deal.
max.aspin eredeti hozzászólása:
What core would you suggest I need ? And thanks for you help

No problem. Always a pleasure.

I would be aiming for a minimum at worst a Quad Core (an i5 of some sort). As far as graphics cards go I would aim for nothing much less than say a GTX 1050. As I said before you shouldn't need more than 8GB RAM for what you need as I can runt hose fine with my laptop.

The big problem with your current system is that processor - the Core 2 - is too slow. That would be probably the biggest factor in why your games ran slow.

I would NOT listen to the advice about putting one together yourself. It seems to be a common thing for people to say "it's easy anyone could do it" but you SHOULD NOT attempt it unless you really know what you're doing. The simple reason is that it IS easy in theory, but the kicker is that one wrongly connected terminal or you drop a screw and short circuit something and that's a VERY expensive mistake to make. So no DO NOT attempt it regardless of what people say. It's really lacking in empathy to suggest it.

I would add that Brockenstein is correct here though. You might weell be able to get away with the one you were looking at but you WILL need to get another graphics card (assuming that's a desktop and not a laptop because obviously it's night on impossible to change the graphics card in a laptop). So you would need to factor in that to the cost.

Legutóbb szerkesztette: crunchyfrog; 2020. okt. 6., 14:43
Brockenstein eredeti hozzászólása:
It also sounds like your current system is so old the system you asked about in your original post would be a huge upgrade. So, while it may not be the ideal super gaming system for a lot of us. It might meet your needs just fine. Adding more RAM and a better graphics card later wouldn't be a huge deal.
This is what I was thinking as I continued to read this thread. The PC originally chosen isn't anything special for gaming or hardware enthusiasts, but it's far from awful given the needs you're expecting from it and what you're upgrading from. It's also not expensive. A lot of people would suggest that doubling such a low budget would be way worthwhile long term, and I'd personally agree normally, but I also have friends who run ancient stuff for years and just replace it with another couple hundred dollar thing (and maybe add a low-mid tier GPU) when it's not enough, and then repeat. You're getting farm less performance, less upgrade options, and in the case of older, used hardware, there's likely a higher risk of failure, but if you don't have high demands and don't want to spend much, this works.

Along with striving for 16 GB and a proper video card, I'd also argue a bigger priority would be to look for something with an SSD; there's little reason NOT to have one in a new PC purchase these days IMO unless it's an EXTREMELY budget limited situation, but at 750 pounds that's not an issue. Something like a 240 GB/256 GB+ SSD as the primary drive (for Windows OS, programs, maybe a few small games) and a 1 TB+ supplementary HDD (for storage, other/large games installs) would be good.
thanks for your help everyone
iv seen one thats got intel core i510400, hex core, processer speed 2.9GHz with a burst speed of 4.3GHz, 8GB RAM, tb HDD,dedicated Graphics, NIVDIA GTX 10 series with 4g memory (hope thats what you need to know) for 750 ? is that any good ?
max.aspin eredeti hozzászólása:
iv seen one thats got intel core i510400, hex core, processer speed 2.9GHz with a burst speed of 4.3GHz, 8GB RAM, tb HDD,dedicated Graphics, NIVDIA GTX 10 series with 4g memory (hope thats what you need to know) for 750 ? is that any good ?

I'd say yes. If you're cool with that price, that's a good result.

Again, I can only tell you what my experience is for you to compare it too. My laptop's specs are an i5-8300. 8GB RAM, GTX 1050 and so on. Comparatively similar to yours. While I think I said before I paid £500 for mine, that is because it was new old stock. So your price seems OK from what I can tell (maybe a bit high for a desktop but you can only really glean that by comparing against other sites obviously).

The performance is that I was only wishing to play older games of about 5 years old or more on my laptop, as I do most of my gaming on consoles. However, I've been surprised to find that it'll run anything I've thrown at it on High settings.

So, you should be more than happy.
max.aspin eredeti hozzászólása:
iv seen one thats got intel core i510400, hex core, processer speed 2.9GHz with a burst speed of 4.3GHz, 8GB RAM, tb HDD,dedicated Graphics, NIVDIA GTX 10 series with 4g memory (hope thats what you need to know) for 750 ? is that any good ?
The CPU is okay.

I think you should look for something with 16 GB RAM though.

Is the storage just a single 1 TB HDD? Look for something with a SSD and a secondary 1 TB+ HDD. Do not buy a PC at that price point today if it lacks an SSD.

And there's not enough to go on with the video card (what chipset?). With 4 GB VRAM, I'm guessing a GTX 1050? While that'd be somewhat fine in a more limited budget sense, like the above post says, at $750, I think you can find better (unless I'm vastly underestimating how much they are trying to undersell with GPUs). I'd try and get a 1650 Super or better yet a 1660 class card if you can as that is going to be the most important/limiting factor for games. A GTX 1050 and 4 GB BRAM might be fine if you're already sitting on it, but I wouldn't recommend buying it today.
Legutóbb szerkesztette: Illusion of Progress; 2020. okt. 11., 13:14
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max.aspin eredeti hozzászólása:
iv seen one thats got intel core i510400, hex core, processer speed 2.9GHz with a burst speed of 4.3GHz, 8GB RAM, tb HDD,dedicated Graphics, NIVDIA GTX 10 series with 4g memory (hope thats what you need to know) for 750 ? is that any good ?
The CPU is okay.

I think you should look for something with 16 GB RAM though.

Is the storage just a single 1 TB HDD? Look for something with a SSD and a secondary 1 TB+ HDD. Do not buy a PC at that price point today if it lacks an SSD.

And there's not enough to go on with the video card (what chipset?). With 4 GB VRAM, I'm guessing a GTX 1050? While that'd be somewhat fine in a more limited budget sense, like the above post says, at $750, I think you can find better (unless I'm vastly underestimating how much they are trying to undersell with GPUs). I'd try and get a 1650 Super or better yet a 1660 class card if you can as that is going to be the most important/limiting factor for games. A GTX 1050 and 4 GB BRAM might be fine if you're already sitting on it, but I wouldn't recommend buying it today.

For his purposes, it's honestly not necessary I'd think. I run 8GB and it's absolutely fine. I have an extra 8GB stick but I tried it with a couple of games (Beam NG and one or two racing games with stupidly large circuits like the Targo Florio) and it made little difference except what you'd expect.

For his purposes, I think it wouldn't hurt his experience even at worst.

Nothing to stop getting it later anyway.
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