Need help on what to pick

[brogundapo]

My budget is £160 on a ram, CPU and GPU that will run games on medium at 720p for a Youtube channel. I will upgrade in future this is something to start off. I need 8gb ram and hopefully ram that has a heatsink installed as my case has a window and I want everything to look nice. My power supply can handle everything, as it's a 500w EVGA 80+ powersupply that I got as agift. I'm not saving up for more, it would take too long, and I'm in the best situiation to start my channel, and don't want to put it off for much long

 

[vapour]

GPU is also included... Check ebay, I am out.

 

[Rexper]

Is this 160£ for all three (CPU, gpu, ram) combined? It £160 for each. Do you need motherboard?

For motherboard, gpu, ram, and CPU together you'd have to spend atleast £250 pounds for new parts without scavenging for deals.

 

[daswilhelm]

160 for CPU + GPU and ram? You should be looking at the used market in your local area. Not going to find new at that price. Also, you didnt mention what motherboard you have for this cpu upgrade.

 

[brogundapo]

160 for CPU + GPU and ram? You should be looking at the used market in your local area. Not going to find new at that price. Also, you didnt mention what motherboard you have for this cpu upgrade.

Motherboard would depend on the cpu AMD or Intel. I found one like this: amd athlon X4 845, gt 1030 and patriot viper 2x4gb kit ddr3 2133mhz ram. Dunno if this would be ok for a few games

 

[daswilhelm]

So you also need a motherboard? all for 160?

 

[brogundapo]

So you also need a motherboard? all for 160?

Yep I found a few that can be done but I'm not sire if its powerful enough. Its an and athlon x4 845 with a gt 1030 and patriot 2x4gb ddr3 2133mhz kit will it run the games though

 

[Rexper]

That CPU is relatively poor performing to start with (comparing to modern CPUs) in games, and it is on a dead platform (no upgrades from it without upgrading motherboard aswell), which doesn't really suit your case.

 

[brogundapo]

That CPU is relatively poor performing to start with (comparing to modern CPUs) in games, and it is on a dead platform (no upgrades from it without upgrading motherboard aswell), which doesn't really suit your case.

so the cpu would bottleneck my gpu if i found a gtx 1050 then?

 

[Rexper]

Don't worry about bottlenecking, it is irrelevant.

What games are you playing and is your minimum desired framerate?

 

[brogundapo]

Don't worry about bottlenecking, it is irrelevant.

What games are you playing and is your minimum desired framerate?

Don't judge me, but I was hoping to squeeze out a few low spec vr titles that I can reduce the quality of, as perfect graphics dont matter that much to me. Also, some popular AAA titles like GTAV Project Cars Overwatch, CS:GO Rocket League, Far Cry. and all of these at 720p at medium to low( high if it can manage it). All this at a 30fps minimum, 60fps, in less demanding games and 100fps in CS:GO. Too much for this price range?

 

[brogundapo]

Just one more thing, is a gt 1050, athlon x4 845 and 8gb of 2133mhz ddr3 ram better that pentium g4600, gt 1030 and 8gb ddr4 2133mhz ram. about same price point i think

 

[vapour]

Between the two, g4600.

 

[vapour]

You do realize those two have different MBs? What MB do you have?

 

[brogundapo]

You do realize those two have different MBs? What MB do you have?

mb as in cache or vram? coz both cards have 2gb gddr5

 

[vapour]

motherboard. athlon and G4600 require different MBs, totally different socket and not interchangeable.

 

[brogundapo]

motherboard. athlon and G4600 require different MBs, totally different socket and not interchangeable.

I understand that Intel and and cpus aren't interchangeable I have some knowledge of computers I just want to know better value. After some deal hunting I found that a as rock fm2a68m-dg3+ , x4 845 and a RX 460 will cost around £170 which I can deal with. Is this enough for 720p gaming on medium to high? Along with recording and editing for YouTube?that's alli need to start out. Thanks

 

[Rexper]

You'd be looking at ~35FPS average with that x4 845 in modern AAA games. Though less demanding games like csgo you could easily achieve 60+ FPS.

Though as said, you said you want to upgrade in future, and the x4 845 will not make that easy. And with recording/editing I can see you'd want more CPU power in the future.