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Hello,

 

I'm considering on building a budget gaming PC, but I'm not entirely sure how good this is. Could someone tell me how good this is?

AMD Athlon X4 860K Kaveri Quad-Core 3.7 GHz Socket FM2+ 95W AD860KXBJABOX Desktop Processor (BLACK EDITION)

ASUS A68HM-K FM2+ AMD A68H FCH (Bolton D2H) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

1TB WD-Blue HDD

8GB DDR3-1600 Crucial RAM
EVGA GeForce GTX 950 DirectX 12 02G-P4-1950-KR 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0

EVGA 430W PSU

 

Any idea how good this'll be in everyday tasks and gaming? Let me know! Thanks!

 

Regards.

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1 minute ago, JCH said:

Hello,

 

I'm considering on building a budget gaming PC, but I'm not entirely sure how good this is. Could someone tell me how good this is?

AMD Athlon X4 860K Kaveri Quad-Core 3.7 GHz Socket FM2+ 95W AD860KXBJABOX Desktop Processor (BLACK EDITION)

ASUS A68HM-K FM2+ AMD A68H FCH (Bolton D2H) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

1TB WD-Blue HDD

8GB DDR3-1600 Crucial RAM
EVGA GeForce GTX 950 DirectX 12 02G-P4-1950-KR 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0

EVGA 430W PSU

 

Any idea how good this'll be in everyday tasks and gaming? Let me know! Thanks!

 

Regards.

What games? What´s your budget?

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4 minutes ago, JCH said:

What are you referring as to case? You mean the PC case? If so, Xion Performance microATX USB 3.0 Tower Case.

Just some adjustments to make it a bit more cost effective:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FwtVdC
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FwtVdC/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($58.98 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: MSI A68HM-E33 V2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($39.99 @ Micro Center) 
Memory: Team Dark 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($27.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Toshiba  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($42.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($94.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($25.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 350W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($31.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $322.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-21 21:26 EDT-0400

The 845 does marginally better than the 860k, so went with that.

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3 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

Just some adjustments to make it a bit more cost effective:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FwtVdC
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FwtVdC/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($58.98 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: MSI A68HM-E33 V2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($39.99 @ Micro Center) 
Memory: Team Dark 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($27.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Toshiba  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($42.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($94.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($25.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 350W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($31.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $322.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-21 21:26 EDT-0400

The 845 does marginally better than the 860k, so went with that.

Is the 750 TI better than the 950? 

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2 minutes ago, JCH said:

Is the 750 TI better than the 950? 

Huh, thought you had a 750 TI in the build. In that case:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/fLr9jX
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/fLr9jX/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($58.98 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: MSI A68HM-E33 V2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($39.99 @ Micro Center) 
Memory: Team Dark 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($27.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Toshiba  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($42.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($25.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $365.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-21 21:33 EDT-0400

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2 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

Huh, thought you had a 750 TI in the build. In that case:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/fLr9jX
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/fLr9jX/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($58.98 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: MSI A68HM-E33 V2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($39.99 @ Micro Center) 
Memory: Team Dark 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($27.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Toshiba  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($42.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($25.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $365.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-21 21:33 EDT-0400

How good is the performance? 

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How good is the performance? 

With GTA 5 being the most demanding game you listed, and the others being comparatively non-demanding, like 1080p 30FPS on low.-med.? Keep in mind, I tend to under estimate the capacity of things usually.

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2 minutes ago, JCH said:

How good is the performance? 

That's kind of a tough question to answer. We could point you to a review of the GTX 950, but that's reviewed using a pretty high-end processor. We could point you to a review of the Athlon X4 845, but it'll be benchmarked with a high-end GPU. But going with that, the GTX 950 appears to perform at least 30FPS in most games made in 2015 or before at 1080p on high quality settings.

 

For everyday tasks, almost any processor is "pretty good" for that job these days.

I have a blog! And a list of guides I've posted

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25 minutes ago, JCH said:

Hello,

 

I'm considering on building a budget gaming PC, but I'm not entirely sure how good this is. Could someone tell me how good this is?

AMD Athlon X4 860K Kaveri Quad-Core 3.7 GHz Socket FM2+ 95W AD860KXBJABOX Desktop Processor (BLACK EDITION)

ASUS A68HM-K FM2+ AMD A68H FCH (Bolton D2H) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

1TB WD-Blue HDD

8GB DDR3-1600 Crucial RAM
EVGA GeForce GTX 950 DirectX 12 02G-P4-1950-KR 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0

EVGA 430W PSU

 

Any idea how good this'll be in everyday tasks and gaming? Let me know! Thanks!

 

Regards.

could you possibly hold out a little bit longer, just 1 or 2 hundred more dollars can make a huge difference in performance

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