I'm building a budget $500 dollar PC, the parts are:
1: XFX Radeon HD 7770 1Ghz Core Edition
2: Intel Pentium G860 @~3.0Ghz(or for $45 more) Intel Core i3 2120 @~3.3Ghz
3: Gskill Ripjaws Series DDR3 1333Mhz RAM 4GB
4: Oridnary ASUS DVD-Burner
5: Segate Barracuda 500GB HDD 7200RPMs
6:Coolermaster Extreme PowerPlus 500W(or for the same price)Cosair Builder series CX430 430W PSU
7:ASRock H61M-DGS LGA 1155 Intel H61(From what I hear, 'tis a cheap, reliable MoBo, it's like 50 bucks)
8: Fractal Design Core 1000 M-ATX Case
My question is, would either the Intel Core i3 2120, or in particullar, the Pentium G860 be a bottleneck to the GPU? if it is a severe bottleneck, please, let me know what AMD options I could go with because this is pretty much my limit for budget Intel CPU's ...Many Thanks! -Jake
Honestly, if budget is a big issue, just go for the pentium. Won't bottleneck really, just the games that need a good processor (like skyrim) might not be as good as the i3. I suggest going for a cheaper case, and go for the i3.
That's the thing, I play S.T.A.L.K.E.R, Skyrim/Oblivion and World of Warcraft, I figured the Pentium would be good enough for those games, but I suppose I could find a cheaper case and grab the i3.
No, it takes a hell of a lot to bottleneck. People are worrying way too much about somthing that's barely an issue. Go with a cheaper case and get an i3 it'd be worth it.
i would go with a
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition its an awesome processor
Intel i3 > phenom II x4 965 for gaming.
Thanks guys for your suggestions, I'm grabbing a Athena Black Widow, it's like 25 bucks on newegg, and it's big enough to house my parts, i3 does sound like the better option
with the core i3 2120 and the athena black widow case, the cost of my parts is approx. $491.09(And that includes S/H and before rebates)
Let me guess.. you watched JackFrags' video on How to build you own Steambox... I watched it as well, convinced me to be a pc gamer. But the parts he used are pretty cheap and rubbish. I went with an Asrock 970 Extreme3 and a FX 4300 processor instead of the cheap MSI board with the H61 chipset (0 features) and a Pentium processor.
I'm a very tight budget and those parts he suggested seem to fit in my price range, if you know a good AMD build for $500, lemme know, I've never tinkered with AMD before and i hear good things
On a tight budget, definitely go with AMD. Here is a solid build for you:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/H0gV
It's about $515.
I'm checking out right now, it looks pretty solid so far