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Hi, I'm in need of a Super Budget Gaming PC build. You may be asking, "How much is this 'Super-Budget'?". I would like the price to not go over $450 USD, I know, that's a really hard feat, I know I've asked many people and they've said it's not worth it and it's impossible, so that's why I'm...

Hi, I'm building a budget PC. I need the right CPU to run ONLINE (BF3). I know how online games affect gameplay, so I just wanted to put that out there. There has been two I was looking at. The core i3 2120 and the FX-4100. People are saying that due to the four threads on the i3 and the...

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Alright, so we all figure that the A8-3870k will run most games at decent settings. (Mid-Low/Mid-High). Can anyone tell me the overclocking capability of the mobo? Or am I going to have to make a new thread in the overclock section?

How about just the A8 with overclocking, how would that turn out for me?

Here are my specs for my "Super Budget PC". APU: A8-3870k Motherboard: AMD GA-A75M-S2V RAM: 4GB Corsair Vengance RAM. 1600MHz. PSU: 600W ATX Power Supply. Just like the thread asks, I'm simply wondering if this setup can run modern games at decent settings and frame rates. Though this is...