This is my first time building a gaming PC and PC's in general. I'm willing to spend around $800 which most of these parts will go down as I will be shopping locally and I've seen some places where I can get some things cheaper. Stores like microcenter and BestBuy come into mind. Also I live in the U.S so any stores you recommend gotta be in the U.S :P This build & budget includes peripherals. I plan to get into overclocking in the future also. And I don't need an OS as I will be getting Win8.1 by other means besides buying it.
This build is mainly so I can play modern games with medium to high settings and be able to get at least 60fps. I'll be playing at the standard resolution of 1920 x 1080. I wish I could go higher on the budget but I'm only 16 and I don't have thousands to spend on this. This will most likely take me a couple of months to build.
Oh and as soon as the initial build is done I'll be upgrading the peripherals as soon as possible but for right now I just want a gaming rig badly
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dq2mmG
People on another site told me that using amd is considered an apu build or something and that it isn't good for gaming, guess they gave me false info? I thought the i5 was the best for gaming, if this is better though I will for sure go for this! Can you tell me how this is better? Sorry, I just wanna know whats up :P
AMD makes what they refer to as APU's, which are CPU's which have integrated graphics that are far better than Intel's. They still don't compare to a dedicated GPU.
Yes, the i5 is best for gaming. But you're on a budget, and it's much better to buy a less powerful but still capable CPU (the FX 6300 - just a CPU, not an APU) to be able to get a more powerful graphics card (R9 280x). AMD basically has the best price/performance on their graphics cards at the moment. An R9 280(x) is just about the perfect card for 1080p, most games can be played on max settings at 60 fps; Crysis and Metro are notable exceptions to that though.
Well, I'm not even looking to play games at max settings but it's nice that I will be able to do that. Def going for the cheaper build with AMD then. Thank you for the info
Its not false information,so to speak.It depends on the type of games you want to play, With the type of games you have mentioned,a standalone gpu would you give you what you want,and then some.An APU has a cpu and gpu in it,so you can expect the graphics you get will not be anywhere near what you can get on a standalone gpu
The i5 is a solid cpu.You really do get what you pay for.But there's where people like to differ. You can't talk about a cpu being good for something without talking about the price point. More so that you are on a budget.Many people advocate looking at performance per dollar. The 6300 is a standalone cpu and for its price point,it's bloody brilliant at what it does
If you must go with intel look at the i5 4440 but you will still be over budget. I don't believe that motherboard you pick can overclock very well anyways.