Budget build help.

[Gdog96]

Hi guys, I am building my friend a PC with a budget of £380-£400 max. The build will be a gaming PC that he wants to play most games on (obviously not highest settings or resolution), but he wants to PLAY most games. 

 

I need some help thinking of components though. 

 

So far I have thought of this:

CPU: AMD A10 5800K

GPU: AMD 7750/7770.....use this in hybrid crossfire with the APU?

RAM: 4 gigs of some corsiar stuff 1333MHZ

 

The rest doesnt really matter in terms of gaming performance. Do you think this will be ok for what he wants? Is there anything I should do differently?

 

Is it right that APUs work better if they have higher frequency ram? If so is it worth buying some 1866 mhz? Or will the performance upgrade not really be noticeable?

 

Thanks :)

 

[Muffinator]

For a gaming rig, make sure you find a version of the 7750/7770 with 2 gb of vram.

[WoodenMarker]

Here you go: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/12G8n

 

I highly recommend not going under 6gigs of ram.

The 7770 and 7850 are awesome bang for buck cards. Just saying.

[algoat]

You can only do a hybrid crossfire with up to A 7660d with the apus. You should just get a regular CPU and a dedicated video card.

[VVR4ITH]

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/12J6h

A little more expensive, but nice.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/12Jcn

[hiyayhi]

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/12J6h

A little more expensive, but nice.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/12Jcn

+1 on this build, Then if your friend thinks he needs more GPU horsepower he can buy himself a nice 7770 / 7790 later on.