Cheap PC Build!

mmolitor357

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I am hoping to find a very cheap PC build for my little brother that will be able to run battlefield 4 and arma 3 on very low settings with good frame rate. Please help me!
 
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Well without a budget it's hard to know ^^ .

Low settings for BF4 isn't asking much http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2013/11/27/battlefield-4-performance-analysis/3

The 7770 is a $100 card and on high settings gets around 22 FPS. If you wanted to play it on medium, you'd probably get 30-32 FPS . How many FPS do you want? If 30 FPS is fine then we can adjust the build above for more stability.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AgN1D79Joo7tdE9xMUFlMEVWeFhuckJEVF9aMmtpUFE&gid=4
The mobo for example has risks with the 6300. adding $20 will get you a more compatible board.

I would suggest not getting the Case/PSU combo. Unless you know the exact the PSU that is in it...

Arjunsinh Jadeja

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I'm not sure whether this is the cheap you wanted but anyway....

440USD:
CPU: AMD FX-6300
Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard
Memory: G.Skill 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Seagate Constellation ES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 1GB Vapor-X Video Card
Case: Cooler Master TC102 ATX Mid Tower Case w/500W Power Supply
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer
Link: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3RgMU

This thread can be helpful though: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2044333/gaming-builds-budgets-2014-300-400-500-600-700.html
 

jaraldo

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Well without a budget it's hard to know ^^ .

Low settings for BF4 isn't asking much http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2013/11/27/battlefield-4-performance-analysis/3

The 7770 is a $100 card and on high settings gets around 22 FPS. If you wanted to play it on medium, you'd probably get 30-32 FPS . How many FPS do you want? If 30 FPS is fine then we can adjust the build above for more stability.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AgN1D79Joo7tdE9xMUFlMEVWeFhuckJEVF9aMmtpUFE&gid=4
The mobo for example has risks with the 6300. adding $20 will get you a more compatible board.

I would suggest not getting the Case/PSU combo. Unless you know the exact the PSU that is in it.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/309354-28-thermal-master-designed-cooler-master

By adding $40 to this you can get a nice case and a reliable PSU.

So the total would be around $500, is that cheap enough?
 
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