Can u tell me how this stacks up plllzzzz?

[Ride125]

I'm new to pc gaming and want to buy one but don't know what I'm looking at as far as specs. I'll first list the specs of the 2 computers I'm thinking of buying then the recommended and minimum requirements of the game I want. Plz help. I've been saving and don't want to waste my money.
Computer 1
AMD CUSTOM PC FX 8320 4.1 Ghz Turbo Eight Core Processor (8 Cores)

-- 8 Gigabytes Crucial Ballistic 1600mhz Memory / RAM

-- LG 24X DVDRW / CDRW,

-- 1 terabyte Seagate Hard drive, 7200 rpm for fast access!

-- Onboard video Graphic card : AMD Radeon 7750

-- HDMI, DVI, VGA out puts.

-- Midtower ATX Corsair Case, Dual fans with a 550 Watt Power Supply included!

Plays any games!

Plays DVD/ BLURAY from your EXTERNAL Hard drive or divx format movies you provide the pc!

-- Software bundled with this Brand new PC

-- Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit / Windows 8 Enterprise 64 bit your choice!

 

[Ride125]

Computer 2
Model:Asus Essentio Desktop PC CM1740
Windows 8.1
1 Terrabyte Hard Disk
8GB Memory
1GB Video card AMD Radeon HD 6550D
AMD A8-3820 Processor APU
64-Bit Operating System

 

[Ride125]

Game requirements
Minimum System Requirements

Intel CPU Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz
AMD CPU Phenom II X4 940
Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 660
AMD GPU Radeon HD 7870
RAM 6GB
OS 64-bit Windows 7 or 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1)
DirectX 11
HDD Space 40 GB

Recommended System Requirements

Intel CPU Core i7 3770 3,4 GHz
AMD CPU AMD FX-8350 4 GHz
Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 770
AMD GPU Radeon R9 290
RAM 8GB
OS 64-bit Windows 7 or 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1)
DirectX 11
HDD Space 40 GB

 

[nsafreak]

Quite frankly I would recommend neither and it looks like the recommended requirements are a bit on the beefy side. What would help us more and in turn help you would be to answer the questions in the sticky and let us know which game you're trying to build a PC to game with.

 

[Ride125]

Answers to sticky.
1. Used for gaming and commen things like Internet and home work.

2. Price, maximum of $350 on tower

3. United States

As for everything else I really don't know.
The game is witcher 3

 

[Ride125]

I'm really just trying to purchase something already built

 

[fralexandr]

the first one is significantly better
neither of them are fast enough for the witcher 3 given the gpu requirements.

what resolution monitor are you going to use?

 

[Ride125]

1920x1080 just to start out with. What could b upgraded to boost gpu requirements?

 

[fralexandr]

you'd have to get a better GPU... which wouldn't be feasible in a $350 budget.

if you look around craigslist or salvation army/goodwill/etc you might be able to find an older i5/i7 mid-tower computer (so it might be able to fit a decent GPU), hopefully one with a decent PSU for cheap, and then buy a used 7870/660 on ebay or craigslist for ~$100, or maybe a new r9 270 or 750 ti.


if you feel comfortable posting your rough location someone might be able to look around on craigslist for you.
i see a few computers around Los Angeles that might be usable anyway.

 

[Ride125]

I love in Orange county ca

 

[Ride125]

WhAt about this 1? https://orangecounty.craigslist.org/sys/4989955079.html

 

[fralexandr]

if you don't mind driving to culver city, i5 2500k, ~$275
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/sys/4993206864.html
you could sell the 560 ti and buy a different GPU

rancho santa margarita, amd FX-8350 + r9 270, $350
http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/sys/4942635250.html
this computer would meet minimum specs for witcher 3 without upgrading, but needs an HDD and OS.

a link to anandtech bench so you can compare cards or view their rough performance
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU14/932
the 6670 is slower than a 7750.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/613?vs=535

that computer is over $350? so is $350 not a hard upper limit?

 

[Ride125]

I talked him down to 400 but it came with mouse and keyboard.

 

[Burpo]

Video card sux..

 

[Ride125]

I could do 450 for something that's a steal and comes with keyboard mouse and monitor. But that's all I got. By the way thank u for helping me with this

 

[bystander36]

Do you have an existing PC that could be upgraded? Have you considered playing on a console instead?

 

[Ride125]

I don't have a pc. I actually already have a ps4 and will prolly just get witcher 3 for that but want a gaming pc cuz I c a lot of pc only games that I'd like to play. Thought that if I could a machine that could at least the min req I would b ok for most other games

 

[Ride125]

Does I-7 gaming computer mean anything to u guys?

 

[Ken g6]

Does I-7 gaming computer mean anything to u guys?

It has some meaning, but not sufficient meaning for us to tell you whether it's good. :sneaky: There's a good chance that "an i7 gaming computer" under $350 doesn't have a good video card, but that's mostly a guess.

 

[Ride125]

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[Ride125]

That didn't work

 

[Ride125]

Intel core I-7 cpu 950 @ 3.07 ghz

12 gb ram
64 bit os , x64 based processor
That's all I know right now. He wants more than 350 but not sure how much yet

 

[Ride125]

How much would u say it's worth with a good video card?

 

[Ride125]

Video card is gtx 470

 

[Ken g6]

How much would u say it's worth with a good video card?

I'd say it's worth stating [thread=60552]forum rule 14[/thread]: "No price checks allowed"

I'd say it's an old but fairly decent system for your price range, if you want to do overclocking and upgrades later. (Meaning replacing both the CPU and the GPU.)