| JRPGfan said: Im guessing thats at 720p ? still not bad at all. "My point is that you don't need 2000 usd rig to play modern gaems." 200$ cpu (Intel i5-4570) 110$ mb 55$ ram (8gigs) 120$ gpu (~750ti) (like the 650ti boost) 100$ case 60$ psu 15$ keyboard 20$ mouse 19$ DVD drive 55$ 1TB HDD 7200 rpm = ~ 754$ Can probably make something about as fast, thats a little cheaper if that is your aim though. |
Why get a $110 motherboard for a locked processor? If you're not going to do overclocking $50-60 for a mobo is all you need.
There are plenty of good cases for $50-60. Optic drives are pretty obsolete in 2015.
Take those all into consideration, and subtracting $19, $40-$50, and $50-60 from your total price, and you get $625 - $645. I'd personally go for an R9 270 over the 750ti. For $20 more you get higher memory bandwidth, higher pixel fill-rate, more shading units, more tmu, more floating point performance, and can run modern games at 900p/1080p. The only disadvantages are size and power consumption. If that is a deal-breaking concern, then the r7 265 is an low-profile alternative as well.
r7 265 playing GTA V
r9 270 playing GTA V
If one chooses an AMD CPU route they can decrease cost even more and play the game at reasonable settings.
