Gaming PC <550$

[IceShovel]

Looking for a 550$ gaming pc build that can run Bf3 on high at least. Thanks

 

[LaurenceW]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGeWdzFRh3Y&list=UUNovoA9w0KnxyDP5bGrOYzg&index=9

 

[LaurenceW]

Oh and high settings is a bit of a tall ask lol

 

[michxymi]

NZXT Technologies Source 210 Computer Case (Black)

LEPA N Series N500-SA 500W ATX12V Power Supply

AMD Phenom II X4 965 AM3 3.4Ghz 512KB 45NM 125W 4000MHZ

ASRock 970 EXTREME3 AMD 970 & SB950 ATX DDR3 800 AMD - AM3+ Motherboard

Patriot Memory Viper 3 Series Venom Red DDR3 8GB 1866MHz (PC3 15000) Memory Kit PV38G186C9KRD

Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHZ OC 2 GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 11199-19-20G

Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB SATA III 7200 RPM 16 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive - WD5000AAKX

For that price range that's the best you can get! Quad Core CPU which is needed for BF3 especially multiplayer, value motherboard that is upgradeable to current and the next AM3+ CPUs, and a powerful enough GPU!

 

[IceShovel]

NZXT Technologies Source 210 Computer Case (Black)

LEPA N Series N500-SA 500W ATX12V Power Supply

AMD Phenom II X4 965 AM3 3.4Ghz 512KB 45NM 125W 4000MHZ

ASRock 970 EXTREME3 AMD 970 & SB950 ATX DDR3 800 AMD - AM3+ Motherboard

Patriot Memory Viper 3 Series Venom Red DDR3 8GB 1866MHz (PC3 15000) Memory Kit PV38G186C9KRD

Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHZ OC 2 GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 11199-19-20G

Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB SATA III 7200 RPM 16 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive - WD5000AAKX

For that price range that's the best you can get! Quad Core CPU which is needed for BF3 especially multiplayer, value motherboard that is upgradeable to current and the next AM3+ CPUs, and a powerful enough GPU!

Is the AMD Phenom II X4 965 better than the 6300 or vice versa?

 

[michxymi]

Is the AMD Phenom II X4 965 better than the 6300 or vice versa?

No but in a gaming PC it's the GPU that matters. Phenom II X4 965 is enough to drive the 7870 (my Phenom II X4 955 is clocked at 4 GHz and It drives two 5850 without bottleneck).

If you can have both FX 6300 and 7870 great, go for it! If you can't I would prefer 965 + 7870 than FX 6300 + 7850! BF3 is GPU intensive so as long as your CPU doesn't bottleneck your GPU you aim for the best GPU! Also CPU cores help at these game so a Quad Core and a good GPU is just what you need for that budget!

 

[IceShovel]

Best answer selected by IceShovel.

 

[IceShovel]

No but in a gaming PC it's the GPU that matters. Phenom II X4 965 is enough to drive the 7870 (my Phenom II X4 955 is clocked at 4 GHz and It drives two 5850 without bottleneck).

If you can have both FX 6300 and 7870 great, go for it! If you can't I would prefer 965 + 7870 than FX 6300 + 7850! BF3 is GPU intensive so as long as your CPU doesn't bottleneck your GPU you aim for the best GPU! Also CPU cores help at these game so a Quad Core and a good GPU is just what you need for that budget!

Thank you for the information!