My first PC?

[Kaylan123]

It would be my first PC for gaming and I have been looking at several sites and I found something for my budget. And yes, i know it would be cheaper to build my own... No need for 10 replies telling me to build my own. This is what I have found so far... This PC would cost around 720 with Shipping.

CPU: Intel® Pentium™ Anniversary Edition G3258 3.2 GHz 3MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1150
HDD: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 7200 RPM HDD [+4] (Single Drive)
MEMORY: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/1866MHz Dual Channel Memory (Corsair Vengeance)
MOTHERBOARD: MSI B85M-P33 mATX w/ Military Class 4, GbLAN, 1 Gen3 PCIe x16, 1 PCIe x1
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
VIDEO: AMD Radeon R9 270 2GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card (Major Brand Powered by AMD

Would this be able to play new games at normal and what do you believe would be the FPS on some of the newer games? Also would it be able to run games smoothly if I have another page opened in the background?

 

[brandlu]

Intel core I5 will better

 

[envy14tpe]

Seems ok, can you push for a i3? If so then a i3+270 will max out games at 900p. At 1080p, it'll run Med/High.

 

[jaraldo]

Agreed, the G3258 is more of a sub $500 build. Overclocked you might not have a bottleneck, but at stock you will forsure with the r9 270.

The other thing being is that you don't have an overclocking motherboard either. If you aren't going to overclock, get an i3 or if you can get an i5-4440 try for it.

Also, for new builders I know the power supply doesn't seem important, but considering it can destroy your whole build it would be nice to know which one you picked (there are many bad ones out there)

Lastly, if my memory is decent, the r9 270 should get something like 35-40+fps in watchdogs/BF4 on ultra settings.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

I dunno why the Blue is recommended so often here but it sits below 50th place in the THG HD rankings.

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/hdd-charts-2013/-17-PCMark-7-Gaming,2915.html

The Seagate 7200.14 1TB sits in 8th place

 

[Analgetic]

Well pentium and gaming don't match well together. So I would suggest getting at least an i3. The card is good and will be able to play enough games on high @ 50-60 fps.

 

[Calnin]

It'd perform alright on around medium settings. It would be ideal to have at least an Fx6300 or intel i3, but pentium's still okay.

As for game performance, in less cpu intensive games, you'll probably get a decent frame rate, I'd imagine probably around 40fps+ maybe on high if its a less cpu intensive game.

In more cpu intensive games, I'd imagine the pentium will start suffering, and you may have to lower settings a bit to get 30fps+.

In newer games, hard to say, but I'd imagine medium settings most likely, 30fps+ maybe.

I'm not saying anything over 30-40fps, because I'm unsure myself, and I don't want to give someone high hopes or anything.

 

[Kaylan123]

I chose a 600W standard power supply. Not too sure if that would be good... It said a 450 is recommended but Id rather be a bit higher that that. I had it at 800W but decided to get the price down a bit and go with the 600W..

Also would an Intel i3 4150 3.5 GHZ 3MB be worth an extra $50... Also would the Intel fan and heatsink be good enough for it?

 

[jaraldo]

A model of the PSU is needed. Can you give a link?

If not, I have to assume it is a very bad power supply and may only be able to deliver 300-350w. (even if it says it's 600w)

A quality 500w would be fine for your build.

 

[Analgetic]

It will worth those 50 $ and the cooler that provides will keep your cpu under 50 C. Also can you please post the model of the power supply you chose?

 

[Kaylan123]

600W- Standard 80 plus certified Power Supply- SLI/CrossfireX Ready
or would it be safer to go with one of these...
600W- Corsair CX600 80 Plus Bronze Certified Active PFC Power Supply
700 Watts - Cooler Master i700 700W 80 Plus Bronze Certified Active PFC Power Supply

 

[jaraldo]

Even though the CX isn't great, it's about 100 times better than a no name brand. The cooler master is not a good one.

If all you have is the CX, then get the 500w version. What site are you using to buy parts?

 

[Kaylan123]

Im using CyberPower because of my smaller budget and it seems pretty cheap

 

[jaraldo]

That explains it

Can you give a link to the Cyberpower computer? or are you building it from their site?

If you built your own computer, you could have a FX6300 with an r9 280 for $720; I'm almost sure of it (not including operating system)

 

[envy14tpe]

A 500W PSU is wayy more than enough power for this build. Even if you put a 280x it would still be enough power. I suggest so, cuz it'll save you some money that could be better spent on other things such as the i3 you listed.