building a gaming pc

I don't even have the game :|
Waaaaaaaaaaay to laggy for my system.
Anyways, the prices are still stuck in the 80's, and that's the biggest problem, that's why I always advise not to buy it.
I'd support the dev's of the OS or some software but if they place a high price tag then it doesn't pay off, especially when it's nothing special.

 

An FX 8350 will still do good in this game, probably better than a Pentium, even a 3.1 GHz one like that one.

EDIT: Here's an FX 8350 benchmark. A percentage above 100% means it can run that many vehicles at once without compromising the integrity of the physics simulation by being too slow of a CPU. 7 cars is pretty good, about on-par with my i7 2600k for significantly less money.

EDIT2: Here's a Haswell i5 performing comparably to the FX 8350, which would be much better than what that Pentium brings to the table. (While it seems to be better than the FX in the early round, any extra performance above 100% realtime is not seen in game.) Don't let brand loyalty get in the way of the best bang for your buck.

 

i have windows 8 on my pc and i agree with what u say but in my opinion its harder to use

 

You are correct there. Here in the UK we have scan.co.uk, overclockers.co.uk or if you can deal with the limited range there is also maplin.co.uk as the only reputable vendors

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Correct, although memory prices did also increase and I honestly have no idea why. The RAM kit I bought cost be £17.99 when I built my machine, same kit a few weeks ago was £38.99

 

Do NOT pay for the OS, that money needs to go to the graphics and processing! I would go FM2+ and then the Quad Core Athlon. Then a nice newer GPU (I would go for the GTX650)

 

IMHO 1GB of vram is enough, I have a 7770 and it works perfectly. Get a AM3+ motherboard and processor, something that gets at least 4k or more on a cpu benchmark site. Only get 4 gb of ram because that's all you'll need to start out. Get a 500GB hard drive and keep it clean. Get windows 7 and don't pay for it. 550 watts is all you need. Get the cheapest case you can get as long as it has an intake and exhaust fan. I would skip on the disk drive if you can, but sometimes it's difficult to find drivers without using the disk. If you shop wisely then you can easily get all these things within your budget.

 

Always try to get +2gb vram.

Battlefield Hardline --> 2.3GB Vram

Watch Dogs ---> 2,7GB vram (+3gb vram with ultra textures)

Battlefield 4 ---> 2,3GB vram

BeamNG.Drive ---> 910mb aprox. in Dry Rock Island

Any modern game will need more than 1gb.

 

You are assuming high settings not necessarily accomplishable on a high end PC. Turn off all the postprocessing, AA and all that jazz and you will see VRAM plummet.

 

A GTX 650 is slower than a R7 250x.

 

I've heard lots of complaints about AMD GPUs having bad drivers. Is this true? I'm pretty satisfied with my Nvidia GTX 650Ti Boost since it seems to work for anything I throw at it.

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Some of the post-processing in BeamNG drive actually gets on my nerves. I'd rather leave it off even if it made no performance difference.

 

You know you can configure the post-processing virtually any way you want, right?

AMD's drivers can be a bit more fiddly than nVidia's, but they do their job fairly well. Game-specific optimization releases are more rare, however.

 

Nice to see all the replies and i think im ready to buy ze parts (nice of portalized to put the prices on aswell ) ill see in a couple of months or a few weeks depends on shipping to france (England is cheaper than France).

 

so is this setup a good one then?

[FONT=&quot]CPU: Intel Pentium G870 3.1GHz Dual-Core Processor

Motherboard: MSI H61M-P31/W8 Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard

Memory: Transcend 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory

Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 750GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R7 250X 1GB Video Card

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case

Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply

Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer

Monitor: ViewSonic VX2270Smh-LED 22.0" Monitor

Keyboard: Microsoft 3XJ-00001 Wired Ergonomic Keyboard

Mouse: Microsoft 4YH-00001 Wired Optical Mouse
Dont forget this is a budget build but i want to be 100% sure that this stuff will do its job.
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Not with a Pentium it isn't.

 

so what would be a better CPU? preferably under £100.

 

maybe the 20th anniversary Pentium? its the only other intel i can think of thats less then $100.

edit
its 1150 socket type, sorry!

 

You can get an i3 3240 for £89 here.

It's not the greatest CPU but it's a dual core with HT and has a 3.4GHz clock speed so it's quite respectable. I used to have an i3 2100 and it was quite fast, so a 3240 should be a fair bit better.

 

Wrong currency too

 

Well I think that an i5 processor and 8Gb of ram is a must if you plan on doing any gaming. And a graphics card with 2Gb Vram is also nice. Personally I don`t know how to build a budget gaming PC, because I mostly look at the mid tier/high end gaming parts, because I love gaming and that is why I go for the best for my situation even if I have to put some money aside to save up and get the part after a few months of saving.

 

A good budget would be going for 4GB instead of 8GB if you need to save money. I've been gaming for about 6 months with only 4GB of RAM and everything works perfectly, probably because barely any games are large address-aware.