Building budget gaming pc(only CPU)

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krishnabhaskar

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I3 4130 + GA h81-S1
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Fx 6300 + Asus M5A78L-M/USB3
(I wont do overclocking because that need good motherboard which i cant effort)

RAM 4GB ddr3 kingston hyperx 1600mhz
PSU Corsair vs450W
GPU Zotac GTX 750 ti or Sapphire hd7770,

Cabinet coolermaster elite 344(?).

my monitor is 1600*900
I can max change budget by 50$(3000)

can i go fx6300 with good motherboard(?) +Sapphire 7770 or

with intel mob +gtx 750 ti?

any suggestions and modifications(7 days)?
I want to play all games with 25-30 fps.

 
Solution


After adding everything together - If you can still afford to buy the 750 Ti and i3 - Go for it.
You should be evaluating gpu's if you want a gaming rig, as the cpu influence on gaming is mostly negligible. I would recommend an r9 270, which is a bit more than a gtx 750ti, but performs better.

Also, another cpu alternative is the athlon x4 860k, which is a cheap quad core. It uses socket fm2+, which has a future upgradeability compared to the fx 6300 am3+ socket, which is being fased out.
 


ok i will check what you suggested.But if i want to upgrade current rig in future i will definitely go with intel.
 
Fm2+ or low end intel are the only options you really have for budget gaming and future upgradeability. Fm2+ was supposed to be apu only yet there are the athlons which are the same apu's except there is no graphic core. It is safe to say there will be more future cpu-only like the 860k on this socket.
 
The 860K and i3-4150 both have better performance in real-time workloads (that's games) than the FX-6300.

FYI: core count is NOT a measure of execution resources. Clock for clock, an i3-4150 can achieve execution throughput on 4 threads, equivalent to what the FX-6300 can achieve with a 5 threaded workload. It isn't until the workload saturates ALL 6 cores of the FX-6300 that it is able to pull of a slim margin of performance advantage. This can only ever occur in workloads that don't have intercore scaling penalties.

FYI: It's not possible to produce a real-time workload that can saturate 6+ cores at 100% all at the same time. Real-time workloads are always tied to a timeline, and throttled by event sequencing. The arrangement of execution resources in the i3 is better suited to real-time workloads, as any single thread can gain access to more execution resources, and ultimately, achieve higher performance as a result. If you think the FX-6300 is better prepared for "future" workloads with more cores, think again. Don't be fooled by core count and ghz, they are not measures of execution performance or execution resources.

The 860K offers a compromise solution between the FX-6300 and i3, often costing less than either, but offering combined execution performance close to that of the 6300 but consolidated into 4 cores instead of 6. The 860K offers more value than the 6300 for gaming builds.
 


Thank you but i cant effort r9 270. Its too costly in india but i can import with less price(noo warranty)
 


So you are suggesting either go with i3 or 860k?
 


Ok then ,can you suggest cheapest H97 mother board?
And what features i will get if i go with H97 over H81. I know memory(max 16 gb is enough) multi GPU i wont use,no overclocking.Can you give real useful why H97.
(http://www.flipkart.com/msi-h97m-g43-motherboard/p/itmdwrbyfjcjzdsz?pid=MBDDWRBV45GUXVDQ&srno=b_19&ref=c7798b1b-6e26-4b9c-a16d-31b8c8b1fe4e).
Please suggest if any other in same price range?.
 
It's not so much about the features, more about the build quality. H81 boards tend to be pretty low on the chain for component quality, onboard sound quality, and VRM design.

Check out the Gigabyte GA-B85-D3H as a nicely made alternative 😉