So after doing a lot of research and asking a lot of questions about what would be a perfect budget gaming setup, I put together this build:
CPU: Athlon X4 750k - €66.90
MB: MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 - €49.90
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Blue 1x 4GB 1600 mhz - €45.99
GPU: AMD Radeon 7850 - €+- 100/150,- (depending on 1/2GB).
HDD: Western Digital Blue 500GB - €47.90
Case: Cooler Master Elite 310 - Midtower Model - €27.90
PSU: Corsair builder series CX 430 (430w) - €41.90 (PSU's in my country are more expensive in Euro's than the same PSU in dollars in the USA...)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB - €17.99
Why did I go for AMD? I think they have a better price/performance ratio when it comes to budget parts.
So here are my questions:
~ I'm not planning on going CF or upgrading the CPU, but will I be able to OC the 750k and the 7850 with this build? It's not that hard and could give me some extra performance.
~ Just to be sure, will this run BF4? I'm used to low graphical settings, because I've always had consoles untill now (the ones I've had were 720p or below). Can I run/ record it on for example medium settings without lagg?
~ Is my GPU choice right? I could also go for the 7770, but I know the 7850 is way better for about 20 to 50 euro's more.
~ 1 or 2 GB for the GPU? I have only found 1 video about this, which was quite vague. It said something like: "go for 2 GB if you want resolutions higher than 1080p / go dual monitor". I'm only planning on using 1 monitor at 1080p (games like BF4 maybe on 720p). I'm not really aware on how much 2GB will increase my performance... (it's 50 euro's more expensive though).
~ Can I get cheaper parts with an equal / better performance ratio? This is my budget basically, and I know that the fx 6300 is way better than the 750k, but this is my budget and I'm not really planning on going any higher. Are there parts on which I can cheap out to for example up the CPU or any other part in this build?
~ I'm pretty sure it won't but I'm just going to ask to be on the safe side . Will my CPU bottleneck the 7850?
~ Should I wait for the Radeon 9000 series to be released? I'm sure the 9000 series will be better than the 7000 series, also making the 7000 series a lot cheaper, but I've got no clue about when they are going to be released (I'm planning to building this PC at the end of 2013- beginning of 2014).
Well, this are all of my questions about the parts I'm unsure about. I'd really appreciate if you could help me out! You don't have to answer all the of the questions , you would already make me happy answering the ones you know!
Extra: I'm planning on upgrading the ram to 8Gb 1600 mhz (another 4GB vengeance blue stick) later on (about a month/ 2 months).
CPU: Athlon X4 750k - €66.90
MB: MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 - €49.90
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Blue 1x 4GB 1600 mhz - €45.99
GPU: AMD Radeon 7850 - €+- 100/150,- (depending on 1/2GB).
HDD: Western Digital Blue 500GB - €47.90
Case: Cooler Master Elite 310 - Midtower Model - €27.90
PSU: Corsair builder series CX 430 (430w) - €41.90 (PSU's in my country are more expensive in Euro's than the same PSU in dollars in the USA...)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB - €17.99
Why did I go for AMD? I think they have a better price/performance ratio when it comes to budget parts.
So here are my questions:
~ I'm not planning on going CF or upgrading the CPU, but will I be able to OC the 750k and the 7850 with this build? It's not that hard and could give me some extra performance.
~ Just to be sure, will this run BF4? I'm used to low graphical settings, because I've always had consoles untill now (the ones I've had were 720p or below). Can I run/ record it on for example medium settings without lagg?
~ Is my GPU choice right? I could also go for the 7770, but I know the 7850 is way better for about 20 to 50 euro's more.
~ 1 or 2 GB for the GPU? I have only found 1 video about this, which was quite vague. It said something like: "go for 2 GB if you want resolutions higher than 1080p / go dual monitor". I'm only planning on using 1 monitor at 1080p (games like BF4 maybe on 720p). I'm not really aware on how much 2GB will increase my performance... (it's 50 euro's more expensive though).
~ Can I get cheaper parts with an equal / better performance ratio? This is my budget basically, and I know that the fx 6300 is way better than the 750k, but this is my budget and I'm not really planning on going any higher. Are there parts on which I can cheap out to for example up the CPU or any other part in this build?
~ I'm pretty sure it won't but I'm just going to ask to be on the safe side . Will my CPU bottleneck the 7850?
~ Should I wait for the Radeon 9000 series to be released? I'm sure the 9000 series will be better than the 7000 series, also making the 7000 series a lot cheaper, but I've got no clue about when they are going to be released (I'm planning to building this PC at the end of 2013- beginning of 2014).
Well, this are all of my questions about the parts I'm unsure about. I'd really appreciate if you could help me out! You don't have to answer all the of the questions , you would already make me happy answering the ones you know!
Extra: I'm planning on upgrading the ram to 8Gb 1600 mhz (another 4GB vengeance blue stick) later on (about a month/ 2 months).