Author Topic: My PC Build- Will it work? (Read 15049 times)

somecallmetim · « **on:** February 08, 2012, 09:30:30 PM »

Transfusion · « **Reply #1 on:** February 08, 2012, 11:31:43 PM »

The CPU is the bottleneck.
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html
It is slightly better than an Athlon II X4 555, and you can get an Athlon II X4 631 for $80.
Its single-threaded performance isn't that good either-the Intel Core i3-2100 shows some big gains in gaming:
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/pc-components/processors/amd-fx-4100-black-edition-1044553/review?artc_pg=2

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1766/12

I imagine that you would also want a chassis to protect all your expensive parts, no?

somecallmetim · « **Reply #2 on:** February 09, 2012, 07:54:38 AM »

Transfusion · « **Reply #3 on:** February 10, 2012, 10:50:47 PM »

That's a nice looking case

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4955/the-bulldozer-review-amd-fx8150-tested/11
The Bulldozer series does not perform well in single-threaded applications-you could justify the price tag if you were to run, say, server applications, multi-threaded video encoding, virtual machines, etc. In fact it lags behind the Phenom II X4 970 in some cases. But you say you want to have "whatever game I throw at it run at ultra settings." You would be far more justified getting the i5 2500K http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072 which is $40 cheaper than the FX-8150.
Here's a Z68 chipset motherboard with the same price tag as your AMD one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157279

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