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Basic build for a friend

German_John
By German_John
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Hello everybody,

 

A friend of mine wants a gaming rig, and has about €550 to spend, in Germany. Originally, someone got him an offer for €500 - with a 770, an FX 4300, a 500GB hard drive, 8GB RAM... no idea about mobo, case, and PSU.

 

I've come up with this:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/Tz8t8K
Price breakdown by merchant: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/Tz8t8K/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€74.84 @ Mindfactory) 
Motherboard: ASRock 980DE3/U3S3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (€56.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€33.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: OCZ Trion 100 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€62.20 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Western Digital AV-GP 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€49.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  (€189.85 @ Mindfactory) 
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (€34.66 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: XFX TS 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€43.69 @ Mindfactory) 
Total: €546.03
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-19 18:49 CEST+0200

 

 

The real question is: For forty bucks more, he could get a 1060 (a 3GB version, here)... that'd probably be worth it. But I'm afraid that a 4300 would severely bottleneck that 1060... What do you think?

 

Also, any recommendations will be taken - he doesn't *need* an SSD but man I'd feel bad making a system without one. I'd rather forego the HDD and kinda live with the storage for now, until he has fifty bucks to spare. 

 

Cheers,

Jonas

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If you could save a little more this is really good

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  (€118.41 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€52.97 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: A-Data XPG Z1 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (€37.07 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€52.77 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  (€189.85 @ Mindfactory) 
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (€38.92 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€71.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €561.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-19 19:05 CEST+0200

 

Sadly we cant fit a GTX 1060 or RX 480,but the 380 will still be decent unless you wanna save some cash and get that 1060

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1 minute ago, keNNySOC said:

If you could save a little more this is really good

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  (€118.41 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€52.97 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: A-Data XPG Z1 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (€37.07 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€52.77 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  (€189.85 @ Mindfactory) 
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (€38.92 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€71.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €561.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-19 19:05 CEST+0200

 

Sadly we cant fit a GTX 1060 or RX 480,but the 380 will still be decent unless you wanna save some cash and get that 1060

I'm hesitant to buy a dual core... I'm afraid many upcoming games will do the Far Cry 4 thing and not support them anymore. Although the i3 would probably outperform the 4300 in most tasks...

As for a 1060, see the link I provided - it's really cheap for the 3GB version. Cheaper than any 480 I could find. 

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Just now, German_John said:

I'm hesitant to buy a dual core... I'm afraid many upcoming games will do the Far Cry 4 thing and not support them anymore. Although the i3 would probably outperform the 4300 in most tasks...

As for a 1060, see the link I provided - it's really cheap for the 3GB version. Cheaper than any 480 I could find. 

It outshines and destroys the 4300 even tho its a dual core

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Just now, keNNySOC said:

It outshines and destroys the 4300 even tho its a dual core

I know, but at least with the 4300 he'd be *able* to play those quad-core only games. Maybe I might look for a used Haswell i5 or so, but that'd bust his budget I believe... maybe a 6300 is feasible, but that only adds two cores and not much else.

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Just now, German_John said:

I know, but at least with the 4300 he'd be *able* to play those quad-core only games. Maybe I might look for a used Haswell i5 or so, but that'd bust his budget I believe... maybe a 6300 is feasible, but that only adds two cores and not much else.

The 6300 is not a true quad core CPU

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Just now, keNNySOC said:

The 6300 is not a true quad core CPU

I meant an FX 6300, sorry. That's an AMD hex core, as opposed to the 4300 quad core

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1 minute ago, German_John said:

I meant an FX 6300, sorry. That's an AMD hex core, as opposed to the 4300 quad core

Its not a true six core CPU,and it has shitty SINGLE CORE PERFORMANCE compared to the i3 6100

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Just now, keNNySOC said:

Its not a true six core CPU,and it has shitty SINGLE CORE PERFORMANCE compared to the i3 6100

I know, I know. Just like the 4300. As I said, the problem is that some modern games, and I suspect that's going to continue, do not work on a dual core at all.

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2 minutes ago, German_John said:

I know, I know. Just like the 4300. As I said, the problem is that some modern games, and I suspect that's going to continue, do not work on a dual core at all.

Games need to support dual core

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56 minutes ago, keNNySOC said:

Games need to support dual core

Not really. Dragon Age Inquisition and Far Cry 4 will not even start on a dual core. 

See also at around 5 minutes...

 

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