Building Budget gaming cpu

Kiel Lago

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Hi guys i'm building a budget gaming cpu. I am looking at amd fx6300 but i do not know what mobo should i take or what video card is best that can run DOTA2 at high settings. I am on a tight budget of $340 for the motherboard, graphics card and the processor. Any advise?
 
Bro in my opinion u should save some more money and then buy the upgrade becuz if u buy this upgrade now u will be satisfied say like for a year but then u r gonna require another upgrade so save about 500$ and then ur rig will be future proof
 
You could get a FM2 Mobo and a A10-6800k APU with integrated graphics (make sure you get fast RAM like 2100mhz DDR) and be able to play DOTA 2 at 1080p for cheap.

Alternatively maybe a used system would get you better performance for your budget.
 
The budget is tight, but you can still do way better than FX-6300 if you have that money to spend only on mainboard, CPU and graphics. Then you can go for the following:

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i54440
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-100358l
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-b85mgl

and stay within your limit.

I just wonder where your memory and the other necessary parts are supposed to come from.

Generally I suggest rather to save on the GPU and invest more in the CPU than vice versa for a simple reason: If your GPU is too weak for the game, you can always lower details and play anyway. If your CPU is too weak for the game, there is nothing you can do.
 
ok assuming you already have case ram PSU and HDD, 340$ is still a bit too low. so instead of FX 6300 go with cheaper AthlonII X4 750K with 90$ FM2+ mobo. so that leaves 170$,with that money you can easily buy a R9-270, enough to play most games on high settings at 1080p.

but if 340$ is total budget (with PSU ram HDD) then your better off with a PS4.
 

This is horrible bull, because the Athlon will be way too weak for any game in which a R9-270 could possibly show its muscles. He will not be able to play those games at all, and the money on the good GPU will be wasted.

Even the FX-6300 is too slow to be called a suitable gaming CPU by today's standards, and it already outclasses the Athlon.
 
The FX6300 is probably the best budget gaming CPU today. I think you need to look at some benchmarks.
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I can't find a10-6800k here in the Philippines. I can only find a10-5800k.
 
LOL where did you dig out that chart? All it compares are various generations of CPUs, most of them AMD and most of them obsolete. Only one current (!) Intel chip is listed - the one at the very top of the chart. I do agree that it plays in a different pricing league, but that only emphasizes the uselessness of that particular chart. A decent chart compares the choices you are being given TODAY, without 80% of the compared CPUs being obsolete models.

I do agree that at its price (and performance) level the FX-6300 may be the best choice from AMD and an acceptable choice overall. But the performance level of the FX-6300 is only entry-level (Core i3) by Intel's standards (i.e. not even mid-range!). Meanwhile, games are pretty much the most demanding applications you can run on a PC. The FX-6300 will do excellently for writing documents and surfing the net, but for games, you want something better than "entry-level".
 
I got that chart from the recently released Arma3 benchmarks at techspot:)
The GPU was the most important consideration for me as the guy said his budget was $340 which is an entry level budget.
If his budget was $500+ i would of recommended an i5
 


I will go for the intel build with this one.
 
Don't buy single RAM modules as indicated in your pricepicker list. Buy a "kit" of 2 modules. It is not more expensive, but only then you can guarantee that they are of identical architecture so you can dual-channel them for better performance.