Gaming PC sufficient or what would you recommend?

Hi and although I would like to buy a cheap gaming PC… Have seen since already one of the 300 euro… I will write the technical data just below but I would like to know from you only if the components are good or rather outdated and if I'm with which can now also play games like Fortnite Sims4 Gta5 or Cs Go… Thank you.

Case: Xigmatek - Alfar

CPU (processor): Intel Core i5-3470, 4x 3.20GHz

Motherboard: MSI B75MA-P45, Intel B75

Graphics card: Asus AMD Radeon R9 280 Direct CU 3GB DDR5

Memory: 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 (2x 4GB)

Hard drive: Samsung HD103SJ 1TB

Drive: Asus BC-12D2HT Blu-ray Combo SATA internal black bulk

Power supply: 400W - BeQuiet! System Power 7

Sound card: HD audio onboard

CPU cooler: Arctic Cooling Alpine-11

Although he is relatively old, but for 300 euro, I think okay. Simple games like CS: GO, Fortnite etc. Sims, GTA should run smoothly on FullHD. Current games like the newest AC or Battlefield, however, would rather run less well.

I would recommend, however, still another SSD hard drive in the PC, then the PC would be at start, open programs, etc. Again, much faster. This is really nice, especially since older PCs like this one usually go with long loading times on the cookie. With an SSD he would run in many situations outside games despite his age a bit faster.

The built-in hardware is very outdated (the graphics card, for example, is almost 5 years old), for the price but quite okay.

But you should be aware that the built-in hardware is now very far from "gaming". The term "gaming" is often abused to suggest more than what is actually under the hood. Even in the past, the hardware was just mediocre, but sufficient for easy gaming.

If you want to buy the PC to play the games you mentioned then that should be possible. However, you must not have too great expectations and you will have to take some losses to gamble with pleasant FPS. This means: reduce graphics quality and keep FPS constant. If you want to play Full HD (1920X1080) you will need to play with fairly low settings (based on Fortnite). In shooters FPS are more important than the graphics quality, the second is just a certain luxury you can buy.

You can still use a SSD and then Windows and, for example, Fortnite install, it does not need a large SSD and I think 128gb could be enough. Therefore, do not expect too much, an SSD accelerates the loading process, but the rest of the hardware binds you to two crunches anyway.

The mentioned games should actually all reach at least medium settings permanently at least 60 FPS.

The PC is approx. At the level of a Ryzen 5 1200 with GTX 1050TI.

Of course, it gets harder for more demanding games.

With medium settings, he should be able to reach the 60 FPS, but I have doubts that the 60 FPS remain constant. In CS yes, in Fortnite I would be surprised.

I think in Fortnite it comes at medium settings quite heavy drops to ~ 30 FPS, depending on the action. Especially in such fast games, it is better to forego quality graphics in favor of the FPS, so rather lower the settings and keep a constant 60 FPS.

I can't speak from experience with the mentioned hardware, that's my assessment of the whole hardware. Medium settings should be quite possible, but I doubt that the 60 FPS remain constant, which are likely to drop very much.

Fortnite does not really have high standards.

Gaming. Important is because only the graphics eigendlich… The faster the better.

R.A.M. Sold at the dealer at the current price. Nothing special. If the timings are right, then you always like "no name"… It's just as good as anything by name.

The fan sounds good. A few turns, and thus a quiet PC.

What you forgot. A 512 SSD, Samsung or Trancend costs 250 Euro.

A 2 TB HDD you should also treat your PC. Costs needed on Ebay no 50 euro.

That's right, but even Fortnite manages to put the system under load when the conditions are right. These tips drop the FPS and often lead to defeat.