Help! First gaming PC build

Jordan_Hughes · May 19, 2014

Hello all I'm looking to run games like Battlefield 4 and especially Day z or Arma III on medium/high setting with a solid 50-60 fps. Should I run the GTX with the fx6350 or the i5? Also would the ASUS M5A97 R2.0 mobo be compatible with either CPU?

*Possible setup*
GPU - GTX 760
CPU - Amd fx6350 or Intel Core i5-4430
MOBO- ASUS M5A97 R2.0
8g ram
Seagate Barracuda 1 TB HDD
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB (want to load OS on SSD)
SeaSonic S12II 620w Bronze
Cooler Master Hyper 212 (I heard the stock AMD heatsink fan is loud, not sure about the i5 fan so input would be valued.)

Thanks so much in advance!!

esco_sid · May 19, 2014

I would go with the I5 and yes get the 212 evo for the heatsink also what is your total budget ?

HiTechObsessed · May 19, 2014

I run an i5 with a 760 and play with everything maxed except the AA which is set to High in DayZ and average 40-45 FPS. In games like ARMA and DayZ, you need a good CPU to get good performance.

Jordan_Hughes · May 19, 2014

Ok cool, I've read to not focus on the number of cores, but will 4 be enough in the long run (2-4 years)?I'm Trying to stay under 1k for the components and monitor; I'm just trying to get the most bang for my buck so I don't have to upgrade for a while and can still have decent fps in unoptimized versions of games.

HiTechObsessed · May 19, 2014

Yeah it should be. Games only just recently (as in, since BF4) started using 4 threads. And with a (sadly) pretty big chunk of games being poorly optimized, I would take an Intel quad-core over an AMD hexa- or octa-core any day for gaming.

You might check around on the GPU though, I've seen some R9 280s around the price of a 760, and that would be a decent step up, along with extra VRAM as well.

Jordan_Hughes · May 19, 2014

Good looking out HiTech! Found the R9 on NE for $250
Also what motherboard would you recommend? I was looking at this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157381&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10440897&PID=5961731&SID=0

(Not trying to endorse NE or take away from tomshardware if any mods are reading)

HiTechObsessed · May 19, 2014

The Pro4 is a fine motherboard. Won't get quite the overclocks you would on the Extreme4 or similar, but it's a great budget Z series board

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