Need help picking a desktop for gaming on a tight budget

Chris Tomley · Mar 21, 2015

So I really need a desktop because my laptop is old and on its way out, I've never really had a desktop before so dont know much about pc's in general so please bare with me.

I'm torn between two pre'builds one had a AMD A8 APU and no dedicated graphics card and the other has a quadcore i5 with a Nvidia GTX 650 1GB card.

Which would be best for gaming? I'll Link both before

AMD Build: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00I44C9NA/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=16IKR8DO3DSOX&coliid=IYNRSLH1H1AYD&psc=1

Intel Build: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00C72IR5O/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=16IKR8DO3DSOX&coliid=IPG32YKZN1IDL

Please tell me what gaming performance id see from each and what id be able to roughly play

MasterDell · Mar 21, 2015

Well the Intel would be better for sure.. But the question is are both of those really that great? And the answer is definitely not. In a game like BF4, you would be seeing medium settings @1080p and some solid, playable FPS, on crysis 3 you will be looking at about 40 FPS on low @ 1080p.

What games will you be playing?

Have you ever considered just building your own computer? It is really really easy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4gU8BdloDE

This is what you could get for building your own:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/86cY7P

Not to mention the fact that these parts are way way better than the ones used in those pre builts. And I didn't even noticed that they are used.. Yeah I would advise against that.

sora · Mar 21, 2015

OP, do you mind building your own computer? There are tons of videos on YouTube and you would save quite a bit of money.

Chris Tomley · Mar 22, 2015

I wouldnt mind building my own to much in fairness, but i am stuck buying off amazon...

what is your opinion on this pre-built?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00AU4LP0U/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=16IKR8DO3DSOX&coliid=I1JIE8RUFCRDSZ

As for games i wanna play Rust, Cities Skylines, Skyrim, Stranded Deep and maybe Far Cry 4? I dont mind playing at 720p also.

MasterDell · Mar 23, 2015

That setup is pretty much even worse than the last ones. And I actually don't think you will be able to play Far Cry 4. Like I dont even think it will let you.

kwa-e · Mar 23, 2015

If you don't mind using SteamOS and its (sort of limited) library of games you could potentially build a rig with much higher specs than those you can get off of amazon.

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