Can my low end computer run games?

[Philip_14]

Hello!
I'm going to build a low end computer that can run games these days in normal/high settings on 1920x1080 in 40+fps. here is the list of the specs.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8xkf2R

 

[antoine21839]

Hello!
I'm going to build a low end computer that can run games these days in normal/high settings on 1920x1080 in 40+fps. here is the list of the specs.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8xkf2R

PSU too powerful, GPU too good for processor, I would recommend a 1TB seagate FireCuda SSHD instead of that SSD/HDD combo and I would recommend at least 8GB of RAM.

If you want to have a cheap gaming rig you should not buy brand new components.

 

[grmnlxndr]

If you don't own the cpu+mobo yet, check for the new KabyLake Pentiums (like the G4560) which now comes with Hyperthreading. It would be a big improvement comparing the athlon x4.

 

[Philip_14]

Hello!
I'm going to build a low end computer that can run games these days in normal/high settings on 1920x1080 in 40+fps. here is the list of the specs.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8xkf2R

PSU too powerful, GPU too good for processor, I would recommend a 1TB seagate FireCuda SSHD instead of that SSD/HDD combo and I would recommend at least 8GB of RAM.

If you want to have a cheap gaming rig you should not buy brand new components.

Okay i bought the cpu, motherboard and the ram of a friend of mine. and he used the cpu with a gtx 970 and it worked perfect and I don't want an sshd because I've heard that there is many problems with them. and I know that 8 gb ram is necessary but I've looked and searched on the internet that you can play games these days with 4 gb ram. And I don't want to buy used components.

 

[Philip_14]

If you don't own the cpu+mobo yet, check for the new KabyLake Pentiums (like the G4560) which now comes with Hyperthreading. It would be a big improvement comparing the athlon x4.

I've aldredy bought the cpu, motherboard and the ram of a friend.

 

[antoine21839]

Hello!
I'm going to build a low end computer that can run games these days in normal/high settings on 1920x1080 in 40+fps. here is the list of the specs.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8xkf2R

PSU too powerful, GPU too good for processor, I would recommend a 1TB seagate FireCuda SSHD instead of that SSD/HDD combo and I would recommend at least 8GB of RAM.

If you want to have a cheap gaming rig you should not buy brand new components.

Okay i bought the cpu, motherboard and the ram of a friend of mine. and he used the cpu with a gtx 970 and it worked perfect and I don't want an sshd because I've heard that there is many problems with them. and I know that 8 gb ram is necessary but I've looked and searched on the internet that you can play games these days with 4 gb ram. And I don't want to buy used components.

Using an athlon 64 with a GTX 970 is just a huge waste. You're not getting half of the performance the GTX 970 can deliver.

 

[Philip_14]

Hello!
I'm going to build a low end computer that can run games these days in normal/high settings on 1920x1080 in 40+fps. here is the list of the specs.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8xkf2R

PSU too powerful, GPU too good for processor, I would recommend a 1TB seagate FireCuda SSHD instead of that SSD/HDD combo and I would recommend at least 8GB of RAM.

If you want to have a cheap gaming rig you should not buy brand new components.

Okay i bought the cpu, motherboard and the ram of a friend of mine. and he used the cpu with a gtx 970 and it worked perfect and I don't want an sshd because I've heard that there is many problems with them. and I know that 8 gb ram is necessary but I've looked and searched on the internet that you can play games these days with 4 gb ram. And I don't want to buy used components.

Using an athlon 64 with a GTX 970 is just a huge waste. You're not getting half of the performance the GTX 970 can deliver.

Yeah, I know. But I will only use these components for like 5 moths and then I will change the cpu, motherboard and ram to better stuff, I only need this computer for now.

 

[antoine21839]

Hello!
I'm going to build a low end computer that can run games these days in normal/high settings on 1920x1080 in 40+fps. here is the list of the specs.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8xkf2R

PSU too powerful, GPU too good for processor, I would recommend a 1TB seagate FireCuda SSHD instead of that SSD/HDD combo and I would recommend at least 8GB of RAM.

If you want to have a cheap gaming rig you should not buy brand new components.

Okay i bought the cpu, motherboard and the ram of a friend of mine. and he used the cpu with a gtx 970 and it worked perfect and I don't want an sshd because I've heard that there is many problems with them. and I know that 8 gb ram is necessary but I've looked and searched on the internet that you can play games these days with 4 gb ram. And I don't want to buy used components.

Using an athlon 64 with a GTX 970 is just a huge waste. You're not getting half of the performance the GTX 970 can deliver.

Yeah, I know. But I will only use these components for like 5 moths and then I will change the cpu, motherboard and ram to better stuff, I only need this computer for now.

Get a LGA1150 motherboard with a crappy pentium, so later you will be able to upgrade to an i7 4790K.

 

[grmnlxndr]

If you plan to upgrade the mobo+cpu+ram in the future, get the GPU thinking in what are you going to get. You'll bottleneck your GPU with your current CPU, but if you plan to get an i5 for example, a 1060 is not a bad choice.

 

[Philip_14]

Hello!
I'm going to build a low end computer that can run games these days in normal/high settings on 1920x1080 in 40+fps. here is the list of the specs.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8xkf2R

PSU too powerful, GPU too good for processor, I would recommend a 1TB seagate FireCuda SSHD instead of that SSD/HDD combo and I would recommend at least 8GB of RAM.

If you want to have a cheap gaming rig you should not buy brand new components.

Okay i bought the cpu, motherboard and the ram of a friend of mine. and he used the cpu with a gtx 970 and it worked perfect and I don't want an sshd because I've heard that there is many problems with them. and I know that 8 gb ram is necessary but I've looked and searched on the internet that you can play games these days with 4 gb ram. And I don't want to buy used components.

Using an athlon 64 with a GTX 970 is just a huge waste. You're not getting half of the performance the GTX 970 can deliver.

Yeah, I know. But I will only use these components for like 5 moths and then I will change the cpu, motherboard and ram to better stuff, I only need this computer for now.

Get a LGA1150 motherboard with a crappy pentium, so later you will be able to upgrade to an i7 4790K.

But the AMD Athlon II X4 651K is the same as intel's best intel pentium processor :/ the pentium only has 100 more benchmark score then the amd.

 

[antoine21839]

Hello!
I'm going to build a low end computer that can run games these days in normal/high settings on 1920x1080 in 40+fps. here is the list of the specs.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8xkf2R

PSU too powerful, GPU too good for processor, I would recommend a 1TB seagate FireCuda SSHD instead of that SSD/HDD combo and I would recommend at least 8GB of RAM.

If you want to have a cheap gaming rig you should not buy brand new components.

Okay i bought the cpu, motherboard and the ram of a friend of mine. and he used the cpu with a gtx 970 and it worked perfect and I don't want an sshd because I've heard that there is many problems with them. and I know that 8 gb ram is necessary but I've looked and searched on the internet that you can play games these days with 4 gb ram. And I don't want to buy used components.

Using an athlon 64 with a GTX 970 is just a huge waste. You're not getting half of the performance the GTX 970 can deliver.

Yeah, I know. But I will only use these components for like 5 moths and then I will change the cpu, motherboard and ram to better stuff, I only need this computer for now.

Get a LGA1150 motherboard with a crappy pentium, so later you will be able to upgrade to an i7 4790K.

But the AMD Athlon II X4 651K is the same as intel's best intel pentium processor :/ the pentium only has 100 more benchmark score then the amd.

Yeah, but the Pentium uses LGA1150 which means you can upgrade later to high end stuff such as the i7 4790k or the i5 4690K

 

[Philip_14]

If you plan to upgrade the mobo+cpu+ram in the future, get the GPU thinking in what are you going to get. You'll bottleneck your GPU with your current CPU, but if you plan to get an i5 for example, a 1060 is not a bad choice.

Yeah, I will upgrade to an i5 6600K in the future (Y)

 

[antoine21839]

If you plan to upgrade the mobo+cpu+ram in the future, get the GPU thinking in what are you going to get. You'll bottleneck your GPU with your current CPU, but if you plan to get an i5 for example, a 1060 is not a bad choice.

Yeah, I will upgrade to an i5 6600K in the future (Y)

Nope, the i5 6600k uses socket LGA1151 !
Don't worry the i5 4690k is good enough for your system.

 

[Philip_14]

If you plan to upgrade the mobo+cpu+ram in the future, get the GPU thinking in what are you going to get. You'll bottleneck your GPU with your current CPU, but if you plan to get an i5 for example, a 1060 is not a bad choice.

Yeah, I will upgrade to an i5 6600K in the future (Y)

Nope, the i5 6600k uses socket LGA1151 !
Don't worry the i5 4690k is good enough for your system.

but I will buy an motherboard with the socket 1151

 

[grmnlxndr]

Unless you want to keep your DDR3 RAM, I will suggest you to go with 1151, and not with 1150.

 

[Corwin65]

If you plan to upgrade the mobo+cpu+ram in the future, get the GPU thinking in what are you going to get. You'll bottleneck your GPU with your current CPU, but if you plan to get an i5 for example, a 1060 is not a bad choice.

Yeah, I will upgrade to an i5 6600K in the future (Y)

I think you are looking at it the right way.

When it's time to get a new CPU MOBO RAM, try to get the newest platform available. It makes no sense to use old tech with no available upgrade path.

 

[Philip_14]

Hello!
I'm going to build a low end computer that can run games these days in normal/high settings on 1920x1080 in 40+fps. here is the list of the specs.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8xkf2R

PSU too powerful, GPU too good for processor, I would recommend a 1TB seagate FireCuda SSHD instead of that SSD/HDD combo and I would recommend at least 8GB of RAM.

If you want to have a cheap gaming rig you should not buy brand new components.

Okay i bought the cpu, motherboard and the ram of a friend of mine. and he used the cpu with a gtx 970 and it worked perfect and I don't want an sshd because I've heard that there is many problems with them. and I know that 8 gb ram is necessary but I've looked and searched on the internet that you can play games these days with 4 gb ram. And I don't want to buy used components.

Using an athlon 64 with a GTX 970 is just a huge waste. You're not getting half of the performance the GTX 970 can deliver.

Yeah, I know. But I will only use these components for like 5 moths and then I will change the cpu, motherboard and ram to better stuff, I only need this computer for now.

Get a LGA1150 motherboard with a crappy pentium, so later you will be able to upgrade to an i7 4790K.

But the AMD Athlon II X4 651K is the same as intel's best intel pentium processor :/ the pentium only has 100 more benchmark score then the amd.

Yeah, but the Pentium uses LGA1150 which means you can upgrade later to high end stuff such as the i7 4790k or the i5 4690K

Yeah, I know. But I dont want to spend a lot of money on that stuff right now. I'm soon starting to work and then I can afford to build a very good computer.

 

[Philip_14]

Hello!
I'm going to build a low end computer that can run games these days in normal/high settings on 1920x1080 in 40+fps. here is the list of the specs.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8xkf2R

PSU too powerful, GPU too good for processor, I would recommend a 1TB seagate FireCuda SSHD instead of that SSD/HDD combo and I would recommend at least 8GB of RAM.

If you want to have a cheap gaming rig you should not buy brand new components.

Okay i bought the cpu, motherboard and the ram of a friend of mine. and he used the cpu with a gtx 970 and it worked perfect and I don't want an sshd because I've heard that there is many problems with them. and I know that 8 gb ram is necessary but I've looked and searched on the internet that you can play games these days with 4 gb ram. And I don't want to buy used components.

Using an athlon 64 with a GTX 970 is just a huge waste. You're not getting half of the performance the GTX 970 can deliver.

Yeah, I know. But I will only use these components for like 5 moths and then I will change the cpu, motherboard and ram to better stuff, I only need this computer for now.

Get a LGA1150 motherboard with a crappy pentium, so later you will be able to upgrade to an i7 4790K.

But the AMD Athlon II X4 651K is the same as intel's best intel pentium processor :/ the pentium only has 100 more benchmark score then the amd.

Yeah, but the Pentium uses LGA1150 which means you can upgrade later to high end stuff such as the i7 4790k or the i5 4690K

Yeah, I know. But I dont want to spend a lot of money on that stuff right now. I'm soon starting to work and then I can afford to build a very good computer.

 

[Philip_14]

If you plan to upgrade the mobo+cpu+ram in the future, get the GPU thinking in what are you going to get. You'll bottleneck your GPU with your current CPU, but if you plan to get an i5 for example, a 1060 is not a bad choice.

Yeah, I will upgrade to an i5 6600K in the future (Y)

I think you are looking at it the right way.

When it's time to get a new CPU MOBO RAM, try to get the newest platform available. It makes no sense to use old tech with no available upgrade path.

exactly! that's what I was thinking too