Need GPU for x4 950

[Juan____]

Will the R7 360 do with the x4 950 or do I need a 1050 Ti or something?

 

[photonboy]

Any graphics card pretty much is fine, but you don't say WHAT you need it for and the budget.

A GTX1050Ti is an excellent low/mid-range graphics card and can play ANY GAME if you carefully tweak the game settings.

It's about $150USD I think, though a GTX1060 3GB card (i.e. EVGA single-fan) is $200USD and performs a lot better.

 

[photonboy]

Cards:
$160USD https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Cm38TW/evga-geforce-gtx-1050-ti-4gb-sc-gaming-acx-20-video-card-04g-p4-6253-kr

$200 https://pcpartpicker.com/product/HWtWGX/evga-geforce-gtx-1060-3gb-gaming-video-card-03g-p4-6160

$280 https://pcpartpicker.com/product/MDRFf7/evga-geforce-gtx-1060-6gb-6gb-acx-30-video-card-06g-p4-6262-kr

Performance difference: https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_1050_Ti_Gaming_X/27.html

Your CPU would give slightly different results for some games.

 

[photonboy]

R7-360?
As per the above TECHPOWERUP chart, the R7-360 is about HALF the performance of the GTX1050, and the GTX1050Ti would be roughly 2.5x the performance.

 

[Juan____]

Ok right now i really cant afford the g4560 because im in the AU. But i think the x4 950 will fail at cpu intensive games. So i need help picking a nice cpu and gpu for about $150 AUD.

 

[Juan____]

or maybe i can go with an i5 2400 or an i3 2100 but there is no upgrade path

 

[photonboy]

or maybe i can go with an i5 2400 or an i3 2100 but there is no upgrade path

If you are building an entire new PC you should have that as the focus of your question, give a budget, EXACTLY what you need in that budget (monitor, Windows 10...) and use PCPARTPICKER as a guide. Select Australia from the top-right.

*And the X4-950 is a reasonably good CPU for the budget:
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Athlon+X4+950&id=3078

That's similar to the i5-2400: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i5-2400+%40+3.10GHz

No, it's not the best CPU but you are very unlikely to get much better for the price. I would also look at NEW PARTS if the performance is close.

The G4560 is also similar. It will do BETTER in most games as it's higher performance per core but less cores. If a game can use MOST of the CPU it should do slightly better on the 4-core CPU's above:
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Pentium+G4560+%40+3.50GHz

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

If you can't afford Ryzen 3 then I would get the X4 950. It has a better upgrade path than the G4560. Plus the G4560 is overpriced right now.

 

[photonboy]

If you can't afford Ryzen 3 then I would get the X4 950. It has a better upgrade path than the G4560. Plus the G4560 is overpriced right now.

the X4 950 if the cheapest CPU or about the same as the G4560 is definitely the best choice. The AM4 socket allows for currently up to the r7-1800X (8-core/16-thread) CPU with the possibility that ZEN2 will also be compatible with AM4 down the road (i.e. maybe 10 to 25% performance boost depending on overclockability).

The X4 950 is still the older architecture, but AMD made it compatible with the AM4 socket which then allows an upgrade path again to RYZEN CPU's which is really the position you want to be in.

 

[Juan____]

x4 950
GTX 750 Ti
Seagate Barracuda 250GB HDD
8GB DDR4 or DDR3???
Pls suggest motherboard

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

Depends on your budget, for low budget PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350M-A/CSM Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($69.69 @ Amazon)
Total: $69.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-23 20:42 EDT-0400

If you have a larger budget let us know and there might be better boards.