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Luuk53830

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Should i go with a cheap AMD athlon x4 750K and a mobo around 70 $ and upgrade to a intell platform later on ?or buy a good mobo and upgrade the CPU?
My budget is around 330-360$
I already have a psu (coolermaster G750M)
And a 500 GB HDD

Thx for help
 
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mlga91
That build will serve you well when you put a gpu on it, this will not perform as well as a i5, but will let you put a gpu right now:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($84.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A55M-VG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($44.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Mushkin Essentials 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($66.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 270 2GB TurboDuo Video Card ($144.50 @ Newegg)
Case: BitFenix Merc Alpha (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($19.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $360.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when...
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mlga91

mlga91

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8 GB of ram is around $70, and you can get a cheap case for less that $30

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($197.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H81 Pro BTC ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($51.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Mushkin Essentials 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($66.99 @ Newegg)
Case: BitFenix Merc Alpha (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($19.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $336.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-04 02:45 EDT-0400

What do you plan to do with this build?
 
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mlga91

mlga91

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Jul 8, 2014
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That build will serve you well when you put a gpu on it, this will not perform as well as a i5, but will let you put a gpu right now:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($84.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A55M-VG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($44.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Mushkin Essentials 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($66.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 270 2GB TurboDuo Video Card ($144.50 @ Newegg)
Case: BitFenix Merc Alpha (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($19.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $360.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-04 03:02 EDT-0400
 
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