Check my rig?

JamesA95 · 13 Jan 2014 at 15:19

Just wondering if this will be an effective gaming computer, looking to run BF4, CD Ghosts etc on this. Also what is the best graphics card this system can run.

Processor (CPU)
AMD FX-4300 Quad Core CPU (3.80GHz/4MB CACHE/AM3+)

Motherboard
ASUS® M5A97 LE R2.0 (DDR3, USB3.0, 6Gb/s)

Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card
2GB AMD RADEON™ HD7850 - DVI,HDMI,DP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 3 Capable

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB CACHE

Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY

Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER

Idleman · 13 Jan 2014 at 18:20

Have a read through the links, you`ll find it interesting.

http://www.techspot.com/guides/gaming/gaming-benchmarks/

http://www.techspot.com/review/734-battlefield-4-benchmarks/page6.html

Doomedspeed · 13 Jan 2014 at 18:38

What is your budget for this?

Are you wanting a pre-built or do you want to peice it together yourself?

JamesA95 · 13 Jan 2014 at 19:05

Thanks for the links, looking at £600 pre-built.

Leeroy Jenkins · 13 Jan 2014 at 22:27

The FX6300 is £10 more for 2 extra cores, nice upgrade for very little extra money.

Doomedspeed · 14 Jan 2014 at 17:15

This is minus an OS:

YOUR BASKET
1 x "AMD X6 Liberator" AMD FX-6 6300 3.5GHz (4.1GHz Turbo) Six Core Gaming PC £326
1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0
1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
1 x No Operating System £0
1 x BitFenix Shadow Tower Case - Midnight Black £54.98
1 x No Memory Upgrade £0
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £63.95
1 x No Second Hard Drive Option (ZERO Cost) £0
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Boost OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £149.99
1 x No Sound Card Upgrade £0
Total : £610.60 (includes shipping : £13.05).