8 GB RAM is perfect, I have 16
You want a GPU around the Radeon 7850 or the 480 GTX
Processor, any 2nd gen+ i5 or i7 with at least 4 cores or an AMD FX (Zambezi) Processor would be great.
For mobo, I would go with Gigabyte, their BIOS kick ass (if you're into DOS BIOS)

DON'T buy Pentinium. Most games don't support anything below an i3 processor nowadays.

For 450 you could get the following
A6 APU (cpu and gpu in one great for low budgets and low profile gaming/photo editing)
Hudson D3 board
Mid tower case
500 W PSU.
8 GB RAM
1.5 TB HDD
60 GB SSD

my recommendation is to just wait until you have around 750.

burrow900 wrote 8 GB RAM is perfect, I have 16
You want a GPU around the Radeon 7850 or the 480 GTX
Processor, any 2nd gen+ i5 or i7 with at least 4 cores or an AMD FX (Zambezi) Processor would be great.
For mobo, I would go with Gigabyte, their BIOS kick **** (if you're into DOS BIOS)

DON'T buy Pentinium. Most games don't support anything below an i3 processor nowadays.

For 450 you could get the following
A6 APU (cpu and gpu in one great for low budgets and low profile gaming/photo editing)
Hudson D3 board
Mid tower case
500 W PSU.
8 GB RAM
1.5 TB HDD
60 GB SSD

my recommendation is to just wait until you have around 750.

GTX 480 is no longer relevant. AMD FX CPU's suck. Almost every single MOBO manufacturer these days has an EUFI BIOS so it's not only linked to Gigabyte and in the end lowering your selection.

burrow900 wrote DON'T buy Pentinium. Most games don't support anything below an i3 processor nowadays.

That does not make sense. An G550 matched up with a discrete video card like an AMD 7770 will easily outbench and AMD 3870K any day of the week and can easily be fitted in a $500 budget.

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burrow900 wrote 8 GB RAM is perfect, I have 16
You want a GPU around the Radeon 7850 or the 480 GTX
Processor, any 2nd gen+ i5 or i7 with at least 4 cores or an AMD FX (Zambezi) Processor would be great.
For mobo, I would go with Gigabyte, their BIOS kick **** (if you're into DOS BIOS)

DON'T buy Pentinium. Most games don't support anything below an i3 processor nowadays.

For 450 you could get the following
A6 APU (cpu and gpu in one great for low budgets and low profile gaming/photo editing)
Hudson D3 board
Mid tower case
500 W PSU.
8 GB RAM
1.5 TB HDD
60 GB SSD

my recommendation is to just wait until you have around 750.

GTX 480 is no longer relevant. AMD FX CPU's suck. Almost every single MOBO manufacturer these days has an EUFI BIOS so it's not only linked to Gigabyte and in the end lowering your selection.

burrow900 wrote DON'T buy Pentinium. Most games don't support anything below an i3 processor nowadays.

That does not make sense. An G550 matched up with a discrete video card like an AMD 7770 will easily outbench and AMD 3870K any day of the week and can easily be fitted in a $500 budget.

lol 480 out performs a 7850. FX cpu out perform the i5, A6 out performs the i3. And the a6 is if you want to get more money for other things. Like HDD space, RAM, or an SSD. Or if you don't want to go el cheapo on a motherboard, which I don't suggest at all.

burrow900 wrote

Generation wrote

burrow900 wrote 8 GB RAM is perfect, I have 16
You want a GPU around the Radeon 7850 or the 480 GTX
Processor, any 2nd gen+ i5 or i7 with at least 4 cores or an AMD FX (Zambezi) Processor would be great.
For mobo, I would go with Gigabyte, their BIOS kick **** (if you're into DOS BIOS)

DON'T buy Pentinium. Most games don't support anything below an i3 processor nowadays.

For 450 you could get the following
A6 APU (cpu and gpu in one great for low budgets and low profile gaming/photo editing)
Hudson D3 board
Mid tower case
500 W PSU.
8 GB RAM
1.5 TB HDD
60 GB SSD

my recommendation is to just wait until you have around 750.

GTX 480 is no longer relevant. AMD FX CPU's suck. Almost every single MOBO manufacturer these days has an EUFI BIOS so it's not only linked to Gigabyte and in the end lowering your selection.

burrow900 wrote DON'T buy Pentinium. Most games don't support anything below an i3 processor nowadays.

That does not make sense. An G550 matched up with a discrete video card like an AMD 7770 will easily outbench and AMD 3870K any day of the week and can easily be fitted in a $500 budget.

lol 480 out performs a 7850. FX cpu out perform the i5, A6 out performs the i3. And the a6 is if you want to get more money for other things. Like HDD space, RAM, or an SSD. Or if you don't want to go el cheapo on a motherboard, which I don't suggest at all.

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The GTX 480 does not out perform it..but even if it did, it's so power hungry and gets insanely hot that it's an even more stupid purchase.

The AMD FX series out perform the 2500k you say...

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What's that? I'm right...again? Hmmm. Ok - onto the next one.

Not only does the A6 not out perform the i3, but it'd get even more destroyed once you match it up with a 7770.

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If you don't know what you're talking about ( which you don't ), commenting on topics and pasting misleading BS is not helping anybody, especially your reputation and credibility.

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but the 480 doesn't out perform the 7850.

The i5, better for gaming, FX, better for just about everything else. You just have to have a good board that can handle the threading. I meant to put A8 not A6, the A6 sucked.

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but the 480 doesn't out perform the 7850.

The i5, better for gaming, FX, better for just about everything else. You just have to have a good board that can handle the threading. I meant to put A8 not A6, the A6 sucked.

You just proved to yourself that the GTX 480 is a terrible card and that you really are clueless. You're comparing max TDP and not actual in game performance. The 2500k slays the entire AMD FX line in every single way - I dare you to prove me wrong. Cinebench does not lie.

It's called sarcasm the 480 obviously outperforms the 7850 look at the benchmark right there. And cinebench doesn't show the intangibles. Like browser loading, windows boot up, java loading, etc. A8 lives and dies by those. And tessellation with DX11 isn't even on that benchmark, A8's tessellation is a lot better. There is a reason that the A series are replacing i series with laptops, and it's because it's ahead of it's time, and in about 5-7 years, it will be what's new and no one will buy GPU's anymore. Hell, you can max out ME3 at 45 fps without a graphics card with the A8.

Do you even know how the numbers work for graphics cards too? Saying the 7850 out performs the 480 is one thing, just cuz you hadn't seen benchmarks, say 480 is a bad card is one thing. FYI this is how the numbers work

First number is the generation
(7)850 7th gen HD
(4)80 4th gen GTX

Second number is the architecture/performance level
7(8)50
6(8)50
4(8)0
5(7)0

the 3rd number for HD cards is just the model type within the architecture. I.E 7970, 7950, 7990

Therefore
6850 > 7770 Just a little, the generation does matter too, just not as much as the level.
480 > 570

If you don't believe me check the benchmarks
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