Quick Question.

[Baxthar]

Hi guys, just a quick question for those who play Europa Universalis 4, Crusader Kings 2 or Victoria 2.

How well would this computer run those games that I just mentioned:

CPU Type - AMD FM2 Dual Core
CPU Model - AMD FM2 A6 6400K 3.9ghz Dual Core
CPU Socket - AMD FM2
CPU Speed - 3.9 Ghz
CPU Max Turbo Clock Speed - 4.1 Ghz
CPU Cooler - Standard AMD Cooler

Memory - 8GB DDR3 Performance Ram
Hard Drive Size - 1tb Seagate Barracuda Sata 6Gb/s 64mb Cache 7200rpm
Optical Drive -Samsung 24x Sata DVD Writer
Graphics Card - Onboard AMD Radeon HD 8470D
PSU Size - 500 Watt Power Supply With 12cm Fan

 

[barnsley]

I'd say it'd be fine considering the system requirements are very low indeed.

 

[Baxthar]

I'd say it'd be fine considering the system requirements are very low indeed.

Yeh, they're quite intensive CPU games, will the CPU + RAM on my specs handle the intensiveness (intesiveness...... LOL)

 

[barnsley]

If you can get something better then you should. Otherwise it should perform fine

 

[Baxthar]

If you can get something better then you should. Otherwise it should perform fine

Is that quite a good rig for gaming? What would you rate it out of 10? £250 is my budget and that's a pre-built rig that I found on Amazon. Would it play most games (new as well) on medium quality?

 

[barnsley]

Is that quite a good rig for gaming? What would you rate it out of 10? £250 is my budget and that's a pre-built rig that I found on Amazon. Would it play most games (new as well) on medium quality?

You'd need more then that in order to play most games on medium quality. You'd do better to build it yourself

 

[Baxthar]

You'd need more then that in order to play most games on medium quality. You'd do better to build it yourself

I know I'd do better to build it myself but I just don't have the budget to do so unfortunately. Any suggestions?

 

[barnsley]

I know I'd do better to build it myself but I just don't have the budget to do so unfortunately. Any suggestions?

If you can stretch to £300 your options will be much, much better. Otherwise I'd look at second hand parts on ebay.

 

[Baxthar]

If you can stretch to £300 your options will be much, much better. Otherwise I'd look at second hand parts on ebay.

I could stretch to £300. Do you have a build in mind that costs £300?

 

[barnsley]

I could stretch to £300. Do you have a build in mind that costs £300?

Here is one:
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/tBmHQ7
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/tBmHQ7/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD A10-6800K 4.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£83.95 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI A55M-E33 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£28.19 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£29.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung Spinpoint F1 DT 750GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£29.97 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Zalman ZM-T3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£19.47 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: be quiet! 300W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£31.64 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£72.35 @ Aria PC)
Total: £295.55
I'm sure others will knock up alternatives

 

[Thelosouvlakia]

Check out Feronix's guide for the 300Quid gaming machine!
http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?t=69059
It will run most games on medium settings

 

[barnsley]

Check out Feronix's guide for the 300Quid gaming machine!
http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?t=69059
It will run most games on medium settings

This is a better option if you don't need Windows.

 

[Baxthar]

I can get all that for £280 but the problem is, is that I wouldn't know how to build it lol.

 

[barnsley]

I can get all that for £280 but the problem is, is that I wouldn't know how to build it lol.

Its very easy and there are plenty of guides out there