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Is an Athlon II X4 640 be good for gaming?

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Invest $30 extra in this MSI then you will be able to OC your Athlon at the simple flick of a switch on the mobo which will result in a 20% (3.4 - 3.6ghz)OC, which means you wont bottlekneck anything up to a 6950.

If you do this you will also need to buy a Hyper 212+ CPU cooler $30 to keep everything nice and cool, its easy and its worth it, plus the MSI board will give you an upgrade path.

Oh okay. I have a budget of 420 dollars. I need to buy a mobo, psu, gpu, cpu, and a case. So I'm on a pretty tight budget. I need each component to be around 50 dollars. I'll spend 140 on a Sapphire 6850.
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xpeh said:
Is that processor significantly better than the Athlon ii X4 640?

It also uses socket 1155 which can later be upgraded to an i7-2600k or i7-3770k if you have the money :0

From what I calculated, I'll spend under 420 dollars, and that's all of of newegg. Would there be any bottleneck on the g620? I'm looking to max most games and possibly run some high resource applications.
CPUs Master

like I said, you won't be maxing all your games.

Its not just the cpu either, the 6870 and the 560 ti just aren't powerful enough to max bf3. Skyrim maybe.

The athlon might give you more performance as bf3 likes more cores than the g620 has.
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I'd say maxing the newest games are kinda out of your budget but you'd enjoy good performance on high settings in demanding games like bf3. You'd still max most games. I think the 6870 is good for your price range and will give you good performance per dollar.
CPUs Master
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This is a very very low end rig, expect maybe 300-400 out of it, but there is no need to as you can upgrade to ivybridge because it uses the same socket.

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Ok this is what i got closest to your budget... Im sure you can find the extra $30 other wise you will compromise a solid build.



COOLER MASTER Elite 430 RC-430-KWN1 Black Steel / Plastic Computer Case
Item #: N82E16811119227
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
-$5.00 Instant
$10.00 Mail-in Rebate
$54.99
$49.99


MSI 760GM-P23 (FX) AM3+ AMD 760G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
Item #: N82E16813130630
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
Protect Your Investment (expand for options)
$54.99


VisionTek 900486 Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
Item #: N82E16814129191
Return Policy: VGA Standard Return Policy
$139.99
1

AMD Gift - Dirt3 Game Coupon - OEM
Item #: N82E16800995114
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
-$49.99 Saving
$49.99
$0.00


Antec NEO ECO 620C 620W Continuous Power ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
Item #: N82E16817371031
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
Protect Your Investment (expand for options)
-$35.00 Instant
$99.99
$64.99


Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory with heatshield Model PSD38G1600KH
Item #: N82E16820220570
Return Policy: Memory Standard Return Policy
$35.99


AMD Athlon II X4 640 Propus 3.0GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor ADX640WFK42GM - OEM
Item #: N82E16819103874
Return Policy: CPU Replacement Only Return Policy
$94.99


COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel ...
Item #: N82E16835103065
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
$29.99
Subtotal: $470.93

Uther39 said:
Ok this is what i got closest to your budget... Im sure you can find the extra $30 other wise you will compromise a solid build.



COOLER MASTER Elite 430 RC-430-KWN1 Black Steel / Plastic Computer Case
Item #: N82E16811119227
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
-$5.00 Instant
$10.00 Mail-in Rebate
$54.99
$49.99


MSI 760GM-P23 (FX) AM3+ AMD 760G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
Item #: N82E16813130630
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
Protect Your Investment (expand for options)
$54.99


VisionTek 900486 Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
Item #: N82E16814129191
Return Policy: VGA Standard Return Policy
$139.99
1

AMD Gift - Dirt3 Game Coupon - OEM
Item #: N82E16800995114
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
-$49.99 Saving
$49.99
$0.00


Antec NEO ECO 620C 620W Continuous Power ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
Item #: N82E16817371031
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
Protect Your Investment (expand for options)
-$35.00 Instant
$99.99
$64.99


Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory with heatshield Model PSD38G1600KH
Item #: N82E16820220570
Return Policy: Memory Standard Return Policy
$35.99


AMD Athlon II X4 640 Propus 3.0GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor ADX640WFK42GM - OEM
Item #: N82E16819103874
Return Policy: CPU Replacement Only Return Policy
$94.99


COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel ...
Item #: N82E16835103065
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
$29.99
Subtotal: $470.93

WHOA! Thanks a lot! I can get the extra 30 dollars. Or buy the parts off of ebay. Thank you for everything1
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