Quite an upgrade...

[Frenzyy]

Hi, first of all, I just wanted to thank you guys for helping me out a while back with my and my brother's pc components. (It's always nice to be able to play games at any settings.)

Anyway, today I need some help again but this time it's going to be a budget pc. (Not for me this time, don't need 2 pcs. ) I do have a couple of components but most I will have to buy and I'm not sure about what would be the best choice in order to get +/- 60fps in games like BF4 at 1366x768 res on even low settings. In other words, cheapest build that will run BF4 with acceptable fps.

I am not really a fan of used parts and never bought any for myself but for this build I'm fine with them if you will suggest some used ones, just as long as the price to performance ratio is much better than buying something new.

When it comes to the budget, there really isn't one, I'll just spend as much as I have to on this one in order to achieve the goal.

 

Parts that I know I can use (Not counting some really old and sketchy parts given to me lol):

PSU:

Delta Electronics DPS (500W)

Cooler:

New Intel stock cooler

HDD:

2x500GB Seagate 

Case:

Some old 'Logic' case but it should be ok, hopefully.

 

In terms of parts that I was thinking about:

CPU: http://www.amazon.co...W/?tag=pcp0f-21

Cooler (if needed): http://www.amazon.co...Q/?tag=pcp0f-21

RAM: http://www.amazon.co...4/?tag=pcp0f-21

Mobo: http://www.amazon.co...-3&keywords=h81

 

Also, I was wondering what would be best for such cheap, budget build? amd+amd, amd+nvidia, intel+ amd or intel+nvidia?

Thanks in advance!

[TheRandomness]

Pentium K is nothing but an overclocker's toy, get an X4 860k instead. Also, for the GPU have a look at the XFX 4GB R9 380 or the R7 370.

[I need a better name]

PSU:

Delta Electronics DPS (500W)

Cooler:

New Intel stock cooler

HDD:

2x500GB Seagate 

Case:

Some old 'Logic' case but it should be ok, hopefully.

 

In terms of parts that I was thinking about:

CPU: http://www.amazon.co...W/?tag=pcp0f-21

Cooler (if needed): http://www.amazon.co...Q/?tag=pcp0f-21

RAM: http://www.amazon.co...4/?tag=pcp0f-21

Mobo: http://www.amazon.co...-3&keywords=h81

 

Also, I was wondering what would be best for such cheap, budget build? amd+amd, amd+nvidia, intel+ amd or intel+nvidia?

Thanks in advance!

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[MLG Doge]

Just gonna suggest www.pcpartpicker.com to you, I don't know someone on this forum who doesent use it.

[Epiclol86]

really if you want to go that low, i would get an amd APU.

[Frenzyy]

Ok so if I went with the x4 860k would a mobo like this be good enough http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gigabyte-F2A58M-HD2-Motherboard-Athlon-A-series-Socket-FM2-A58-Micro-ATX-RAID-/111614416483?hash=item19fcbcd663:g:ArIAAOSwPcVVhPcX ? Or would you recommend anything else?

When it comes to the PSU I know it's not Corsair or EVGA but it should do the job for at least a couple of months and then I'd change it. Unless it's really necessary then which one would you recommend?

Somebody mentioned APUs as well. I don't find them that good so I'll have to pass on that unfortunately, in which case I'll have to get a GPU also.

@TheRandomness

Since it's not for me, I'd prefer to spend a little less on a GPU, especially since there are other, bit worse gpus that will run bf4 just fine on low or even med in such res.

 

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Btw. http://www.techspot.com/review/1017-best-budget-gaming-cpu/page7.html

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2302564/g3258-athlon-860k.html

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Unless most games nowadays will really benefit from the extra cores/threads in which case the x4 is better.

[TheRandomness]

Ok so if I went with the x4 860k would a mobo like this be good enough http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gigabyte-F2A58M-HD2-Motherboard-Athlon-A-series-Socket-FM2-A58-Micro-ATX-RAID-/111614416483?hash=item19fcbcd663:g:ArIAAOSwPcVVhPcX ? Or would you recommend anything else?

When it comes to the PSU I know it's not Corsair or EVGA but it should do the job for at least a couple of months and then I'd change it. Unless it's really necessary then which one would you recommend?

Somebody mentioned APUs as well. I don't find them that good so I'll have to pass on that unfortunately, in which case I'll have to get a GPU also.

@TheRandomness

Since it's not for me, I'd prefer to spend a little less on a GPU, especially since there are other, bit worse gpus that will run bf4 just fine on low or even med in such res.

 

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Btw. http://www.techspot.com/review/1017-best-budget-gaming-cpu/page7.html

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2302564/g3258-athlon-860k.html

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Unless most games nowadays will really benefit from the extra cores/threads in which case the x4 is better.

Not really, plus the 380 that I said is about $169. You could go with an R7 370 or GTX 950 if you're so inclined.

 It's likely that games like BF4 in multiplayer would run better on the X4-860K.

[Frenzyy]

In that case to sum up and fill in the last blanks:

CPU: x4 860k

Mobo: ?

RAM: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004JKNIZQ/?tag=pcp0f-21 ?

HDD: x2 500gb Seagate

PSU: Delta 500W mentioned above, at least for now. Unless it won't work in which case I'll buy something similar.

GPU: I'm going to think about it. Either one of the 3xx radeons or 7xx/950 from nvidia.

 

And also, will I need an additional cooler for that CPU or is the stock one going to be ok if I overclock it?