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AMD Athlon X4 740 3.20GHz any good for gaming?

6711dan
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i am building a computer for my friend and he has a £400 budget and i havnt got a lot experience with different CPU's, can anyone tell me if this CPU would be suitable for a gaming PC. hes not looking for a beast machine just something better then the current consoles. thnks for any replys.

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i am building a computer for my friend and he has a £400 budget and i havnt got a lot experience with different CPU's, can anyone tell me if this CPU would be suitable for a gaming PC. hes not looking for a beast machine just something better then the current consoles. thnks for any replys.

Go APU ;-)

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thanks, i don't know why that didn't cross my mind, its been a long night

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Here's a fairly nice APU build you could use

 

 
CPU:  AMD A10-6800K 4.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£105.59 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard:  ASRock FM2A55M-DGS Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard  (£35.30 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory:  Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  (£54.20 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage:  Crucial M4 64GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£50.81 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£44.95 @ CCL Computers) 
Case:  Fractal Design Arc Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£59.96 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply:  Corsair CX 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply  (£38.22 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £389.03
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-16 11:10 BST+0100)

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 @ Stock, CPU cooler: Dark Rock 4, Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-M2 MAX, RAM: 2x8GB Crucial Ballistix DDR4 @ 3000Mhz, GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 ACX 3.0, SSD: Crucial P1 1TB M.2 + 2x120GB SSDs, Case: Corsair 110R, PSU: Corsair TX650M, OS: Windows 10 64-bit.

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thats great thank you very much

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go APU

 

like A10 5800k

[spoiler= Dream machine (There is also a buildlog)]

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe - CPU: I7 5820k @4.4 ghz 1.225vcore - GPU: 2x Asus GTX 970 Strix edition - Mainboard: Asus X99-S - RAM: HyperX predator 4x4 2133 mhz - HDD: Seagate barracuda 2 TB 7200 rpm - SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB SSD - PSU: Corsair HX1000i - Case fans: 3x Noctua PPC 140mm - Radiator fans: 3x Noctua PPC 120 mm - CPU cooler: Fractal design Kelvin S36 together with Noctua PPCs - Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB Cherry gaming keyboard - mouse: Steelseries sensei raw - Headset: Kingston HyperX Cloud - Build Log

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Just as a counterpoint, ditch the SSD (64GB isn't enough for anyone!), go with a cheaper case and you get this:
 

 
CPU:  AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (£80.39 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£35.87 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Memory:  Avexir Core series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£63.90 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£44.95 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card:  Gigabyte Radeon HD 7790 1GB Video Card  (£89.99 @ Aria PC) 
Case:  Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£31.80 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply:  Corsair CX 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply  (£39.59 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £386.49
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-16 12:35 BST+0100)

 

 

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Just as a counterpoint, ditch the SSD (64GB isn't enough for anyone!), go with a cheaper case and you get this:

 

 
CPU:  AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (£80.39 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£35.87 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Memory:  Avexir Core series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£63.90 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£44.95 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card:  Gigabyte Radeon HD 7790 1GB Video Card  (£89.99 @ Aria PC) 
Case:  Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£31.80 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply:  Corsair CX 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply  (£39.59 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £386.49
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-16 12:35 BST+0100)

 

+1

 

This seems like a much better build, the gpu can get 30-40 fps on bf3 @ ultra, so it should last a while.

My Build

 

GPU: MSI GTX 1080 ARMOUR | CPU: i7 9700k | Ram: 16gb 3200mhz |  Motherboard: ASUS Maximus XI Gene | Storage: 2x 1TB NVME 1x 500GB NVME 1x 120GB NVME | Case: Corsair 570X

 

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Just as a counterpoint, ditch the SSD (64GB isn't enough for anyone!), go with a cheaper case and you get this:

Slight edit: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1Q1vR

matx mobo in a mid atx case is awkward.

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64Gb can easily fit OS/Programs, I have 2 laptops with 64GB SSD's, my Mums PC has 128GB, but has only used 40GB inc OS.

My older 128GB SSD (Windows/Apps Only) only had 47GB used.....So I put BF3 on there :), but the point being... ITS an EASY FIT!

FYI - At the moment using a Samsung 840 Pro256GB, but I made use of MANY 64GB SSD's in systems that work fine, with ample storage left over for Apps.

 

If your on a budget, you'll find a way to make it work, you'd want to feel the speed of the processor you just bought without any HDD bottlenecks right....an SSD is a MUST in such a system...

I cant stress it enough.. Read it 10 times if you have to...

Those builds above look great, the 6800k+2133mhz Memory should keep him happy.

Maximums - Asus Z97-K /w i5 4690 Bclk @106.9Mhz * x39 = 4.17Ghz, 8GB of 2600Mhz DDR3,.. Gigabyte GTX970 G1-Gaming @ 1550Mhz

 

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