Help with PC setup

[KKay]

These are the current specs I rounded up for the gaming PC that I want:
Intel Core i5-3570K - 3.4GHz - Socket 1155 Quad Core
AMD Radeon HD 7850
Kingston ValueRAM 8GB SODIMM DDR3-1600Mhz
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 MotherBoard

I'm quite new to PC Gaming, so please leave suggestions and tips on how to improve my setup.
Aswell as how it's going to accomodate certain games (i.e Assassin's Creed, Battlefield 4 etc.)
Thank you for reading.

EDIT: How about this setup:
AMD Quadcore FX-4130 3.8ghz Processor
ATI-Radeon R9-270-OC-2Gb DDR5 Graphics Card or XFX ATI Radeon HD7950 3GB DDR5 Double Dissipation (PCI-e)
Micron 1600Mhz 8Gb-DDR3 Memory
Asrock AM3+ 980DE3/US3S FX Full-ATX MotherBoard
How will this one accomodate those games I listed above?

BUDGET: $650 MAX

[yusupov]

i would consider upgrading to an i7 or even looking at AMD processors (idk much about the latter & dont know the price difference of the former) just because of the headroom hyperthreading/"8" cores gives. i may be talking out of my ass, i'd suggest googling for BF4 benchmarks, as well as crysis 3 (which i know utilizes HT) & far cry 3 because those are quite cpu intensive in addition to gpu intensive. ac4 isnt a great one to go by as its an awful port from a tech standpoint & will only use a couple cores.

the GPU & RAM are fine for now but i'd want to upgrade them within about years time. im gaming just fine w/ 8GB RAM but ready to upgrade any minute if a partic title will get a boost from it... GPUs i like to stay up to date on, but thats expensive.

overall tho that looks like a nice budget gaming pc. again main thing to really research would be the cpu, b/c those are a ♥♥♥♥♥ to upgrade. if you go AMD it might even save/free up some money.

[KKay]

yusupov の投稿を引用：

i would consider upgrading to an i7 or even looking at AMD processors (idk much about the latter & dont know the price difference of the former) just because of the headroom hyperthreading/"8" cores gives. i may be talking out of my ass, i'd suggest googling for BF4 benchmarks, as well as crysis 3 (which i know utilizes HT) & far cry 3 because those are quite cpu intensive in addition to gpu intensive. ac4 isnt a great one to go by as its an awful port from a tech standpoint & will only use a couple cores.

the GPU & RAM are fine for now but i'd want to upgrade them within about years time. im gaming just fine w/ 8GB RAM but ready to upgrade any minute if a partic title will get a boost from it... GPUs i like to stay up to date on, but thats expensive.

overall tho that looks like a nice budget gaming pc. again main thing to really research would be the cpu, b/c those are a ♥♥♥♥♥ to upgrade. if you go AMD it might even save/free up some money.

Thanks for your suggestions!

[_I_]

you picked so-dimm ram
if the mobo is a standard atx/m-atx it will have dimm slots
so-dimm is mainly used for notebooks (there are a few desktop itx boards that use so-dimms)

the asrock z77 extreme 4 uses standard dimms
find a 2x4g 1600+ cl9- 1.55v- ram kit for it

many kingston kits are 1.6+v
1155/1150 boards need 1.55v or lower dimms to work properly
they can use 2x 1.55+v dimms but they will cook the imc on the cpu, and the cpu will no longer be able to run 3-4 dimms in the future

[TeKraken]

I would lower the CPU and raise the GPU.

[KKay]

_I_ の投稿を引用：

you picked so-dimm ram
if the mobo is a standard atx/m-atx it will have dimm slots
so-dimm is mainly used for notebooks (there are a few desktop itx boards that use so-dimms)

the asrock z77 extreme 4 uses standard dimms
find a 2x4g 1600+ cl9- 1.55v- ram kit for it

many kingston kits are 1.6+v
1155/1150 boards need 1.55v or lower dimms to work properly
they can use 2x 1.55+v dimms but they will cook the imc on the cpu, and the cpu will no longer be able to run 3-4 dimms in the future

I didn't know that! You can quite tell I'm kind of a noob at this. Thanks.

[mason]

That is pretty unbalanced. A 7850 is barely a gaming GPU by todays standards.

What I would recommend is an AMD CPU (6 core or 8 core), and either a new GTX 700 series or amd R9 series GPU.

[_I_]

the ivy i5 k can still match or beat amd 8000+ cpus
they overclock very well, even at 4ghz it will stomp on the 8000s at 5ghz

yes the gpu will be the choke point, but the 7850 is around $100-120 and gpu prices drop the fastest
he can grab a 770 or 7950/r9 280 when they come down or when he needs a better gpu

[mason]

_I_ の投稿を引用：

the ivy i5 k can still match or beat amd 8000+ cpus
they overclock very well, even at 4ghz it will stomp on the 8000s at 5ghz

yes the gpu will be the choke point, but the 7850 is around $100-120 and gpu prices drop the fastest
he can grab a 770 or 7950/r9 280 when they come down or when he needs a better gpu

Yes, I do know that i5's will beat (any) AMD CPU's, but for gaming AMD CPU's are just fine. Pistol of Tek Syndicate uses an 8 core AMD in her gaming/streaming/rendering rig. But, as this is just for gaming, I was just trying to recommend a better experience.

Would you rather have, say, 45 FPS in BF4 on high or 70-80 FPS in BF4 on Ultra?

[KKay]

|FaZe|SiKxDDDD64tiksurvers-Doge の投稿を引用：

_I_ の投稿を引用：

the ivy i5 k can still match or beat amd 8000+ cpus
they overclock very well, even at 4ghz it will stomp on the 8000s at 5ghz

yes the gpu will be the choke point, but the 7850 is around $100-120 and gpu prices drop the fastest
he can grab a 770 or 7950/r9 280 when they come down or when he needs a better gpu

Yes, I do know that i5's will beat (any) AMD CPU's, but for gaming AMD CPU's are just fine. Pistol of Tek Syndicate uses an 8 core AMD in her gaming/streaming/rendering rig. But, as this is just for gaming, I was just trying to recommend a better experience.

Would you rather have, say, 45 FPS in BF4 on high or 70-80 FPS in BF4 on Ultra?

I appreciate your input guys!

[46 and 2]

why is he using ivy bridge go to haswell cpus?


get a 4670k and socket 1150 motherboard. ivy bridge socket 1155 is no good anymore.

also you got laptop memory you need desktop memory.

[KKay]

46 and 2 の投稿を引用：

why is he using ivy bridge go to haswell cpus?


get a 4670k and socket 1150 motherboard. ivy bridge socket 1155 is no good anymore.

also you got laptop memory you need desktop memory.

Thank you. I'm very new to this.

[46 and 2]

oh ok
ivy bridge cpus is third generation i3 i5 i7 cpus last gen socket 1155 no AVX2 support and FM3
haswell cpus is fourth generation i3 i5 i7 latest socket 1150 with AVX 2 support and FM3

[76561198001357399]

46 and 2 の投稿を引用：

why is he using ivy bridge go to haswell cpus?


get a 4670k and socket 1150 motherboard. ivy bridge socket 1155 is no good anymore.

also you got laptop memory you need desktop memory.

Hold on, how can you say "no good anymore" when Haswell is only achieves 3 FPS more or whatever than the equivalent Ivy chip. So I guess that makes the Sandy Bridge 3960x rubbish too?...


I like your top build. It seems fine to me other than the RAM which I think is for laptops. :)

[Rove]

OP please post your budget? As in how much do you want to spend for a tower only, not including Windows, Montior or any other things other than the complete tower & guts that make it work when hooked up?

My recommendation iwithout knowing your budget is this:

FX 6300 build for gaming
CPU
AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor
Motherboard
ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard
Memory
G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory
Storage
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card
MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card
Case
Raidmax Viper (Red) ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply
EVGA SuperNOVA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Optical Drive
Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Rove/saved/3mDW
Base Total: $726.91
Combo Discounts: -$10.00
Mail-in Rebates: -$45.00
Total: $671.91

You can put together something very capable of playing what you want for even less also if the budget is tight and you'd rather save as much money as possible. You might have to replace it a bit sooner and be willing to turn down some settings or something a little before you would have to with the nicer buildI recommended here. Also if you want to spend more money and get something nicer than I recommended here then there are also some nicer builds that I have for up to maybe $1500~ to $2000~ though those are not kept as current or updated as often as the cheaper ones which I recommend to people more often.

Take a look at my other builds with console replacement gaming rigs starting at under $450~ after rebates and discounts.

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Rove/saved/

[KKay]

Rove の投稿を引用：

OP please post your budget? As in how much do you want to spend for a tower only, not including Windows, Montior or any other things other than the complete tower & guts that make it work when hooked up?

My recommendation iwithout knowing your budget is this:

FX 6300 build for gaming
CPU
AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor
Motherboard
ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard
Memory
G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory
Storage
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card
MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card
Case
Raidmax Viper (Red) ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply
EVGA SuperNOVA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Optical Drive
Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Rove/saved/3mDW
Base Total: $726.91
Combo Discounts: -$10.00
Mail-in Rebates: -$45.00
Total: $671.91

You can put together something very capable of playing what you want for even less also if the budget is tight and you'd rather save as much money as possible. You might have to replace it a bit sooner and be willing to turn down some settings or something a little before you would have to with the nicer buildI recommended here. Also if you want to spend more money and get something nicer than I recommended here then there are also some nicer builds that I have for up to maybe $1500~ to $2000~ though those are not kept as current or updated as often as the cheaper ones which I recommend to people more often.

Take a look at my other builds with console replacement gaming rigs starting at under $450~ after rebates and discounts.

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Rove/saved/

I highly appreciate it! Thank you!