Need Help on building a gaming PC. Around $800.

Delirious09 · Oct 13, 2014

I am new to this and i was wondering if someone can give me advice and help me make a PC that would be able to run BF4 and games in that nature. I am going to have a two monitor setup.I have a monitor,keyboard,mouse, and headset. I live in the United States.

Thank You

Transmaniacon · Oct 13, 2014

I would go with something like this, and OC the CPU:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($129.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280X 3GB DirectCU II Video Card ($239.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($38.98 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($90.26 @ OutletPC)
Total: $786.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-13 13:57 EDT-0400

If you play a lot of BF4, having an AMD card for Mantle would be nice, otherwise you could just grab a GTX770.

HomerThompson · Oct 15, 2014

G3258 won't play BF4 smoothly. Check how the frame times dip into the 25 millisecond range consistently (60 fps would be a 17ms frame time) in the BF4 benchmark here using a 4.5GHz overclocked G3258, but how there are few dips on the i5 4690k (stock).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6LUufXCPDM

I wouldn't spend $230 on a G3258/heatsink/Z97 board vs when I could spend $240 for a 3.4 GHz locked i5 and an H81 board that won't bottleneck a graphics card like a 280x.

tiny voices · Oct 15, 2014

I agree that the Pentium is NOT a good idea at all for BF4. It is great for some games but in many it causes stutters so bad you can't even play the game. BF4(multiplayer), Watchdogs, and Thief are just a few games that are basically unplayable due to the stuttering.

I have a few friends that have already sold their G3258's due to the stutter in most games.

HomerThompson · Oct 15, 2014

tiny voices :

Out of curiosity, how much did they get for them?

tiny voices · Oct 15, 2014

Like $50-$55 I believe.

HomerThompson · Oct 15, 2014

tiny voices :

Wow, you can buy them brand new for $60 if you look around!

logainofhades · Oct 15, 2014

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($174.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($92.75 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($73.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($189.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($90.26 @ OutletPC)
Total: $801.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-15 14:35 EDT-0400

HomerThompson · Oct 15, 2014

I suggested this in another thread, but if you already have Windows 7 (OEM or retail) or 8 (retail), you could go with

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DN6m7P

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