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Getting a new gaming computer

  • 16-11-2015 8:19pm
    #1
    Turboslag
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭


    Hey guys,

    Decided to finally dump my old desktop and get a prebuilt one from ebay, mostly because im lazy. Did a fair bit of looking around and came across a rig with this hardware.

    CPU : AMD FM2 A8 7650K APU Quad Core CPU 3.3Ghz (turbo 3.8Ghz) Black Edition
    Hard Drive : 1TB Seagate Sata 7200RPM 6Gb/s Hard Drive
    Memory : 16GB DDR3 1600mhz Memory
    Graphics: AMD Radon R7 Series Graphics
    For 450 euro with delivery.


    I know a bit about computer hardware and this seems to be fairly legit for its price, wondering if I should go for it or buy something else? Btw, have a Radeon 7700 in my current set up, could transfer it to the new one if its better than the integrated but I honestly don't know. Looking to play stuff like Battlefront and Fallout 4.

    Any advice would be hugely appreciated!


Comments

  • #2
    lmimmfn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭lmimmfn


    what rez are you going to be playing at and what are your expected settings and FPS for Fallout 4/Battlefront? kinda mad to be getting 16gig ram when the CPU/GPU isint that great - http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/amd_a8_7650k_apu_and_a68h_chipset_review,9.html

    Ignoring idiots who comment "far right" because they don't even know what it means



  • #3
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Not really good. For the same money you could build a much faster machine with i3-4160 and GTX750. That A10 APU is way slower than an i3, and the integrated R7 is very poor, your old 7770 would be easily faster.

    Forget any APU for proper gaming with titles like Battlefield/Battlefront. They're just too slow.


  • #4
    Turboslag
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭Turboslag


    Decided to stop being completely lazy and put together parts on hardwareversand. Whatcha make of this? Bit pricier but **** it dont wanna spend 450 euro and be disappointed.:

    HV20A86KDE AMD Athlon X4 860K Black Edition (95W), 4x 3.70GHz, boxed 75,99 €
    HV1140RJDE ASRock FM2A88X Pro3+, FM2+, ATX 74,99 €
    HV20MI48DE 8GB-Kit Crucial Ballistix Sport Series DDR3-1600, CL9 41,99 €
    HV203U20DE Sharkoon T28 blue (Window-Kit), ohne Netzteil 61,99 €
    HVR552CSDE Corsair VS Serie VS550, Non-Modular, 80+ 48,99 €
    HV1034UXDE ASUS GTX750TiOC-2GD5, GeForce GTX 750Ti, 2GB GDDR5 138,99 €
    HV13SB71DE Seagate Barracuda 7200 1000GB, SATA 6Gb/s 47,99 €
    HV207SX8DE Samsung SH-224DB schwarz 13,99 €
    HVZPCDE Rechner - Zusammenbau 10,00 €

    Total value: 514,92 €

    All prices are delivery prices


  • #5
    challengemaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    There's literally no reason to buy AMD unless you like wasting money


  • #6
    Digital Solitude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭Digital Solitude


    As above.

    Going through skinflint.co.uk might knock a few euro off for you. Make sure to check the box for German sites with it.

    Computeruniverse.net are fairly good value too.


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  • #7
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Yeah replace that AMD with an i3-4160 and H81, all in all it won't be much more expensive and will be twice as fast in games. That 860K is very slow.

    Can also get the VS350, would be plenty for future upgrade to GTX950/960 class cards now, and even more powerful models in future.


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