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Low budget PC
So a friend was asking me for a low budget PC which could run The Division, he really looooves that game, at descend frames.
The budget is €500 or $500 without all those newegg vouchers. So I thought AMD all the way and got to a very basic setup with much to fix.
AMD FX 8320, a 380 and 16gb ram. No ssd or hdd needed because those I can get for kind of free. Screen will be a 1080p one which is the most I could get without lowering the budget *wink*.
So I am looking for a good motherboard and PSU that could run the cpu (am3+) and gpu without going over budget. The CPU is 150 and GPU 200 and with the RAM I am looking for a good-ish psu and mainboard for about a 100. Personally I couldn't find something that would fit those specs so I hope you hardware wizards might have some suggestions.
Ignore updates for the moment because that PC will be as is for 2-3 years. Maybe a GPU update overtime but if the mainboard has 1 pce slot it will do. And even the RAM is slow we haven't seen anything like "needs ddr5" yet so all good on that part.
The budget is €500 or $500 without all those newegg vouchers. So I thought AMD all the way and got to a very basic setup with much to fix.
AMD FX 8320, a 380 and 16gb ram. No ssd or hdd needed because those I can get for kind of free. Screen will be a 1080p one which is the most I could get without lowering the budget *wink*.
So I am looking for a good motherboard and PSU that could run the cpu (am3+) and gpu without going over budget. The CPU is 150 and GPU 200 and with the RAM I am looking for a good-ish psu and mainboard for about a 100. Personally I couldn't find something that would fit those specs so I hope you hardware wizards might have some suggestions.
Ignore updates for the moment because that PC will be as is for 2-3 years. Maybe a GPU update overtime but if the mainboard has 1 pce slot it will do. And even the RAM is slow we haven't seen anything like "needs ddr5" yet so all good on that part.
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Just go to their web site and you will see what I mean.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=2MN-0004-00002
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130924
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820242187
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438012
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150730
For about $60 more you could have an i5...the case purchase and shipping would put you over your budget slightly though.
FX-8300 110$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113399&cm_re=fx_8300-_-19-113-399-_-Product
MOBO:
Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (OC up to 4 GHz) 65$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128602
or
Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (OC up to 4,5-4,7 GHz, USB 3.1, M.2 SSD port) 82$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157688
RAM: 2x4 GB 31$ (if its not for some specific use that needs a lot of RAM, 8GB is plenty for gaming and ALWAYS buy dual channel so 2x4 or 2x8 not single 8 or 16 sticks)
Plenty to choose from, pick 2x4 DDR3 Kit at at least 1600MHz
PSU: XFX 550W 59$ (best buy PSU) never go too low on PSU, this may last you 10+ years, you can reuse it and its pretty much enough for any single GPU rig unless you go super ballistic
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207013
GPU: R9 380 2GB 180$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125794
(or 380x 4GB for 210$ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150761 )
So either 445$ or 462$ with better MOBO. For CPU OC over 4GHz youll need better CPU cooler also.
This setup will be quite decent for another 2-3 years. You can OC CPU to 8350 speed with DS3P, every FX CPU can be OCed so no need to buy 8320 or 8350 when its super easy to make 8300 to any of those (all FX-83xx and FX-9xxx are same CPUs with just different frequencies)
Aftermarket CPU cooler is recommended for any rig, decent ones start at 15$ for instance:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA66Z28E4788
http://gamegpu.com/mmorpg-/-onlayn-igry/tom-clancy-s-the-division-beta-test-gpu.html
Without naming specific products we ended up with a 8320 CPU, Gigabyte mainboard, 380 4gb and ofc 8gb ram.
The feedback I got is quote " OMG! This is awesome. No lag, that's amazing!"
So an "OMG! You are amazing!" back to you all. Thx a lot.
Some friends produce SDDs and high fps screens so 2 calls and I was able to get those things, storage and screen. Keyboard and mouse were still good therefor no need to get those.
So the parts in question were: CPU, motherboard, GPU and RAM. Some cheap case is always easy to get.
While the PC has been a success already I'd like to get your input if you feel like doing it because you kind of are a hardware genius.