Fist build, is it enough?

Kyle Sherlock

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So it's my first time building a gaming PC and I need real help, I only started PC gaming last Christmas so I don't know a lot at all. Would this all work out for me?

GeForce GTX 660 Twin Frozr OC - 2 GB- Power Consumption Operational 150 Watt

FX Series FX-4100 - 3.6 GHz- AM3+ Socket- Thermal Power 95 W

Novatech Cougar ATX Case with 500W PSU

Help appreciated.
 

Kaluditz

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Even I can't play GTA IV maxed out @ 1080p over 30fps and I have a 7870 OC, I5-2320 @ 3.3Ghz, 12GB 1333Mhz RAM.
 

thanksforthefish87

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Yeah gta V was horrible optimized for PC. Even with the patch it doesn't run very well.
 

Kyle Sherlock

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Yeah I know that but I see people on Youtube with the same graphics card getting around 35-40 fps when it's max out WITH ENB?

 

Kaluditz

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The game is not maxed out then simple as that. When you put view distance + detail distance to 100 with all very high you are not able to run it 30fps+
 

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I am highly considering building a PC soon, using parts from newegg, and i searched alot, sadly i am from work and i dont like to be like the others here that reply back to you with just alternatives and without providing a REASON WHY

but i dont have much time, maybe when i get back home and your intersted and you did some research i will follow up, anyway, consider those main parts :

AMD Athlon x4 740 or 750, you dont need more CPU horse power than this in gaming, anadtech made that same observation:

AMD HD 7790, this card is the truly the latest generation card, its actually an HD 8000, or GCN 2.0, really powerfull and amazing, and unlike all the rest of 7000 series this thing is one step ahead, some speculate this card the fruit of AMD with XBOX deal.

And this for mobo is great :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130661

notice that the fact MSI cheaped on the chipset, and uses a lower one, allowed them to include a better power phase design with better quality components, cause this cheap 50 USD mobo have the same high quality components of MSI ~200 USD mobos, in contrast with this mobo

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130662

MSI used here the A75 chipset, more expensive, gives you USB 3.0 and SATA 6.0, in gaming those things are abit unrelevant, however the power phase desion is not the same

I am sorry if i analyze too much, but thats the way i do it when i want to purchase stuff, and it never failed me.
 

Kyle Sherlock

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Thanks that helped me a lot, though my current PC is tiny so the GPU etc would barely fit in case..

 

thanksforthefish87

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Don't need more than an athlon x4 for gaming? Is that article from 2008 or something?

In modern games you need at least an i3.

And that is not a great motherboard, it's a cheap $50 micro atx board.
 

Kyle Sherlock

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And what gpu do you have?

 

Kaluditz

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Gigabyte Radeon HD 7870 OC, i5-2320 @ 3.3Ghz, 12GB 1333MHz RAM
 

Kyle Sherlock

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You really don't see my problem, I have a tiny PC with a 2.2 Ghz CPU and onboard Graphics, I need a new case,gpu and processor. Plus I need a PSU because my Power supply is only 270watts
 

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Sorry for a little late answer, I suggest you to get a new case if you have really a small one :)

And yes you can play BF3 with this settings, I think medium/high settings with small AA on +50fps avg!
 

Kyle Sherlock

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Thank you but I would play with AA off and is it now better to have a bigger case for more room?
 

thanksforthefish87

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Yeah, better airflow, and more room for upgrading in the future.
 

Kyle Sherlock

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Yeah, also my motherboard is socket FM1, so do you know any better processors for FM1?

Also, would a PCI-E 3.0 Graphics card work with a 2.0 motherboard?