Buying my first gaming PC.

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So i stumbled across this website where you can customise the pc you're going to buy, cybertron.

First, any thoughts on these guys?
Second, i'm thinking of buying this rig because buying parts separately and assembling them in my country would cost me more.

I'll be using it mainly for gaming, games such as WoW, Dota2, battlefield, FIFA, starcraft 2, etc


so here it is:

AMD FX 6300 3.50GHz Hexa-Core AM3 RET Processor

Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 AM3 V X16 4D3 M32 GL R MATX Motherboard

8GB DDR3-1600 PC3-12800 Ballistix Memory Ballistix Sport

1TB SATA3 7200RPM 64MB Cache

DVD±RW DL 24x SATA Black Optical Drive

Radeon HD7750 1GD5 X16 XFRX DVI HDMI DSP or GeForce GT640 2GD3 X16 2DVI MHDMI

X-Sniper2 Black / Blue Chassis

InWin 450W ATX12v PSU

10/100/1000 Gigabit Network Onboard

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 32/64bit


This build, with the radeon gpu, will cost me $666 (totally intended :D ) , without the monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers.My bugdet is about $700, so it kinda fits.

Thanks in advance.

Cheers :)
 
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mamasan2000
Those graphics cards are waste of money, they are on par with onboard graphics or thereabouts. Just checked 3dmark scores with those cards. Worse than what my 6-7 year old computer got. And it was a midrange comp.

Don't save on GPU or CPU if you are gaming.

My specs:
amd fx-8350
crucial ballistix 8gb 1600 mhz RAM
EVGA GTX 760 SC

In WoW I get 30 (raids) to 100 (anything else) fps.
Fifa14 is not demanding at all, I get 300 fps. I think even the menu is more demanding than the actual game.
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Those graphics cards are waste of money, they are on par with onboard graphics or thereabouts. Just checked 3dmark scores with those cards. Worse than what my 6-7 year old computer got. And it was a midrange comp.

Don't save on GPU or CPU if you are gaming.

My specs:
amd fx-8350
crucial ballistix 8gb 1600 mhz RAM
EVGA GTX 760 SC

In WoW I get 30 (raids) to 100 (anything else) fps.
Fifa14 is not demanding at all, I get 300 fps. I think even the menu is more demanding than the actual game.
 
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With the games you're playing, this is what I suggest:

The games you'll be playing will rely on having a strong single thread performance (at least for WoW and Starcraft 2. Dota will play fine on this system still). The pentium has an unlocked multiplier which makes it easier to overclock, matching it with a z97 motherboard will give you a pretty nice set up.

As for battlefield, battlefield 4 has mantle which will minimize the bottlenecking on the CPU. The other one's will still run fine.

Much stronger GPU compared to the one in your build.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($71.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($55.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270 2GB Dual-X Video Card ($154.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $642.91
 
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I'm seriously not exaggerating when I say the Pentium G3258 is more than adequate for gaming at the mid-range, and in some games (mostly MMOs) manages higher framerates than the FX-8350.

Core-per-core performance is far more effective for gaming than having *more* cores. Even in 8-thread games i3s are only a few fps behind the FX-8350.
 
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A friend of mine used the following config..maybe you could try this

intel i5 4670
Biostar Hi-Fi Z97WE motherboard
Coolermaster-hyper-212-evo
Sapphire-vaporx r 9 270x
Corsair ddr3 2 x 8gb
Corsair-550-watt PSU
Optical Drive- asus
Antec-x1-cpu-cabinet
Kingston - SSDNow 32GB
WD-1-tb-internal HDD
Aoc-23-inch monitor

i think it cost him approx 1300 USD
 
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