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Title: Some advice
Post by: Jellyfish on August 14, 2013, 12:22:50 am
Hey there, chaps.

Wanted to purchase a new PC (I'll probably get it by the end of this year). Below are the specifications that seemed within my price range, wanted to know if they're adequate, or do I have to go for an upgrade on some parts to get reasonable performance (not the best, will settle for moderate) (NOTE: This is a branded AMD PC, by CyberPowerGaming, it'll be cheaper and there are no shops anywhere near where I could actually seek advice on building a CPU or actually purchase parts, and not having any experience whatsoever, don't wanna build one online)

AMD FX-4350 CPU
8GB DDR3/1600Mhz ram
AMD HD7770 1GB Video
ASUS M5A78LM USB3SATA3 MB
1 TB SATA-3 hard drive
24x Double DVD
Coolermaster Elite 430 case

Is the above adequate for running the recent stuff, or would I be hard-pressed playing video games and have to upgrade it very near in the future?

Title: Re: Some advice
Post by: Darxez on August 14, 2013, 12:49:50 am
What is your budget...
Title: Re: Some advice
Post by: Jellyfish on August 14, 2013, 01:13:56 am
Around £600, this one is gonna cost me about 510 and will have to purchase a new HD LCD as well, so might stretch it to 700.
Title: Re: Some advice
Post by: Honigsenf on August 14, 2013, 07:09:32 am
when u look for old cheap but performant graphic cards , i would suggest teh ATI 5870

here u have a nice overview [ your card is on 50th, the 5870 on 32th

http://translate.google.de/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pc-erfahrung.de%2Fgrafikkarte%2Fvga-grafikrangliste.html&act=url
Title: Re: Some advice
Post by: Darxez on August 14, 2013, 12:55:23 pm
Around £600, this one is gonna cost me about 510 and will have to purchase a new HD LCD as well, so might stretch it to 700.

If you can, make the Pc yourself.. It's less expensive and you can get better stuff.
Title: Re: Some advice
Post by: Petarda on August 14, 2013, 01:26:25 pm
If you can, make the Pc yourself.. It's less expensive and you can get better stuff.
Depends where you live.
Title: Re: Some advice
Post by: Jellyfish on August 14, 2013, 11:34:19 pm
Thanks for the input, everyone. And umm...


Is the above adequate for running the recent stuff, or would I be hard-pressed playing video games and have to upgrade it very near in the future?

Title: Re: Some advice
Post by: Darxez on August 15, 2013, 12:18:14 am
You definitly need to upgrade it..
Title: Re: Some advice
Post by: SugarD on October 10, 2013, 06:58:35 am
Did everyone answer your questions satisfactorily?
Title: Re: Some advice
Post by: Kessu on October 11, 2013, 04:33:17 am
That would most certainly run the newer games, but not with highest settings. But 700 for that PC with a monitor? I call it a rip-off (unless you have included in an operating system)

About the need to upgrade, yes, in a year or two I see you having the need to upgrade atleast the GPU, which when the CPU would become a bottleneck and there we go with upgrading the whole set :D
Title: Re: Some advice
Post by: TheLegitHabibi on October 11, 2013, 05:55:53 am
Thanks for the input, everyone. And umm...

Go meet Ethan. He made a 650 pound PC. Core i7 3770K GTX 660 8 gigs ram.
Runs every game man.
Title: Re: Some advice
Post by: Jellyfish on October 12, 2013, 01:27:27 am
That would most certainly run the newer games, but not with highest settings. But 700 for that PC with a monitor? I call it a rip-off (unless you have included in an operating system)

About the need to upgrade, yes, in a year or two I see you having the need to upgrade atleast the GPU, which when the CPU would become a bottleneck and there we go with upgrading the whole set :D

thought about that, seems i'll need to get one with slightly better requirements  :v:
results were quite underwhelming in the benchmark tests

Go meet Ethan. He made a 650 pound PC. Core i7 3770K GTX 660 8 gigs ram.
Runs every game man.

seems like a pretty good deal
i could go for a radeon r7 260x (40 pounds cheaper than the 660) and a amd fx 6300 instead. 8gb ram and the os thrown in for good measure
Title: Re: Some advice
Post by: TheRock on October 15, 2013, 11:06:40 pm
Remember, you get what you pay for! So never go for something low which wont handle tomorrow's games.. :)
Title: Re: Some advice
Post by: SugarD on October 18, 2013, 06:23:39 am
Remember, you get what you pay for! So never go for something low which wont handle tomorrow's games.. :)
Well said.
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