Building a PC for LoL, how does this look?

Raue Drakenhaart··1 votes·1,073 views

CPU: AMD A8-7600 3.3GHz Quad-Core CPU Cooler: Cooler Master RR-T4-18PK-R1 70.0 CFM Rifle Bearing Thermal Compound: Arctic Cooling MX-2 4g Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 250 (1GB DDR5) Power Supply: Corsair 430W ATX12V Wireless: Rosewill N600PCE 802.11a/b/g/n (PCI-Express)

How does this build look? I'm on a tight budget, so when I did my research I looked for the best I could afford that would provide a good FPS. It's only really being built to run LoL and WoW, maybe a few other low-graphic games, but I think this will do fine. Let me know what you think, I'm up for Some second opinions.

6 Comments

Neo Cyrus3 votes

First of all I should tell you that just about any potato can run LoL maxed out at 60fps at 1080p/1440p/1600p. That being said...

CPU - Stay away from AMD APUs, they're meant for low end system that just need the basics. Stay away from AMD CPUs in general.

HSF - Meh, whatever. Hell you could even use the stock one since it doesn't sound like you want to OC it... do AMD APUs even come with one?

Thermal paste - MX-2 is fine.

Mobo - Too many options here based on what CPU you pick, just don't stinge out then regret it.

Memory - Don't forget to check timings. DDR3-1600 is the standard, but for about the same price you can get DDR3-2000 or 2133.

GPU - This is where it's impossible to give a recommendation, any piece of crap can max out LoL but buying such a video card like an R7 250 seems like a waste of money it's so weak.

PSU - This is the part where everyone stinges out which happens to be the LAST part which you should stinge out on. I don't know what the draw of something like the R7 250, but regardless I always recommend overkill. The closer a PSU is to its rating the less power efficient it is. For example my 950W PSU would have to draw probably around 1.3KW in order to supply 950W, however to supply say 600W it wouldn't need to draw any more than 750W.

Wireless - Whatever, though I would be weary of Rosewill stuff (Newegg's house brand).

If you're on that tight of a budget and you insist on an AMD APU then get whatever their most powerful one is if the GPU on it is powerful enough to max LoL (it should be) and skip the discrete graphics card altogether.

Raue Drakenhaart1 votes

The expected power draw from this system is around 320W out of the available 430W. I think I'm okay there.

The APU was specifically chosen because it has a setting for syncing with the GPU to do a semi-crossfire thing that should bump the performance on the GPU end. I guess it's supposed to act like virtual RAM for the GPU. I'm not completely sold on it, really, it was just a suggestion a friend who builds PCs a lot shot at me. Funny enough, he's not really a fan of AMD either, but he was pretty sure this would be the right kind of thing for a noob like me. Another option he cited was the AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core, another AMD chip, but he said his was golden until he needed an upgrade for doing the video editing he does for his Job.

Really I can afford between $525 and $600, and I am planning to upgrade when I can afford it, it's just the initial cost is more money than I've spent on anything, excepting airfare, and I just want to make sure it's going to be better than the Laptop I'm currently gaming on (It's not really meant for it, and I can't stand >20FPS anymore, especially when I'm trying to play ranked.

Neo Cyrus1 votes

Well I looked up what APUs are available and it seems the most powerful for sale right now is the A10-7580K. By the sound of things you should just buy a budget system around that and skip the discrete GPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113359&cm_re=AMD_A10-_-19-113-359-_-Product

It has 512 shaders on the GPU core, the R7 250 has only 384. So even though the 250 has its own dedicated memory (which will be significantly faster than an on-board GPU sucking on slower system RAM) it is absolutely underwhelming, don't waste your money on it.

Angry Monster1 votes

It will run league. But league runs on toasters.

If you are looking at other gaming you might want to do some research. I am not up to date on AMD stuff, but i know that they can have different tier of products. Just cause it says quad does not mean it will run well. They have 8 core CPUs for a reason. Just make sure.

http://pcpartpicker.com/

this site will allow you to search products and then see several other sites. You do not actually buy through partpicker

Raue Drakenhaart1 votes

I actually have been using the above website to manage the compatibility of the components.

My current potato is leagues from a toaster in terms of it's ability to play league, see the >20FPS comment in response to Cyrus.

What would either of you suggest, using the above website, in the 525-600 range in regard to parts? Again, I'm a noob, so anyone with better understanding is someone I'm going to listen to.

(I realize I could get a boutique to build something for me, but the extra hundreds of dollars I don't have are not in the cards for me. I'm not bad at putting things together, just knowing what to put together at all.)

Angry Monster1 votes

Is this just to play league on? OR are you looking to do more serious gaming? Knowing what the computer is for is important.

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