£500 Mini Gaming PC - Which one will play games better?

[DeanFry]

Before commenting, please tell me what performance I will expect at certain games with these builds when you are writing out your comments.

Games I want to play at good settings: Wildstar, TF2, L4D, CS:GO, The Sims 3, BF3, Steam/Origin Games etc.


1st Build:

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750K Black Edition 3.40GHz (Socket FM2) Trinity Quad Core Processor
GPU: MSI HD 7770 GHz Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
MOBO: MSI A75IA-E53 AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard
RAM: TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
PSU: Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 2 520w '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache
Case: Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black

OR

2nd Build:

CPU: AMD A10-6800K Black Edition 4.10GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Quad Core Processor
GPU: MSI HD 7750 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card
MOBO: MSI A75IA-E53 AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard
RAM: TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
PSU: Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 2 520w '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache
Case: Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black

 

[DeanFry]

All you links are broken.

Can you use this basket plugin to make and then copy+paste the two builds.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18371076&highlight=firefox

Using Chromebook so currently cannot install Firefox add-ons.

I have updated the topic with just the names of the products.

 

[DeanFry]

I believe the second one is faster.

The APU has a built-in GPU which you "Hybrid crossfire" with the 7750 to combine their strengths to hopefully beat the 7770 in the first build.

But a side note is that APU's love fast RAM such as 2133Mhz.

TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit

This one? Why do APU's love fast RAM? and will both of these builds be able to play the games I listed in my topic at good quality?

 

[DeanFry]

Ive just found your other thread..

Why have you started two threads?

What is the budget? as in your other thread it says £400 - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18540342

That was the first topic however no one was viewing it so I put that topic into the more popular General Hardware for viewing.

The budget is £500, it was a mistype.

 

[DeanFry]

I wouldn't recommend the APU route unless you don't intend to upgrade the graphics card. The APUs don't officially support the 7750 in dual graphics, because it's not in the same class (the 6670 is the highest).

If using a discrete card, the 6300 or 8320 is always the better option. It's not just the extra cores, it's significantly ahead. Don't buy a 970/990 AM3+ board that doesn't have VRM heatsinks (between the CPU socket and the rear IO ports) as it'll more or less prevent any overclocking.

Don't consider an i3 for recent/upcoming games, many won't be playable.

stulid's spec is good - but swap the RAM for C9 memory (the Crucial stuff at £50 is fine).

How is this?

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply

Total: £505.37