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[Innocent159]

My daddy is retiring soon and he said he would upgrade. my current pc is experience disk failure lately. He said yes but now he saw it would cost +R5000 and it turned him down. hope his not changing his mind. So want a new pc.

He said the pc must be able to play bf4 and use it to download movies.
Is there any way to lower cost but retain performance.
Will be playing bf3 bf4 fifa 14 and far cry 3 on 1024x768 HD.
Any suggestion will be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance
***INTEL CORE I3 4130 3.4GHZ 3MB CACHE SKT 1150 @ R 1 740

 

[SeekaX]

My daddy is retiring soon and he said he would upgrade. my current pc is experience disk failure lately. He said yes but now he saw it would cost +R5000 and it turned him down. hope his not changing his mind. So want a new pc.

an image for ants.

 

[WillSK]

an image for ants.

haha this tickled me

 

[CrazyTeeka]

Nope its too tiny to read.

 

[QuietOne]

My daddy is retiring soon and he said he would upgrade. my current pc is experience disk failure lately. He said yes but now he saw it would cost +R5000 and it turned him down. hope his not changing his mind. So want a new pc.

He said the pc must be able to play bf4 and use it to download movies.
Is there any way to lower cost but retain performance.
Will be playing bf3 bf4 fifa 14 and far cry 3 on 1024x768 HD.
Any suggestion will be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance

Since when was 1024*768 HD?

 

[Innocent159]

oops image better?... Quiet one my mistake 1080p

 

[barnsley]

Thermaltake? really?

Go for an apu instead as I believe that the r240 xfires with the gpu on the apu

 

[Feronix]

What about something like the AMD build here? Minus the SSD and aftermarket CPU cooler (would recommend to upgrade that later though) and getting a 750k instead of the 760k this might be within your budget?

Maybe a slightly cheaper GPU as well but you might be able to get an R7 260.

http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/systems/battlefield_4_budget_build_performance/1

 

[Innocent159]

What about something like the AMD build here? Minus the SSD and aftermarket CPU cooler (would recommend to upgrade that later though) and getting a 750k instead of the 760k this might be within your budget?

Maybe a slightly cheaper GPU as well but you might be able to get an R7 260.

http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/systems/battlefield_4_budget_build_performance/1

Is that gpu necessary? isn't the R7 260 perfectly fine to run bf 4 in 1080p

 

[Feronix]

Is that gpu necessary? isn't the R7 260 perfectly fine to run bf 4 in 1080p

The CPU has no iGPU and it's really cheap so a decent GPU should fit in the budget. An R7 260x (which I think is an HD7770 rebadge) would be fine at 1080p with low-med settings but if you can fit a better one in it's always... better!

Edit; What about that new R7 265?

 

[Innocent159]

:luvff::luvff:

The CPU has no iGPU and it's really cheap so a decent GPU should fit in the budget. An R7 260x (which I think is an HD7770 rebadge) would be fine at 1080p with low-med settings but if you can fit a better one in it's always... better!

Edit; What about that new R7 265?

would like to buy an aftermarket cooler if I get the cost lower.. so ill keep the gpu and maybe ho for the amd processor :luvff:

 

[RamboOC]

:luvff::luvff:

would like to buy an aftermarket cooler if I get the cost lower.. so ill keep the gpu and maybe ho for the amd processor :luvff:

I guess you fell in love with firefox

 

[Innocent159]

not funny...

 

[RamboOC]

back on topic, i have amd a6-6400k apu ("dual core") (richland 2nd gen apu) and a dedicated gpu, and i can say that the cpu bottlenecks and causes stuterring in bf4, so i have to close as many other programs as i can. overclocking to 4.3ghz reduced amount of stuttering but it is still not as good as i want it to be. so if you want to go with apu, try to buy the quad core higher end ones

 

[Innocent159]

back on topic, i have amd a6-6400k apu ("dual core") (richland 2nd gen apu) and a dedicated gpu, and i can say that the cpu bottlenecks and causes stuterring in bf4, so i have to close as many other programs as i can. overclocking to 4.3ghz reduced amount of stuttering but it is still not as good as i want it to be. so if you want to go with apu, try to buy the quad core higher end ones

The reason why I choose Intel over AMD. I don't think the i3 would bottleneck

 

[Feronix]

back on topic, i have amd a6-6400k apu ("dual core") (richland 2nd gen apu) and a dedicated gpu, and i can say that the cpu bottlenecks and causes stuterring in bf4, so i have to close as many other programs as i can. overclocking to 4.3ghz reduced amount of stuttering but it is still not as good as i want it to be. so if you want to go with apu, try to buy the quad core higher end ones

The 750k and 760k are higher end APUs (A10 I think) without the GPU on them. That makes them cheap and they actually out-perform the FX series chips of the same price.

 

[Innocent159]

will look through comparisons and reviews tomorrow and come back with a decision or we could have an Intel-AMD war

 

[Feronix]

will look through comparisons and reviews tomorrow and come back with a decision or we could have an Intel-AMD war

An i3 won't be a bottleneck, but will be slightly more expensive. I'm an Intel user myself, but in the low-end/ budget segment AMD is usually the way to go imo.

 

[RamboOC]

760k and 750k almost score twice as better than my a6-6400k in benchmarks.

 

[Innocent159]

760k and 750k almost score twice as better than my a6-6400k in benchmarks.

does 750k bottleneck?

An i3 won't be a bottleneck, but will be slightly more expensive. I'm an Intel user myself, but in the low-end/ budget segment AMD is usually the way to go imo.

My daddy made it clear NO BOTTLENECK. He want smooth and clear gaming. His a FPS fan and loves reality looking games. I'l make the suggestion of my build and tel him why I choose the component maybe he understand. (budget currently at R7 264)