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Originally Posted by kccrow
This would be my recommendation for your needs, for what it's worth.
AMD A10-7890K APU (Quad-Core 4.1 GHz FM2+ 95W Radeon R7 Graphics) $148.99
MSI Radeon R7 250 GPU (2GB 128-Bit PCI Express 3.0x16 w/CrossFireX Support) $62.99
ASUS A88XM-A (FM2+ Bolton D4 MicroATX Motherboard) $74.99
G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2x4GB DDR3 2400 SDRAM) $54.99
PNY CS1311 240GB SATAIII SSD $73.34
Total $415.30 all through Newegg
Here's PCPartspicker: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/yqCVBP
Set up Radeon Dual-Graphics, which uses the APU integrated R7 chip and the dedicated R7 card in a Crossfire setup to increase graphics performance. |
There are so many ways this could be gone about, but I will tell you im still not a fan of APUs, especially when you can crank out more raw power for the money.
PCPartPicker part list /
Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($149.98 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($49.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($35.00 @ B&H)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($40.99 @ B&H)
Total: $275.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-30 12:22 EDT-0400
Add a used GPU from r/hardwareswap, around 80-100 and your in for pretty damn cheap and have something with about 60% more processing power (will end up with more GPU power too) and way more value. SSD you can play with too but this asrock board is also full size ATX and is superior in every way to that ASUS board
While your at it, unload your old stuff on r/hardwareswap as well, might get a little bit of money back for it.