Hey Tek, long time no see.
I've recently been tossing around the idea of a low(er) cost LAN party rig. My friend is flying in from Estonia in September, and the LAN party isn't at my house. And sadly, my old laptop is a piece of crap, so it can't run even the most basic of games.
http://pcpartpicker.com/list/yDQNqk
If you can, have a quick look over. I think this is some of the best stuff I can get for less than $450, but who knows! If you have any suggestions (>inb4 aftermarket heatsink), post em, and I'll get to building!
Cheers,
NSA_jesus
("Jesus told me"- Logan, 2013)
looks fine other then you should really invest in a higher end CPU even the fx 6300 is a big bump in performance for not that much more.
Or make it even cheaper by going FM2+.
Thanks for the idea!
Yeah, looks like I'll grab that instead. $20 for 2 cores? SIGN ME UP!
Yeah I could. Most games nowadays are still SUPER GPU heavy, so I think I could get away with an X4 860 or something.
Wait, hold on, those Quad Cores are the same price, but worse. 4 cores and no L3 cache kinda spooks me. But maybe thats just me
I don't even know which of those has better per clock performance, the X4 845 is the newest for sure and without overclocking it is faster than the 860. I think it is faster than the FX chip as well or at least on par. [EDIT] Well, the quad core FX. [/EDIT]
The X4 880 seems pretty beastly. The RX 460 is coming out soon and will most likely perform near the GTX 760 if not a bit higher. Although I think the RX 470 would be a much more compelling choice, but that's going to be a bit harder to fit in <$450. Those cards are coming out early August.
Holy cow, that's impressive!
I really do like that build right there!
But what abut the RX 460? From what I hear, it's going to be a card for the e-sports titles (LoL, CS:GO, Rocket League) and those are a lot of the games I play.
Would the 460 be an alright choice here?
the 460 could be ok for todays moba stuff and so on but a 470 should give you a lot more performance for not that much more money when you look at the whole system.
Yeah, good idea.
And for $149(ish), that seems like a screaming deal