WIll this budget pc be able to run some high end games on med/high/ultra

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hey guys, so i was having trouble on what to order for my new budget gaming pc and decided to ask the community. So originally I was going to by the EVGA gtx 750 ti pair it up alongside the AMD A6-5400K Dual core at 3.6ghz but than one of my buddies told me that i would need to upgrade the cpu to something more powerful to actually play the high end, next gen games on medium to ultra settings. Is this true? I mean the higher end say intel i7 processors still have around the same clock speed but are a ton more expensive.
 
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Processors don't make gpus perform better, they can only make them perform worse. When a cpu's performance restricts the performance of the gpu, that's called bottlenecking. You always want a processor that's balanced with your gpu, or a little better, since gpus tend to be easier to upgrade than your cpu, because when you upgrade your cpu you often have to get a new mobo and sometimes new ram (depends on when you upgrade). The Athlon X4 860k is the cheapest cpu on the market that will not bottleneck a gtx 750ti. Together a combo of an X4 860k and a gtx 750ti will give you similar performance to a console. You...
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The clock speed isn't the only thing that determines a processor's processing power. You also have to include the number of cores, if the processor enables hyperthreading, the architecture the cpu is built off of, etc. So your friend is right. Your gpu isn't that powerful so you don't need a great cpu like an i7 to pair with it. If I were you I'd at least get an AMD Athlon X4 860k with a matching motherboard. That cpu would not bottleneck the gtx 750ti. You'd essentailly have slightly better performance than the current generation of consoles (i.e. 1080p 60fps at medium settings in most games).
 
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For the record these are the parts I would suggest, consider the points in my earlier post.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/RjDgCJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/RjDgCJ/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($71.69 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($119.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $248.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-22 23:01 EDT-0400
 
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This is what ive got so far, please let me know if id be able to play games like battlefield 4, new need for speed, star wars battlefront etc at maybe high to ultra settings (maybe medium for some next gen games). Also please let me know that when i put it all together it would all work and not blow up in my hands. Thanks guys

Cooler Master N200 - Micro ATX Mini Tower

Western Digital Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM

GIGABYTE GA-F2A88XM-D3H FM2+ / FM2 AMD A88X (Bolton D4)

EVGA 02G-P4-3753-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 750 Ti Superclocked 2GB

EVGA 100-W1-500-KR 500W ATX12V

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866

AMD Athlon X4 860K Quad-Core 3.7 GHz Socket FM2+
 
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Processors don't make gpus perform better, they can only make them perform worse. When a cpu's performance restricts the performance of the gpu, that's called bottlenecking. You always want a processor that's balanced with your gpu, or a little better, since gpus tend to be easier to upgrade than your cpu, because when you upgrade your cpu you often have to get a new mobo and sometimes new ram (depends on when you upgrade). The Athlon X4 860k is the cheapest cpu on the market that will not bottleneck a gtx 750ti. Together a combo of an X4 860k and a gtx 750ti will give you similar performance to a console. You should be pleased with this pc for the price. By the way, the parts you chose in your other post are great choices, you would not be disappointed with that build.
 
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Yeah console performance would be 40+ fps at high to ultra settings, or 60+ fps at low to medium settings. So you should be getting a minimum of 60fps at medium settings, which looks just great honestly. You'll probably get better performance out of less demanding games as well.
 
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