Note: My CPU is overclocked at 4.3Ghz on the stock heatsink. Temps don't go above 60 under a full load. My GPU is also overclocked to the max
I originally bought this with no peripherals for £400 (I had an Athlon x4 760k & MSI A78M-E35 before hand) and I'm surprised the price has only went up £200 considering I bought a K70 and BenQ RL2455HM.
I'm going to continue working on this from time to time, my next planned upgrade is getting a second 4GB module and a new case. What do you think?
I originally bought this with no peripherals for £400 (I had an Athlon x4 760k & MSI A78M-E35 before hand) and I'm surprised the price has only went up £200 considering I bought a K70 and BenQ RL2455HM.
I'm going to continue working on this from time to time, my next planned upgrade is getting a second 4GB module and a new case. What do you think?
Considering it includes peripherals, that's a pretty good price..I'm jealous.
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• CPU: Intel Core i3 4150 @3.5GHz
• Mobo: ASRock H97M Anniversary
• Ram: Kingston Fury HyperX Black 8GB(2x4) @1866MHz
IIRC I was actually hitting ~3.5GB with BF3. That's with a couple tabs in a browser and Steam open, but still, I'm pretty sure it did use more than 2GB.
I average about 1.6 gigs in background processes. It's currently 1.9 right now. Sounds like someone needs to do some cleaning.
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Retired StaffCPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£47.98 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£31.74 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£31.40 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£33.54 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£111.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£34.40 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£31.15 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)
Monitor: BenQ RL2455HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor (£128.69 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan (£5.24 @ CCL Computers)
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan (£5.24 @ CCL Computers)
Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Wired Gaming Keyboard (£100.00)
Headphones: Creative Labs Creative Fatal1ty Headset (£35.52 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £636.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Note: My CPU is overclocked at 4.3Ghz on the stock heatsink. Temps don't go above 60 under a full load. My GPU is also overclocked to the max
I originally bought this with no peripherals for £400 (I had an Athlon x4 760k & MSI A78M-E35 before hand) and I'm surprised the price has only went up £200 considering I bought a K70 and BenQ RL2455HM.
I'm going to continue working on this from time to time, my next planned upgrade is getting a second 4GB module and a new case. What do you think?
Considering it includes peripherals, that's a pretty good price..I'm jealous.
• CPU: Intel Core i3 4150 @3.5GHz
• Mobo: ASRock H97M Anniversary
• Ram: Kingston Fury HyperX Black 8GB(2x4) @1866MHz
• GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 G1 Gaming 2GB GDDR5
• PSU: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified
• HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB
• HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 160GB
• Case: Lian Li PC-50
• Monitor: Acer P221w 22" 1680x1050 60Hz
• Headset: Kingston Fury HyperX Clouds
• Mouse: Razer Deathadder 3.5G 3500DPI
• Keyboard: Cooler Master Storm Quickfire Rapid w/ Cherry MX Blues
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Retired StaffDue to my 4GB of RAM, I can't really max out much. On BF4 I can run high @1080p
Most other games I can run absolutely fine over 50fps at 1080p. I've only had it for a few days and I'm working on re-installing all my games
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Retired StaffDang. How does it perform with shaders?
• CPU: Intel Core i3 4150 @3.5GHz
• Mobo: ASRock H97M Anniversary
• Ram: Kingston Fury HyperX Black 8GB(2x4) @1866MHz
• GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 G1 Gaming 2GB GDDR5
• PSU: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified
• HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB
• HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 160GB
• Case: Lian Li PC-50
• Monitor: Acer P221w 22" 1680x1050 60Hz
• Headset: Kingston Fury HyperX Clouds
• Mouse: Razer Deathadder 3.5G 3500DPI
• Keyboard: Cooler Master Storm Quickfire Rapid w/ Cherry MX Blues
See my signature for my response.
"More ram =/= more FPS." It's just a disillusion for gaming.
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Retired StaffYeah good luck me trying to run BF4 on Ultra with 4GB of RAM.
Battlefield 4 by itself will never use more than 2GB of RAM. Windows won't use that much either. 4GB is plenty.
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Retired StaffNot to mention I'd have chrome, skype and other stuff running in the background. It's not easy considering skype alone takes up quite a bit
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Retired StaffI've not tested shaders yet, but on my old CPU, an Athlon x4 760k I got between 40-60FPS, I'm not sure how this CPU will perform.
I average about 1.6 gigs in background processes. It's currently 1.9 right now. Sounds like someone needs to do some cleaning.
• CPU: Intel Core i3 4150 @3.5GHz
• Mobo: ASRock H97M Anniversary
• Ram: Kingston Fury HyperX Black 8GB(2x4) @1866MHz
• GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 G1 Gaming 2GB GDDR5
• PSU: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified
• HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB
• HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 160GB
• Case: Lian Li PC-50
• Monitor: Acer P221w 22" 1680x1050 60Hz
• Headset: Kingston Fury HyperX Clouds
• Mouse: Razer Deathadder 3.5G 3500DPI
• Keyboard: Cooler Master Storm Quickfire Rapid w/ Cherry MX Blues
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Retired StaffThat's in pounds