Choosing the best build

[thanasiskant]

Hello to community. I would like to ask your opinion on what build to buy. I am between 2 builds. What do you think? ( plz strickly between those two for many reasons also i cant take part from one and put it to the other cause i wont make it but i will buy it ready)

first build
cpu: Intel Pentium G3258
mobo: Asrock Z97 Anniversary
ram: Crucial 8GB DDR3-1600MHz
gpu: Asus GeForce GT740

vs second build
AMD a10 7700k
Gigabyte F2A88XM-DS2
G.Skill RipjawsX 8GB DDR3-2133MHz
Sapphire Radeon R7 240

 

[Karsten75]

Neither of those are particularly wisely put together or seems to be value-for-money oriented.

 

[CTurbo]

Yeah I don't think I would bother with either. Adding the R7 240 to the second build would add nothing to it's performance. Is there really no other option?

 

[thanasiskant]

The cost for each will be 250 euro. Thats why i am bothering if i should buy or not. The only change i can do with no cost is at the second building will be to have at r7 250 instead a 240. And for 40 euros more i can change at the frist build the gt740 for gtx660 or gtx 580. Thats the max changes they can be made cause like i told you i am no making the build , the build is ready and i am going to buy it.

 

[TofuLion]

pretty sure the a10 7700K will actually crossfire it's integrated graphics with the r7 250. that would be your best bet, since it would probably perform better than a dual core with a gt740. however, if you plan to upgrade the build within the next year or so, that z97 motherboard would come in handy...

 

[thanasiskant]

pretty sure the a10 7700K will actually crossfire it's integrated graphics with the r7 250. that would be your best bet, since it would probably perform better than a dual core with a gt740. however, if you plan to upgrade the build within the next year or so, that z97 motherboard would come in handy...

exactly that is my thinking. even if i pay 40 euro more for the gtx 660 or 580 with a dual core it wont be much. it will only drag it down. that is why i cant choose. and lets be real i am in tight position with money and thas is the best i can do

 

[TofuLion]

i mean, i wouldn't expect the best results, but with such a low budget you knew that already. this isn't a comparison but a projection of what you should expect

as you can see, the 7700K + r7 hybrid is still very playable if you don't expect THE BEST.

it would only make sense to pair the two together for increased performance instead of two separate chips that perform independently.