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LA_MERC_goose
December 10th, 2013, 02:54 PM
Haven't purchased a desktop in going on 10 years, company's always supplied me with a laptop. However, if I want to run BF4 I need new digs. What about this?

http://sellout.woot.com/offers/bb745bf-amd-8-core-hd7850-2gb-desktop

Built with Premium Components:

AMD FX Zambezi 8-Core Processor
Radeon HD Graphics Card
MSI 760GMA-P34 Motherboard
Western Digital 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
APEX 500W Power Supply
AZZA Atlas Chassis

Specifications:
Processor: AMD FX-8100 Zambezi 2.8GHz (3.7GHz Turbo)
Processor Core: Eight-Core
Cooling Method: Fan
Memory: 8GB DDR3-1600
Max Memory: 16GB
Memory Slots: 2
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB
Video Ports: (1) DVI; (1) HDMI; (1) DisplayPort
Hard Drive: 1TB Western Digital SATA 7200RPM
Optical Drive: Dual Format DVD±RW
Network: 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet

LA_MERC_DocSparky
December 10th, 2013, 05:19 PM
It's hard to know exactly how it would run, but the Radeon 7850 should do reasonably well. For the money though, I would look for an Intel Haswell (or event Ivy Bridge) class CPU. The new AMD R9 270 GPUs are pretty cheap cards for the power they give and you could through that in one of the cheaper Dell XPSs.

Maybe there's someone still around here that has more experience with the AMD CPUs.

LA_MERC_goose
December 10th, 2013, 09:44 PM
Thanks Doc

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