is my first budget PC build good to go? or is there any bottlenecking?

[Goyim]

Title says it all. I was wondering If I will be able to play titles such as BF4 smoothly on max settings using Mantle. and other titles like ESO and Watch dogs with max settings on 1080p 60FPS. Here are the specs

Gigabyte F2A88XM-DS2 Motherboard
AMD FM2 A6 6400K 3.9ghz - 4.1ghz turbo Dual Core CPU
8gb crucial DDR3 1600mhz (2x4) Performance RAM
1tb Seagate Barracuda Sata 6Gb/s 64mb Cache 7200rpm
AMD Radeon R9 280X 3gb GDDR5 GPU
Corsair CX600 80 Plus Bronze 600w Power Supply
Samsung 24x SH-224DB/BEBE Sata DVD Writer

am I right to be concerned about that PSU? I really am skinning my budget with this one because I was planning to overclock the GPU aswell

 

[bradsctt]

i want to agree with you ingtar but an SSD is just not important for consumers. at least what my dad uses his PC for....

but an i3 vs an 8350 in watchdogs against a clear gpu bottleneck? its a cute scam but be real

Sure, I was using a tricky method there, but the truth is this - an i3 can hold it's own in gaming.

A hard drive or SSD won't make any difference after the game is loaded up.

It can hold its own, but, as was seen in a few reviews of the Pentium G3258, while you can get similar FPS at the same clock speed as an i5, the lack of extra cores creates some serious frame rate variance whenever the CPU is put under more stress.

I would say that the same is the case with the i3. Yes, it can perform as good as a CPU with twice as many threads, but chances are that the 8 core CPU will not be experiencing as many noticeable random frame rate drops as the i3 system.

The benchmark charts you posted will be showing the average framerate. If we were to see a CPU usage graph, it would jump around a lot more on the i3 than the 8350. Most people would probably want the CPU that gives a consistent framerate, rather than the one which fluctuates often during scenes that are processor heavy.

 

[Zircoben]

i want to agree with you ingtar but an SSD is just not important for consumers. at least what my dad uses his PC for....

but an i3 vs an 8350 in watchdogs against a clear gpu bottleneck? its a cute scam but be real

Sure, I was using a tricky method there, but the truth is this - an i3 can hold it's own in gaming.

A hard drive or SSD won't make any difference after the game is loaded up.

It can hold its own, but, as was seen in a few reviews of the Pentium G3258, while you can get similar FPS at the same clock speed as an i5, the lack of extra cores creates some serious frame rate variance whenever the CPU is put under more stress.

I would say that the same is the case with the i3. Yes, it can perform as good as a CPU with twice as many threads, but chances are that the 8 core CPU will not be experiencing as many noticeable random frame rate drops as the i3 system.

The benchmark charts you posted will be showing the average framerate. If we were to see a CPU usage graph, it would jump around a lot more on the i3 than the 8350. Most people would probably want the CPU that gives a consistent framerate, rather than the one which fluctuates often during scenes that are processor heavy.

Very true, I really didn't think about that aspect.


Goyim,
Especially considering your playing of games that use 4 cores or more (Watch Dogs, BF4, etc.), I will have to recommend an AMD CPU. (I will admit, the other responders did sway me)

Here's what I'd do:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X Video Card ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $547.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

By going AMD, you will have tradeoffs. Likely, there will be nothing to upgrade to, so if you have $200 spare in a year, you can't buy a new CPU. It will run hotter will use a lot more power than an Intel CPU of the same class.

To get to the CPUs full potential, you will need to add in a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO in later for overclocking. With an R9 280, I don't think you will really need it, but it will help as games like Watch Dogs continue to be more demanding.

Hope that helps!

 

[damric]

$70 not a bad price for a quality board ^^