What is better for gaming (building computer for further upgrades later)

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Hi, could you tell me what better to buy in order to play new games? I am talking about MMORPGs but also some SP or MP (BF4, Crysis and others). This are configurations I can afford atm:
1. AMD Athlon II 750K + R7 250X + 4GB RAM
2. FX-6300 + R7 250X + 8GB RAM
3. FX-6300 + R7 260X + 4GB RAM
4. AMD Athlon II 750K + R7 260X + 8GB RAM

Or if anything is in prices of above and is better (CPU, GPU and RAM) please tell me what to look for and I'm going to tell you if I can buy it (f.o. athlon II but some better GPU with 4GB RAM, tell the name of card).

Thank you in advance.
 
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I would STRONGLY suggest you drop the CX unit and get something like the EVGA 500B, as CX units use cheap caps that might blow up. Also, if you want to achieve the optimum overclock, I would suggest a decent Z97 board as some 8-series boards have voltage limits on them.
For the cooling, the best you can hope for is about 500 MHz. Yes, you can stick with stock for now and get an aftermarket cooler later.
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Even better:
Pentium G3258+good cooler (if you don't have already)+something among the lines of a 750 Ti.
If you already have the AMD board, I would suggest the 6300+R7 260+8 GB of RAM. If you already have 4 GB, then the 260X+4 GB is the way to go.
 
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No, I don't have any part yet. Building everything.
Thats what I chosed so far (only more important parts listed, I don't have anything of those yet):
PSU Corsair CX 500W 80+ bronze
CPU Intel G3258
MOBO MSI H81M-P33 V2
GPU Gigabyte Radeon R7 260XOC 2GB
RAM GoodRam DDR3 4096MB PC1333 CL9 - two sticks

Now the question is, do I need special cooling now or may I stay with BOX edition and buy it later?

Thanks for answers so far.
 
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I would STRONGLY suggest you drop the CX unit and get something like the EVGA 500B, as CX units use cheap caps that might blow up. Also, if you want to achieve the optimum overclock, I would suggest a decent Z97 board as some 8-series boards have voltage limits on them.
For the cooling, the best you can hope for is about 500 MHz. Yes, you can stick with stock for now and get an aftermarket cooler later.
 
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TKBDragin

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Is this PSU you were talking about?
EVGA 401 up to 550 Watt : EVGA : 500B BRONZE 500 WATT 80PLUS ( 100-B1-0500-KR )
The description is pretty messy for me to understand (first time building PC and chosing PSU).
 
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It's getting over my budget. Maybe some cheaper mobo for now and later get something better?
For now I plan to play just Archeage anyway and later some other games. Is it able to handle it at high settings (phenom x3 with gts250 was able to do it)?
 
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Ok, decided to take z97.
Now, am I able to overclock on box cooling or not really? I never was planning to overclock but it seems its the way so I'd like to get know something more ;)
 
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It'd be your choice, but if:
You're a heavy gamer and multitasker, get 8 GB of ram
If not, get 4 GB, an aftermarket cooler and OC the living out of your CPU:)
 
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