The budget is very low, about 450$. It has to include a mouse and keyboard without the monitor. It could be amd and nvidia/intel but as far as I know amd is more cost friendly. I found a deal at a local supplier, if I get a new CPU,motherboard and GPU I get a free SSD or a free PSU. That should help.
Athlon 880K, any AsRock FM2+ motherboard, cheapest Rx470, any case, any ~400W PSU from the list of recommended PSUs here on OCN, free SSD, and any keyboard/mouse combo, and you should be able to fit in budget and play almost anything on Very High / Ultra.
I just assumed the PC is for gaming, if it's for something else, please explain in detail
If you are just gaming, I would still suggest the 6100 over the 8300, as it performs better in most games (single core tasks), has a lower power consumption and is a much newer platform.
If you are just gaming, I would still suggest the 6100 over the 8300, as it performs better in most games (single core tasks), has a lower power consumption and is a much newer platform.
Not true. the i3 comes with a cooler. i5 6600k and 6700k and up does not come with a stock cooler.
Plus I saw a 3gb 1060 msi gaming x for $165 today on Newegg. After rebates and with promo code mpgamer16 I believe. I'm also seeing 4gb Rx 480 below $200 pop up also.
If you can find a cheap 470 or 1060, that's where you wanna be. Configure it right and you get 480 performance. 460 is utter crap and you can't play games on it on anything above low-med.
That won't be a problem. Sorry I haven't mentioned this but the friend I am building this for won't play any games.. maybe some fifa manager or older fifa games. Mostly web browsing and movies.
That won't be a problem. Sorry I haven't mentioned this but the friend I am building this for won't play any games.. maybe some fifa manager or older fifa games. Mostly web browsing and movies.
Well not faster, I exaggerated there, but can definitely play games. For a while I played on my i5 4460's IGP and it was great, CS:GO @60FPS, and i3 6100's IGP is faster than mine.
The FX8 CPU is faster in gaming than the i3 6100, even when you overclock the i3 through old bios
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I'd wait for zen if possible to see what prices and performance it offers. At worse it drives down prices. For BUDGET builds i'd take a FX8 over a i3 without hesitation, and the FX8 performs better bang for buck than the i5 (within 5-10% performance of the i5 but 20-30% cheaper)
AMD FX 8300 vs. Intel i3 6100 both at 4.5 ghz (spoiler the FX 8300 wins in games)
The publisher is an admited intel fanboy and shows the 8300 at 4.4 ghz gets higher mins then a i3 6100 overclocked https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLkaNWo0EV0
I currently have: i7 3770k, i5 4670k, FX 8350, FX 8310 and over the past year i've built FX 8320 and FX 8320e. The AMD offer much better bang for buck. My AMD systems max every game I have at 1080P just as well as my Intel.
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