Super cheap Gaming PC build advice.

[NightAir]

So I'm thinking of building a super cheap gaming PC, now I'm thinking BF3/Arma 3 on MID HIGH settings with 30 fps.

I honestly cant see the difference between 30 and 60 lol. So the whole point of this build and the cheapness comes with the AMD A10 APU, which has on board discrete level graphics, I think it comes with HD7660D.

So yes at the moment my build is ;

APU: AMD A10 5800K
MOTHER BOARD: ASRock FM2A75 Pro 4
RAM: Crucial Spectek 2GB (1600 Mhz) (2x)
HDD - Seagate Barracuda 500 GB 7200 rpm (probably 2x)
POWER SUPPLY: Codegen QoRi ATX 500W
CASE: Any cheap Midi-Tower will suffice.
COOLING: Not needed due to the case having enough air circulation.

I'm also going to get a video card for this APU to do CrossFire (Dual Graphics) and I don't really know what to get, either the Gigabyte HD 6670 2GB GDDR 3 or the ASUS HD 6670 1GB GDDR 5, but I'm not sure 2GB on GDDR 3 makes sense, and GDDR5 would do any good on this processor.

So yeah, any pointers? Anything I Should Add/Change.
It's really a budget build so I'm not going over too much.

[mandylion]

i made from my buget pc little by little a bit stronger i stil use some old things like a duel core E8400 3.0 ghz
old motherboard for a 775 socket

in the years i change things a little beter GPU and so on
in my few recommen a good cooler for your CPU

when i had my intel a normal cooler on my cpu i saw it was not so good and the temp was way to high in terms my comp was boom and out
it was going way over 120,c

so yea i replace it with a much beter cooler and now ad full setting for the game tera online it stay so 47,c
but it rely depents what games you gone play Tera is pretty heavy on your CPU

for the rest am not a pro in building things rely

[NightAir]

Ah! Well for cooling, this does come with a layer of thermal paste pre-installed on the chip itself, and the Midi-Tower case I chose has enough fans, I might get an additional CPU fan later on.

I'm no pro either, it's just this is so easy to build, its practically like f*cking lego LOL.

[SnOwBunZz]

Get 8GB of RAM. You will notice a general performance boost in newer games and especially in BF3/Arma 3.

I noticed you don't use a premium brand for your PSU. There's a chance it'll say boom. Also, it's only 500W, if you're going to upgrade later on to a serious GPU (like HD7850 or GTX660Ti) you're going to need at least 550W to be safe.

[NightAir]

Get 8GB of RAM. You will notice a general performance boost in newer games and especially in BF3/Arma 3.

I noticed you don't use a premium brand for your PSU. There's a chance it'll say boom. Also, it's only 500W, if you're going to upgrade later on to a serious GPU (like HD7850 or GTX660Ti) you're going to need at least 550W to be safe.

Thanks for the info.

Since this is a budget build I'm not going to go with 8GB of ram right from the start, I would upgrade in the future tho. About the PSU, so this is the part I should not go super cheap? In that case I've a choice of two, one's a Tecnoware Core ATX 550w and the other is a Gigabyte ATX 2.3 570W...obviously without knowing much about the Tecnoware one, I'm thinking of getting the Gigabyte one, but its twice the price of the other guy.

So my question is, is a PSU such a crucial part ? or can I go a lil bit cheaper ?


*UPDATE* - Actually there's a PSU which is price-wise in between the two, called THERMALTAKE ATX 2.3 SMART 530W SP-530PCWEU.

[SnOwBunZz]

I'd go with the Gigabyte one.

The PSU is the most crucial part of your PC. If your PSU fails, it could take everything with it.

[NightAir]

I'd go with the Gigabyte one.

The PSU is the most crucial part of your PC. If your PSU fails, it could take everything with it.

Holy...I guess its the part I cant be cheap with. Getting the Gigabyte one, thanks for the advice.

[mandylion]

building a good comp comes with a high price but its stil cheaper then alienware in my few
i saw for this year a nice asrock motherboard for so 80 euro
also they have motherboards for over 300 euro

but then you start thinking is it needed to spend much more for a motherboard
so i stil need to w8 til summer how much i can spend to upgrade things

[Bad Hamster]

What is your budget?


@Mandylion, I never spend more then 150-200 on a mbo. I sometimes get them cheaper to. It's useless to get a rig with the most expensive stuff you can think of, cause the year after it's old anyway.

[NightAir]

So wait, this system would actually benefit from the GDDR5 HD 6670? I'm gonna be using it with 1 monitor, its not even FULL HD yet(720p), getting that later.

I heard that most games don't use over 1gb of GPU ram.

[SnOwBunZz]

Yes it would benefit. Most games do not use 1GB of GPU RAM but the newer ones are getting close to that limit.

Also, I'd keep your current screen and use it alongside your new screen when you get that. 2 monitor setups are great and do not require to have similar sizes unlike 3-screen gaming.

[SnOwBunZz]

You can run 2 screens off the same card with ease. If spread over 3 screen it depends, if AMD you have enough with one, if nVidia you need 2 cards.