Good enough for a gaming pc ?

[Muks2386]

Hey guys .

Good enough for a gaming pc ?

CPU : AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE
Mobo : ASRock 970DE3/U3S3 AM3+
RAM : Kingston 8GB (2X4GB)
GPU : PowerColor HD 7850 2GB
HDD : WD Caviar Black 320 GB
Case : Gigabyte Sumo Alpha
PSU : CORSAIR Builder Series CX500 500W

 

[cball1311]

Unless you get that black edition HDD at a good price, get a blue. There are no real benefits from the black edition (slightly higher performance and reliability but not noticeable).

 

[Muks2386]

Unless you get that black edition HDD at a good price, get a blue. There are no real benefits from the black edition (slightly higher performance and reliability but not noticeable).

How about the rest of the build ?

 

[cball1311]

Looks good. If you could stretch to the 7870, there is a big performance jump there too. If you haven't ordered anything, I could give you some suggestions if you provide a budget and country?

 

[Muks2386]

I have everything except the CPU , Mobo , GPU , and PSU . The rest I have . My budget is $380 . I live in Malaysia . But I plan to buy the products from Newegg .

 

[cball1311]

I have everything except the CPU , Mobo , GPU , and PSU . The rest I have . My budget is $380 . I live in Malaysia . But I plan to buy the products from Newegg .

Yeah, it is going to be a hard stretch to get the 7870 in that budget. Here is the best that I could do. You can upgrade to an i5 or the like later.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Pentium G860 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock B75M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($61.97 @ Newegg)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card ($224.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $396.93
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-12 11:08 EST-0500)

If not, stick with your current build.

 

[Muks2386]

Yeah, it is going to be a hard stretch to get the 7870 in that budget. Here is the best that I could do. You can upgrade to an i5 or the like later.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Pentium G860 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock B75M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($61.97 @ Newegg)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card ($224.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $396.93
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-12 11:08 EST-0500)

If not, stick with your current build.

Won't the Pentium bottleneck the HD 7870 ?

 

[cball1311]

Won't the Pentium bottleneck the HD 7870 ?

Nope.

The 965 is a little bit better performer but I don't think that it outweighs the ~$30 jump in price, especially for your budget. If you get the 965 and want to stay in budget, the GPU is going to take an even bigger hit.

 

[Muks2386]

Are you very sure it won't bottleneck ? Because if it doesn't I'll definitely buy that instead of the 965 .

 

[cball1311]

Here you go. Far Cry 3 with a 7970 and a g860.

Figured some true evidence will convince you on my advice. Happy building

 

[Muks2386]

Wait , so it means that it does bottleneck .

 

[Muks2386]

Because the HD 7970 is capable of way way way more than 45 FPS , its capable of like 71 with the i5 .

 

[al10677]

-.- it doesnt bottleneck

 

[cball1311]

Wait , so it means that it does bottleneck .

No, it is not a bottleneck. It is just a weaker CPU than the others on the list because it is only dual core. CPU does play some role in frames per second, not just GPU performance.

 

[Muks2386]

Isn't that the same as when a CPU slows down a GPU ? Which results in bottleneck ? Sorry if I'm wrong guys , I'm just 15 years of age .

 

[Muks2386]

Guys , I got it . I went to Youtube and saw some vids . It doesn't bottleneck it . Thank you so much for your help ! I appreciate it a lot ! Thanks again !

 

[cball1311]

No. Far Cry 3 (along with Battlefield 3) can utilize up to 8 cores. That is why the benchmarks for the higher core processors are much higher. You would only get a bottleneck with extremely outdated CPUs.

 

[Muks2386]

Best answer selected by Muks2386.

 

[Muks2386]

No. Far Cry 3 (along with Battlefield 3) can utilize up to 8 cores. That is why the benchmarks for the higher core processors are much higher. You would only get a bottleneck with extremely outdated CPUs.

Thanks mate !