Need some help choosing between these 2 "gaming" builds.

[Hazyc]

My budget is around $450-$500 (only for motherboard, gpu and cpu). I'm still confused about which of these two builds get.

My System Spec
Motherboard: ASUS M2N-SLI
CPU: AMD Athlon II X2 250 Processor (3.0 GHz)
GPU: ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series
RAM: 4GB


And these are the builds.

1st Build
Motherboard: MSI A88X-G45 Gaming (link)
CPU: AMD A10-6790K
GPU: Radeon R7 250 (GDRR5 - 1GB)
RAM: 8GB

2nd Build
Motherboard: MSI 970 Gaming (link)
CPU: AMD FX 6300
GPU: Radeon R7 250 (GDRR5 - 1GB)
RAM: 8GB

Also about the GPU, should I stay with the R7 250 (1GB) or buy a Radeon R7 260 (2GB)?

Probably everyone will think this is a very outdated build, or maybe a no-go build, but still I want to hear how everyone thinks about them.

Just in case, I'm not upgrading, I want to buy a new one.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Get this one has much more potential for upgrades.

2nd Build
Motherboard: MSI 970 Gaming (link)
CPU: AMD FX 6300
GPU: Radeon R7 250 (GDRR5 - 1GB)
RAM: 8GB

 

[ksham]

Second one. The FX-6300 is a better CPU. And since you're using a dedicated graphics card instead of the integrated one, it's a no-brainer.

 

[Hazyc]

Thanks for the answers, my other question is, should I stay with the R7 250 (1gb) or go with the R7 260 (2gb)?
Because I want to play at least most of the recent games with decent fps but visually aceptable, because I know with these builds I won't be able to play at max settings with decent fps.

 

[ksham]

If you can get your hands on a R7 260X or R7 270, do it. But the R7 260 is quite a lot better than the R7 250.

 

[Hazyc]

If you can get your hands on a R7 260X or R7 270, do it. But the R7 260 is quite a lot better than the R7 250.

You mean the R9 270?, because I can't find anything about R7 270.

Also, which you recommend for RAM:
*Kingstom 8GB (2 x4) 1333.
*Kingstom 8GB (2 x4) 1600.

Or there are others cheaper but better?

 

[ksham]

Yes; sorry, R9 270.

And 1600 > 1333. I don't know about cheaper, but the higher the clock speed and the lower the CAS latency, the better. Your motherboard only supports up to 2133 MHz (OC).

 

[Hazyc]

Yes; sorry, R9 270.

And 1600 > 1333. I don't know about cheaper, but the higher the clock speed and the lower the CAS latency, the better. Your motherboard only supports up to 2133 MHz (OC).

Ok thanks for the help ksham