Low budget PC

by adze • 21 Dec 2013, 23:45 • Journals
Hi.

My friend asked me to build him a entry lvl gaming PC for 500€, but then I don't know much about building a PC, but still a bit more than him.

Anyways I came up with 2 solutions:

1.
CPU: Amd FX-8320
MBO: Asrock 970 EXTREME 4
GPU: Nvidia GTX 650 Ti 2GB
MEMORY: KINGSTON HyperX Blu 8GB (2x4GB) 1600Mhz
SSD: KINGSTON KC300 120GB SATA3
+ cooling

2.
CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-2400 Processor
MBO: ASRock Z68 Pro3
GPU: Ati HD7790 1GB
MEMORY: KINGSTON HyperX Blu 8GB (2x4GB) 1600Mhz
SSD: KINGSTON KC300 120GB SATA3
+ cooling

I know both AM3+ and 1155 are dying, but what else could I have chosen for him for this money?!

He already has a PSU(CM 750W) and a HDD which he wants to keep.

Would you please correct me if you think I would change something for him.
Thanks in advance.
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zenix 22 Dec 2013, 00:06
Intel Core i5 4430
Gigabyte GA-B85M-HD3
MSI R9 270 2GB GAMING
Crucial Ballistix BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU
Samsung 840 EVO 120GB
500,85 here to be exactly

you can take any 270, or B85 motherboard with random 8GB ram.
Also if you make a gaming pc, invest the most in the GPU for example a FX-6300 would have been better in the first config with a more powerful gpu. The GTX650ti and 7790 are weak compared to the 270
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DrLagAlot 22 Dec 2013, 00:10
I'm not very up-to-date when it comes to hardware at the moment, but lemme tell you one thing, don't go for amd cpus, their gfx are fine though
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zenix 22 Dec 2013, 00:12
Depends on what you want to do with them, if it's gaming Intel is the best way to go.
But if you play mainly battlefield 4 for example, an fx is good also because it will use all cores.
Also price performance ratio is prettty good on AMD, and unlike Intel you can overclock any AMD model and that is a big plus for me.
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DrLagAlot 22 Dec 2013, 00:16
Well, of course he'll want to game with it, I've got a bulldozer and I know multiple other persons who have, and compaired to most intel cores my cpu is a beast when it comes to rendering video clips, but in bf3 I cannot even achieve more than unstable 110 fps with it on quite low settings, same about cod: ghosts. Also there are locked amd cpus as well, also not worth mentioning they got a way higher heat increasement than intel cpus, so for overclocking intel just simply is > amd
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zenix 22 Dec 2013, 00:23
Locked with AMD means multiplier locked, that doesn't mean you can't overclock them
My 1055T Thuban is locked, still i overclocked it from 2,8 to 4GHz just HT overclocking.

And bulldozer was a complete fail, my thuban is better than bulldozer in most situations. Piledriver is a good improvement. We will see how much AMD improved with going to 28nm and steamroller in january.

It's important that AMD keeps at least a bit competitive because else there won't be much progress from Intel. You can already see Intel slowing down with their roadmap.
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zeKxa 22 Dec 2013, 10:01
i3 4130
Gigabyte G1.Sniper B5
2x4Go random 1600 DDR3
GTX650Ti Boost
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