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I'm building my own budget gaming PC and I need help choosing a processor. I want AMD because they're cheaper and better value than intel. Which would you recommend? Id like to play Minecraft with all settings on high with no lag, and maybe a game like Alpha Protocol on medium settings. If you have any other helpful info please share. Thanks
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For those on a budget you absolutely cannot beat AMD for price/performance. Especially Micro Center, where you get a FREE motherboard with the purchase of a processor:
http://www.microcenter.com/specials/promotions/AMDbundlePROMO.html
Got a Phenom II 840 last year for 90$, and a free motherboard!
For really good deals, try Slickdeals. The highly rated deals are always the best. Recently there was an HD 6670 on sale for 40$ after rebate, and a free game:
http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/74428/newegg-gigabyte-radeon-hd-6670-1gb-ddr3-pci-express-video-card-gvr667d31gi-dirt-3-game-coupon
Got one myself. It's supposed to be able to handle Battlefield 3 on medium-high settings, and should have no problems with any of the two games listed. It's probably one of the best cards out there for gamers on a budget.
For those on a budget you absolutely cannot beat AMD for price/performance. Especially Micro Center, where you get a FREE motherboard with the purchase of a processor:
http://www.microcenter.com/specials/promotions/AMDbundlePROMO.html
Got a Phenom II 840 last year for 90$, and a free motherboard!
For really good deals, try Slickdeals. The highly rated deals are always the best. Recently there was an HD 6670 on sale for 40$ after rebate, and a free game:
http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/74428/newegg-gigabyte-radeon-hd-6670-1gb-ddr3-pci-express-video-card-gvr667d31gi-dirt-3-game-coupon
Got one myself. It's supposed to be able to handle Battlefield 3 on medium-high settings, and should have no problems with any of the two games listed. It's probably one of the best cards out there for gamers on a budget.
How does this gaming pc sound to you?
Will
So I plan on building a gaming pc soon. I have a mildly tight budget(700 - 900$). Give your honest opinion on it and all. I plan to play games such as Skyrim, Planetside 2, Battlefield 3 and Elder Scrolls online(when it comes out) Thanks.
Case: Antec 900
Motherboard: MSI Z87 G43
Graphics Card: Sapphire Radeon 7770
Power supply: Corsair CX600
CPU: Intel i5 4430
RAM: Corsair value select 8GB 1333mhz
HDD: Seagate 500GB
OS: Windows 7 HP
Optical Dive: OD pulled from previous pc.
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RAM is too slow. Not cpu compatible.
For gaming, not high enough on the graphics. Your price of CPU-Graphics is out of balance. Graphics should cost more than the cpu. HDD is small. Using a Z87 with a locked clock cpu.
Power supply is more than you need. Motherboard is crossfire compatible, but not SLI compatible and does take a 10% performance reduction compared to x8,x8 boards.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1xSpu
$730.28 now after rebates.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1xSv1
$835 is a minimum graphics card to stay with a Haswell i5.
I show other upgrades also. Motherboard with shared bandwidth is better in crossfire, and is sli compatible
Might be cheaper in a i5-3570K or cut to an FX-6300.
The graphics card at a cheap brand HD 7850 is about your lowest to be.
Adding two references for you:
About graphics card upgrade - new build uses the same info
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=As3_bG9s1FBTBnMCpx0UZebty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20130816021720AAgXVjJ
Gaming PCs from a great builder
http://www.digitalstormonline.com/vanquish.asp
You should be duplicating or close to it.
You can plan to upgrade into it later but get as close as possible now.
RAM is too slow. Not cpu compatible.
For gaming, not high enough on the graphics. Your price of CPU-Graphics is out of balance. Graphics should cost more than the cpu. HDD is small. Using a Z87 with a locked clock cpu.
Power supply is more than you need. Motherboard is crossfire compatible, but not SLI compatible and does take a 10% performance reduction compared to x8,x8 boards.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1xSpu
$730.28 now after rebates.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1xSv1
$835 is a minimum graphics card to stay with a Haswell i5.
I show other upgrades also. Motherboard with shared bandwidth is better in crossfire, and is sli compatible
Might be cheaper in a i5-3570K or cut to an FX-6300.
The graphics card at a cheap brand HD 7850 is about your lowest to be.
Adding two references for you:
About graphics card upgrade - new build uses the same info
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=As3_bG9s1FBTBnMCpx0UZebty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20130816021720AAgXVjJ
Gaming PCs from a great builder
http://www.digitalstormonline.com/vanquish.asp
You should be duplicating or close to it.
You can plan to upgrade into it later but get as close as possible now.
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