gaming for £200

[andys675]

not asking, this is how I managed it on bugger all

after a few weeks trawling ebay ended up buying a used rig with a G3258 cpu, asus H81M-E motherboard, gigabyte GT730 2GB card, aerocool cube case, 550W psu, 8gb of corsair vengeance DDR3 1600, DVD RW, Wifi card, and card reader, all for £138

basically no HDD, which I still have from my last setup and I have a legit windows 7 64

add keyboard and mouse and 250gb SSD brought me up to £200

still have steam account and BF3 & 4

thoughts?
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[Rob W]

You wont be doing much gaming with a GT730, unless you dont mind running stuff at 640 x 480.
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[sutty86]

What's your CPU clocked at as I think there the bee knees for over clocking... Think you can get them up to 4.5ghz on stock cooler.

I've just grabbed a bargain on eBay r9 280 3gb MSI 70 quid

Nvida do a gtx 750 to brand new for 75 quid lol

[andys675]

[sutty86]

Good price what PSU do you have though.
Presume 770 is a 6pin plus 8pin

What size monitor do you plan gaming on

[andys675]

its 550w, will get a splitter if the connectors aren't right, that worked last time

I'm planning on using the hdmi through a 40 inch telly the kids play their playstation on
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[sutty86]

739 will be rubbish mate

Look at an r7 260 not has good as the 750 but probs few quid cheaper

[Rob W]

[Jayy]

If you want to rival at least a PS4 / XB1 in graphics, 7790 / 7870 by AMD is roughly equivalent.

[Omega]

Would probably run most of the games I end up playing . If it'll play things like BF4 on low settings then the SSD alone will make it a better experience than console.

[andys675]

still at it

had to flash the bios to clock the cpu, days of trawling youtube instruction videos and reading stuff, result is stable 4.3ghz on standard cooler

next, GTX950

bloody GT730 won't run bf4, DAyZ, left for dead etc

just about manages arma2, portal and counter strike
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[sutty86]

Might be selling myMSI r9 280 3gb OC
At a very good price if interested can't be arsed with ebay

[andys675]

[sutty86]

will do mate just need to find a nvidia card (buying an nividia shield) hence the reason for sale its a cracking gpu

[CaNsA]

Gigabyte gtx950 windforce is ok, but if you have a few more bcf ponds get the 960.

[sutty86]

you must be a mind reader mate was just looking at reviews between them both.
gonna miss the r9 and ive always had AMD but i wont miss too much monitor isnt massive!

[andys675]

[sutty86]

Snap just bought a 960 too for 118 on the bay

Got an MSI r9 280 for sale if anyone interested 120 pounds
Mint condition with box

[andys675]

likewise if anyone wants a GT730 would be happy with £30

not boxed but do have the original driver CD, not that nvidia is hard to download
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