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naybag

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Hi everyone. My little brother wants a pc for christmas and we budgeted around £400 for him. I know I can't get a super gaming build but I wanted something that could play most games at low-medium settings at 720p.

Trouble is I have found to pre-built systems but can't decide which is better. One is an i3 core with a slightly worse GPU. The other is a AMD FX but due to the AMD cpu being lower in price I can squeeze a slightly better GPU in there.

Here are the builds.

intel Core i3 3220 Ivybridge dual core CPU running at 3.3GHz
GPU = AMD 7770 GHZ Edition
RAM = 8gb of whatever 1600mhz.
Standard HDD
Windows 7 OS

AMD FX-4 4130 quad core CPU running at 3.8 ghz
GPU = R7 260X
RAM = 8gb of whatever 1600mhz.
Standard HDD
Windows 7 OS


Thanks in advance.
 
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enemy1g

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I wouldn't touch that AMD CPU with a stick. Stay away from Bulldozer CPUs (x1xx series) if possible. They are completely terrible CPUs.

If it is between those, I would go with the i3 every single time.

But if you can find a decent prebuilt computer with a FX6300 or a 8320, that would be ideal.
 
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naybag

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I cant find any of those recommended AMD CPU's. Do you think the i3 3220 setup with the 7770 GHZ would be capable gaming machine on modern games. Obviously this is for my little brother and hes only 12 so it doesn't need to be ultra settings.

Im looking for something a long the lines of medium settings at 30-40fps. Would this be good enough?
 
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naybag

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That's correct they are prebuilt from a company called overclockers uk which is where I got my custom build pc from. I phoned them and asked them for one of those cpus and they didn't have any.

If you could help that would be brilliant.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-4130 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor (£64.38 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£37.57 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.97 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7790 1GB Video Card (£93.98 @ Dabs)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£32.32 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£34.14 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£67.93 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £430.28
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-11 09:50 GMT+0000)

Well I kinda gave up, as the more I tried the more expensive or worst it gets ;c

The difference between my build and there's is that there's still some 7790's left and they perform on par with the R7 260x but cheaper. Also the PSU is better quality then the one they have in that link I posted above.

O and with this build you have USB 3.0 in the front ports.
 
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O now you tell me:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£82.79 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£59.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.97 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7790 1GB Video Card (£93.98 @ Dabs)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.64 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£34.14 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £408.51
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-11 09:56 GMT+0000)

Ok, better case, fx 6300, and pretty decent motherboard which you can overclock with when you get a CPU cooler instead of the stock one. I'll call it a day with this one.
 
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