Amd budget gaming attempt!?

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
B

bogsana

Honorable
Aug 7, 2013
20
0
10,510
Hello. This is my first ever attempt to find and build And based unit. The target is gaming at high/max settings with good fps for a low cost.
Here what I reach after a while:

Cpu- Amd Fx6300 black edition 85£
Gpu- Sapphire HD 7870 xt/ Tahiti le ~200£
Motherboard- Gigabyte GA 990fxa ud3 100£
Case- Corsair Carbide 300r 55£
PSU- Corsair CX750 Builder series 65£
CPU cooler- Cooler master 212EVO 25£
Ram- Kingston HyperX 2x4gb 1600MHz 60£
SSD- Samsung 840 120GB 75£
HHD- Western Digital 1tb 50£
Optical Drive- Asus DRW-24B5ST 19£

final price- 734£

Do you this this machine will take me to high/max performance?
Many thanks !!!
 
Solution
spat55


AMD can be better, but when you hit the £150 area, intel is best. With your budget look at a i5 3570k or a hazwell. I don't like hazwell as it runs hotter.
Sort by date Sort by votes
E

exroofer

Distinguished
Jun 4, 2013
725
4
19,365
Short answer, yes.
I get solid performance with slightly less of a system
As in 50-60 FPS in Mechwarrior Online, which is a Cryengine 3 game, and still in late beta, so not nearly as optimized as it could be.
At 1920 x 1080, all game settings maxed.
The tahiti card is supposed to be a stronger performer, and the 6300 will have more thruput than my 975.
Especially if you mildly overclock the 6300 and increase the north bridge, which can be done without a major heat penalty.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
spat55

spat55

Distinguished
Jun 4, 2012
2,175
0
20,160


That is a really nice build, but I would just take out the PSU, go for a 550w and use the savings for a Corsair carbide 500r

EDIT: See what I can do for £750.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
spat55

spat55

Distinguished
Jun 4, 2012
2,175
0
20,160
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£173.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£22.85 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-HD3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£71.69 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: GeIL Enhance CORSA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£40.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£65.00 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card (£192.95 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 500R Black ATX Mid Tower Case (£93.26 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£49.36 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SN-208DB/BEBET DVD/CD Writer (£9.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £720.08
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-07 12:29 BST+0100)

I think this is the best for the money, if you have another £100 get a SSD or upgrade the GPU to a HD 7970, but the HD 7950 can overclock over the HD 7970 and hit the HD 7970GHZ edition, which is £320.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
spat55

spat55

Distinguished
Jun 4, 2012
2,175
0
20,160


If you have that amount, take out my HD 7950 and go for a HD 7970, I think that AMD GPU' will beat Nvidia in the price/performance area, but Nvidia is better with SLI than AMD is with Crossfire.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
spat55

spat55

Distinguished
Jun 4, 2012
2,175
0
20,160


AMD can be better, but when you hit the £150 area, intel is best. With your budget look at a i5 3570k or a hazwell. I don't like hazwell as it runs hotter.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Solution
B

bogsana

Honorable
Aug 7, 2013
20
0
10,510


So where is good to focus putting money in and where I can save from quality, in your opinion ?
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
B

bogsana

Honorable
Aug 7, 2013
20
0
10,510


Thanks. But as I said I have the mouse,keyboard and monitor so 800£ is for everything else :) do you think with this budget I can go for something good Intel i5 wise ;) ? Thanks!
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
B

bogsana

Honorable
Aug 7, 2013
20
0
10,510


I simply choose AMD because of the value they offer for the mid/low budget range. Your configuration looks all I can ask for but I did notice the price to the case is not inclusive so that makes 50£+ more :) and 900£ in total.
Probably I should stick to AMD sistem or spending more money on it.
Thanks for the help on it! Much appreciated :)
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom