low range gaming pc july 2014

Robert Garnica

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Jul 29, 2014
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well i have 450 usd hard earned and i want a pc to game on it nothing fancy no 1080p not even 720p no ultra mega high settings at a bazillion fps -30-40 fps fine for me- just play the game and i dont care if is on medium or even low i dont really pay attention to it and no overclock either just want to be fairly small and quiet xD i manage to build this...''thing'' and this is what i have

Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-S1: 44.69$
A6- 6400K: 62.74$
Corsair XMS3 (2x2 gb 1600mhz): 52.99$
Seagate Barracuda 1 TB: 50.40$
Corsair Force Series LS 60GB ssd: 54.99$
EVGA 430W: 34.99$
rosewill FBM-01: 28.71$
ARCTIC Alpine 64 GT Rev. 2: 8.99$
Gigabyte GT 740 GDDR5-2GB : 99.99$

total price: 450.74$

all amazon price cause it's going to be shipped to venezuela and i only have a 450$ gift card

the main question is: its a fairly good rig? i know it's not a 4760x with a titan z or a r9 295 x2 i even manage to grab a ssd -a boot drive only- i want to play some old games and maybe some new ones like bf 3 or 4 crysis 2 or 3 again not interested in cranking up the settings just decent enough to play

see ya! and thanks for the answers!!
 
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But to answer you question about your own build - swap the A6 for a 740/750k/760k and you're good to go.

It's not just that the A6 is dual core, its actually a rather weak dual core - you could easily drop below 30fps even in single player games on low settings
You should get a quad core like a 750k or 760k:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($79.49 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI A78M-E35 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($57.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($50.40 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 1GB Video Card ($109.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Antec VSK-4000 ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($25.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $422.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-29 14:22 EDT-0400
 
But to answer you question about your own build - swap the A6 for a 740/750k/760k and you're good to go.

It's not just that the A6 is dual core, its actually a rather weak dual core - you could easily drop below 30fps even in single player games on low settings
 
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