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I am planning on building my 1st PC soon. I have a couple of questions about it. At the start i wasn't sure if i should buy a pre-built one from Amazon but then i decided to build one for a cheaper price, the ones i saw on Amazon mostly had things like Radeon HD 8570D Integrated Graphics. It seems a lot cheaper to get integrated but is it as good as a dedicated card (I was thinking about getting a Radeon R9 270X). Also, quite a few of the ones with AMD processors had clock speeds of around 4.2GHz and 4 cores but the cpu i was thinking about getting (intel g3258) is only 3.2GHz and 2 core, will this make a big difference? Final question, will a intel g3258 bottleneck a Radeon R9 270X? I've heard about gpu bottlenecks but im not sure how much this will affect the system.
Thanks for any comments.:wahoo:

PcPartPicker List http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/BJtwK8
 
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intel g3258 will not bottleneck

If you are on low budget Get Amd fx-6300 with Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Motherboard
Dont buy any dual core cpu coz now-a-days games wont ran on 2 core cpus they requires minimum 4 core

 
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Integrated graphics can only play games at about medium 720p or low settings 1080p on 20 or lower fps. You will need a graphics card and the one you found is fairly good ( r9 270x ) another good option is the r9 280.
All the amd processors may say they have 4/6/8 cores but in actuality they have only half of the cores they advertise. Imagine the 4 core amd processor being made of two double length lego pieces. It kinda has 4 cores but it can only use these extra cores at about 75% efficiency.
Intel has actual cores in theyre processors but imagine an intel processor thats clocked at 2.4 Ghz. It is about equal to an AMD processor thats clocked at 4.8 Ghz ( this isnt the actual case but intel processors are more powerfull at lower clock speeds then AMD in general )

While the g3258 wont bottleneck the graphics card most games are starting to use 4 cores. In some cases new games don`t work with the g3258 because it has only 2 cores and are not playable until a major patch or modding the files.
 
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If you want ot play any kind of games that are more involved than solitare, you NEED to get a dedicated graphics card. Intergrated graphics are mainly for systems that are not for gaming and will cope just fine with everyday tasks like spreadsheets, etc.
 
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I have only built one gaming rig so far, but I will offer some first hand info. Although the intel g32458 is very popular, it may bottle neck you graphics card. I have the same exact graphics card and a i5 4690k cpu, which is a quad core I and would highly recommend it. If your mother board supports it, you may want to go for something a little more power full. Like the i5 4690k it go's at 3.5 GHz per core.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£84.16 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£57.56 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£53.50 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£110.72 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case (£27.86 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£33.59 @ Aria PC)
Total: £405.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-25 18:00 GMT+0000
 
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