Which is better?

[Duzkuh]

So it turned out I could get a better build for around the price of the builds I posted.

Two people were kind enough to post a recommended build for me, which I am very grateful for.

Thanks Sangeet, I'll most likely be using your build now.
Thanks alot.

 

[Sangeet Khatri]

The top one is much better but can none are able to play today's game at even 1080p medium settings.
So please tell me your budget, i might be able to pick a better build for you.

 

[Duzkuh]

The top one is much better but can none are able to play today's game at even 1080p medium settings.
So please tell me your budget, i might be able to pick a better build for you.

At the minute, my budget is around £250
Not much, I know :/

This is able to play minecraft at high enough settings I want and thats all I really need 😛

 

[Liamgunboun]

The top one is much better but can none are able to play today's game at even 1080p medium settings.
So please tell me your budget, i might be able to pick a better build for you.

At the minute, my budget is around £250
Not much, I know :/

This is able to play minecraft at high enough settings I want and thats all I really need 😛

Will you need to record as well? As in are you making videos or just playing with friends?

 

[Duzkuh]

The top one is much better but can none are able to play today's game at even 1080p medium settings.
So please tell me your budget, i might be able to pick a better build for you.

At the minute, my budget is around £250
Not much, I know :/

This is able to play minecraft at high enough settings I want and thats all I really need 😛

Will you need to record as well? As in are you making videos or just playing with friends?

Yeah, I'll be recording, these build are much better than my current pc and with this PC I can record at high enough fps with no lag so these should be able to handle it

 

[Sangeet Khatri]

For that price you can get a much better build for just 20 dollars more. It has a quad core AMD processor which is launched in 2013 and a much better 7750 graphics card, with a much better XFX PSU and a 1TB HDD. And all that for just 20 dollars more makes it a definite buy. Just go for this build blindly. I am sure you will be much more happy with this build. I am 100% sure in my claim.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£58.50 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI FM2-A55M-E33 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard (£36.47 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£16.47 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.19 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: HIS Radeon HD 7750 2GB Video Card (£63.90 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Zalman ZM-T2 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£17.94 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 450W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£34.99 @ Maplin Electronics)
Total: £271.46
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-11 16:45 BST+0100)

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[Liamgunboun]

Save up a bit more, and here is a decent build fo you

CPU: AMD FX-4100 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($68.46 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Momentus 500GB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.99 @ Dell Small Business)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB Video Card
Case: BitFenix Outlaw ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($44.99 @ Microcenter)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $388.39
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-11 11:47 EDT-0400)

 

[Liamgunboun]

Just replying to sangeet. That ram i cannot recommend, you should go for at least dual channel.

 

[Duzkuh]

Will this run common games, like minecraft, BF3 etc?

 

[Duzkuh]

Which build is better?
Liams or Sangeets?
They both seem pretty good.

 

[Sangeet Khatri]

Save up a bit more, and here is a decent build fo you

CPU: AMD FX-4100 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($68.46 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Momentus 500GB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.99 @ Dell Small Business)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB Video Card
Case: BitFenix Outlaw ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($44.99 @ Microcenter)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $388.39
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-11 11:47 EDT-0400)

There are quite a lot of flaws in that build.

1. The prices of your build are in US Dollars wheras he lives in the UK. There is quite large price difference between the prices of UK and USD. Building a same build in UK would cost 300+ pounds because of the price difference in the parts. The parts are quite expensive in the UK when compared to the US. So using PCPartpicker (US Version) is not at all useful. You should use the http://uk.pcpartpicker.com for suggesting a build for him.

2. The FX 4100 is not something which is recommended at all. It is based off on an old Bulldozer architecture wheras the new Athlon II X4 750K I suggested is based on Piledriver and is way better in performance for less price. If you do not believe me then check out the comparision between the two at http://cpuboss.com/cpus/AMD-FX-4100-vs-AMD-Athlon-X4-750k . So the 750K is a better deal.

3. The 550Ti is an 2 generation old card from Nvidia, which is easily outperformed by the 7750 easily. You can see the comparision between the two at http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-HD-7750-vs-GeForce-GTX-550-Ti

Just replying to sangeet. That ram i cannot recommend, you should go for at least dual channel.

Yes, i am aware that having a single channel memory decreases performance little bit. But if he goes for a 4GB stick then there would not be a problem upgrading to 8GB memory. It is just 18 pounds more for another 4GB in the future as compared to the 40 pounds for a new set of 2 4Gb sticks in the future. That is why i suggested a single 4GB stick. And it would not affect performance that much. Only a little bit decrease in performance which is barely noticable.

 

[Liamgunboun]

Ohnestly I would combine some of the parts. If you really want to weed out the best parts Gpuboss.com and cpuboss.com . No winner was decided between these GPU's, but i would prefer my corsaire psu to the xfx one. SO i would say take my build with his graphics card. Because 2 sticks are better than one even if they equal the same. Lets see what he has to say.

 

[Duzkuh]

Sangeet is right, yours was in dollars, so the parts will cost a little more in pounds, so i'd have to go with sangeets as I know the exact price and wouldn't have to convent every price etc into my currency.

 

[Sangeet Khatri]

Sangeet is right, yours was in dollars, so the parts will cost a little more in pounds, so i'd have to go with sangeets as I know the exact price and wouldn't have to convent every price etc into my currency.

If you think that my answer helped, then don't forget to select it as the best answer. It would be highly appreciated by me.

 

[Duzkuh]

How do I select a best answer?

 

[Sangeet Khatri]

Change the thread type from "Discussion" to "Question", then you will see a button saying "Select this as the best answer" in every post. In that way you can select the answer as the best answer. I am not sure why you selected the thread type as "Discussion".

I am not sure how to change the thread type though. I don't know how to do that?