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Is this computer a decent gaming computer for $300

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August 9, 2014 5:49:21 PM


CPU - AMD A10-5800K APU 3.6GHz
Motherboard - MSI A55M-E33
RAM - Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB
HDD - Western Digital 250 GB
Case - Rosewill Dual Fans
Power Supply - Antec VP-450
Optical Drive – (Install O.S. from USB drive)

I'm curious on how good of a computer this is for $300, also what games it would be capable of playing

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a b 4 Gaming
August 9, 2014 6:06:20 PM

This is better for 368 Bucks
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/X9JMMp
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/X9JMMp/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($35.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 1GB Core Edition Video Card ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $367.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

It won't play games on ultra but you can upgrade to an i5 later with another 4 gb of ram and maybe a better gpu but you can expect playable framerates on 1080p low or 720p medium
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a b 4 Gaming
August 9, 2014 6:10:10 PM

TopLuca said:
This is better for 368 Bucks
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/X9JMMp
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/X9JMMp/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($35.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 1GB Core Edition Video Card ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $367.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

It won't play games on ultra but you can upgrade to an i5 later with another 4 gb of ram and maybe a better gpu but you can expect playable framerates on 1080p low or 720p medium


How do you plan on overclocking on that board to get the most out of the unlocked pentium?
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a b 4 Gaming
August 9, 2014 6:14:28 PM

emdea22 said:
TopLuca said:
This is better for 368 Bucks
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/X9JMMp
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/X9JMMp/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($35.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 1GB Core Edition Video Card ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $367.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

It won't play games on ultra but you can upgrade to an i5 later with another 4 gb of ram and maybe a better gpu but you can expect playable framerates on 1080p low or 720p medium


How do you plan on overclocking on that board to get the most out of the unlocked pentium?


ASrock and MSI updated those boards to enable Overclocking (H81) :) 
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a b 4 Gaming
August 9, 2014 6:17:22 PM

i know Asus did it but haven't heard of msi or asrock doing it. Thats great then :) 

Btw the above post was actually a legitimate question but i thought you knew of a bios mod.
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a b 4 Gaming
August 9, 2014 6:18:28 PM

emdea22 said:
i know Asus did it but haven't heard of msi or asrock doing it. Thats great then :) 

Btw the above post was actually a legitimate question but i thought you knew of a bios mod.


I don't know Bios mods really , can you explain further for me ? ( I get the idea behind modding but with that model exactly )
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a b 4 Gaming
August 9, 2014 6:19:39 PM

emdea22 said:
i know Asus did it but haven't heard of msi or asrock doing it. Thats great then :) 

Btw the above post was actually a legitimate question but i thought you knew of a bios mod.


Thats the link btw http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2389948
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a b 4 Gaming
August 9, 2014 6:22:45 PM

Ty for the link. About the mods, before the native bios updates from the manufacturers there were some custom mods that allowed overclocking on non-z97/87 boards, thats all i know about it because it didn't take long for the official stuff to come out.
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a b 4 Gaming
August 9, 2014 6:24:45 PM

emdea22 said:
Ty for the link. About the mods, before the native bios updates from the manufacturers there were some custom mods that allowed overclocking on non-z97/87 boards, thats all i know about it because it didn't take long for the official stuff to come out.


Your welcome mate , Did these mods void warranty though ? Actually luckily for me it turned out that the mobo I've chosen has the highest OC ability for its price :D 
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a b 4 Gaming
August 9, 2014 6:27:16 PM

TopLuca said:
emdea22 said:
Ty for the link. About the mods, before the native bios updates from the manufacturers there were some custom mods that allowed overclocking on non-z97/87 boards, thats all i know about it because it didn't take long for the official stuff to come out.


Your welcome mate , Did these mods void warranty though ? Actually luckily for me it turned out that the mobo I've chosen has the highest OC ability for its price :D 


Technically if you don't fry the board while using the mod and you have time to revert to original bios then warranty should be ok.
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a b 4 Gaming
August 9, 2014 6:31:23 PM

Thats good to hear , I'm actually thinking about buying a G3258 and testing it out myself .
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