What Computer Will Be Best For Gaming? $600 Budget!
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I'm on a budget of $600 dollars and I need some help on deciding what's the best to get. I really enjoy gaming, but I also am going to use it for school projects. I have 2 different computers and I'm not sure which one will fit my needs the best. They both cost $571 and I'm open to changes in the builds.
First:
Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-3220 3.30 GHz 3MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1155
Graphic Card: AMD Radeon HD 7770 1GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card
Cooling Fan: Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Enhanced Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA)
Motherboard: [CrossFireX] GIGABYTE GA-B75M-D3H Intel B75 Chipset DDR3 mATX Mainboard w/ 7.1 HD Audio, HDMI, GbLAN, USB 3.0, SATA-III, 2x Gen2 PCIe x16 & PCI
Memory: 4GB (2GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory
Power supply: 700 Watts - Standard Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready
SSD: 64GB Sandisk SATA III
Hard Drive: 1TB SATA III
Second:
Processor: AMD FX-6300 3.50 GHz Six-Core AM3+ CPU 6MB L2 Cache & Turbo Core Technology
Graphic Card: AMD Radeon HD 7770 1GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card
Cooling Fan: AMD Certified CPU Fan & Heatsink
Motherboard: [CrossFireX] ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 AMD 970 Chipset CrossFireX Support DDR3 Socket AM3+ ATX w/ 7.1 Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III, RAID, 2 Gen2 PCIe X16, 2 PCIe X1 & 2 PCI
Memory: 4GB (2GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory
Power Supply: 700 Watts - Standard Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready
SSD: 64GB Sandisk SATA III
Hard Drive: 1TB Sandisk SATA III
I hope that's enough information to decide which is better. I'm also building both on CyberPower so I can also have input on that whether it's a good idea. So yeah, those are the 2 computers, and just want to know what i should change and which one would be the best. Thanks.
I would skip the SSD for now and get one of the newer i5's
Skip CyberPower while your at it.
You can build one better yourself for cheaper, and if you have the attention span to read a Lego manual.
What you should be looking into though spec wise is,
- Ditch the SSD. Just get a nice hard drive instead and spend the savings on other parts.
- Lessen the power supply. Again save some cash for a nicer GPU. There is really no point in getting a SLI capable PSU if your just going to SLI 7770s.
- Try to go i5, hopefully an K series.
- Really do look into building a computer yourself. There are many guides out there and it really isn't that hard. Find a friend who can help and such. You will feel much more satisfied with yourself and learn a skill.
[QUOTE=Tudd;38515068]Skip CyberPower while your at it.
You can build one better yourself for cheaper, and if you have the attention span to read a Lego manual.
What you should be looking into though spec wise is,
- Ditch the SSD. Just get a nice hard drive instead and spend the savings on other parts.
- Lessen the power supply. Again save some cash for a nicer GPU. There is really no point in getting a SLI capable PSU if your just going to SLI 7770s.
- Try to go i5, hopefully an K series.
- Really do look into building a computer yourself. There are many guides out there and it really isn't that hard. Find a friend who can help and such. You will feel much more satisfied with yourself and learn a skill.[/QUOTE]
Ah alright thanks. I just want to know, if I upgraded both processors would an i5 still beat a fx-8120.
[QUOTE=Skiddle;38515305]Ah alright thanks. I just want to know, if I upgraded both processors would an i5 still beat a fx-8120.[/QUOTE]
Yes, an i5 would beat it out. Because Anandtech doesn't have FX-8120 benchmarks specifically, I've opted for the closest analogue, the FX-8150: [url]http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/434?vs=701[/url]
[editline]19th November 2012[/editline]
...but if you were to have gone with either of the two builds in the OP:
FX-8150 vs FX-6300: [url]http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/434?vs=699[/url]
FX-8150 vs i3-3220: [url]http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/434?vs=677[/url]
Okay well i just want to know, if i downgraded the graphic card to a Nvidia Geforce GT 610 and got an i5-3470 processor would that be a good idea?
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It will come out to around $650 with shipping included. Tho this let's you have a really nice i5 2500k to easily upgrade in the future.
The ram should come with the motherboard included, make sure that deal is still running at checkout.
If you need to lower the price, just downsize the harddrive or go with a 6850.
I'm not too familiar with the latest releases by intel, however what is the purpose of spending extra money for HD Integrated graphics in these CPU's when you have a physical graphics card being put in, is there a cheaper model of the same thing, or this is kind of needed now, as intel is adding it to all cpu's?
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