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Albino_Monkey

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Hello i am very interested in building my own computer mainly to run battlefield 4. I just have a few issues the main one is what do i spend more money on? Do i buy a expensive motherboard or graphics card and so fourth. I would really like to run the game on like 40 FPS and help would be great!
 
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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/220lp
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/220lp/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/220lp/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 EXTREME4 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($99.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($76.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card ($197.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Window ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 650W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG...
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smorizio

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depends on your build funds and what parts you can buy. here in the us i would use an asus-a z87 mb and a 4670k for the mb base and cpu combo or a amd 6300/8300 and a 99.00 asrock amd mb. i would use 8g of ram a one tb hard drive and a 40.00 case. then i put some money into a good gpu and power supply a cosair 650 unit or a seasonic.
 
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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/220iL
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/220iL/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/220iL/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($144.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($76.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card ($197.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Window ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 650W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($15.00 @ Newegg)
Total: $804.90
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-13 21:06 EST-0500)
 
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smorizio

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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/220lp
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/220lp/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/220lp/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 EXTREME4 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($99.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($76.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card ($197.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Window ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 650W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($15.00 @ Newegg)
Total: $624.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-13 21:07 EST-0500)
 
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Here's a rule of thumb I've always used and it's served me well over the years:

Half of the budget for your Motherboard, CPU, Memory, and Graphics card should be used for the Graphics Card. So if you plan on spending $800 on those four components, you should spend $400 on the Graphics Card. If you are buying the whole kit, decide on your budget; then choose the monitor, case, keyboard, mouse and operating system; then take what's left and half of that should be the GPU.
 
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Within the same brand (AMD Radeon or NVidia) yes, usually. Keep in mind that AMD recently re-branded their lineup, so an HD7970 is now an R9-280X, etc.
 
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one thing also to rember is buy a brand name power supply. a lot of the cheap no name units they mark them as higher outputs then they can go. a lot of times they pop when loaded with a good gpu. also make sure that when you use a wattage calculator buy a power supply with 100w more then needed it give your power supply room when caps age.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYB9WkiZ9SQ
there one on you tube of the power supply killing the whole room power.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWt3St_MhSY
 
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