opinions here ? my rig

[renners]

hey so right now i have an AMD athlon x4 750K on order along with an ASUS A55BM-A motherboard and 4 gigs of corsair 1600mhz ram my video card is an msi radeon r67 240 overclocked with msi afterburner. what do you think ill be able to play when my parts arrive i hope to able to play day Z sa arma 3 and battlefield 4 dont care what settings but do you guys think itll play 'em ?

 

[AgentTran]

The R7 240 will not be able to play ARMA 3, DayZ and BF4 on High settings, you will probably have to play at the lowest settings, or possibly have to turn your resolution down.

You should've done your research or saved up and got a better GPU, for only about $50-100 more, you could have got 2-3x the performance.

 

[mjmacka]

You are one hard drive short of a full PC, but you should be able to play Arma 3, Day Z and BF4 on medium settings.

 

[renners]

Okay thanks guys so it looks like a new graphics card on on the cards for the future any suggestions bare in mind I'm a 16 year old student so budget is tight also any recommendations for aftermarket heat sinks ? Liquid or air ?

 

[Danila726]

Okay thanks guys so it looks like a new graphics card on on the cards for the future any suggestions bare in mind I'm a 16 year old student so budget is tight also any recommendations for aftermarket heat sinks ? Liquid or air ?

Here is a completely new build that is far better than the one you have now!
Here it is: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3DaX1

Here it is in text-

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($192.99 @ NCIX US)

Motherboard: Asus H81M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($92.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($61.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card ($215.38 @ Newegg)

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($57.99 @ Micro Center)

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($24.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $716.32


Reply and tell me what you think because this is a really good build and will play your games on high and maybe even ultra!

 

[mjmacka]

Traditional liquid is a lot of work. Traditional air is loud. I've been running those self-contained liquid coolers for the past few years and I am really thrilled with cooling vs noise. I run an AMD FX8320 and a Hydro H80. I originally upgraded due to the noise a stock AMD fan made. In case you are not familiar with these, here is a link to newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=liquid&N=-1&isNodeId=1

 

[renners]

Danila it looks great in writing but F me I can't afford that I'm 16 and want it for casual gaming and typing stuff for school lol and mjmacka I can deal with noise but what do you think is best for being on such a tight budget I'm talking 60 euro now that's about 80$

 

[mjmacka]

Renners, if you can deal with the noise keep the stock air heatsync. You should not be over-clocking, so I would stick with the stock heat sync for now. A better heat sync isn't a requirement for a gaming computer. It is a requirement for someone who overclocks.

 

[renners]

Good point man thanks maybe in the future I'll OC but for now I'll leave it well enough alone I'm pretty new to computers and I see all this stuff about having to keeps my CPU temps down and water cooling and aftermarket cooling. I'll put my money into a new graphics card then thanks man

 

[mjmacka]

Your CPU doesn't OC well. Low temps are always better than high temps. That being said, you are going to upgrade the board/CPU soonish. New games will come out and you will do what I did 10 years ago, upgrade piece by piece until you needed a new CPU/board. At this point, you will get the most bang from your buck for a better GPU. Something in the $150~200 USD range (sorry, I don't know prices in Euros) should keep you going for 1-2 years before you consider consider upgrading. Also, you will notice a huge speed boost from an SSD. Just make sure to keep at least 25% free space on that SSD.

 

[renners]

Oh god I don't even have those parts yet and you think I should upgrade 🙁 oh no. You're right I'm upgrading piece by piece at some stage a new psu is on the cards aswell as a couple Hdds

 

[mjmacka]

Oh god I don't even have those parts yet and you think I should upgrade 🙁 oh no. You're right I'm upgrading piece by piece at some stage a new psu is on the cards aswell as a couple Hdds

I'm not talking about today. However if you are anything like I was at 16 and interested in IT/Computers you will want to upgrade as soon as you find something new and the money for it.

If I were you going forward, my upgrade path would be GPU (if gaming is high priority)/SSD then more ram, then new CPU/board.

Plan the build out going forward over the next year or two. The CPU, motherboard, and case are the most static parts in your build. Everything else can be swapped out at will without putting in too much effort... especially if you learn how to clone your HDD to a new disk.

 

[renners]

Yeah I definitely need some upgrades but I mean anything I get will be better than what I have currently but yes I do like to buy the latest and greatest lol I'm always buying new tech and stuff lol I think I'm going to wait for ssd's to drop in price they're ridiculous at the moment
Thanks for all this advice man

 

[mjmacka]

Yeah, no problem. SSD's have dropped quite a bit recently. I decided to make the switch last year when I found a 240 GB SSD at $140 USD. I haven't really looked back from there. Keeping static data on an SSD is a waste. Use an SSD for your games/OS and keep other data on a platter drive.

Good luck.

 

[renners]

Thanks man you too anything I can do to help boost your stats on this site your a sound guy