good gaming pc for $800?

[☪ Ryu ☪]

friend wants to sell me a custom built windows 8. amd fx-8120 8-core processor 3.1ghz (4.0ghz) overclock asus gigabyte motherboard. hd radeon 7850 2gb, 16 gb ddr3 ram, 2tb hdd??? should i buy it?

[☪ Ryu ☪]

ohh okay so when should i upgrade? and the psu is 500 watt standard

[xSHx]

Nice pc

[hat]

Try to get a better graphic card, and make sure the PSU is from a decent brand, such as Corsiar, Seasonic or XFX. Never cheap out on the power supply, since cheapo ones can damage your system.

[☪ Ryu ☪]

which graphics card would you suggest me upgrade to?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Messaggio originale di Boss:

which graphics card would you suggest me upgrade to?

So I'm confused.

Are you buying that $800 system and then upgrade it right away... or what?

Are you sure of the specs?

Make sure it is a quality PSU with at least; 80+PLUS Certified (Bronze or higher)

Otherwise I would strongly suggest a better GPU and PSU.

[Denim Dax]

here's a site that does alot of homework & shows the best pc build for each level(low, med, high & extreme pc build). It lists the prices & explains why with the parts, etc. Hope this help you out alot. It's called build-gaming-computers dot com.

[Rove]

OP I would not buy that from your buddy unless you are wanting to pay him profit for building it for you. You can buy a nicer rig than that for the same or less cash if you build it yourself.

Here:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1A74C
Base Total: $845.90
Mail-in Rebates: -$65.00
Total: $780.90

This one uses some significantly better and more current parts and is $20 cheaper after rebates. What's a lot better in this one is the HD 7950 GPU with 3 free games in the bargain for example.

EDIT: oh wait I just read again "Windows 8". My build does not have Windows 8 so it would cost about $90 more or total $870 after rebates.

So ya he is offering a pretty nice deal as long as nothing is broken or badly used.

[Jhemp12]

the amd 8120 processor doesnt actually have 8 cores..it utilizes hyperthreading which means it has 4 actual cores and 4 virtual cores and they share the same cache..you would be better off with a i5 intel processor..you dont need a i7 for gaming since games don't really use hyperthreading other then maybe total war and battlefield 3..

[_I_]

the 8120 has 8 cores, but 4 l2 banks that are shared with the cores

i5 would be better
i7 is more for multithreaded tasks, most games do not use over 4 threads

[ddtan]

I would purchase a bare bone like they have on Tiger Direct or something. You can get an Intel I5, case, 4gb ram, 500 hardrive, and PSU for like around $500, then stick a 7970 for another $300 in that baby and Boom! There u go! Best part, you don't have to put everything together yourself, which is always a plus in regards to warranty if anything goes wrong. The only thing missing would be an OS.

[_I_]

tiger and newegg supercombos are poor choices too
sometimes they have incompatable parts or very weak components
most of the time you can get better deals elsewhere