$400 PC for Light Gaming (League, Hearthstone, WOW)

[uhyeti]

Hey guys,

I'm in the market for a decent budget gaming-ish PC. I'm really only looking to play league of legends at max settings at 60+ FPS. If possible I'd like a build that could also handle WOW at Medium-High Settings at 60 FPS but I don't care that much if I have to play on lower settings. I don't need a mouse, keyboard,monitor or OS.

 

[IDontUnderstand]

Discrete GPU build
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($79.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI A88XM-E35 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 1GB Video Card ($105.38 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill FB-04 ATX Mid Tower Case ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $405.31
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-16 19:01 EDT-0400)

APU build
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($174.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI A88XM-E35 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($72.25 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Rosewill FB-04 ATX Mid Tower Case ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $402.20
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-16 19:03 EDT-0400)

 

[anti-painkilla]

Do the APUs work for LoL?

The youtube videos show they have huge dips 99 to 35fps.

 

[IDontUnderstand]

I'm using A10-7850K currently, and it's letting me run dual monitors and work on one while YouTube on the other.
Used to play LoL at 60 FPS on 1080p with max settings with lags once in a while due to my ping.

 

[bigshootr8]

I personally would go with the GPU build that is listed. APU's will get the job done but with the AMD 7770 you'll be able to do it a little more comfortably. CPU performance is probably pretty close together between the two builds.

 

[IDontUnderstand]

According to PassMark (not a very specific one)
Athlon X4 750K scores 4307 vs A10-7850K scores 5669
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Athlon+X4+750K+Quad+Core&id=1801
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+A10-7850K+APU+with+Radeon+R7+Graphics&id=2133

 

[bigshootr8]

According to PassMark (not a very specific one)
Athlon X4 750K scores 4307 vs A10-7850K scores 5669
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Athlon+X4+750K+Quad+Core&id=1801
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+A10-7850K+APU+with+Radeon+R7+Graphics&id=2133

Right but that's a synthetic. Yes the 7850k is a stronger CPU but it isn't a stronger GPU. Which is why I would go with the 750k build mainly due to the fact that you get more of a balance of the two.

 

[IDontUnderstand]

Indeed.

 

[RazerZ]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($79.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88X EXTREME4+ ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: A-Data XPG V2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 260 1GB Video Card ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $419.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-16 23:19 EDT-0400)

Easily max out league of legends. Case with good cable management. Also has the ability to overclock if you choose to do so in the future.