Need advice regarding the GTX 850M

Hi guys,

I have decided to buy a barebones Clevo notebook with the Nvidia GTX 850m 2gb. I am broke college student and buying a barebones is the only way i can afford a reasonable machine lol. so ...by budget is only $650 lol however, I have figured it out kind of. SO i am getting this Clevo Clevo W650SR Barebone Series, 15.6" IPS Matte FHD LCD, nVidia GT 750M 2GB w/Optimus Technology, Intel 4th Gen. CPU, DVDRW The link shows 750m but its GTX 850m once u open the link

It comes down to just $519 without the dvd drive ( amazing isnt it)

It comes with the GTX 850M, I already have a 7200rpm 500gb lying around ... Also, I have several 1600 mhz 1.35, 1.5 V ram sticks also. but the only thing i dont have is a compatible processor. I was thinking about getting a used i5-4200m from ebay and puting it myself as i know its easy to, however i am little afraid of buying a used processor. I can also go with I3-4000m installed by RJtech themseleves which would cost me an extra $135 ( within my budget). However my problem is will the i3-4000m bottleneck the GTX 850M? need advice

Thanks

 

CPUs literally work forever, so buy the used one.

 

I agree, buy the faster used cpu assuming the source looks reputable. Usually it's someone that's upgrading and just getting rid of their original cpu. I've got an i5-3210M sitting on my shelf I'd give you if it would work but being it's Ivy Bridge doubt it'll work in a Haswell board.

Enjoy your new machine!

 

SO u guys think the i3 would bottleneck the card?

 

on heavy multiplayer games or cpu bound (starcraft 2) or ps2 you may need to have a little extra cpu power

 

I would not worry about bottleneck at all, the GPU is what important for games. And if the popular MSI GX60 gaming machine's A10-4600M enough for Radeon 8970M, than an i3 especially enough for an 850M. Is this PC have smaller 14" version? I'm also interested to get one for this price...

 

The A10 is not enough for the 8970M. That right there is the definition of an unbalanced system. CPU bottleneck out the wazoo.

@OP get the used i5 as it's faster and it saves you money. Too bad about the GTX 850M being GDDR3 but I guess you can't expect any better at that price range.

 

You couldn't be any more wrong.

 

No, I'm not interested about Anandtech reviews, they making elephant from flea. You have also did not get what I have meant with this extreme example...

 

Every reviewer who's tested the MSI GX60/70 has said the exact same thing about the CPU bottleneck...

As have the owners in this very forum.

 

Nobody should settle for i3 processors.
Minimum i5 is the way to go. You be very thankful once you fire up the typical CPU bound games where that GTX 850M will not play a big role

 

Lol, what are you even talking about?

 

I think he is referring to Anandtech making an an anthill out of a mole as expressed by the elephant and flea reference!

 

Man, I seriously feel sorry about you . You know what? Just go ahead and spend lots of extra hundred dollars for the higher end intel CPUs near to a mid-range GPU. It might going to give few more FPS at low quality settings, in case if you likes low settings and 100+FPS. I rather keep graphics settings high around 30-60FPS with minimized heat and fan noise output... Meanwhile if you still did not get it, for a mid range GPU won't be bottleneck factor any kind of CPU, unless you want to find with purpose.

 

Ah I see. Lost in (Google) Translation...

 

are clevo/sagers good quality otherwise? I am thinking to get a get a used i5-4200m or a i5-4310m after reading your replies ....but its quite hard to find them a lot of times . Also do u guys know if this RJtech website is reliable or if u guys know another resellers who sell barebones?