Cheapest possible gaming cpu combo?

[BetterGamer]

I need to upgrade to a new cpu,mobo,ram soon so what would be the cheapest possible upgrade? 

[x7ASSASSIN7x]

What do you have right now?

[BetterGamer]

What do you have right now?

Amd phenom x4 9600,asus m3a76-em  and I want to buy a r7 260x but ive heard it will bottleneck 

[BetterGamer]

budget and location?

Under 150$ if possible and US?

[antoainb]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($54.00 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($44.99 @ Micro Center)

Memory: Corsair XMS3 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($34.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $133.98

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-25 13:29 EDT-0400

 

A pretty low budget tho

 

^^^This, but get 1600MHz RAM if you can.

[BetterGamer]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($54.00 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($44.99 @ Micro Center)

Memory: Corsair XMS3 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($34.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $133.98

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-25 13:29 EDT-0400

 

A pretty low budget tho

 

^^^This, but get 1600MHz RAM if ywou can.

What will this allow me to run? and whats a good gpu to go with it?

[x7ASSASSIN7x]

Amd phenom x4 9600,asus m3a76-em  and I want to buy a r7 260x but ive heard it will bottleneck 

The CPU and Ram will be bottlenecks if you buy a r7 260x. I suggest you buy a newer cpu and motherboard first then upgrade video card

[antoainb]

What will this allow me to run? and whats a good gpu to go with it?

 

That'll be good with the 260X.

[harrynowl]

What will this allow me to run? and whats a good gpu to go with it?

You can run MMOs and indies very well. Some trip A's such as BF4 and Watch dogs will be a bit bottlenecked though.

[BetterGamer]

The CPU and Ram will be bottlenecks if you buy a r7 260x. I suggest you buy a newer cpu and motherboard first then upgrade video card

Yea but I dont have a video card at all now

[x7ASSASSIN7x]

What will this allow me to run? and whats a good gpu to go with it?

Whats your budget for a GPU?

[BetterGamer]

Whats your budget for a GPU?

Dont really have one... Just dont have the money to upgrade both.. Im only going to have about 200$ total

[BetterGamer]

Ah... right, put your total budget, for all upgrades.

Also put your PSU specs

200$ total And 500w

[x7ASSASSIN7x]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($54.00 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($44.99 @ Micro Center)

Memory: Kingston 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($37.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $136.98

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-25 13:30 EDT-0400

 

A pretty low budget tho

 

 

Yea but I dont have a video card at all now

Buy the combo above and get an R7 240 for like $65 and you should have like $10 left over

[BetterGamer]

Buy the combo above and get an R7 240 for like $65 and you should have like $10 left over

Yeah but the r7 240 suckkks according to linus

[x7ASSASSIN7x]

Yeah but the r7 240 suckkks according to linus

It does but for your budget you'd have to spend like $30 more to get a R7 260x

[BetterGamer]

Make sure it's a PCIe 6 pin connector and 25 A or more on the +12V rail (and some efficiency cert)

 

Also 200 $ is poop budget for a R7 260X...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($54.00 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($44.99 @ Micro Center)

Memory: Kingston 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($37.99 @ NCIX US)

Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 1GB Core Edition Video Card  ($89.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $226.97

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-25 13:39 EDT-0400

I know I have a bad budget and its the EVGA 500w PSU

[Guest]

^^^This, but get 1600MHz RAM if you can.

afaik the pentium g3xxx supports up to 1333 MHz ram.

[BetterGamer]

So if I use my current cpu will it be bad at gaming with a r7 260x?

[BetterGamer]

So if I use my current cpu will it be bad at gaming with a r7 260x?

I dont care If i have to run them at medium graphics.... I just want to play the games with stable fps

[natelliot123]

you could buy apu and if u want more performance later u could add r7 250 in crossfire    , there is a video on linustechtip  u should chek it out

[BetterGamer]

Yes... It'll bottleneck it, it's just throwing money

(what's your actual GPU?)

Dont have one just using the integrated one which is the HD radeon 3200

[BetterGamer]

Then even an APU would be better...

I dont want one Id rather have an actual GPU

[BetterGamer]

How much could you save in 3 months (or the time you'd wait)?

I dont know... Im 14 so I dont have a job.... I only get like 10$ every other week for mowing my neighbors yard

[BetterGamer]

I had 350$ then spent some on a 500W psu and a new case and fan controller(the case has alot of fans)