Gaming PC Suggestions

[Dead Man]

How do I if this Desktop has a good processor
Option 1 $440


Option 2 $590


Option 3 $590

[tomwzhere]

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That's your processor compared to mine. You will run CS 1.6 completely fine with that processor.

[Vergil]

I run that 6300 just find with 760 gpu

[ScorpioN]

AMD FX-6300 is a good processor. The gaming desktop looks good. All you need is a BenQ monitor to go with it. Get the BenQ XL2411Z or the Asus VG248QE. You need a 120Hz/144Hz refresh rate and 1ms response time gaming monitor for CS if you want the frags mang. The spray for your AK/m4 is super smooth with high refresh rate and response time.

[Dead Man]

I have the money the problem is convincing my wife i need it lol.

I can already hear her saying, "You can buy that computer but not get this and that and so on."

Anybody else have similar problem lol?

[br0keN]

Built my computer for about $300 bucks 2 years ago. It runs cs great, and every other program I use. X4 645 processor and 8g ram. Plus a 10k rpm hd. A lot cheaper if you do it yourself. Easy to put together as well, plenty of youtube videos to explain how.

[Dead Man]

Alright I posted 2 more PCS can you guys tell me what is best?

[ScorpioN]

Option 3 is best. AMD FX-4300, Gigabyte motherboard, 8GB RAM, R9 270x, etc.
This is a high performing budget setup for CS and gaming in general. I see it quite often for competitive CS players on my Steam friends. I don't think you'll be needing a FX-6300 hexacore anytime soon. Of course a high performing PC doesn't mean anything if your monitor is still bottlenecked at the default 60/75Hz. You'll see an improvement but not a major one. The gaming monitor is just as important as the PC.

There are several issues however with Option 3 I've noticed:
1) No SSD
2) 2 graphics cards? really? lol overkill but it should do the job.
3) Microsoft Windows 8.1 is garbage. Everything is perfect except this. For this reason alone, if I couldn't get Option 3 in Windows 7, I would get Option 1.

My recommendation: If you are okay with Windows 8.1, go with Option 3. If not, go with Option 1. Option 1 is solid, can't go wrong with it although the hardware for 3 is better.

Option 2 is bad. The old Haswell editions of the Intel Core i5's tend to run a bit hot and overheat. This is the conclusion I have come to when decidng the CPU for my PC. My gaming rig runs a Core i5-4690K, but it's the Devil's Canyon version, i.e. the revised Haswell 4th gen with all the heating issues solved.

This is my setup:

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K @ 3.50GHz
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A
Memory: Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2x4GB)
Storage: Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB
Graphics Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770
Case: Corsair Obsidian 650D
Power Supply: Seasonic X-750
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit)
Monitor: BenQ XL2411Z

Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K65
Mouse: Razer Abyssus
Mousepad: SteelSeries QcK
Headset: SteelSeries Siberia v2

If you have the money and time to build your own PC, this might be a good AMD FX-4300 budget build:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6Fm7yc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[br0keN]

Microsoft will be offering free upgrades to windows 10 if you have windows 7 or 8

[bluefire672]

i was going too buy a chimera cx-9 gaming labtop off of ibuypower. I recommend you get the desktop i5 modle its cheaper than the cx-9 by alot and is one of their most favored by buyers modle think it has intel5 on the cheaper desktop version + tower case looks sexy as hell.