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[Scotzmen]

So, after hearing watch dogs requirements, and looking forward to "The division", i need to revamp my computer. Which is slowly falling behind and is struggling after a good year. So! without further ado. Need to keep it cheap, but powerful as fuck

So i already had these parts i was going to get from a couple of years back but decided not too.

CPU: AMD FX 6-Core Black Edition FX-6100
MainBoard: GA-970A-UD3
GPU: Radeon HD6870
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Vengeance 8GB

Will probably have to upgrade to this for CPU and GPU
CPU: AMD FX8350 VISHERA 4.0/4.2GHZ BLACK EDITION 16MB CACHE SOCKET AM3+
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7850



But i have a feeling, that they may lag behind. I'm looking to at least run the game and all others with high settings...

[XIIcorps]

Crossfire ever crossed your mind ?

[Scotzmen]

Nope, it hadn't...

[XIIcorps]

I did it back in the day on oblivion and fallout 3 ran at max eith 45-60 fps constant even in combat. Was incredaballs.

[Scotzmen]

Anyone want to tell me if this get up is worth it at $1300NZ?

ASUS Geforce GTX 750 Ti
Intel i5–4440 3.1 GHz CPU
2×4GB G.Skill DDR3 Gaming RAM
Gigabyte GA-B85M-H3H Motherboard
Western Digital 1TB Blue HDD
LG DVD Combo Drive
Zalman Z3 Mid Tower Gaming Case
Gigabyte Wifi Wireless AC and Bluetooth Network Card

Or This at $789NZ

CPU: AMD A4-5300 Dual Core
MOBO: ASRock FM2A55M-HD
RAM: 4GB Samsung DDR3 1600MHz
GPU: Sapphire R7 260X 2GB
PSU: 400W Zalman ZM400
HDD: 500GB Seagate Barracuda
CASE: Zalman ZM-T1 Plus



 

[XIIcorps]

first option seems to give you more for less, 750 GTX is a solid card, I 5 Processors are also solid, plus you get 8gb ram which is pretty well all you can run on windows atm.

[Scotzmen]

first option seems to give you more for less, 750 GTX is a solid card, I 5 Processors are also solid, plus you get 8gb ram which is pretty well all you can run on windows atm.

Aye, the 1st option was built to play everything on high to max settings, shit like BF4 and watchdogs.

Second option was built for playing Arma 3 and Dayz in mind, since i play a hell of a lot of arma 3 and dayz mod. Especially with Epoch mod coming soonish for Arma 3

Thanks for the input! 

[Scotzmen]

what about this at $1050

CPU    AMD 6600K Richland 3.9/4.3Ghz Black Edition 4MB Cache Socket FM2
CPU Cooling    Noctua NH-U9B SE2 CPU Cooler w/Dual NF-B9 Fan
Overclocking    None
Motherboard    ASUS A55BM-E FM2+ mATX Motherboard
Memory    Mushkin Stealth Stiletto 4GB (1x4GB) DDR3-1600 CL9 (991995S)
Additional Memory
Hard Disk    Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 120GB 2.5
Optical Disk    LG GH24NSB0 24X DVD Writer SATA OEM
Video Adapter    ASUS GTX750-PHOC-1GD5 GeForce GTX750 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E3.0
Case    NZXT Source 210 Elite Mid Tower (Black)
Power Supply    Seasonic SSP-350GT 350W 80Plus Gold Power Supply OEM (SSP-350GT)

[XIIcorps]

what about this at $1050

CPU    AMD 6600K Richland 3.9/4.3Ghz Black Edition 4MB Cache Socket FM2
CPU Cooling    Noctua NH-U9B SE2 CPU Cooler w/Dual NF-B9 Fan
Overclocking    None
Motherboard    ASUS A55BM-E FM2+ mATX Motherboard
Memory    Mushkin Stealth Stiletto 4GB (1x4GB) DDR3-1600 CL9 (991995S)
Additional Memory
Hard Disk    Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 120GB 2.5
Optical Disk    LG GH24NSB0 24X DVD Writer SATA OEM
Video Adapter    ASUS GTX750-PHOC-1GD5 GeForce GTX750 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E3.0
Case    NZXT Source 210 Elite Mid Tower (Black)
Power Supply    Seasonic SSP-350GT 350W 80Plus Gold Power Supply OEM (SSP-350GT)

that PSU seems rather underpowered at 350w, i was running a fairly stock PSU at 450w on a ATI 5770 HIS card and suffered power problems,most notably not being able to run the card anywhere near its spec due to its power draw, if youve got the coin and want to run with that $1050 setup id suggest a coolermaster 500w+ PSU just to have ample draw for when the card needs it.

he 120gb HDD is rather small also same with the RAM,and ive never heard of Mushkin as a brand.

[nikomas]

I like going the route of getting a larger PSU than you think you'll ever need, that way if you upgrade more than you thought you would you won't have to rip it all out and start over.

[XIIcorps]

I like going the route of getting a larger PSU than you think you'll ever need, that way if you upgrade more than you thought you would you won't have to rip it all out and start over.

pretty much man, its an investment. A mate of mine bought a coolermaster 1000w psu. He had it for about 8 years. Thats like 8 lifetimes in the computer world

[Mysthalin]

I bought a laptop that's better for the same price 8 months ago :S.

[Scotzmen]

I bought a laptop that's better for the same price 8 months ago :S.

Yeah, everything is damn expensive in NZ. Yet they have an ambulance service that is completely voluntary. The government doesn't fund an ambulance service... Its absurd. Anyway

So which is better?

1st or 3rd with an updated PSU and Ram? Which will probably make it the same price....

[chefarzt]

When u get the third, make sure u get a graphics adapter with at least 2 gigs of vram.
Actually option 3 looks like a piece of shit assembled by a blind monkey.

[Scotzmen]

When u get the third, make sure u get a graphics adapter with at least 2 gigs of vram.
Actually option 3 looks like a piece of shit assembled by a blind monkey.

sooooo the first one then....

[XIIcorps]

sooooo the first one then....

1st one is solid for price and should play everything comfortably.

[Mister Schmidt]

Do yourself a favour and talk to some experts

http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc