Second PC and Upgrade

[Heartwork]

Hi, Looking for some advice,

I play a lot of Co op games with my friend, But he does not have a PC. So he comes over and uses my Laptop on a TV, we get some drinks into us and have a good old time. But the laptop is close to becoming obsolete.

So I was thinking of building a second PC and upgrading my PSU to 750 80+ modular, RAM to 16Gb and getting an AMD Gigabyte R9 270X 4Gb OC to run in CrossfireX with my 2Gb, and a top ventilated case.

So basically Im looking for advise on building a PC with no RAM, PSU or case for around $350 AUD or a little more If I need to. Would have to be good enough to run games like DayZ at 35 to 40 FPS.

Let me know what you think.

[Krytopsy]

You tought about upgrader your main PC and use your old parts for that second PC ?

[Heartwork]

Yep, thats the plan.

 

Will be using the PSU, RAM, and Case from the main one.

[Megazero]

Yep, thats the plan.

 

Will be using the PSU, RAM, and Case from the main one.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A10-6800K 4.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($159.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Motherboard: Asus A88X-PLUS ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($95.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.00 @ Centre Com)

Total: $318.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-17 22:56 EST+1100

[Heartwork]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A10-6800K 4.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($159.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Motherboard: Asus A88X-PLUS ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($95.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.00 @ Centre Com)

Total: $318.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-17 22:56 EST+1100

Need a GPU.

 

also would just use an FX 6300 for $25 less, and a cheap MOBO.

[Megazero]

Need a GPU.

 

also would just use an FX 6300 for $25 less, and a cheap MOBO.

It's a APU, you dont need a dedicated GPU for DayZ, the onboard GPU on these CPU is enough for light gaming, though you probably have to turn it down to 720p I think...

Else

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($125.00 @ Mwave Australia)

Motherboard: ASRock 980DE3/U3S3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.00 @ Mwave Australia)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.00 @ Centre Com)

Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 260 1GB DirectCU II Video Card ($99.00 @ Centre Com)

Total: $357.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-17 23:19 EST+1100