Pentium G3430 [Haswell] and 7790....Is this ok for Low end Gaming.

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This is my first post, so here goes. I am looking to buy a PC for Low End Gaming. It may seem weird but I do like to spend less and just play on Low-Medium as I am all about the Gameplay and not how it all looks. So I am confused with things like Bottlenecks and 'Will your CPU handle such and such'. I'm hoping someone can shed some light on this area for me. Thanks
 
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The g3430 is a great dual core cpu, but it's not very competitive at it's price point. It's within $10-15 of intel's own i3 or AMD's FX 6300. It would probably even get outperformed by the FX4300 or 4350 at the same price.

I think the Pentium g3220 is a much better deal considering it's 90% of the performance for ~65% of the price.
If you want to go with AMD, the Athlon x4 750k is around 120% of the performance for 80% of the price.
 
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"bottleneck" is a term thrown around regarding your system's weakest link. Every system has a bottleneck no matter how expensive, but bottlenecks aren't always an issue. The catch it to make sure your weakest part is strong enough to do what you want to do comfortably. A bottleneck is an issue when you have one part that is holding your entire system back.

The HD 7790 would be more than enough for 720p gaming, but if you want to comfortably game on 1080p, you should get a 7850/7870/7950 or 660/660ti.
 
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