Cheap Ebay computer

[eddycuss]

So i decided to replicate a Gaming pc i saw on Ebay for £300 that was advertised in the description of being able to run GTA V on medium settings at 60+ fps. now with claims like that i felt i had to bite the bullet and try it out. (please note that i knew this was a false claim but i wanted to see just how this set up would preform) 

this rig consists of......

asus a320 am4 motherboard

amd a8 apu

a single stick of 4gb 2133 ram

and a gt 720 2gb

i paid less than £300 for all of these components. 

 

needless to say the original claim of 60+ fps was very unrealistic. in the end this system was only able to run GTA V at 19 fps maximuum.

[Jurrunio]

No surprise. I have seen ads saying the old GTX 660 can run PUBG at 1080p medium settings 60fps, while realistically it's barely keeping 50fps with minimum settings.

[eddycuss]

1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

No surprise. I have seen ads saying the old GTX 660 can run PUBG at 1080p medium settings 60fps, while realistically it's barely keeping 50fps with minimum settings.

i am thinking of posting a video on this build on youtube

[ExplosiveSloths]

 

Processor is around £60,

Motherboard; I'm guessing a A320M-K? Around £60.

4GB DDR4: I think it's around £30-45 at current prices?

GT 720: I didn't know that existed. I feel as if they could've put a 1030 in for that price but you know; 20% vat etc.

 

I would say it's pretty on point for the price. Though I would've probably saved a few bucks and went with an athlon and swapped it out for a 1030.

also I'm not sure because of the case/power supply wasn't listed.

 

 

 

 

 

[eddycuss]

34 minutes ago, ExplosiveSloths said:

 

Processor is around £60,

Motherboard; I'm guessing a A320M-K? Around £60.

4GB DDR4: I think it's around £30-45 at current prices?

GT 720: I didn't know that existed. I feel as if they could've put a 1030 in for that price but you know; 20% vat etc.

 

I would say it's pretty on point for the price. Though I would've probably saved a few bucks and went with an athlon and swapped it out for a 1030.

also I'm not sure because of the case/power supply wasn't listed.

 

 

 

 

 

please be aware all i have done is copy the core base components listed. i bought these parts and put them on my test bench. and it is using a 500 watt psu. the whole idea of this little project was to see what this would run like. spoiler alert it wont even run the original unreal tournament smoothly, NO IT WILL NOT RUN CRYSIS

[ExplosiveSloths]

2 minutes ago, eddycuss said:

please be aware all i have done is copy the core base components listed. i bought these parts and put them on my test bench. and it is using a 500 watt psu. the whole idea of this little project was to see what this would run like. spoiler alert it wont even run the original unreal tournament smoothly

At least it has a decent upgrade path, I guess.

[eddycuss]

Just now, ExplosiveSloths said:

At least it has a decent upgrade path, I guess.

I can't even work out why anyone would want an APU. Let alone try to use it in a gaming pc. Please also be aware the A320 chipset DOES NOT allow overclocking