susik89
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So my parents asked me to build them a pc for about 500 bucks. My dad wants to play new games on it. He has 19"lcd so he will be playing at 1280x1024. This is first time i decided to give amd a shot since they are cheap and perform well. Here's what I've come up with so far. Any suggestions are welcome
CPU: Phenom II X3 710
MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P
RAM: OCZ Gold 4GB DDR3 1066
GPU: SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4850
PSU: OCZ ModXStream 500W
HDD: WD Caviar Blue 160GB
Case: Antec Three Hundred
Total comes to $510. Also there is new Athlon II X4 for 99 bucks but it doesn't have any L3 cache. Do you think i should pick that up over X3 710 with 6MB of L3 cache? I believe 3 cores + 6mb of l3 cache > 4 cores + none cache, especially in games because that's all this pc will be used for. What do you think sirs?
CPU: Phenom II X3 710
MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P
RAM: OCZ Gold 4GB DDR3 1066
GPU: SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4850
PSU: OCZ ModXStream 500W
HDD: WD Caviar Blue 160GB
Case: Antec Three Hundred
Total comes to $510. Also there is new Athlon II X4 for 99 bucks but it doesn't have any L3 cache. Do you think i should pick that up over X3 710 with 6MB of L3 cache? I believe 3 cores + 6mb of l3 cache > 4 cores + none cache, especially in games because that's all this pc will be used for. What do you think sirs?