hello , for a while now iam thinking of buying a new pc and was thinking about this setup >>


Intel I3 4130 3.4Ghz + Zalman Ultra Quiet CNPS80F

Gigabyte GA-H81M-S1

LG / Lite-ON DVD-RW X24

Transcend 4G DDR3 1600Mhz

Seagate 500G Barracuda Sata3 7200RPM

Sapphire 7790 1G GDDR5

Cooler Master CMP-350

Cooler Master 400W PFC + PCI-E 120mm Fan 3XSata

will this be good for sim racing games and other type of sim games and strategy games ?
i have xbox for all the heavy games so i dont have the need for a super gaming pc :]

Your build does seem adequate to run most games at med-high settings. The most important thing is your budget though. There might be cheaper offerings (older gen parts) which will fit into your current budget and perform better too, OR, similar performance at a lower price. Otherwise, this is a pretty decent build!

I would replace CPU with i5 and GPU with R 270X (or some other radeon card)

That GPU propably won't last you very long, also 8GB RAM would be preferrable. Get a used GTX 660 instead of a 7790 for more bang for buck.

how about the GTX650 ti ? same price as 7790 , will it last longer?
also the 400W will be inaf ?

650 Ti is pretty much equal to 7790. GTX 660 is about twice as fast.

400W will be enough for that setup even with a more powerful GPU.

Quote from Matrixi :

650 Ti is pretty much equal to 7790. GTX 660 is about twice as fast.

400W will be enough for that setup even with a more powerful GPU.

ok then 660 it is thx :]

You could do with perhaps a Sandy (H68) or Ivy i5 (H77). Either of those with their respective motherboard would be cheaper and more powerful than the i3 you have there. That way you might have slightly more to spend on better GPUs but I may be wrong. Older i5 still rock though.

found ready made pc , almost the same as the spec above with 8GB ram and 450W and R7 250 boost 1GB for about the same price , how is the r7 compare to 650ti and 7790 ?

Quote from shimon-ifraimov :

found ready made pc , almost the same as the spec above with 8GB ram and 450W and R7 250 boost 1GB for about the same price , how is the r7 compare to 650ti and 7790 ?

Radeon's r7 is still brand new, hence slightly more pricy then previous models. R7 260 (strongest of mid-range) is the once you can compare with 7790 (strongest of previous gen mid-range) and still 7790 has better performance.

Quote from shimon-ifraimov :

how is the r7 compare to 650ti and 7790 ?

Slow as **** by the looks of this comparison (theoretical)
http://www.hwcompare.com/15314 ... hd-7790-vs-radeon-r7-250/

Quote from Whiskey :

Slow as **** by the looks of this comparison (theoretical)
http://www.hwcompare.com/15314 ... hd-7790-vs-radeon-r7-250/

ya that dosent look good for the r7
i'll just buy the first setup