Final Amd Build Partlist (last one before i build it) for skyrim and bf3/bf4?

Josephlovestech45 · Aug 5, 2014

here it is

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.98 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($82.68 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($83.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.24 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($184.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($109.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX 850W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $804.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-05 21:24 EDT-0400

i need to know if it is good enough for skyrim (with Mods) and any battlefield game at 720p 1366x768 ultra settings

Kishore Kamal · Aug 5, 2014

Yes, this specs is pretty good. However if you want to go future cpu upgrade 8350 or FX 95 series, the motherboard is not as powerfull. If possible you can switch to ASUS M5A FX 990 PRO 2 motherboard. This board has more power phases and good for overclocking.
And you need not to go for this high watt power supply. 650 watt would be suffiecient for you. Save from PSU and go for fx 8350 or go for GTX 760

Bear in mind that NZXT H440 has no optical drive bays, you have to use external usb dvd writer. I also own NZXT H440

kunthakenthe · Aug 5, 2014

you could try 1866 ram. i dont really see a problem with the build. you howerver should get a r9 280 for (190$) it has much better performance the r9 270 is just a underclocked r9 270x so you just overclock the r9 270 to get a r9 270x.

kunthakenthe · Aug 5, 2014

yeah also a 990fx mobo is best for fx 8 core series but the 970 can work with them with a bios update. You really wont be upgrading anywhere with a AM3+ mobo anyways they dont make chips anymore except for some weak fm2+ apu's. You could get a i3 that has the same/better performance for the same price(115$) and then upgrade to broadwell this christmas time or get a i5.

Josephlovestech45 · Aug 5, 2014

kunthakenthe :

thanks xpg ram v2 8gb is 1866 mhz and same price as g.skill is r9 260x just overclocked r9 280 aswell?

Josephlovestech45 · Aug 5, 2014

kunthakenthe :

do i need to do the bios update right away it says some vishera cpus might need a bios update before using mobo

kunthakenthe · Aug 5, 2014

yeah for a fx 8320/8350 needs to have the mobo updated with another cpu/usb. They have 2400mhz ram for around 78$. no need for ram faster than that. no the r7 260x is a mid ranged card thats weak the r7 260x can only play medium the r9 270/x can play ultra with some settings of the r9 280 can be overclocked to near r9 280x levels. It will play ultra 60fps with almost all setting on.

justanoob · Aug 5, 2014

i have the same cpu and gpu and i get 45 fps on ultra at 1080p on bf4. although i would suggest getting the r9 280/280x. also get the full version of windows.

kunthakenthe · Aug 5, 2014

justanoob :

yeah the cpu is a little weak but not to bad you should be getting around 50fps and ultra .

Kishore Kamal · Aug 5, 2014

There is myth about fps, there is not much difference between 30fps and 60or more fps. One can check you-tube comparison video. Actually what happens if we buy system providing more fps----- as time passes the new games come with heavy and heavy detail then our system starts losing fps. System of 60 fps at present would give 30 fps after 2 or three years, Still we can play games without any notice, our eye has persistent vision of 1/16 sec. That is 16Hz. So more than 20fps is always fine. When our system become poor after 3 years then we can push its limit by overclocking. So i dont recommend overclocking unless it is really needed. Secondly overclocking gives stress on components and there meam time between failure (MTF) decrease.

PandaButtonFTW · Aug 5, 2014

id stay away from amd for skyrim! gcn cards have horrible stutter with that game (7770+R9 290 I have owned) id recommend getting a 660 ti/760 if you can

kunthakenthe · Aug 5, 2014

Dude 30fps even though we cant see it fully looks horrible, dont spread false info.

Kishore Kamal · Aug 5, 2014

You can check 30fps vs 60fps comparison on youtube. I am telling from the standard books used by engineering books by expert proffessors. I played sniper elite 3 at ultra setting at 28fps on my old system. Now I am playing same game on i7 4790K on asus z97 sabertooth mark 2 with MSI r9 280 at 50 fps. I have literally did not notice any difference in any kind of detail.

Kishore Kamal · Aug 5, 2014

There are some scenes in the game which uses max resources ( multiple explosions or collisions etc.) where we see fps drops. So 60+ fps system will do its job fine.

kunthakenthe · Aug 5, 2014

60fps is smooth youtube only has 30fps playback as of now so yeah you didnt really see 60fps. If you played at 28fps and enjoyed it well then you are few who will accept it likie that.

Josephlovestech45 · Aug 5, 2014

kunthakenthe :

i finally came up with this i heard skyrim doesn't go well with fx processors here it is PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.98 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($79.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: A-Data XPG V2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($76.45 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($229.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Platinum 550W 80+ Platinum Certified ATX Power Supply ($94.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32/64-bit) ($104.51 @ NCIX US)
Total: $805.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-05 23:01 EDT-0400
and intel

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($234.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($124.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: A-Data XPG V2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($76.45 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($229.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Platinum 650W 80+ Platinum Certified ATX Power Supply ($103.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $967.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-05 23:02 EDT-0400

Avro Arrow · Aug 5, 2014

You don't need to spend so much on the motherboard. This motherboard will do all you want it to and even has two full PCI-Express 2.0 x16 slots for Crossfire later on:
ASRock 970 PRO3 R2.0 - $65
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157364

justanoob · Aug 5, 2014

skyrim runs fine on my system and as i said i have the same cpu(fx6300) and gpu(r9 270x).

Josephlovestech45 · Aug 5, 2014

Avro Arrow :

i wanted to SLI but pcpcartpicker doesn't allow u too add a second nvidia card i just heard that skyrim is best on intel cpu and nvidia gpu is it true?

kunthakenthe · Aug 5, 2014

Josephlovestech45 :

actually pc partpicker does you just chose two unsli capable cards. you should get some pci 3.0 ports also you should get a decent mobo like a fatality 990fx or it you can afford it with no overclocking a intel 4590 and h97 mobo around 75$.

Josephlovestech45 · Aug 6, 2014

kunthakenthe :

Josephlovestech45 :

im not into overclocking that much can you explain in detail how i add two of the same card for sli on pcpartpicker?

actually pc partpicker does you just chose two unsli capable cards. you should get some pci 3.0 ports also you should get a decent mobo like a fatality 990fx or it you can afford it with no overclocking a intel 4590 and h97 mobo around 75$.

kunthakenthe · Aug 6, 2014

Josephlovestech45 :

sure you could get a i5 4590(189$) h97(85$) which is the best performance for your money. this would be better because it can be upgrade to more powerful components. another cheap one fx 8320(140$) and 990fx(80-90$ at its cheapest). this is a little more powerful than your current build. get some 1866 ram if you can. Let me explain on pc partpicker the r9 2xx/gtx 760 and up are sli/cfx capable the r7 260x or gtx 750ti are not since the performance increase would suck compared to a single card. If you chose a sli capable card then it will say add a second card.

unsli/cfx

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZfJYdC

sli

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/fqbzYJ

sli button used

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/9cgyXL

Avro Arrow · Aug 7, 2014

Josephlovestech45 :

Two things here:

1.) Your original list says "MSi Radeon R9 270X TWIN FROZR". You didn't even add a first nVidia card so why are you talking about SLI? I recommended that motherboard SPECIFICALLY because you listed a Radeon card. Now you say that you wanted to SLI? I have a feeling that you really don't know much about computers if you don't know that Radeons use Crossfire and GeForces use SLI.
2.) When I played Skyrim it was at max settings using a Phenom II X4 965 and twin Radeon HD 4870s. It ran perfectly with no skipping, stuttering or atifacts. It was perfectly fluid. There were no problems whatsoever and that was at 1920x1080. Since that old CPU and those old cards worked perfectly, ANYTHING will run Skyrim perfectly. When I fired up Skyrim using my FX-8350 and twin HD 7970s, the experience was exactly the same. Whoever told you that Skyrim runs better on Intel and nVidia was full of crap because perfect at 1080p is perfect at 1080p. Now, perhaps when you get into the stratospheric frame rate levels that only benchmarks can see or feel, it might be different but I seriously doubt that you're gearing up for gaming at 4K with the gear you have listed here.

kunthakenthe · Aug 7, 2014

Avro Arrow :

Josephlovestech45 :

Two things here:

1.) Your original list says "MSi Radeon R9 270X TWIN FROZR". You didn't even add a first nVidia card so why are you talking about SLI? I recommended that motherboard SPECIFICALLY because you listed a Radeon card. Now you say that you wanted to SLI? I have a feeling that you really don't know much about computers if you don't know that Radeons use Crossfire and GeForces use SLI.
2.) When I played Skyrim it was at max settings using a Phenom II X4 965 and twin Radeon HD 4870s. It ran perfectly with no skipping, stuttering or atifacts. It was perfectly fluid. There were no problems whatsoever and that was at 1920x1080. Since that old CPU and those old cards worked perfectly, ANYTHING will run Skyrim perfectly. When I fired up Skyrim using my FX-8350 and twin HD 7970s, the experience was exactly the same. Whoever told you that Skyrim runs better on Intel and nVidia was full of crap because perfect at 1080p is perfect at 1080p. Now, perhaps when you get into the stratospheric frame rate levels that only benchmarks can see or feel, it might be different but I seriously doubt that you're gearing up for gaming at 4K with the gear you have listed here.

yeah tons of rumors that intel/nvidia run better just giving amd a hard time

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