I3 4170 RX 460 for bf1?

Deansy139

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My dad has always been saying to me he's wanted a gaming PC and when he saw me playing bf1 he was amazed as he is very interested in war and weapons. He currently lives in Northern Ireland and I live in England so he regularly visits and has said he would love to play BF1 with me from his house. My rig is a 6600k and RX 480 but I can't afford to get him something that powerful. I have an old i3 4170 and (I don't know how) 5 4gb ddr3 sticks. I have a motherboard and cooler master 103. I've been looking at a RX 460 to buy for him with a 500w PSU, 1tb HDD and a cheap case that will do the job. I'm not made of money and I'm just about to turn 14. I am looking to surprise him. The PC will be a i3 4170, 16gb ram and RX 460 (4gb), would I be better getting a GTX 1050 though?Any idea how this will perform at 1080p in games like BF1 and world of tanks as I have an old monitor lying around gathering dust. Sorry for my life story ^^ XD
 
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G4560 $60
8gb DDR4 2400mhz RAM $50
h270m/b250m Motherboard $80
GTX 1050 Ti $125

That, for example, could play BF1 on high settings with an average 60fps.

but, adding a gpu to the current pc seems like it would perform poorly even by lax standards.


Sorry, currently on a boat visiting my dad. He is not fussed at all about maxing out everything. I suspect he would be okay with 40fps plus on any setting. He's not the type of person to be fussed about ultra 60+fps but he wouldn't want it so choppy to the point its unplayable. Would I be better though getting a 1050 or the 460? I will be bringing some parts with me and ordering parts to his house as his girlfriend would be in on it so i could get them put in her name.
 
G4560 $60
8gb DDR4 2400mhz RAM $50
h270m/b250m Motherboard $80
GTX 1050 Ti $125

That, for example, could play BF1 on high settings with an average 60fps.

but, adding a gpu to the current pc seems like it would perform poorly even by lax standards.
 
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the fact that you do not need an overclocked skylake i5 in order to play bf1. not only can you play it with a dual core that has hyper-threading... you can do so on high settings and rarely drop below 30fps
 


I disagree. Besides, I don't see any proof you speak of.