Hi guys!
I've been thinking about this a lot lately and I feel this is something that would help me in the long run and work out a lot cheaper too!
Budget: £600-700 (will increase to 750 if need be)
Location: UK
Own: Mouse, Keyboard, Monitor (ASUS 1080p), HDD (from previous computer) and OS (already have a copy).
Purpose: Gaming. (Hard-Core!)
- Ultra Setting. I want to play Far Cry 3 in it's full goodness. Watch_Dogs too, if PC experience is like E3, I want rig to be able to handle it.
- 1080p (Already have a monitor that is 1080p)
- High frame rates
- Open World Games! I love these games so if that is useful I hope the right parts are picked.
Other: I want it to look aesthetically pleasing too. Considering placing LED lights in future, MAY consider OC'ing (but only if it was to benefit me)
I tried making a build - http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/38J7B
I don't if it's good or not, if someone could generate something better and it's cheaper I will be all ears!
I would be eternally grateful is someone could explain why each component is good, like why a certain GPU was picked. If not that's still cool, but I want to get into this so it'd be beneficial for me to know what's what.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/38JOO
Swapped you to an APU, as long as your not rendering video you should be able to handle most games at high or ultra.
Bit of advice - The systems at E3 cost 1500+ you can't get amassing performance on that budget, but i tried to give you a good starter system. You should put an SSD in when you can, but for now the 1TB WD blue will work for you.
first step to be a pc gamer you first must cultivate a snobbish attitude towards console games.
you can't crossfire the APU with a R9 280x... sooo... why buy an APU?
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/38KbC
there's a massively better performing rig for 25 pounds more...
well good on you for you deal savvy ness
Really bad build. Why an apu when its going to heavily hold back ANY open world game. 4x2gb ram? REALLY? That is so stupid. If you get 2x4gb you can always upgrade to 16gb's with having to THROW OUT your old ram.
look sorry, that's just how i've always done ram, and i suggest the APU because it has a bad rap, when it's a nice chip, so piss off
I would like to crossfire in the future but not yet.
The E3 2012 version of Watch_Dogs was on the best build back then right? So would something like R9 290 be able to cope with that? I don't know much about this so hope someone can help.
Be gone you dirty console peasant!
^ Like that?
I watched a video a while back saying that 8GB was ideal for games atm, would that be good for the near future for 1080p and open world games? I don't want any bottlenecks if possible.
caveman isn't the most forgiving person when it comes to people suggesting things he doesn't agree with... forgive him...
but he's right on the ram... and an APU only makes sense when you're not buying a GPU.... you can get basically the same CPU in an Athlon X4 760k for half the price... no need to get mad about anything, pay attention and learn imho...
an APU has a built in GPU into the processor... so any GPU that you would add to the build would either need to crossfire with the APU or become completely irrelevant to having a GPU built into the CPU...
with the 8320, you get one of the top of the line AMD processors that don't have integrated graphics, so you HAVE to have a GPU... the R9 290 is right next to the top of the line AMD GPUs... so yes... it'll run any game on ultra for years to come...
for gaming, anything above 8GB is for show...
There is the budget to get a 8350 or a I5, but you get the lacking 7850k? really? Core to core its BARELY better than the 8350 but has half the cores. Vs an I5 you realize he said sandbox games right? They either use 1-2 cores putting the I5 WAY ahead or utilize all the 8350 cores. You picked the weakest of all of them when they cost almost the exact same. There is a reason they don't get recommended in this price range. They don't have ANY advantages over the similarly priced CPU's unless its a build with a budget less then $400.
I type a lot angrier than I really am... sorry...
Thanks, that makes sense now.
I MAY leave the SSD out for the time-being because I don't really mind load screens. Would you recommend be buying the other parts and just waiting to see if there is an offer on the 290x? I know they are rare but I don't mind building it over summer.
This is mine it is and i5-4670k and a asus z87 board. The boards parts are higher quality than the msi board plus you can always add another gpu unlike the msi board.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/38Kue
I will probably be going for Drunken Panda's build, but I appreciate your post.
I've read that AMD will have Mantle? Which from my interpretation will give games a boost like BF. So that's why I'm more inclined to go the AMD route.