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March 10, 2014 9:23:02 AM

i am looking on building a nw gaming pc and i am trying to find out if this build that i mentioned below is good:
APU: AMD A10 7850k
motherboard: Asrock FM2A88X Extreme 4, FM2+ Kaveri
ram: GEIL 8GB DDR2133 (2x4GB) EVO VELOCE RED
HDD: 2,5" Seagate ST500LM012 500GB
Case with PSU included with it: B-MOVE NERO PSU 500W

My question is is the case with atx psu good for the apu?

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March 10, 2014 9:45:09 AM

For the same price you can get a much better gaming computer if that's what you're going for. The power supply in that case is awful, wouldn't trust it at all.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($84.74 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A75M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 750GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($43.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Zalman ZM-T1 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($27.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $445.69
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-10 12:44 EDT-0400)
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March 10, 2014 10:13:27 AM

^^^ that, but an r7-260x for only 120.
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March 10, 2014 11:35:31 AM

HiTechObsessed said:
For the same price you can get a much better gaming computer if that's what you're going for. The power supply in that case is awful, wouldn't trust it at all.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($84.74 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A75M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 750GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($43.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Zalman ZM-T1 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($27.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $445.69
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-10 12:44 EDT-0400)



I know but kaveri has amd mantle wich boosts the game performance by 45% which is amazing.
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March 10, 2014 12:22:10 PM

The 7850k is built for AAA games like BF4 at medium settings at 720p. For the same price, you can get my build above, which will give you medium/some high settings at 1080p.

7850k performance in BF4: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2014/01/30/amd-a1...
Notice the 7850k gets around 25 FPS in low settings in BF4 at 1080p

750 Ti Performance in BF4: http://www.anandtech.com/show/7764/the-nvidia-geforce-g...
Notice the 750 Ti gets 45-50 FPS in High settings at 1080p

Dedicated GPU will almost always beat an APU.
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March 10, 2014 3:25:27 PM

or you can get a 260x for cheaper, same performance as the 750ti, and then you can add mantle boost to it too.
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March 10, 2014 6:23:20 PM

Yeah, the 260x and 750 Ti are pretty much interchangeable lol I just like the 750 Ti because it's so low power, and on a newer chip than the 260x, which is a rebrand of a 2 year old GPU.

But either will give great performance :) 
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