Hey guys--hoping to get a little help from those more experienced than I with PC hardware 
.
So, I am looking to do a budget rebuild on my girlfriends PC so that she can play Guild Wars 2 with me. I have done basic things (replacing optical/hard drives and installing graphics cards) but nothing on this scale and I feel that I’m a little bit out of my depth.
She has a PC currently with a dead mobo, so I can cannibalize parts from that to hopefully bring down the price of the rebuild--all in all I am hoping at the end of the day to have a system that can play PvE at around 30fps, med settings on 720 resolution. And I’m hoping to do it for under $300. A tall order, I know--but I’m hoping you guys can help me with that .
Parts available from her old PC:
Case: Micro-ATX
PSU: 300w
Mobo: DEAD
CPU: Athlon II x4 (will prob have to be replaced anyway)
GPU: None
RAM: 6gb (DDR3 1333, I think, but it doesn’t say on the sticks)
Optical Drive: DVD Burner
HDD: 1tb
I was looking at maybe picking up an a10-6800k APU and an FM2 mobo to try and keep costs down, but am concerned that most reviews tend to say they run hot and the case only has one fan (well--plus the PSU fan and the stock cooler that will come with the APU). Also--I’m a little concerned about if they could handle the game. I’ve seen youtube videos that show less powerful a8 and a10 APUs getting that type of performance even with fraps but I have also read reports of people getting as little as 15fps with low settings. Not sure what is causing the discrepancy.
So...yeah. Help? I’m not married to the APU idea if someone has a better solution.
Thanks in advance for the help!
.So, I am looking to do a budget rebuild on my girlfriends PC so that she can play Guild Wars 2 with me. I have done basic things (replacing optical/hard drives and installing graphics cards) but nothing on this scale and I feel that I’m a little bit out of my depth.
She has a PC currently with a dead mobo, so I can cannibalize parts from that to hopefully bring down the price of the rebuild--all in all I am hoping at the end of the day to have a system that can play PvE at around 30fps, med settings on 720 resolution. And I’m hoping to do it for under $300. A tall order, I know--but I’m hoping you guys can help me with that
.Parts available from her old PC:
Case: Micro-ATX
PSU: 300w
Mobo: DEAD
CPU: Athlon II x4 (will prob have to be replaced anyway)
GPU: None
RAM: 6gb (DDR3 1333, I think, but it doesn’t say on the sticks)
Optical Drive: DVD Burner
HDD: 1tb
I was looking at maybe picking up an a10-6800k APU and an FM2 mobo to try and keep costs down, but am concerned that most reviews tend to say they run hot and the case only has one fan (well--plus the PSU fan and the stock cooler that will come with the APU). Also--I’m a little concerned about if they could handle the game. I’ve seen youtube videos that show less powerful a8 and a10 APUs getting that type of performance even with fraps but I have also read reports of people getting as little as 15fps with low settings. Not sure what is causing the discrepancy.
So...yeah. Help? I’m not married to the APU idea if someone has a better solution.
Thanks in advance for the help!
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