Which graphics card?

paddeh · Aug 22, 2014

Hi, I am currently deciding my first build components, and I have narrowed it down to 3 different systems: PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/C78vD3
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/C78vD3/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£43.14 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 V2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£34.57 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£32.90 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.98 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card (£107.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Window ATX Mid Tower Case (£30.00)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£33.00)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.22 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £330.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-22 13:39 BST+0100
Second: PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/PJbDQ7
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/PJbDQ7/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£43.14 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 V2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£34.57 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£32.90 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.98 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£113.00)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Window ATX Mid Tower Case (£30.00)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£33.00)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.22 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £335.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-22 13:40 BST+0100
Third: PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/k9c7sY
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/k9c7sY/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£43.14 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo 43.1 CFM CPU Cooler (£16.36 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 V2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£34.57 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£32.90 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.98 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 1GB Video Card (£89.53 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Window ATX Mid Tower Case (£30.00)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£33.00)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.22 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £328.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-22 13:41 BST+0100
Which will offer me the best performance playing skyrim, battlefeild , maybe crysis with aa turned down. Thanks

ArnoBaes · Aug 22, 2014

For those games on highest settings a Intel Pentium?

Wouldn't do that

LukaBoki · Aug 22, 2014

The second one is the best in my opinion.
Best GPU out of the three builds.R9 270>R7 265>GTX 750.
The G3258 might bottleneck the R9 270 when playing CPU intensive games,like BF4 and Crysis 3.
Also,change the HDD to a Seagate Barracuda 1TB.It's faster and cheaper than the WD.

You should be able to play Crysis 3 at medium @ 50+ FPS,with minimal lag.
All the best.

RobCrezz · Aug 22, 2014

The one with the R9 270.

RobCrezz · Aug 22, 2014

You really should get 8Gb ram too.

LukaBoki · Aug 22, 2014

RobCrezz :

He can upgrade that whenever he wants.I'm guessing he's on a tight budget now,so he can't afford 8GB.

ArnoBaes · Aug 22, 2014

And a better MB

paddeh · Aug 22, 2014

For those games on highest settings a Intel Pentium? Wouldn't do that

What I mean is which build out of the 3 would give me best performance (as compared to the other 2)

paddeh · Aug 22, 2014

The second one is the best in my opinion.
Best GPU out of the three builds.R9 270>R7 265>GTX 750.
The G3258 might bottleneck the R9 270 when playing CPU intensive games,like BF4 and Crysis 3.
Also,change the HDD to a Seagate Barracuda 1TB.It's faster and cheaper than the WD.
You should be able to play Crysis 3 at medium @ 50+ FPS,with minimal lag.
All the best.

Thanks for the suggestion, I have changed the hard drive. My first upgrade will be another stick of ram, but my second I will probably get a cm hyper 212 evo, and then I will over clock. Should this help the bottleneck?

RobCrezz · Aug 22, 2014

paddeh :

Thats a good bet. Ive seen that CPU overclocked to 4.7 almost match i5s in game benchmarks.

paddeh · Aug 22, 2014

The second one is the best in my opinion.
Best GPU out of the three builds.R9 270>R7 265>GTX 750.
The G3258 might bottleneck the R9 270 when playing CPU intensive games,like BF4 and Crysis 3.
Also,change the HDD to a Seagate Barracuda 1TB.It's faster and cheaper than the WD.
You should be able to play Crysis 3 at medium @ 50+ FPS,with minimal lag.
All the best.

Thanks for the suggestion, I have changed the hard drive. My first upgrade will be another stick of ram, but my second I will probably get a cm hyper 212 evo, and then I will over clock. Should this help the bottleneck?

Thats a good bet. Ive seen that CPU overclocked to 4.7 almost match i5s in game benchmarks.

Yeah I've seen tonnes of articles where it has been pushed like that, its insane what this chip can do, for £40 as well!

RobCrezz · Aug 22, 2014

paddeh :

The second one is the best in my opinion.
Best GPU out of the three builds.R9 270>R7 265>GTX 750.
The G3258 might bottleneck the R9 270 when playing CPU intensive games,like BF4 and Crysis 3.
Also,change the HDD to a Seagate Barracuda 1TB.It's faster and cheaper than the WD.
You should be able to play Crysis 3 at medium @ 50+ FPS,with minimal lag.
All the best.

Thanks for the suggestion, I have changed the hard drive. My first upgrade will be another stick of ram, but my second I will probably get a cm hyper 212 evo, and then I will over clock. Should this help the bottleneck?

Thats a good bet. Ive seen that CPU overclocked to 4.7 almost match i5s in game benchmarks.

Yeah I've seen tonnes of articles where it has been pushed like that, its insane what this chip can do, for £40 as well!

Yup, this is exactly why the i3s are locked these days, they would be beasts.

LukaBoki · Aug 22, 2014

G3258 is the CPU to choose for a budget gamer.
OC'd,it can be used with a R9 280 or a GTX 770 without bottlenecking.

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