CPU SPECS

[tiktakt0w]

Ahh yes, I totally forgot about them less knowledgable people.

But,
You were certain that the Task manager does not show true CPU Core count.

Well, it does show many cores you have.

I forgot to mention though that the task manager found in Windows 8 does show how many cores and threads a processor has.

And ei, please do read my post again. I clearly stated that I found a GTX 650 Ti on sale at SM Bacoor for 5500 PHP. You get what I'm trying to say? SM Bacoor = @ Philippines.

OP did stated that his friend's budget was 40-50k php and with that, a fairly decent rig could be made. I could easily see a rig of i5 paired with a Decent GPU with that budget. Heck, I once made a rig consisting of an intel core i3 2100 @ 3GHz + a Radeon 6770 1gb GDDR5 plus a 600 watt PSU for only 20K php.

Again, with that budget, any APU is not a wise decision for gaming.