cheap gaming pc

[sproutickler]

i want to build my brother a cheap gaming pc with some old sapre parts i have that can play all the new games at console level at least. i have a radeon 7950 and an asrock 970 exstreme 4 motherboard and 8gb of ddr3 1600mhz ram. he wants to play games like gta 5 and battlefield nso i was going to just buy an fx 6300. i myself have an 8350 so why not. but i have been looking at benchmarks for the considerably cheaper fx 4300 and it seems to be playing games just fine. should i get him that and save money or get him a 6300. will the extra cores be very needed?

[Aytex]

So you have a 970 and a 7950

[DryzonDigital]

If I know one part that is the ultimate budget pick and is awesome.. it's the Corsair 200R (amazing case for the money).

[ADZ_123_!"£]

i want to build my brother a cheap gaming pc with some old sapre parts i have that can play all the new games at console level at least. i have a radeon 7950 and an asrock 970 exstreme 4 motherboard and 8gb of ddr3 1600mhz ram. he wants to play games like gta 5 and battlefield nso i was going to just buy an fx 6300. i myself have an 8350 so why not. but i have been looking at benchmarks for the considerably cheaper fx 4300 and it seems to be playing games just fine. should i get him that and save money or get him a 6300. will the extra cores be very needed?

If you didn't already have the mobo I would say go down the I3 route but seen as you are sticking with amd I would definitely get the fx6300.

 

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[ADZ_123_!"£]

So you have a 970 and a 7950

The 970 is the name of the mobo.

[Aytex]

Oh my bad

[david cassar]

Between them the 6300 would be better than 4300. Also the price difference between them isnt that large and there are some games which utilize more than 4 cores.

[sproutickler]

Between them the 6300 would be better than 4300. Also the price difference between them isnt that large and there are some games which utilize more than 4 cores.

just all the videos i watched there was barely any difference

[david cassar]

just all the videos i watched there was barely any difference

In games like gta v and battlefield there is going to be a difference.

[SWAGGA]

So you have a 970 and a 7950

he has a 970 chipset mobo

[Giganizer300PRO]

The 2 additional cores will not help in gaming at all, as 4 cores is the ultimate sweet spot.

As far as anything else goes, it shouldn't really matter for "console level at least" which one you get, they will both do fine.

[grayblizzard]

it depends on whether he wants to be able to play cpu intensive games like battlefield or not that simple

[Nuluvius]

Personally I'd stay well clear of AMD CPUs these days. Very weak per core performance in contrast with Intel plus the power consumption and heat is simply garbage. Far better to go the i5 skt 1150 Z97 route and you'll have a good upgrade path to an i7 in time. Moreover the machine will be cheaper to run and perform better for a lot longer.

[sproutickler]

Personally I'd stay well clear of AMD CPUs these days. Very weak per core performance in contrast with Intel plus the power consumption and heat is simply garbage. Far better to go the i5 skt 1150 Z97 route and you'll have a good upgrade path to an i7 in time. Moreover the machine will be cheaper to run and perform better for a lot longer.

apart from an i5 is 3 times the price and i dont happen to have an intel motherboard

[SWAGGA]

it depends on whether he wants to be able to play cpu intensive games like battlefield or not that simple

dude bf4 also runs on g3258s

[grayblizzard]

dude bf4 also runs on g3258s

Yeh just not well

[sproutickler]

dude bf4 also runs on g3258s

very true i saw as much

[sproutickler]

Yeh just not well

60fps ultra is pretty dang good 

[Nuluvius]

apart from an i5 is 3 times the price and i dont happen to have an intel motherboard

 

Apologies I replied using my phone + it's been a long day.

[TheCaptain53]

Personally I'd stay well clear of AMD CPUs these days. Very weak per core performance in contrast with Intel plus the power consumption and heat is simply garbage. Far better to go the i5 skt 1150 Z97 route and you'll have a good upgrade path to an i7 in time. Moreover the machine will be cheaper to run and perform better for a lot longer.

JayzTwoCents did a video on this a while ago. 

For you to see you make your money back buying an Intel over a (roughly) equivalent AMD, you have to wait at least 5 years. By that time, you'll probably have upgraded anyway.

Whilst it will certainly perform better, it is by no means cheaper in the long run when you take into account the considerable premium of an Intel over an AMD.