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Hello TTG,
So I've built my second gaming PC, I've gone from an EVGA GTX 570 & AMD Athlon x2 3.7GHz to an APU Build Mini ITX Chassis.
Spec:
Bitfenix Prodigy m case
Ballistix tactical tracer 1866MHz 4GB Ram
asrock fm2a88x-itx+ Motherboard
AMD A10 7850k Kaveri 4.0GHz APU + R7 Graphics integrated
Hitachi 1TB HDD
Corsair 600W Modular PSU
Pictures:
[img]http://imgur.com/dZcBP7b[/img]
[img]http://imgur.com/F4gDhPy[/img]
[img]http://imgur.com/nhd2pS6[/img]
[img]http://imgur.com/fVxLg0f[/img]
Problem:
I am aware obviously an APU isn't top draw for gaming! This was more of an experimental build as I wanted to delve into something different. Do I... Upgrade to 16GB RAM and SLI Crossfire with an R7 250 card? Or sell it as it is and go back to a dedicated GPU and CPU to ensure losing anymore money and making sure I get full FPS?
Thanks TTG!
So I've built my second gaming PC, I've gone from an EVGA GTX 570 & AMD Athlon x2 3.7GHz to an APU Build Mini ITX Chassis.
Spec:
Bitfenix Prodigy m case
Ballistix tactical tracer 1866MHz 4GB Ram
asrock fm2a88x-itx+ Motherboard
AMD A10 7850k Kaveri 4.0GHz APU + R7 Graphics integrated
Hitachi 1TB HDD
Corsair 600W Modular PSU
Pictures:
[img]http://imgur.com/dZcBP7b[/img]
[img]http://imgur.com/F4gDhPy[/img]
[img]http://imgur.com/nhd2pS6[/img]
[img]http://imgur.com/fVxLg0f[/img]
Problem:
I am aware obviously an APU isn't top draw for gaming! This was more of an experimental build as I wanted to delve into something different. Do I... Upgrade to 16GB RAM and SLI Crossfire with an R7 250 card? Or sell it as it is and go back to a dedicated GPU and CPU to ensure losing anymore money and making sure I get full FPS?
Thanks TTG!
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Not 16GB, go for 8GB it will save you a hell of a load.
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Rizmah wrote Not 16GB, go for 8GB it will save you a hell of a load.
What speed? 1600/1866/2400? Cheers
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1866/2400 will help as high ram speeds help FPS in games that have an APU running it
Also, id stick with the single GPU as you hardly have room in that case, you'll get better performance and you wont get driver/game issues when running a single GPU
Also, id stick with the single GPU as you hardly have room in that case, you'll get better performance and you wont get driver/game issues when running a single GPU
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You could run the R7 250 and the APU in hybrid mode fir moar frames.
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