Intel HD Graphics 4600 worth it?

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Slimesh

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I'm currently building a new budget PC, and I've got two options:

- Get an AMD 6300 with a cheap GPU, and upgrade in the following year or two.

- Get an Intel i5 4670K with HD Graphics 4600 and buy a GPU in the coming year.

Both of these solutions cost the same price, except for the first one I will have to upgrade more components.

So my question isn't about pricing or which company to go for, but it's if the Intel HD Graphics 4600 will be enough to play certain games during the few months before the purchase of a real GPU.

I know it will be able to play Minecraft, but will it be able to play something like Battlefield 4 on low/medium settings with a stable fps?

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That looks good, you can save some money going with a cheaper set of DDR3-1600 RAM though, you're not going to be relying on the HD 4600 for very long

The Asrock Extreme4 isn't really the best choice right now (it will with future updates), most like to recommend Asus given their quality, though the Gigabyte and MSI boards aren't bad either

That PSU should be fine for a 280x an any single GPU upgrade in the future, the only problem would be that it has a 6+2 pin PCI-E connector and a 6 pin rather than the traditional two 6+2 pin connectors we see nowadays so you'd need to fiddle around with adapters for a card which requires two 8 pin power connectors for instance
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A 6300 paired with say, a 7770 , will perform FAR better than just using the Intel with only the integrated graphics.
Intel solution will give you a lot more performance down the road. But suffer while waiting on a video card.
Unless you can use your old one or w/e in the interim.

HD4600 integrated will pretty much have a heart attack in BF4.
 
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Processor intergrated graphics are really really bad,you will only be able to play certain very low games.
From what i got from your post,both processors cost the same buy you will only add a gpu with the amd cpu?
How about you get intel,add a low cost gpu (like up to 100$) to keep you playing more games and then when youll get a high end gpu later, you will be glad you got intel
 
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Thanks for all your answers. If I go with the 4670K, I won't need to upgrade the CPU later (as with the 6300, I will want to). Also, if I don't buy a cheap GPU during the wait, that will save me around $100, so I will be able to get the quality GPU in less time than if I bought a cheap one. And it doesn't bother me if I only play minecraft and other low games during the wait. Is that a good idea?
 
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if youre okay with playing low games then yes
 
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True, it isn't outdated, but I would like to go a bit higher eventually, like to the 8350.

And for that motherboard it seems really good, how is it compared to the Asrock Extreme4 or MSI Z87 G45?
 
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Ok, I went with everyone's advice. Heres the build
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£82.49 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£59.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£62.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.96 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card (£67.90 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case (£65.53 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£58.25)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£13.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Monitor: Asus VS247H-P 23.6" Monitor (£145.49 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £598.79
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-28 15:39 GMT+0000)

If theres anything you think I should change, please tell me! I don't want it going over £600 though.
Remember its in pounds!
 
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I'll upgrade it in the following year, and I'll probably be getting an MSI R9 280X.


I checked it out, and thats very interesting. I'd be more than happy to play at those framerates during a couple of months. Though I think I'm going to stick with the other solution, and I'll upgrade components later.

 
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I'm actually still not sure what to do. This is such a hard decision..

If I go with with the 6300 and 7770, I'll want to upgrade a lot of the components later, like the CPU, GPU, and all the other components are cheap (Ram which is 1600, Caviar Blue HDD, 300R case, low-end motherboard).

If I go with the Intel Graphics solution, I will only need to buy a GPU in the following months, and all the other components will already be top quality (1866 corsair vengeance pro ram, Caviar Black HDD, Corsair C70 case, a quality motherboard).

Right now, the two solutions are the same price. But it will cost me much more on upgrades for the 1st build.
And I know that with the Intel graphics I won't be able to play with great graphics, but that doesn't bother me if its only for a short period of time.
So...yea. If you guys could give me your opinions on which solution is best!
 
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Go with Intel.You will save money in the long run.But do buy a GPU as soon as possible.
 
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Go with Intel, yeah. If you don't mind playing new games at low graphics settings the HD 4600 will do you fine. Also you will be able to play some older titles from before 2009 very nicely! (Which are still very good games, by the way). And in the long term you will save more cash! :)
 
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I think my mind is made up: Intel!
Now if you don't mind helping me a bit more, I've got a few more question about the intel build this time.

Here it is:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£173.94 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£106.64 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£75.48 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair Vengeance C70 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£89.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£68.14 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£13.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Monitor: Asus VS247H-P 23.6" Monitor (£145.49 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £672.85
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-28 17:31 GMT+0000)

This is more expensive than the AMD build, so is there anything you think I don't need or I can change?

For the motherboard, I still don't know which between the Asus Z87-A, the Asrock Z87 Extreme4, the Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H and the MSI Z87-G45 Gaming.

Theres also the ram that I love, but its quite expensive. And finally the PSU, I don't know if I'll need that much power for a R9 280X, but I think its good.
 
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That looks good, you can save some money going with a cheaper set of DDR3-1600 RAM though, you're not going to be relying on the HD 4600 for very long

The Asrock Extreme4 isn't really the best choice right now (it will with future updates), most like to recommend Asus given their quality, though the Gigabyte and MSI boards aren't bad either

That PSU should be fine for a 280x an any single GPU upgrade in the future, the only problem would be that it has a 6+2 pin PCI-E connector and a 6 pin rather than the traditional two 6+2 pin connectors we see nowadays so you'd need to fiddle around with adapters for a card which requires two 8 pin power connectors for instance
 
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Ok, apparently there's hardly performance increase between 1600 and 1866, so I'll be going with that.

I'm not experienced at all with PSU's, what am I supposed to do then? Which ones can I or can I not take?
 
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