350-400 Gaming PC

[S1L3nT]

Hi guys, my neighbour heard that I'm gonna build a pc for myself and he came and asked me to build a gaming PC for him between 350-400$ .. He wants to upgrade his old tower. He got all the peripherials only wants to upgrade mobo,cpu,ram,gpu,psu,case. I'm about http://pcpartpicker.com/p/17qEJ

it can handle bf3 on ultra I think cuz he got 20" monitor. That's enough. Any suggestions please reply or better parts :)

[david cassar]

Hi guys, my neighbour heard that I'm gonna build a pc for myself and he came and asked me to build a gaming PC for him between 350-400$ .. He wants to upgrade his old tower. He got all the peripherials only wants to upgrade mobo,cpu,ram,gpu,psu,case. I'm about http://pcpartpicker.com/p/17qEJ

it can handle bf3 on ultra I think cuz he got 20" monitor. That's enough. Any suggestions please reply or better parts :)

Don't get an athlon 651k. You will be limiting yourself in upgradibilty and performance. Get a phenom 965. at 1600x900 an hd 7770 should be able to play bf3 on ultra but if I where you i would save 40 dollars and get an hd 7850 1gb. Much better performance and you get 3 free games aswell .

[S1L3nT]

Don't get an athlon 651k. You will be limiting yourself in upgradibilty and performance. Get a phenom 965. at 1600x900 an hd 7770 should be able to play bf3 on ultra but if I where you i would save 40 dollars and get an hd 7850 1gb. Much better performance and you get 3 free games aswell .

Changing CPU means changing mobo too. Prices for both are a lil more plus 7850. I'm on budget 350-400$ and I'm building for my neighbour he won't do any upgrades I'm sure.

[Morfy]

I think it's the best you can get fo' the money.

[david cassar]

get this mobo : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131795

And get the phenom : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727

It is a bit more expensive but worth the money. You get much better cpu performance and upgradibility for the fx series.

[Guest GRRigger]

multiplayer in battlefield can be demanding for CPU. get a phenom II x4 and mobo, and he has upgradability option OR option to put like 35 dollar cpu cooler on it and keep it cooler and overclock it for cuple hundred megaherz

[LapX]

20'' but what resolution ? He won't be playing BF3 on Ultra with that lol. Unless he got a low res monitor, in that case I don't call it Ultra anymore...

[david cassar]

20'' but what resolution ? He won't be playing BF3 on Ultra with that lol. Unless he got a low res monitor, in that case I don't call it Ultra anymore...

I think that it is 1600x900 but he didn't tell.

[Guest GRRigger]

I think that it is 1600x900 but he didn't tell.

most probably yes. if its old tower and monitor definitly something around that res.

hd7770 will be fine, along with phenom

[SirReallySam]

Looks decent :)

[Lays]

Was planning on building this for my parents, you could probably shave some money off.

[WoodenMarker]

A few changes for much better performance: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/17rPl

 

Note: ram in dual channel can be up to 50% better than ram in single channel.

[WoodenMarker]

Was planning on building this for my parents, you could probably shave some money off.ss (2013-06-04 at 11.42.38).png

If your parents don't game, you should toss the gpu and throw in an ssd.

[S1L3nT]

I think that it is 1600x900 but he didn't tell.

Yes I checked now it's 1600x900 :)

[S1L3nT]

A few changes for much better performance: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/17rPl

 

Note: ram in dual channel can be up to 50% better than ram in single channel.

Thanks, I think thats the best I can grab for his budget.

[S1L3nT]

Was planning on building this for my parents, you could probably shave some money off.ss (2013-06-04 at 11.42.38).png

Looks great but I'm on budget max 400$.. I'd prolly go for FX but it's not for me :)

[AustinTheIntern]

Note: ram in dual channel can be up to 50% better than ram in single channel.

Where is the proof?

[S1L3nT]

Forgot to say, recomended psu for 7770 is 500w but I've seen lotsa reviews that cx430 would handle it perfectly, what you guys think? will there be any issue even if its on full load?

[WoodenMarker]

Where is the proof?

I couldn't find the specific MEMORY benchmarks but I found one for integrated graphics: http://www.itsjustwhatever.com/2012/07/17/why-you-want-dual-channel-memory-for-your-hd4000-integrated-graphics/

 

To elaborate, you can have up to a 50-60% performance increase in memory benchmarks. In more realistic scenarios with dedicated graphics, you can see up to a 1-5% increase.

With integrated graphics, the performance is more reliant on dual channel.

 

It's hard to average the overall performance of ram for different usage scenarios so we use benchmarks--specifically memory benchmarks.

The increase is not like a solid 50% but "up to" (maybe more) 50%. 

[WoodenMarker]

Forgot to say, recomended psu for 7770 is 500w but I've seen lotsa reviews that cx430 would handle it perfectly, what you guys think? will there be any issue even if its on full load?

You can easily run a 7870 off of a cx430. My uncle's 7850 runs off of the cx430.

 

The 7770 uses very little power. The cx430 is plenty if not overkill.

[Lays]

If your parents don't game, you should toss the gpu and throw in an ssd.

 

they do, I've already gone over all the options lol

[Lays]

Looks great but I'm on budget max 400$.. I'd prolly go for FX but it's not for me :)

 

 

That's why I said you could probably shave some money off here and there 

[WoodenMarker]

they do, I've already gone over all the options lol

That's awesome.

If my parents gamed, I'd have an excuse to fill the house with gaming rigs. It would be awesome for LAN parties.

[Lays]

That's awesome.

If my parents gamed, I'd have an excuse to fill the house with gaming rigs. It would be awesome for LAN parties.

 

 

lmao :DDDD