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Extreme Budget Build!

WillyWonka125's Avatar WillyWonka12510/1/14 10:26 pm
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10/1/2014 10:38 pm
WillyWonka125's Avatar WillyWonka125
Hey fellas! I got bored so I decided to make a $650 build that could run BF4 on High at a playable or decent framerate. I'll probably be building something close to this configuration, but with a little bit higher of a budget. Here's the list:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($139.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($67.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($185.66 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $642.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-01 22:22 EDT-0400

I included the drive because my car doesn't have an auxiliary port so I use the CD player a lot and I need to burn discs.

I don't know why I'm posting this, but if you're needing a new computer and you don't want to spend much but you still need good specs, take this one I guess.

Now, apparently the stock cooler for the CPU isn't very good, so I tacked on that Cooler Master. I don't know if the MOBO lets you overclock (or however that works), but the cooler would let you overclock so you can pull a little extra hertz outta it (I think...). No OS, I planned on installing a Linux distro.

Have fun with this!
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10/01/2014 10:36 pm
Level 33 : Artisan Toast
WillyWonka125
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Are AMD cards fully compatible with Haswell chipsets? I keep worrying that they aren't optimized for each other or something like that.
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10/01/2014 10:37 pm
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DrStrad
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Yes? I've never heard anything like that, and that would never happen.
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10/01/2014 10:38 pm
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WillyWonka125
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Silly me then. I must've read it in a skid thread.
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10/01/2014 10:34 pm
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funny bunny
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I have no idea what I am doing, but I modded it and for a little more you could get an i5, I have no idea if this is good or not but eh,

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($197.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock B85M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($185.66 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $682.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-01 22:33 EDT-0400
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10/01/2014 10:32 pm
Level 29 : Expert Engineer
DrStrad
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This would be a much better build.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.98 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($48.99 @ Mwave)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270X 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $636.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-01 22:32 EDT-0400
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