How well can I play games with this budget setup

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Thank you, I just wanna know some things before I spent my money on this setup
 
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well its a budget build so I couldn't really go all out on what to get for my pc
 
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Well my budget is $320 but I already have a case, 8 gigs of ram, 500 watt psu, two fans, dvd player and a 500 gig hard drive, the budget is for a new cpu gpu and motherboard
 

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with an R9 270 2g and an FX 6300?!?! there's no way. was running that same setup (except i had an Saph R9 270x 4g)

the only way your getting 60FPS on any games that came out this year is if you're on low settings, with that GPU
 
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well what GPU do you recommend for my budget
 

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unfortunately, for running current/new games at decent settings, i would recommend spending all of your budget on a GPU. obviously, you cant really do that.

my first build was the R9 270x and an FX 6300, and i quickly realized that i should have waited on the GPU. it will run current games, but not at the frames and quality that you want. after less than a year, i bought an R9 290x

i think you can get a r9270x 4g card for ~$150? save up, spend another $150 and you could go up to a R9 290x or 390 or GTX 970, which is the minimum i would recommend for new games @ 1080p. you'll just end up getting tired of compromising graphics quality and upgrade soon anyway :(

 
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well its kinda crappy, its an amd 5350 and the motherboard is am1m-s2h
 
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alright I understand. most likely going to save, probably best.
 
I would recommend saving up more money but you could go this route and upgrade the CPU later.

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FvvHFT/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($99.99 @ Micro Center)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($79.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($184.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $364.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-04 19:07 EDT-0400

AMD doesn't really have a good gaming solutions like they used to. APUs are not good gaming CPUs, and the upgrade path isn't so good.
 


Since this is a low end system a simple h81 or b85 should be fine and provide all needed ports.
 

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its hard to recommend the GTX 960 when you can get the 970 for ~$100 more and get a significant increase in performance. IMO 970/290 is the minimum i would say for current high end games (witcher 3, GTAV) and future games @1080
 


budget is budget though mate,there are happy gamers with 960's

saying that theres a cheap 280x on newegg at the moment - wheteher thats viable depends on the quality of his 500w psu - there is nothing wrong with an 860k/280x combo though - its a very well performing combo at the price.


 

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im sure there are ppl who are fine compromising quality settings on their games. im not one of those people. and a large reason that people get into custom gaming rigs is for superior graphics, resolution, ect. if you're impatient and are ok with console quality, go ahead and get a 960 or 280x.
 


True you can go with an entry level H81 or a low-end business chipset like a B85, I offered the H97 for $79.89, so he could always upgrade to the newer Devil's Canyon models later if he wants to. They are faster and run cooler then the pre-refresh models and run about the same price.
 


I don't know if I'd put the graphics offered by the APU in the consoles as equal to the GTX 960 or R9-280x. The games that are designed for them will look good on them. The issues are when the game developers port them over to PC versions they do a quick and dirty job so they require more resources to run. A game designed to take full advantage of the GTX 960 and r9 280x would never be able to run as well on a console.