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Hi,

I am contemplating building a new PC from scratch, and I wanted to check my specs:

1)CPU: AMD Athlon II X2 270 Dual-Core 3.4 GHz

2)GPU: 1GB GDDR5 Sapphire Radeon HD 6670

3)Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2

4)RAM: G.Skill SQ DDR3 4 GB (2x2GB)

Can laptop RAM be used in a PC?

5)HDD: Seagate Barracuda 500GB

6)PSU: Corsair VS450 450W

7)Cabinet: Cooler Master K281

8)Monitor: Dell IN 1930 18.5" 1377x768

9)CD-ROM: An old but reliable one

10)Speakers: Creative SBS 2.1 Speakers


So my questions are:

a) Any bottlenecks over here?
b) Can this rig handle most modern games at mid settings?
c) Any reliability issues with any components?
d) Is the CPU adequate even though it's a bit old?
e) Is this a good deal for <600$ ?
f) Any tips for rig-building?
g)Anything odd in this list?

Thanking you,
AK B
 
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This is a much better build for just a little more. But the added cost is in the monitor. I mean for gaming you should never get anything less than a 1600x900 resolution monitor that is why I overspent a bit on the Monitor. But you should not get a bad monitor as it is not something that you replace everyday. The Intel Chip is much powerful than the AMD one. Also the 7750 is much more powerful than the 6670. So this is a very good build for the price.

CPU: Intel G2010 Processor (₹3498 @ Flipkart)
Motherboard: ASRock H71M-DGS (₹3510 @ Flipkart)
RAM: G.Skill RipjawsX DDR3 4 GB (₹2250 @ Flipkart)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500 GB (₹3504 @ Flipkart)
Video Card:...
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1)Oh. Never mind.
2) Not in my country.
3)Oops. Forgot to mention that it was actually a DVD drive.

Thanks,
AK B
 
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Some of the changes according to me :

1. Change the CPU to a quad core AMD Athlon II X4 750K
2. Get a FM2 Motherboard for the quad core Athlon 750K. The MSI A75 MA E35 is a pretty good board for the price.
3. Get at least a AMD 7750. The 6670 would not be able to handle modern games (If possible go for the 7770)
4. Change the PSU to at least a 80 Plus Bronze PSU

If possible, then go for this build. Also in which country do you live and which store are you buying things from? Please answer to this.

Also what is your budget?
 
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india, flipkart.com, 30,000 INR or roughly 550$
 
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This is a much better build for just a little more. But the added cost is in the monitor. I mean for gaming you should never get anything less than a 1600x900 resolution monitor that is why I overspent a bit on the Monitor. But you should not get a bad monitor as it is not something that you replace everyday. The Intel Chip is much powerful than the AMD one. Also the 7750 is much more powerful than the 6670. So this is a very good build for the price.

CPU: Intel G2010 Processor (₹3498 @ Flipkart)
Motherboard: ASRock H71M-DGS (₹3510 @ Flipkart)
RAM: G.Skill RipjawsX DDR3 4 GB (₹2250 @ Flipkart)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500 GB (₹3504 @ Flipkart)
Video Card: PowerColor HD 7750 1 GB GDDR5 (₹6955 @ Flipkart)
Case: Antec NSK 4480B (₹1500 @ TheITDepot)
Power Supply: Seasonic SS400BT PSU (₹2625 @ Flipkart)
Optical Drive: LiteOn DVD Burner (₹1000 @ Flipkart)
Monitor: Dell IN2030M 20 inch (₹6619 @ Flipkart)

Total: ₹31461

I hope this helps.
 
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Thank you very much, Sangeet. I think I'll go with this config.
Question: Why is the G2010 better than the Athlon even though the Athlon is 3.4GHz and the Intel 2.8GHz? Both are dual-cores.
 
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Even better - Crossfire with the A10-6800k. Just make sure your ram is at least 1600 or higher and have at least 8 gigs since the APU's GPU is largely dependent on the RAM
 
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The clock speeds do not matter much nowadays. The Ivy Bridge architecture in the Intel chip is much more effective and effecient in performing tasks, so even with a lower clock speed, the Intel chip is better than the AMD one. The clock speeds only matter when you are comparing two CPU's with similar architecture, but the comparision between two chips of different architecture is not relevant.

Here are some benchmarks between the AMD Athlon and the Intel Pentium CPU

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I hope this helps.
 
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