How well would this work for playing games? What fps should I expect?

PingPongBall52 · Oct 28, 2015

I'm looking at this build and wondering if it will work and if so, how good would it be?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A4-4020 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£22.79 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A78M-ITX+ Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard (£65.48 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£21.44 @ Dabs)
Storage: Hitachi 500GB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (£27.50 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 360 2GB Core Edition Video Card (£83.89 @ Aria PC)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case (£39.60 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£28.98 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£9.00 @ CCL Computers)
Wireless Network Adapter: Patriot PCUSBW1150 802.11a/b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter (£6.95 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £305.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-28 11:38 GMT+0000

Supahos · Oct 28, 2015

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/BtxRdC changed your cpu this will drastically improve performance, and the CPU u have listed doesn't come with a heatsink so you were going to have to buy one anyway

robinwing14 · Oct 28, 2015

What kind of games would you be playing?

PingPongBall52 · Oct 28, 2015

robinwing14 :

Modded MC, World Of Tanks/Planes/Ships, Civ 5, Space Engineer, Modded KSP.

robinwing14 · Oct 28, 2015

If you can go with supahos build he posted. It should get you a lot better frames then the one you posted

naturesninja · Oct 28, 2015

Better CPU, GPU, Motherboard, and PSU:

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/t7YRdC
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/t7YRdC/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£53.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI A88XI AC V2 Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard (£68.97 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£21.44 @ Dabs)
Storage: Hitachi 500GB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (£27.50 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (£89.89 @ More Computers)
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£20.02 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£35.46 @ More Computers)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£9.00 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £326.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-28 11:55 GMT+0000

naturesninja · Oct 28, 2015

Motherboard has built in wireless by the way.^

naturesninja · Oct 28, 2015

Revised for more storage:

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Gf7s23
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Gf7s23/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£53.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI A88XI AC V2 Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard (£68.97 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£21.44 @ Dabs)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.74 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (£89.89 @ More Computers)
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£20.02 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£35.46 @ More Computers)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£9.00 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £333.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-28 12:11 GMT+0000

PingPongBall52 · Oct 28, 2015

Looked around for better prices and this is what I got.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£53.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£21.44 @ Dabs)
Storage: Hitachi 500GB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (£27.50 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case (£39.60 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£28.98 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£9.00 @ CCL Computers)
Other: MSI A68HI (£56.03)
Other: POWERCOLOR R7 360 2GB (£79.51)
Total: £316.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-28 12:30 GMT+0000

PingPongBall52 · Oct 28, 2015

Or if I was using an ordinary case:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£53.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£21.44 @ Dabs)
Storage: Hitachi 500GB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (£27.50 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£20.02 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£28.98 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£9.00 @ CCL Computers)
Wireless Network Adapter: Patriot PCUSBW1150 802.11a/b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter (£6.95 @ Amazon UK)
Other: POWERCOLOR R7 360 2GB (£79.51)
Other: Gigabyte Ultra Durable 4 Plus GA-F2A58M-HD2 Desktop Motherboard - AMD A58 Chipset - Socket FM2+ (£26.99)
Total: £274.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-28 13:00 GMT+0000

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