building a buget gaming pc for my bro...

ritiktyagi26

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Hey......I am building a buget gaming pc for my little bro...i have placed my order for intel I-3 3220 cpu ...so i am confused that which would be a better gpu which fits with my cup..........gtx660 2gb or gtx650 ti boost 2gb.........or i should cancle my order and go with another cpu......



Sorry for my bad english......
 

William Longstreet

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It would realy help if 1 you didnt order a i3 Right away, 2 if you told us what games your brother plays, ex web based flash games or something like BF3 or Crysis 3.............. Please reply so i can help you.........Cancel your order.
 

TwoBits

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Your Budget?
I would most likely agree with William to cancel your current order for a i3 3220.
If you're wanting Intel I would look at a Quad-Core i5. Perhaps the i5-3470.
That will be $200, a ~$70 increase.
 

xl2aNd0m

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What games is he planning to play and at what resolution? I agree with the above you should cancel your order and get at least an i5 @ $200 and a 660 (650ti boost will do fine at 720p).
 

ritiktyagi26

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As your wish ...i have send my request....my order will be cancled within 4hrs........and my bro plays games like crysis 3 ..etc....remember i want a buget cpu....and gpu are gtx 660and gtx650 ti boost .....only
 

TwoBits

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Newer games such as Crysis 3 are seemingly headed towards heavily utilizing multiple cores.
AMD does a great job at giving you affordable multiple core processors.
Might also look at AMDs FX-4350 for ~$130
 

TwoBits

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Sorry no. I thought you were interested in advice for the entire computer.
The title being "building a budget gaming pc". And the two questions you originally asked covered both a GPU and a CPU.
Overall I would suggest a GTX660 and a FX-4350.
 

TwoBits

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Assuming you're still at the $160 range the FX-8350 is ~$200.
The FX-6100 is from the "previous" generation (bulldozer vs piledriver) and clocked at 3.3GHz.
The FX-8320 would be a fairly good option for $160.
The FX-4350 is $30 cheaper and has a clock of 4.2GHz compared to the 8320s 3.5GHz.
I would say those two the 4350 and the 8320 are your best options.

Sorry posted this before I saw your most recent post.
 

William Longstreet

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I hate to say it but, one cpu thats good for gaming would be an i5 2500k/3570/3570k. a good cpu for rendering would a amd FX series Hex or Octa core cpu. the i5 costs around 200 US and the AMD around 150-180 US. yuo simply cant spend 160 to build a pc, especialy not one for max settings on new games. Sorry brah, you should get atleast 400$, max being 15 Grand, but a good build runs you about 800 Dollars US.
 

William Longstreet

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You really REALLY should have had that at the beginning!

look over this: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/17hKg

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/17hKg
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/17hKg/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/17hKg/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($224.98 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H87M Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($87.55 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card ($169.00 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 922 ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Thermaltake TR2 430W ATX12V Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $781.46
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-17 03:42 EDT-0400)
 

sophiebeth100

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If this is purely for getting the best gaming performance you can out of $750 then what I would personally do is drop the SSD and lower the processor down to Ivy Bridge and raise the GPU.

If the extra $25 is too high then the 660ti is around $20 cheaper and has a great performance boost over the 660 shown in the build above.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H77M Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($75.66 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($65.58 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card ($299.99 @ Microcenter)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $776.17
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-17 04:13 EDT-0400)
 

William Longstreet

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In that setup, i do believe its the first one i have ever seen that the Mobo might cause bottlenecking!
 

sophiebeth100

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+1
It's a ludicrously dated build. With lacking performance to match.