Posts by crimsonstag84

The R9 280 is about three times faster, I guess.

There isn't much worth noting from $667, really. The R9 280 x is the only interesting bit, though I guess you could probably just overclock this 280 model to get there.

Even at a low price, that's still a steal for an E7200 plus the motherboard and cooler.

You could probably go with $83.

EDIT: $50 processors from what I can tell, maybe put in at least $67. If you don't need the cash right this second, you might have to start a bit higher.

The GTX 440 is actually a decent deal, but everything else is just a disaster. I wouldn't touch any of those other options if I were you. If this hasn't sold yet, maybe grab it:

http://www.craigslist.org/vi/graphics-cards/11759807

Not really, I’m running 4GB so I can actually have two games open at once along with Chrome, Skype, and a few other things running in the background—I hit 3.5GB once before.

Btw, it might run a little slower (though hopefully you won't notice) if there's too much free RAM.

If he grabs that one, it's identical to yours and should pair perfectly with his processor. Honestly, though, you can find GTX 750 Ti cards for barely $333, so $433 seems way overpriced to me. If he isn't set on buying from Links, maybe check this out:

One little plus is that both cards have really low power draw, so he probably won't even need to swap out his power supply if his current one is a bit of a junker.

So, you're saying the power supply and the processor still have about six months of warranty left?

Maybe you could start at $1400$500 if we're including the monitor in the deal.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/graphics-card-listing-12209514

http://www.ebay.com/itm/processor-listing-8722890

I guess I'd probably just grab both of them.

I mean, go ahead and grab the GPU if the price is actually reasonable.

~170W GPU + ~80W CPU 😛

http://www.newegg.com/graphics-cards/p/12345678

Unless your motherboard is total junk, I’d suggest grabbing an LC-CC-95 cooler pretty soon if you want to try some overclocking. It might actually help those Athlon chips quite a bit... you could probably hit 3.3GHz without even touching the voltage, I guess.

I wouldn't say Nvidia is *that* much stronger; those numbers are mostly theoretical. I’d steer clear of sites like that.

Sure, it’s about 50% faster, but it draws 3 or 4 times more power, runs incredibly hot, and you won't be able to play upcoming titles on DX10 anyway.

Why choose between just those two? What kind of budget are we actually working with here?

What are you running for a CPU and a power supply?

He probably needs to watch his distance from the screen, too—it really should be at least twice the width of the monitor. Though, I guess if he doesn't mind a larger setup, he could always go bigger 😉

Probably not worth it.

By the way, this is an actual photo of the B75M-D3H.

I’d probably change things up a bit...

Tron Hexa plus 400 w power supply, 80+, active, 12 cm
Intel Core i5-3350P 3.1 processor
MSI B75MA-P33 Intel B75 LGA 1155 motherboard (PCX / VGA / DZW / GLAN / SATA3 / USB3 / DDR3) mATX
Adata DDR3 4GB 1333MHz Bulk memory
Bulk MS PHOENIX case without power supply
WD Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 3 WD10EZEX hard drive
Sapphire Radeon R9 270 2G GDDR5 PCI-E DVI-I / DVI-D / HDMI / DP DUAL-X WITH BOOST & OC VERSION, 11220-00-20G graphics card
Asus DRW-24F1ST optical drive

Total: $1338+$27 shipping from Centro(free assembly)

Maybe swap that 8GB of RAM for a much stronger graphics card instead.

Let's get this moving 😬

1 x AOC I2269VWM, IPS monitor 21,5" Wide, WLED, 1920x1080@60 Hz
1 x CORSAIR 430W Power Supply, CX Series 80+ Bronze, EPS12V v2.3, 80+
1 x Seagate 500GB HDD, Serial ATA III, 7200 rpm, Barracuda 7200.12
1 x MS Albatross Case, no PSU
1 x DDR3 4GB (1x4GB) Crucial, 1600MHz CL11
1 x Sapphire R9 280 3GB OC Dual-X, 3GB GDDR5 384bit, 28nm
1 x ASUS H81M-K, 1150, Intel ® H81 express chipset, DDR3
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 (3.10GHz,1MB,6MB,84 W,1150) Box

$1719

No optical drive, the case doesn't have fans included (though you could add some), an entry-level motherboard that gets the job done, a small hard drive, and just 4GB of RAM. I guess the CPU and GPU combo is probably the strongest part here and should deliver decent gaming performance, but otherwise, the build feels a little unbalanced.

80+ Gold for $127

It looks like everyone dropped their prices... by about $33

This looks like a perfect fit for your rig. It pulls a bit more power—since your current power supply isn't exactly top-tier—but it should be just right for your processor, I guess.

It won't make much of a difference for gaming, though I guess the 4440 might be about 5% better for applications.

Still, I’d probably just go with an H97 motherboard and the i5 4440.