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A friend has asked me to suggest a configuration suitable for playing games like cs:go,Dota 2 etc at 60fps+ stable on 1080p high or ultra settings, I would be building it.This is what i could fit in his almost 600$ budget its a little over but he says he is fine with it.This wig will do pretty fine for dota and cs:go so.What do you guys think about it ?

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($173.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($49.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($56.99 @ Micro Center) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.75 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB HAWK Video Card  ($153.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($54.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Micro Center) 
Total: $675.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-28 11:32 EDT-0400

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I Would go with 2 sticks so he can use dual channel 

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A friend has asked me to suggest a configuration suitable for playing games like cs:go,Dota 2 etc at 60fps+ stable on 1080p high or ultra settings, I would be building it.This is what i could fit in his almost 600$ budget its a little over but he says he is fine with it.This wig will do pretty fine for dota and cs:go so.What do you guys think about it ?

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($173.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($49.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($56.99 @ Micro Center) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.75 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB HAWK Video Card  ($153.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($54.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Micro Center) 
Total: $675.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-28 11:32 EDT-0400

 

How about something like this?

 

 
CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($137.95 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard  ($75.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($56.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.95 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB DUAL-X Video Card  ($172.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Aerocool Strike-X One ATX Mid Tower Case  ($52.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $692.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-28 11:37 EDT-0400

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I Would go with 2 sticks so he can use dual channel 

Actually he is planning on upgrading his memory later since he is a video editor so the single stick.

 

 

How about something like this?

 

 
CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($137.95 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard  ($75.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($56.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.95 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB DUAL-X Video Card  ($172.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Aerocool Strike-X One ATX Mid Tower Case  ($52.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $692.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-28 11:37 EDT-0400

 

Nope,A seagate hdd and a fx cpu how worse can things get even if the fx cpu may help in video editing nope.LOL 

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Actually he is planning on upgrading his memory later since he is a video editor so the single stick.

 

Nope,A seagate hdd and a fx cpu how worse can things get even if the fx cpu may help in video editing nope.LOL 

 

Seagate HDD is actually pretty good... I've only have WD fail on me, not Seagate~

And as a low budget build, AMD CPU is actually better choice than a cheap Intel CPU. It wont bottle neck anything, and with the future coming of DX12 with better multicore/hypertheading support it will be even better. If you have more budget, it's Intel and Nvidia all the way, if not, AMD is a good choice too.

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Seagate HDD is actually pretty good... I've only have WD fail on me, not Seagate~

And as a low budget build, AMD CPU is actually better choice than a cheap Intel CPU. It wont bottle neck anything, and with the future coming of DX12 with better multicore/hypertheading support it will be even better. If you have more budget, it's Intel and Nvidia all the way, if not, AMD is a good choice too.

Yes with Dx12 it will be better,but i am not going to buy into amd's bench until proper third party one's come out and it already bottlenecks a r9 290x not that it will bottleneck the card i choose but still i find those core's to be weak.Intel would a little better.

Seagate hdd's have failed 3+ times on me also many people have experienced faliure on those.

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  • I'd almost definitely use a dual channel kit, especially if you have four slots in there.
  • Spending on an SSD on a budget build, I feel, sacrifices too much game performance for boot times. On top of that, you can't really fit too many games on an 120GB SSD. They will be going down in price in the future anyways, so I'd say save up for that upgrade in the future.
  • I don't think you can overclock with that CPU/motherboard, so an aftermarket cooler might not be worthwhile. If you want a quiet one, I'd say throw in a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO.
  • I haven't heard particularly good things about the Corsair Builder series PSUs, so I'd avoid those. Not entirely sure, though. You absolutely shouldn't cheap out on a PSU though.

So here's my crack at it. I'm not entirely sure about the RAM, but you can throw in a dual channel Crucial Ballistix Sport kit for a few dollars more. The CPU has a much better turbo clock speed, so on applications and games that only use a single core, you're golden. It shouldn't bottleneck many GPU setups as well.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($193.99 @ NCIX US)

Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($71.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($54.00 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.99 @ NCIX US)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card ($222.98 @ Newegg)

Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($31.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($47.50 @ Newegg)

Total: $675.43

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-28 11:49 EDT-0400

 

Note: And if he was desperate to fit it in $600 exactly, that's definitely possible, using this setup as a baseline. But it sounds like he would pay a little more for better price/performance. You could also upgrade the GPU to an R9 290 and shave a little off of the CPU for a somewhat big performance increase. Here's an example:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($178.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($71.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($54.00 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.99 @ NCIX US)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($249.99 @ Newegg)

Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($31.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($47.50 @ Newegg)

Total: $687.44

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-28 11:53 EDT-0400

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