New pc ideas

[Donnie]

Hi guys.  I'm looking for a bit of advice. I've been playing the game for years on my laptop with very poor graphics. It just gets buy. I'm considering upgrading to a gaming pc. 

I don't have a massive budget but I don't really know where to start. I see loads online but I don't know the difference between hardware etc. Any advice appreciated.

Thanks

[teeds]

Is the pc to be just for GPBikes or other games too?

[Donnie]

Mainly gpbikes but I do have other racing games like rfactor2

[doubledragoncc]

I am just waiting for my pci adapter for my laptop.

It plugs into the wifi mini pci slot on the laptop and you can then plug in ANY normal Graphics card.

You can run it with a simple power source like a laptop PSU or use a real PSU

I got it for £30 no power adapter, got a new EVGA 450Watt 80 plus bronze PSU for £29.99 and a Gigabyte GTX1050 Ti 4GB for £139.99  Thats 200 quid and should play all games at 1080p FPS!!!

Unboxing video here: https://www.youtube.com/v/O50ExvK8p38

Should have the adapter this week and will report how it is

Just an idea.

Oh and I ave been looking at system stuff and the old Skylake G4400 is only £55!!! and overclocks to 4.6 GB on a Z170................just sayin

DD

[Boerenlater]

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/guru3d_pc_buyers_guide_winter_2016,2.html

[HornetMaX]

Step #1: decide your budget.

[teeds]

Step #1: decide your budget.

+1 Good advice

I think rFactor2 will be what you're building for,  the game's getting DX11 sometime soon and I suspect will require more power than GPB to run well.

[h106frp]

+1 on 1050 Ti - Just installled this card in my mini PC gaming setup (i5) and i get double the frame rate of my old 750Ti in GPB 

You will need a decent proccessor to stop it bottle-necking the graphics card though

[Donnie]

Thanks for the tips all.

I'm looking to spend less than £500.  Is there much difference between i3 and i5 processors?  I don't need and peripherals just the pc itself which helps.

[doubledragoncc]

spend some time on youtube and watch pro comparisons on cpu's you can learn a lot and save a lot too.

g4400 Pentium is half the price of an i3 and can be overclocked, you can save to start with and update later when u can afford to

for 500 u can build a good system if u use a gtx1050 ti

[HornetMaX]

If you are really on a tight budget I'd consider buying a previous gen GPU: you can probably find some GTX 970 for silly prices (even more if second hand).

[Reactive]

I agree with Max. With my 970GTX Im playing even GTA V fullHD on High settings (online with actions) or Ultra for offline.

[doubledragoncc]

The one great thing with the 1050 series is they only draw 75 watts so you can save money by not needing extra power on a and also electricity t lol
And you can throw it in an old PC without worry about a 6/8 pin connector (OLD PC meaning not new, not old like me)

DD

[HornetMaX]

The one great thing with the 1050 series is they only draw 75 watts so you can save money by not needing extra power on a and also electricity t lol

One thing I definitely advise against is to save money on your PSU. Just get a good 500-650W and call it "well spent money".
You can go with less, but the difference in price is marginal and you never know ...

[doubledragoncc]

I dont mean save buy getting a chep one Max, I mean you can get one with 100 watts plus less as you dont need it for the 1050.

I ONLY buy EVGA 80Plus PSU, as I got the 1050 I got a 450watt for only 30 squid!!! normally 40 and if you go up to 600 watt even more, so I saved a lot because of the 1050 but still got a very high quality PSU

In the end 20 here and 20 there adds up m8

DD