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Hello, Are there any improvements that can be made to this Build? (Possibly get it better but still keep around the same price) The computer is meant to be around 400 GBP and I want it to be able to run games like DayZ. Thank you.

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I would advise getting an i5 or higher but that messes up other things
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Cairngorm wrote I would advise getting an i5 or higher but that messes up other things


If I add In an I5, Will the other parts not work with it?
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Cairngorm wrote I would advise getting an i5 or higher but that messes up other things


If I add In an I5, Will the other parts not work with it?
No, I think he meant budget wise. Any LGA 1150 CPU will work with that motherboard.

There isn't really room for improvement at that budget, The build looks pretty good. I would suggest changing the motherboard to one of these;
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If you're willing to overclock your CPU, you could get the "Pentium K" to save a little money and put that towards a better GPU. That build is pretty solid though, good for it's price.
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Sanctorum wrote If you're willing to overclock your CPU, you could get the "Pentium K" to save a little money and put that towards a better GPU. That build is pretty solid though, good for it's price.


I dont think he will be needing to as the CPU has good enough GHZ speeds. Plus doing so only wastes your CPU. I think that for the budget the build is very well built. GL with the building part.
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Sanctorum wrote If you're willing to overclock your CPU, you could get the "Pentium K" to save a little money and put that towards a better GPU. That build is pretty solid though, good for it's price.


I dont think he will be needing to as the CPU has good enough GHZ speeds. Plus doing so only wastes your CPU. I think that for the budget the build is very well built. GL with the building part.
If he got the "Pentium K" and overclocked it, he'd be matching an i7-4790k performance in a lot of games. There's also the fact the Pentium is £40 less expensive than the i3 which means OP could upgrade GPU to an R9 270X.
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I'd buy the Pentium for fun, but I'd say that most people will want to stick with the i3. I do think that it will be good to have HT in the long run.

All I would do is get a B85 board if you ever think you will want more than two memory slots.

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I think Im gonna add [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] In. Its been suggested twice so Ill put it in the build instead. Thank you.
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I would get a better PSU, the PSU is like the heart of the computer. My friend from uni had a cheap PSU and it had power cutting out problems then eventually it basically fried his computer. With parts like that you really get what you pay for.

I would recommend any Corsair PSU as they are well made and reliable.
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