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Hello guys. Can you please tell me your opinion on what specifications are best for a PC which I would mainly use for playing online poker. I will be multitasking quite a lot, playing ~20 tables at the same time using Holdem Manager software which is recommended for Quad Cores. I will also be watching 1080p Movies and would like to play some games like Battlefield 3-4 with High settings with playable FPS. I will need some SSD (maybe even two) and I will also be using 2 monitors : the first one is 1920x1200 and the second 1680x1050. I know that probably it wont be a cheap build so I am currently with a budget of 600$ but I might be able to get a few hundred bucks soon, so please tell me what would be the best suit. Thank you in advance :)

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Chromebook. jk..

 

do you have the monitors?

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Well that is a new thing Gaming PC for poker new suggestions coming every week :D

Damn still... your specification list is decked out top to bottom BF4/BF3 also Poker hahaha

This is going to be fun :P

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Do you know what SSD's are? why do you think you need them?

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Yes I have the monitors. As I know SSD's boot programs a lot faster so think about 2 SSD's for :

1. WIndows 7

and

2.Holdem Manager 2

 

P.S. Probably 32GB and 128GB and I never said "Gaming PC"

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I don't think anyone makes a 32GB SSD anymore, 64GB is the lowest I know of, any less and it might as well be a thumb drive, SSD's have very poor price per GB so if you need more space a SSD and a HDD is better. It's going to have to have some guts to play BF3/4 on high with playable framerates, and poker is a game. So what you're basically asking for is a gaming PC.

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CPU:  AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($109.99 @ Microcenter) 

Motherboard:  MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Microcenter) 

Memory:  Wintec One 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($61.99 @ Newegg) 



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Case:  Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 


Total: $669.91

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CPU:  AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($109.99 @ Microcenter) 
Motherboard:  MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Microcenter) 
Memory:  Wintec One 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($61.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card:  MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card  ($197.98 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case:  Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 
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Who the f**k is Wintec One?

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Who the f**k is Wintec One?

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It's ram. Really??

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It's ram. Really??

I care, I think that's pretty obvious seeing as I asked who they were.

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I thought about it for a while and I would like to know is there a big difference between the FX-6300 and FX-8350 ?

 

Also, should I get Corsair H100i to overclock the CPU while I am playing the high-end games on max settings?

 

And can someone give me a rough example what would the FPS be in both cases 

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Yes I have the monitors. As I know SSD's boot programs a lot faster so think about 2 SSD's for :

1. WIndows 7

and

2.Holdem Manager 2

 

P.S. Probably 32GB and 128GB and I never said "Gaming PC"

Do you need a copy of Windows?

You're probably better off with a single larger ssd.

Who the f**k is Wintec One?

Wintec is the brand. One is the line of ram.

I thought about it for a while and I would like to know is there a big difference between the FX-6300 and FX-8350 ?

Also, should I get Corsair H100i to overclock the CPU while I am playing the high-end games on max settings?

And can someone give me a rough example what would the FPS be in both cases 

There's a decent difference. The 8350 oc's better and has 8 cores vs 6.

It's not worth getting an h100i to oc the cpu for gaming. It's a few fps of difference--not much.

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CPU:  AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($109.99 @ Microcenter) 
Motherboard:  MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Microcenter) 
Memory:  Wintec One 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($61.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card:  MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card  ($197.98 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case:  Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $669.91
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I am not much of an expert when it comes to PC's but this looks pretty good, do you have any idea how many FPS will it get on Battlefield 4? Also since my primary goal is multitasking playing online poker and useing Holdem Manager (HM is a program that stores data on the Hard Drvie off the previously played hands while simultaneously displays the data while I'm playing on a 12+ tables at the same time) is there any chance that it could overload/freeze or is that not much of a sweat for the 6 core CPU & 8GB RAM?

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I am not much of an expert when it comes to PC's but this looks pretty good, do you have any idea how many FPS will it get on Battlefield 4? Also since my primary goal is multitasking playing online poker and useing Holdem Manager (HM is a program that stores data on the Hard Drvie off the previously played hands while simultaneously displays the data while I'm playing on a 12+ tables at the same time) is there any chance that it could overload/freeze or is that not much of a sweat for the 6 core CPU & 8GB RAM?

If you-re playing bf4 at 1080p with max detaild but no aa, you'll probably get around 35-45 fps but on medium settings arond 60fps

about that poker thing, it will work like a charm ;)

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CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Microcenter)

Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($59.99 @ Microcenter)

Memory: Wintec One 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($61.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($84.99 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX US)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card ($197.98 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Rosewill Hive 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $669.91

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Why 750 W PSU? Also, get the 7950 or 7870 xt or what it's called (the one with 7950 core)

 

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Why 750 W PSU? Also, get the 7950 or 7870 xt or what it's called (the one with 7950 core)

because if he will want to cf, he will only need to buy the gpu, not the gpu and a new psu

and at the time when I did that build, the 7950 was more expensive than the 270x and I was already over the budget

 

and also, the 270x is faster than any 7870

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Ah, I must have missed the cf thing. And 7950 is less at our retailers than 270x

Edit: not anymore.

 

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because if he will want to cf, he will only need to buy the gpu, not the gpu and a new psu

and at the time when I did that build, the 7950 was more expensive than the 270x and I was already over the budget

 

and also, the 270x is faster than any 7870

 

 

Which GPU will be best suiting the FX-6300 knowing that I will be playing all the games at 1920x1080 or at 1920x1200? Also, I don't know if these prices work for me given that I am not from the USA, but from Bulgaria. Can I find out how much will it cost me?

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Do you need a copy of Windows?

You're probably better off with a single larger ssd.

 

There's a decent difference. The 8350 oc's better and has 8 cores vs 6.

It's not worth getting an h100i to oc the cpu for gaming. It's a few fps of difference--not much.

I don't need copy of Windows.Yeah, probably just 120GB SSD.

Can I get this 8350 (just for it to be a bit more "futureproof" given the fact that future games might require octa-core) and is it a good build?

 

 
CPU:  AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($184.98 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler:  Corsair H55 57.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($44.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($114.99 @ NCIX US) 
Storage:  Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card:  Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card  ($195.66 @ Newegg) 
Case:  Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $860.56
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CPU:  AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler:  Corsair H55 57.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($44.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard:  MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($69.99 @ Microcenter) 
Storage:  Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($96.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card:  Asus Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card  ($309.99 @ Amazon) 
Case:  Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $878.90
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Can you guys explain how to find out when there is a bottleneck in a current system and which of the upper options is better?

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I don't need copy of Windows.Yeah, probably just 120GB SSD.

Can I get this 8350 (just for it to be a bit more "futureproof" given the fact that future games might require octa-core) and is it a good build?

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Edit: Or how about this one: PCPartPicker part list 
Can you guys explain how to find out when there is a bottleneck in a current system and which of the upper options is better?

Games won't require 8 cores anytime soon. By that time, 8 core intel cpus will be mainstream.

Also, it's not worth getting the 8350 over the 8320 unless you're doing some high oc's. You'd nice a nice cooler for that. Not worth it.

The H55 is also not that good of a cooler. There are better alternatives at that price.

 

There's no bottleneck in the systems.

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I guess you just ended up with your standard gaming rig. 

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Games won't require 8 cores anytime soon. By that time, 8 core intel cpus will be mainstream.

Also, it's not worth getting the 8350 over the 8320 unless you're doing some high oc's. You'd nice a nice cooler for that. Not worth it.

The H55 is also not that good of a cooler. There are better alternatives at that price.

 

There's no bottleneck in the systems.

My recommendations: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/22XJ6

I guess you just ended up with your standard gaming rig. 

Okay so I guess I decided that at this point 8 cores is not necesarry for me so the FX-6300 would be just about fine for multitasking (I HOPE !)

So I've changed a bit of my last build and this is what i finally came up with. Please leave your thoughts on what you think about this build :)

 

 
CPU:  AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($117.97 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard:  MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card:  Asus Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card  ($309.99 @ Amazon) 
Case:  Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case  ($54.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $802.85
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  • Intel Xeon X5470 @3.33 GHz GIGABYTE GA-EP43T-UD3L 2x2GB DDR3 @ 1333MHz NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT 512MB Hitachi 7200RPM 1TB + Kingston V300 SSD 120GB A-DATA 500W
  • Dell U2412M & Philips Brilliance 220C A4tech X7 Creative SBS 580

 

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Okay so I guess I decided that at this point 8 cores is not necesarry for me so the FX-6300 would be just about fine for multitasking (I HOPE !)

So I've changed a bit of my last build and this is what i finally came up with. Please leave your thoughts on what you think about this build :)

Edits" http://pcpartpicker.com/p/244xW

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Can you please explain why you chose the ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3 over the MSI 970A-G43. What are the pros and cons to both motherboards? And is my choice of Kingston Black Series 8GB for 50$ a good one?

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  • Intel Xeon X5470 @3.33 GHz GIGABYTE GA-EP43T-UD3L 2x2GB DDR3 @ 1333MHz NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT 512MB Hitachi 7200RPM 1TB + Kingston V300 SSD 120GB A-DATA 500W
  • Dell U2412M & Philips Brilliance 220C A4tech X7 Creative SBS 580

 

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Can you please explain why you chose the ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3 over the MSI 970A-G43. What are the pros and cons to both motherboards? And is my choice of Kingston Black Series 8GB for 50$ a good one?

I opted for the smaller mobo to save money. 

Ram is ram. You did nothing wrong there.

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