First Build

[ShowOffz]

Hello everyone!

 

Being new in PC building I started a week ago with research. Now when I have some knowledge I decided to ask some questions that I am not sure in.

 

Firstly, what can I reuse from my old PC and still play games like GTA 5 or Witcher 3?

 

My old PC :

CPU : AMD Athlon II X4 620

RAM : 6.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 533MHz

MOBO : Acer FRX780M (CPU 1) -> more info http://puu.sh/jZyys/dfd7b73f8e.png

GPU : 1024MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 6670 (Sapphire/PCPartner)

POWER : max wattage 450W, peak wattage 500W 80+ Bronze

 

Secondly, I cant decide between intel i5-4460 and a AMD FX-8320 8 core. Reading all the benchmarks I could find I firstly considered 4460, but now that Win10 came out with Dx12, which should get all out of AMD's 8 cores. Some even speculate that with Dx12 8320 could reach an i7 intel CPU performace.

 

Leaving these questions here and starting to research about MSI R7 370 vs Gigabyte R9 380 vs EVGA GTX 960.

[olback]

I5 and a R9 380

 

Also, what is your budget and location?

[sms1202]

r9 380

Budget please

even $800 builds can rock an i5 and r9 390

[olback]

@ShowOffz Remember to follow your own topics

[ShowOffz]

Right now my budget is ~ 700 EUR. And I live in Estonia.

[ShowOffz]

Easy place to check prices in Estonia : http://www.hinnavaatlus.ee/

Even nowt knowing the language.

[Nena Trinity]

I say you can try to put in a R9 380 and see if its playable on that CPU if not upgrade to a 860K or a i5!

[ShowOffz]

But what about the motherboard and RAM ?? For me RAM seems slow and the motherboard is a "black box" can't find any information on this mobo.

[Kaita]

Hello everyone!

 

Being new in PC building I started a week ago with research. Now when I have some knowledge I decided to ask some questions that I am not sure in.

 

Firstly, what can I reuse from my old PC and still play games like GTA 5 or Witcher 3?

 

My old PC :

CPU : AMD Athlon II X4 620

RAM : 6.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 533MHz

MOBO : Acer FRX780M (CPU 1) -> more info http://puu.sh/jZyys/dfd7b73f8e.png

GPU : 1024MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 6670 (Sapphire/PCPartner)

POWER : max wattage 450W, peak wattage 500W 80+ Bronze

 

Secondly, I cant decide between intel i5-4460 and a AMD FX-8320 8 core. Reading all the benchmarks I could find I firstly considered 4460, but now that Win10 came out with Dx12, which should get all out of AMD's 8 cores. Some even speculate that with Dx12 8320 could reach an i7 intel CPU performace.

 

Leaving these questions here and starting to research about MSI R7 370 vs Gigabyte R9 380 vs EVGA GTX 960.

 

You can get the following build for 688.46 EUR  , Not sure if its including shipping. I used http://www.hinnavaatlus.ee/ and the cheapest CPU , Motherboard and RAM are from pcsto.ee and the rest are from other vendors.

 

CPU - i5 4460

Motherboard - MSI H97 PC Mate

RAM - Crucial Ballistix 8GB (4x2) 1600mhz 

GPU - MSI R9 380 

Case - Fractal Define R5

Power Supply - Seasonic M12II 520W

 

And about your RAM , You multiply 533 by 2 = 1066mhz so I think you should buy new ones.

[Guest trucker2]

The x4 is no slouch. I would get a killer dGPU then look for the best deal you can get on the cpu/MB

[Serpius]

Hello everyone!

 

Being new in PC building I started a week ago with research. Now when I have some knowledge I decided to ask some questions that I am not sure in.

 

Firstly, what can I reuse from my old PC and still play games like GTA 5 or Witcher 3?

 

My old PC :

CPU : AMD Athlon II X4 620

RAM : 6.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 533MHz

MOBO : Acer FRX780M (CPU 1) -> more info http://puu.sh/jZyys/dfd7b73f8e.png

GPU : 1024MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 6670 (Sapphire/PCPartner)

POWER : max wattage 450W, peak wattage 500W 80+ Bronze

 

Secondly, I cant decide between intel i5-4460 and a AMD FX-8320 8 core. Reading all the benchmarks I could find I firstly considered 4460, but now that Win10 came out with Dx12, which should get all out of AMD's 8 cores. Some even speculate that with Dx12 8320 could reach an i7 intel CPU performace.

 

Leaving these questions here and starting to research about MSI R7 370 vs Gigabyte R9 380 vs EVGA GTX 960.

 

Showoff,

 

Ok, my suggested computer build is shown below. Yes, I know it went over 34 Euros, but I tried my best to keep it close to 700 Euros as possible and still provide a solid and powerful computer build for you.

 

All prices are in German Euros and all vendors are in Germany.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€175.85 @ Mindfactory) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (€36.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (€95.13 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Memory: GeIL EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€90.23 @ Mindfactory) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€54.42 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti 4GB Video Card  (€145.49 @ Mindfactory) 

Case: NZXT Source 220 ATX Mid Tower Case  (€51.27 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€84.90 @ Caseking) 

Total: €734.28

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-06 03:31 CEST+0200

[Electro_XD]

Try this: 

PCPartPicker part list: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/hLhw23

Price breakdown by merchant: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/hLhw23/by_merchant/

 

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (€99.90 @ Caseking) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (€36.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (€73.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€53.89 @ Mindfactory) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  (€372.70) 

Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  (€39.26 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€72.86 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Total: €749.59

 

I might be over budget but hey, GTX 970. 

[ShowOffz]

Thank you everyone!

 

But still... Wont Dx12 make AMD FX-8320 outperform i5-4460 ??

 

 

 

Showoff,

 

Ok, my suggested computer build is shown below. Yes, I know it went over 34 Euros, but I tried my best to keep it close to 700 Euros as possible and still provide a solid and powerful computer build for you.

 

All prices are in German Euros and all vendors are in Germany.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€175.85 @ Mindfactory) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (€36.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (€95.13 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Memory: GeIL EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€90.23 @ Mindfactory) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€54.42 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti 4GB Video Card  (€145.49 @ Mindfactory) 

Case: NZXT Source 220 ATX Mid Tower Case  (€51.27 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€84.90 @ Caseking) 

Total: €734.28

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-06 03:31 CEST+0200

 

 

Why you added a CPU cooler if CPU will not be OC'd anyway? And as much as I know intel stock colers are OK.

And isn't 16 GB RAM a lil bit overkill for a budget machine?

[Serpius]

Thank you everyone!

 

But still... Wont Dx12 make AMD FX-8320 outperform i5-4460 ??

 

 

Why you added a CPU cooler if CPU will not be OC'd anyway? And as much as I know intel stock colers are OK.

And isn't 16 GB RAM a lil bit overkill for a budget machine?

 

No, 16 GB is NOT an overkill for any kind of machine these days. With many programs becoming more and more memory dependent, it's a good practice to have more memory than not enough.

 

AMD FX-8320 will NEVER outperform an i5-4460, even with Dx12.

 

Please don't let the AMD propaganda confuse you.