BF4 $650 build help

[phamhlam]

I am looking to build a gaming rig for Battlefield 4. I built PCs in the past and sold them off as I started focusing more on college and work. Now that I graduated and have a job, I have more free time to come back Battlefield.

 

$ Limit: $650

Location: Pacific NW

 

I have a 1080 IPS monitor, keyboard, mouse, OS, and a SSD.

 

Current build ideas:

 

$200 EVGA GTX 770 SC (craiglist)

$190 i5-4570

$65 MSI H81 Mini ITX

$73 Crucial (2x4GB) RAM

$60 Seasonic S12G 450W (I prefer Seasonic for reliability)

$50 Thermaltake V1 (good air flow)

 

Total: $638

 

Let me know if an AMD build would be better. I don't have experience with AMD products.

I want to know where I can improve or reduce my cost.

 

Thank you and Happy Holidays.

[Lays]

your current idea is great IMO

[Johannes_Lazor]

Looks good, Personally i would rather go for a R9 290 if you anyways are getting a GPU second hand Mainly becouse of the higher amount of Vram if you decide to go higher than 1080p in the future, And it is also more powerful.


AMD vs Intel comes down to preference in the end, BF4 make use of up to 8 cores if im ont mistaken so the performance should be pretty similar.

[AverageHardware]

It looks good! You should be able to max out Bf4 no problem.

[phamhlam]

Thank you for the feedback. The only option in my area currently is a ASUS R9 280X and GTX 770.