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June 4, 2014 12:41:42 PM

I have been looking into getting a new computer, but i'm on a budget of 600 bucks, and I came across this computer. From the reviews, I know I'll probably have to upgrade the power supply, but i don't know when i could do that after getting the PC. And i play games like WoW, Left 4 dead, the walking dead, and a few other games and of course like in the title, I make videos in Sony Vegas Pro 12 and wondered if this is going be enough to handle the two main things I do on a computer?

http://www.amazon.com/CyberpowerPC-Gamer-Ultra-GUA880-D...

and I also found this one for 60 bucks more out of the 600... http://www.amazon.com/CybertronPC-Escape-1333MHz-Contro...

Thanks.

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June 4, 2014 12:54:44 PM

They're both not very good. I would suggest maybe saving up a bit to get a good PC.

If you can stretch the budget out a little:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/h4ym3C
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/h4ym3C/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/h4ym3C/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.44 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 260X 1GB Video Card ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($48.91 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($95.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $637.27

This would be alright, for the price. 20USD more and you can change the FX 6300 to a FX 8320.
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a b 4 Gaming
June 4, 2014 1:16:17 PM

Calnin said:
They're both not very good. I would suggest maybe saving up a bit to get a good PC.

If you can stretch the budget out a little:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/h4ym3C
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/h4ym3C/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/h4ym3C/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.44 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 260X 1GB Video Card ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($48.91 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($95.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $637.27

This would be alright, for the price. 20USD more and you can change the FX 6300 to a FX 8320.


That's a decent gaming build and it will be *OK* for video editing. But an 8320 will give you more cores which will help with encoding quite a bit. Unless you can swing an i7 build I would spend a little extra for the 8320.
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