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Dante0217
By Dante0217
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Im looking for a build for my brother in law who will be doing some gaming on it. He will be adding a dedicated GPU later (3+ months) but needs something to play some basic games (League, Rocket League). He wants to be able to at least be able to run Project cars as well and knows that APU's are similar to the ones in current gen consoles and hopes to be able to run it and whatever other games he will be buying from the steam winter sale with his giftcards, albeit at low settings and at 1080p. 

 

This is a build i had planned on with the $400 budget he gave me

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8wHhCJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8wHhCJ/by_merchant/
 
CPU: AMD A10-7870K 3.9GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($141.98 @ Newegg) 
 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($27.76 @ Newegg) 
 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($62.55 @ Newegg) 
 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  ($49.15 @ Newegg) 
 
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($53.07 @ Amazon) 
 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.61 @ Newegg) 
 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($45.53 @ Newegg) 
 
Total: $420.33
 
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 
 
He already has a monitor and all peripherals, I have an extra copy of windows which i will giving to him.
 
Is this build good enough to run those games? Are there any alternatives with this budget? He plans on shooting for a big card come March/April either from team red or green. Storage will also be upgraded next month. 
 
Ninja EDIT: This build has to be purchased today due to personal reasons so please criticize and help me build him the best with his budget
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The 860K is as powerful as the most powerful APU minus integrated graphics. A R9-380 will smoke that APU.

 


 


Motherboard: Asus A68HM-K Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($32.98 @ Newegg) 



Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($179.99 @ Newegg) 


Total: $395.82

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Intel Core i7-6700K | Corsair H105 | Asus Z170I PRO GAMING | G.Skill TridentZ Series 16GB | 950 PRO 512GB M.2

 

Asus GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB STRIX OC | BitFenix Prodigy (Black/Red) | XFX PRO Black Edition 850W

 

 

My Build | PCPartPicker | CoC

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($66.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M PRO3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($52.38 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($43.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $449.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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The 860K is as powerful as the most powerful APU minus integrated graphics. A R9-380 will smoke that APU.
 
 
Motherboard: Asus A68HM-K Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($32.98 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($179.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $395.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-25 20:53 EST-0500

 

 

Thank you for your lightning fast reply! I understand that MOST low-mid level GPU's will blow APU's out of the water, but he WILL be buying a BIG BOY card later down the line and im talking about R9 Fury or GTX 980ti in March/April. So my question is, how is this CPU gonna hold up down the line? He will be using this bad boy as his college PC as he graduates in May. 

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Thank you for your lightning fast reply! I understand that MOST low-mid level GPU's will blow APU's out of the water, but he WILL be buying a BIG BOY card later down the line and im talking about R9 Fury or GTX 980ti in March/April. So my question is, how is this CPU gonna hold up down the line? He will be using this bad boy as his college PC as he graduates in May. 

980 ti/ fury with the 860k is the definition of bottleneck.

better use the money of the 980 ti and the money now to get an i5 and a 390

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980 ti/ fury with the 860k is the definition of bottleneck.

better use the money of the 980 ti and the money now to get an i5 and a 390

Unfortunately he NEEDS a PC NOW since his laptop broke and is still in highschool so he won't be able to wait. What do you recommend in that situation?

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Unfortunately he NEEDS a PC NOW since his laptop broke and is still in highschool so he won't be able to wait. What do you recommend in that situation?

get this, use the i5 igpu (it will run fine lol/csgo) and upgrade later to a 390x and a samsung 850 evo 250gb

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($164.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($78.99 @ NCIX US)

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($34.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.98 @ OutletPC)

Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($42.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($43.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $415.92

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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get this, use the i5 igpu (it will run fine lol/csgo) and upgrade later to a 390x and a samsung 850 evo 250gb

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($164.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($78.99 @ NCIX US)

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($34.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.98 @ OutletPC)

Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($42.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($43.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $415.92

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-25 21:13 EST-0500

 

What kind of performance will he be getting out of this for his games? 

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What kind of performance will he be getting out of this for his games? 

the i5 will be strong enough to give him very  good fps on every game when he gets an external gpu(r9 390x /390/380 even a gtx 980ti)

the igpu tho is good enough for mediocre gaming, like lol and rocket league

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