Well i'm building a budget gaming pc for me. I have a monitor(1440x900), case, hard drive, and a copy of win7 win xp and win8. I plan on getting either a i3 3220 or athlon ii x4 760k. I play Tera, Minecraft, Skyrim(with alot of mods, 99 to date), TF2, and Dragon Nest. My friend is willing to give me a BO2 gift via steam, and i may pick up BF4, ive seen some of the beta benchs, they weren't pretty.
My Build so far includes a r7 260x (or 7850/7870 if they drop low enough in $), 8gb of ram @ 1333mhz or 1600mhz, and the cpus with corresponding motherboards. My budget is around $400 and id rather not push $325 (which that i3 will). The parts will be bought either during christmas time or at the lowest point of prices(whichever comes first). I wont OC the 760k unless needed.
At first i was all in for my $325 build with the 760k, then i saw some benchmarks of skyrim maxed that show the 5800k bootlegging the hell out of a 680, when i say bootleg i mean by like 40 fps, while the 2nd/3rd gen i3s ran about 10 frames less than the 2nd/3rd gen i5s(90 ish fps). Which brings the question "is the i3 3220 better for the games i play?"
I also ask this as my laptop's hd, cpu and motherboard are in the process of dying, and i have files (custom mods, pictures, pw, and steam themes that i cant replace) so where can i upload alot (GBs) of data to? drop box?
PS. Im willing to buy used but working: ram(if less than 2/3 years of use and never overclocked), CPUs (never overclocked), motherboards, etc from members of the forums, if allowed of course.
My Build so far includes a r7 260x (or 7850/7870 if they drop low enough in $), 8gb of ram @ 1333mhz or 1600mhz, and the cpus with corresponding motherboards. My budget is around $400 and id rather not push $325 (which that i3 will). The parts will be bought either during christmas time or at the lowest point of prices(whichever comes first). I wont OC the 760k unless needed.
At first i was all in for my $325 build with the 760k, then i saw some benchmarks of skyrim maxed that show the 5800k bootlegging the hell out of a 680, when i say bootleg i mean by like 40 fps, while the 2nd/3rd gen i3s ran about 10 frames less than the 2nd/3rd gen i5s(90 ish fps). Which brings the question "is the i3 3220 better for the games i play?"
I also ask this as my laptop's hd, cpu and motherboard are in the process of dying, and i have files (custom mods, pictures, pw, and steam themes that i cant replace) so where can i upload alot (GBs) of data to? drop box?
PS. Im willing to buy used but working: ram(if less than 2/3 years of use and never overclocked), CPUs (never overclocked), motherboards, etc from members of the forums, if allowed of course.