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Hello fellow LTT viewers,

I wish to play ROTR or BF1. 
Here are my current specs:
32" Panasonic LCD HDTV 60hz HDMI
HP Pavilion Elite HPE-112Y:
AMD Phenom II X4 925
8 GB DDR3 RAM
XFX R5 230 DDR3 2GB (no iGPU)
1 TB WD 5400RPM HDD
DVD-RW 16x ODD
BLU RAY ODD
300w PSU
H-RS880-uATX Board w/ 1x PCIe 16x Gen 2
Recommendations? Please keep in mind I prefer AMD and live in the US.
Budget: GPU only $150USD, GPU+New Rig total budget = $700USD

Edit: Here's what i came up with, but I am not certain if this is "good".

 

Thank you for your time, and as always, tell Luke this "has some real weight to it.

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Added budget, bkgd color issue. Corrected GPU budget
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Also, please post links to suitable GPUs that are heavily discounted or on sale.

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budget?

 

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2 minutes ago, SlipperyPete said:

budget?

 

GPU $250USD

~or~

New complete Rig w/GPU $500-$800 max

 

Thank you for your reply!

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cmon,why do you make things hard to read

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Just now, McHox said:

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cmon,why do you make things hard to read

 

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I am unsure how that happened, my apologies.

Hello fellow LTT viewers,

 

I wish to play ROTR or BF1. 

Here are my current specs:
32" Panasonic LCD HDTV 60hz HDMI
HP Pavilion Elite HPE-112Y:
  • AMD Phenom II X4 925
  • 8 GB DDR3 RAM
  • XFX R5 230 DDR3 2GB (no iGPU)
  • 1 TB WD 5400RPM HDD
  • DVD-RW 16x ODD
  • BLU RAY ODD
  • 300w PSU
  • H-RS880-uATX Board w/ 1x PCIe 16x Gen 2

Recommendations? Please keep in mind I prefer AMD and live in the US.

Budget: GPU only $250USD, GPU+New Rig total budget = $700USD

 

Thank you for your time, and as always, tell Luke this "has some real weight to it."

(if you haven't seen it....)

 

 

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5 minutes ago, ENIAC1946 said:

 

 

You're not making this any better right now:

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Anyways, take a look at the prices on RX 480 cards. You can get a 4GB model easily for that budget and sometimes 8GB models go on sale for that price.

MSI makes great cards, Asus ones are good too. Sapphire of course too.

"We're all in this together, might as well be friends" Tom, Toonami.

 

mini eLiXiVy: my open source 65% mechanical PCB, a build log, PCB anatomy and discussing open source licenses: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1366493-elixivy-a-65-mechanical-keyboard-build-log-pcb-anatomy-and-how-i-open-sourced-this-project/

 

mini_cardboard: a 4% keyboard build log and how keyboards work: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1328547-mini_cardboard-a-4-keyboard-build-log-and-how-keyboards-work/

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the best for that price would be rx 480 cards, and my recommendation would be rx 480 by xfx (the gtr black edition), because they work pretty nice and cools pretty well aswell

 

but remember on gpu bound games, your gpu will get bottleneck by your cpu around 17%, so i suggest upgrading your cpu later on too

Remember to quote me (or someone else), otherwise we won't going to recieve your answers...

 

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1 minute ago, Blackhole890 said:

the best for that price would be rx 480 cards, and my recommendation would be rx 480 by xfx (the gtr black edition), because they work pretty nice and cools pretty well aswell

 

but remember on gpu bound games, your gpu will get bottleneck by your cpu around 17%, so i suggest upgrading your cpu later on too

Thank you for your reply!

CPU Upgrade + RX 480 here cost $300USD, then it's back to building a new rig

Also the diff between currrent and max cpu is 2.8ghz-3.7ghz. is that worth $110??

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1 minute ago, ENIAC1946 said:

Also the diff between currrent and max cpu is 2.8ghz-3.7ghz. is that worth $110??

i didnt understand, what do you mean?

Remember to quote me (or someone else), otherwise we won't going to recieve your answers...

 

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1 minute ago, Blackhole890 said:

i didnt understand, what do you mean?

My apologies, allow me to clarify.

The CPU is currently 2.8ghz. The maximum upgrade the motherboard will support is the 3.7ghz vers of the same CPU.

The lowest price I could find for the 3.7ghz CPU is $110 and the RX 480 was $190 USD. $300 approaches the cost for building new.

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18 minutes ago, Minibois said:

You're not making this any better right now:

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Anyways, take a look at the prices on RX 480 cards. You can get a 4GB model easily for that budget and sometimes 8GB models go on sale for that price.

MSI makes great cards, Asus ones are good too. Sapphire of course too.

My apologies, there was a typo in the OTP; the GPU budget is $150 USD.

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$650

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($183.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: ADATA Ultimate SU800 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 480 4GB NITRO D5 OC Video Card  ($162.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($23.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($52.89 @ Newegg)
Total: $623.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-12 16:16 EDT-0400

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4 minutes ago, ENIAC1946 said:

My apologies, there was a typo in the OTP; the GPU budget is $150 USD.

For a new card, that only leaves the RX 460 as an option with the RX 470 4GB being a "if it's on a good deal"-card.

In this price range you could also look for second hand cards. GTX 970 and R9 290(X) cards sell for about this much. Keep in mind with the R9 you will get quite a loud card.

 

As mentioned earlier, yeah your CPU will likely bottleneck any of the cards mentioned (other than the 460 really), but it's not a huge deal.

"We're all in this together, might as well be friends" Tom, Toonami.

 

mini eLiXiVy: my open source 65% mechanical PCB, a build log, PCB anatomy and discussing open source licenses: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1366493-elixivy-a-65-mechanical-keyboard-build-log-pcb-anatomy-and-how-i-open-sourced-this-project/

 

mini_cardboard: a 4% keyboard build log and how keyboards work: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1328547-mini_cardboard-a-4-keyboard-build-log-and-how-keyboards-work/

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Just now, stconquest said:

$650

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($183.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: ADATA Ultimate SU800 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 480 4GB NITRO D5 OC Video Card  ($162.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($23.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($52.89 @ Newegg)
Total: $623.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-12 16:16 EDT-0400

Thank you for your reply! I will look this over immediately.

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4 minutes ago, ENIAC1946 said:

Thank you for your reply! I will look this over immediately.

The case is very basic, but it will hold all your parts and comes with a fan.  If you put in another $40, you can get a really nice case:  NZXT S340, or a Phanteks P400, or a Phanteks Enthoo Pro M, maybe a Fractal Design (depending on the prices).

 

...or take that same $40 and get a 2x8GB kit of RAM.... 2400MHz for this motherboard.

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Just now, stconquest said:

The case is very basic, but it will hold all your parts and comes with a fan.  If you put in another $40, you can get a really nice case:  NZXT S340, or a Phanteks P400, or a Phanteks Enthoo Pro M, maybe a Fractal Design (depending on the prices).

No one will ever see it. And I'm 36, so I don't really care. Thank you for looking out though!! As we say here, "Nice cases is fer rich folks'."

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1 minute ago, ENIAC1946 said:

No one will ever see it. And I'm 36, so I don't really care. Thank you for looking out though!! As we say here, "Nice cases is fer rich folks'."

Note the Seasonic M12ii 520W power supply for $50.  Geeez, that is a good deal.  It was $64 last year at the best of times and that was a great deal.

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1 minute ago, stconquest said:

Note the Seasonic M12ii 520W power supply for $50.  Geeez, that is a good deal.  It was $64 last year at the best of times and that was a great deal.

It's impressive! I was hoping to avoid pre-built iBuyPower, CybertronPC and others on their sites or their listings on Amazon or Best Buy. Started building in 2005, Don't really like pre-built, but they are getting cheaper and cheaper. 

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9 minutes ago, ENIAC1946 said:

It's impressive! I was hoping to avoid pre-built iBuyPower, CybertronPC and others on their sites or their listings on Amazon or Best Buy. Started building in 2005, Don't really like pre-built, but they are getting cheaper and cheaper. 

A little cheaper if you don't mind a slightly less CPU performance:

 

$620

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($175.69 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($52.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: ADATA Ultimate SU800 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 480 4GB NITRO D5 OC Video Card  ($162.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($23.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($52.89 @ Newegg)
Total: $588.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-12 16:36 EDT-0400

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