Using some old parts to put together a cheap rig for my brother

[WaavinHicks]

He want's to start gaming and I just recently upgraded my computer so have some 12-18 month old parts lying around from when I bought them

 

CPU: AMD 4300

Cooler: CM Hyper 212 evo

GPU: Sapphire HD 7950

PSU: Corsair cx600w

 

also have a case and some hard drives somewhere too

 

just need tips for a good bang for your buck motherboard and ram basically, and is it worth getting an entry level SSD?

 

[Shd0w2]

Grab a 32/64gb ssd for the OS, some cheap 8gb 1600 kit from pcpartpicker, and an MSI or gigabyte cheap one

[Wiflare]

do you have a budget?
Where are you located?

[TopplesS]

Where abouts are you from? Budget?

[Wiflare]

Grab a 32/64gb ssd for the OS, some cheap 8gb 1600 kit from pcpartpicker, and an MSI or gigabyte cheap one

talking from experience, 32 gigs just isn't enough.

[Sernyhough]

talking from experience, 32 gigs just isn't enough.

neither is 64gb in mine

[x Relentless Xx]

talking from experience, 32 gigs just isn't enough.

64GB SSD for Windows 7/8 is not enough either. Id go with a 120GB Samsung 840 EVO. Best bang for your buck SSD in my opinion

[TopplesS]

Give this a go:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

Motherboard:  MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory:  G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage:  Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($67.99 @ Micro Center) 

Total: $174.97

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-24 19:35 EDT-0400)

[WaavinHicks]

do you have a budget?

Where are you located?

 

 

Where abouts are you from? Budget?

Live in Australia, would be shopping from pccasegear

 

budget, probably 400ish, maybe bit more if it gave a significant increase in performance, but he would rather as cheap as possible before it really starts to affect performance

[TopplesS]

Live in Australia, would be shopping from pccasegear

 

budget, probably 400ish, maybe bit more if it gave a significant increase in performance, but he would rather as cheap as possible before it really starts to affect performance

Updated:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard  ($115.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Memory:  G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($99.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Storage:  Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($89.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Total: $303.00

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-25 09:45 EST+1000)

[WaavinHicks]

 

Give this a go:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

Motherboard:  MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory:  G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage:  Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($67.99 @ Micro Center) 

Total: $174.97

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-24 19:35 EDT-0400)

 

That motherboard doesnt seem to be available anywhere, was thinking maybe something like the GIGABYTE GA-970A

 

Just realised you updated, that motherboard it is then I guess