Ideas for media/light gaming/lan PC

[lufihengr]

So I have thought that I might build a media consumption PC so that I can get some use out of my TV that is collecting dust at the moment, and would like for it to be able to play some games too like WOW, Dota 2, and BF4 at least

low/medium 1080P so that I can take it wuth me to LAN parties and so on.

 

I have a pretty small bugdet but not going to limit it to any specific number right now.

 

Also I have no idea should I go AMD or Intel for this, an APU seems pretty enticing but I am worried it won't have enough power. 

Intel should be better with QuickSync right? So I could stream some games from my main pc too? But then I would need a discrete GPU.

 

 

Another thought is trying to get used parts for some extra performance and saving some money while doing so.

 

Just need some external input since I can't make up my mind on what I should get.

 

Located in Finland so if you post pcpartpicker links please use the UK or German pcpartpickers.

 

Thanks in advance for helping!

 

 

 

 

[Recon97]

Please be more specific in budget.

[EzioSan]

give us a budget and we will let the magic happen

[EzioSan]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€162.39 @ Home of Hardware DE) 

Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (€46.95 @ Hardwareversand) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€74.97 @ Hardwareversand) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€54.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  (€315.73 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Case: Cooler Master N300 ATX Mid Tower Case  (€36.67 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€42.90 @ Caseking) 

Total: €734.51

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-22 11:47 CET+0100

 

i have an i5 4460 with msi gtx 970 :

BF 4 Ultra 1080p: over 100fps. Tomb raider :Ultra superesolution 70 fps, dota superresoltuin  fps stays 60 cause its capped, csgo  300fps cause its capped, metro 2033 300 fps cause cap, guild wars 2 between 60 and 150

Assassins Creed Unity ( offline mode) Ultra 1080p FXAA HBAO+ : 45-60fps, usually 50 cause game bad optimzed

 

Edit: at 1080p you can max everthing with this this pc, 430w powersupply is more then enough you wont cross 300w.

i use the same case, its nice black the quality is fine and it comes with 2 case fans.

the graphic card is a month old...its really powerful and quite and performs really nice

[lufihengr]

Please be more specific in budget.

 

 

give us a budget and we will let the magic happen

Well it's pretty open so maybe if I could have a couple different builds like sub 500 and sub 800 for example?

 

 

 

 

-snip-

 

If I can get this much money this is actually very impressive.

[fababaa]

How about this?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (€87.90 @ Caseking) 

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (€56.50 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€73.65 @ Home of Hardware DE) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€55.39 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (€204.00 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Case: Cooler Master N300 ATX Mid Tower Case  (€36.75 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€42.90 @ Caseking) 

Total: €557.09

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-30 01:14 CET+0100

 

It will not run BF4 on Ultra at 60FPS (of course), but you will definitely be able to play at Medium settings on high FPS's

Any question just ask!

[lufihengr]

-snip-

 

Won't this build be bottlenecked by the CPU? I'm a bit concerned about the FX-6300 being powerful enough...

[fababaa]

Won't this build be bottlenecked by the CPU? I'm a bit concerned about the FX-6300 being powerful enough...

FX 6300 isn't definitely the most powerful CPU out there, but to stay on a small budget, I think this is a good one

Although it would help a lot if you'd give us a budget

[lufihengr]

FX 6300 isn't definitely the most powerful CPU out there, but to stay on a small budget, I think this is a good one

Although it would help a lot if you'd give us a budget

Well as cheap as you can then. Low/ med settings at 1080P in bf4 at acceptable framerates shall be the benchmark.