- Dec 9, 2014
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Hello there, guys, first thread here. I'm a musician from Chile who's looking to build a new PC, I have US 700~720 as my budget. My current rig is fashionably outdated (built in 2008) and I'm looking for something that could handle (heavy) audio recording (with an external sound card I already own) and Full HD video editing as well as heavy daily use and some light gaming if possible, but there's a LITTLE catch:
While 700 bucks might suffice to build an ok-ish build in the US, here in Chile the case might not be such. Back in the day when I built the current PC I use prices were slightly more expensive than the US but nothing to die for, but nowadays, due to some circumstances I do not understand, prices have skyrocketed like crazy. Let me give you some examples of what I mean: an i7-4770 here costs around 360 US, an FX-8320 is 175 bucks, 8 gigs of ram is at 100 bucks, but the worst thing are the GPUs: 250 bucks for an r9 270, 305 bucks for a GTX 760 and 510 dollars for a R9 290, getting the point yet? So anyway, let's get to the point:
I need help choosing a CPU that both fills my needs and stays on the budget, I'm willing to either go AMD or Intel as I use both of them on a daily basis and I'm happy with them both. I was thinking on getting the FX-8320, but I've heard it gets too hot so I'd have to buy an aftermarket cooler and a -somewhat- more expensive MoBo, which will be roughly about the same price as an i5-4670, which one of them would perform better? I've seen thousand of synthetics benchmarks and such but I'm more into real world experience. I'm open to more CPUs suggestions since I don't know all that much of current-gen CPUs.
As for the GPU I think I'll go for an R7 260X, not the best around but I don't care setting graphics on lower settings, I'm perfectly happy with the game running stable FPS alone, any other alternative that offers about the same performance as the 260X?. I have a more powerful laptop that can run games smoothly on Ultra settings, the R7 260X would be used on certain occasions only, but will certainly be used, bear that in mind. It's not that I'm cheap but rather I refuse to buy something that's so unreasonably overpriced, in the case of the GPUs.
Also: would you recommend skipping the GPU completely and just go for an I7-4770? I've heard Hyperthreading is really useful, taking into account this rig would focus more into recording/editing than gaming and I could always buy a GPU in the (not-so-near) future. Is the integrated GPU, Intel HD 4600 I believe, any good at all?.
Well, that was a really long first post, hope to get a response from you guys,
Thank you so much.
PS:I'm sorry in advance if my English is somewhat weird, English is not my mother language, sarcasm is.
While 700 bucks might suffice to build an ok-ish build in the US, here in Chile the case might not be such. Back in the day when I built the current PC I use prices were slightly more expensive than the US but nothing to die for, but nowadays, due to some circumstances I do not understand, prices have skyrocketed like crazy. Let me give you some examples of what I mean: an i7-4770 here costs around 360 US, an FX-8320 is 175 bucks, 8 gigs of ram is at 100 bucks, but the worst thing are the GPUs: 250 bucks for an r9 270, 305 bucks for a GTX 760 and 510 dollars for a R9 290, getting the point yet? So anyway, let's get to the point:
I need help choosing a CPU that both fills my needs and stays on the budget, I'm willing to either go AMD or Intel as I use both of them on a daily basis and I'm happy with them both. I was thinking on getting the FX-8320, but I've heard it gets too hot so I'd have to buy an aftermarket cooler and a -somewhat- more expensive MoBo, which will be roughly about the same price as an i5-4670, which one of them would perform better? I've seen thousand of synthetics benchmarks and such but I'm more into real world experience. I'm open to more CPUs suggestions since I don't know all that much of current-gen CPUs.
As for the GPU I think I'll go for an R7 260X, not the best around but I don't care setting graphics on lower settings, I'm perfectly happy with the game running stable FPS alone, any other alternative that offers about the same performance as the 260X?. I have a more powerful laptop that can run games smoothly on Ultra settings, the R7 260X would be used on certain occasions only, but will certainly be used, bear that in mind. It's not that I'm cheap but rather I refuse to buy something that's so unreasonably overpriced, in the case of the GPUs.
Also: would you recommend skipping the GPU completely and just go for an I7-4770? I've heard Hyperthreading is really useful, taking into account this rig would focus more into recording/editing than gaming and I could always buy a GPU in the (not-so-near) future. Is the integrated GPU, Intel HD 4600 I believe, any good at all?.
Well, that was a really long first post, hope to get a response from you guys,
Thank you so much.
PS:I'm sorry in advance if my English is somewhat weird, English is not my mother language, sarcasm is.
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