is this a perfect computer for hardcore gaming?

teodoro springer · Jan 6, 2014

Games in high settings like Farcry 3, AC 4, Thief 4 or Total War: Rome 2

Cyberpower gamer dragon

Windows 8 (64bit)

AMD FX-6300 3.50 GHz Six-Core AM3+ CPU 6MB L2 Cache & Turbo Core Technology
Overclock is %10 or more(more than 4ghz)

PCI Wireless 802.11n 150Mbps Network Interface Card

CrossFireX: GIGABYTE 970A-DS3P AMD 970 ATX w/ Ultra Durable 4 Classic, On/Off Charge, GbLAN, 2 PCIe x16, 3 PCIe x1, 2 PCI (Pro OC Certified)

RAM: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/1866MHz Dual Channel Memory (ADATA XPG V2)

AMD Radeon R9 270 2GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card

800 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready

Maximum 120MM Case Cooling Fans

CPU cooling: Asetek 510LC 120mm Liquid Cooling Enhance Cooling Performance (Dual Standard 120MM Fans)

2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD

whitecat · Jan 6, 2014

avoid chipset 970 for fx 8350 , since it is 10% slower than chipset 990.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a99xevor20

you ve chosen a robust video card r9 290x , you d better pair it with Intel i5 4670 .

FLanighan · Jan 6, 2014

It'll play games just fine. Question is: is it worth the price? Prebuilt companies make a profit by charging more than the cost of the components and including arguably unnecessary hardware configurations.

teodoro springer · Jan 6, 2014

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whitecat :

$68 more are worth it?

I can also choose an amd 3.5 ghz with six or eight cores

teodoro springer · Jan 6, 2014

FLanighan :

its $1600 too much?

wanderer11 · Jan 6, 2014

If you get a 290x you want one of the custom cooled ones otherwise it will never run at the full clock speed.

whitecat · Jan 6, 2014

teodoro springer :

GTX 780 is on par with r9 290x and is cheaper , find something with i7 4770 and gtx 780

FLanighan · Jan 6, 2014

teodoro springer :

Yeah, too much. There's currently no reason to pay $100 extra for an R9 290x over a gtx 780 unless you're a gpu miner. And IMO for $1600 I would expect at least a quad core i7, which is overall a faster chip than the FX 8350. Plus I'm sure the brands of other components like the PSU and hard drive will be sub par.

teodoro springer · Jan 6, 2014

so, an amd 3.5ghz six-core and r9 290x is $17 cheaper than normal gtx 780

r9 290 is $162 cheaper than r9 290x

have in mind that the computer is coming with a $180 24" Widescreen 1920x1080 ASUS VS247H-P 1080P (23.6" Viewable) 2ms LED Backlight, DVI, HDMI Input and also mouse and keyboard

whitecat · Jan 6, 2014

teodoro springer :

r9 290 is only 1% slower than r9 290x but if you want real gaming get i7 4770 and gtx 780 or r9 290 .

teodoro springer · Jan 6, 2014

whitecat :

intel i7 4770 3.4ghz is $100-$200 more expensive than an amd 3.5 six-core

whitecat · Jan 6, 2014

teodoro springer :

whitecat :

intel i7 4770 3.4ghz is $100-$200 more expensive than an amd 3.5 six-core

a boy complained that . his fx 4100 was bottlenecking GTX 560 ti .Do you want to take his place . $1600 !

teodoro springer · Jan 6, 2014

whitecat :

teodoro springer :

a boy complained that . his fx 4100 was bottlenecking GTX 560 ti .Do you want to take his place . $1600 !

with the amd, the r9 290 and the monitor the pc is $1362

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