Guidance for Frist DIY Build

[Callubnger]

Hi

 

I’m looking at building my first DIY gaming PC for around the $1000 mark, I want to be able to play games like BattleField 4 resemble will. I live in Australia so I’m getting my computer parts from “PC case gear” which is one of the cheapest stores in Australia.

 

This is what I’m think so far

 

Motherboard: $119 ASUS M5A97 R2.0

CPU: $179 AMD FX-8320

Case: $159 NZXT H440 (I know I could save a lot of money on the case, although I can’t go past this one.)

RAM: $99 Kingston hyper X 8GB

PSU: $60 Antec Basiq 500watt

SSD: $75 Kingmax 120GB

GPU: $259 Gainward GTX 760 2GB   

HDD: $65 Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB 7200RPM

 

Which comes to $1015

 

Any thought on what could make it better or if the finished machine will even be any good?  

 

PS. I know that the prices are pretty high, but that just how they are in Australia. 

[Totally-A-Hero]

Hi

 

I’m looking at building my first DIY gaming PC for around the $1000 mark, I want to be able to play games like BattleField 4 resemble will. I live in Australia so I’m getting my computer parts from “PC case gear” which is one of the cheapest stores in Australia.

 

This is what I’m think so far

 

Motherboard: $119 ASUS M5A97 R2.0

CPU: $179 AMD FX-8320

Case: $159 NZXT H440 (I know I could save a lot of money on the case, although I can’t go past this one.)

RAM: $99 Kingston hyper X 8GB

PSU: $60 Antec Basiq 500watt

SSD: $75 Kingmax 120GB

GPU: $259 Gainward GTX 760 2GB   

HDD: $65 Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB 7200RPM

 

Which comes to $1015

 

Any thought on what could make it better or if the finished machine will even be any good?  

 

PS. I know that the prices are pretty high, but that just how they are in Australia. 

those prices arent that bad actually, everything on this list is only 15 bucks less in US

[NInety]

Maybe a cheaper brand of RAM. Like ADATA or G.Skill.

[SatoshiNan]

switch to R9 280 , same price , better performance

[Notree]

I would opt for a different psu. Something like the Corsair cx 500. Looks good other then that.  If you can increase budget id look at 280x instead of a 760 and 4690k instead of 8320. Never heard of kingmax ssd so cant say much about that.

[Callubnger]

Yeah and i think a PSU at 500watt is a bit of over kill any way

[TwOne]

switch to R9 280 , same price , better performance

Especially since you want to play Battlefield 4. Switch on Mantle, have a huge performance boost over the GTX 760. It is even cheaper in my country.

[SatoshiNan]

Especially since you want to play Battlefield 4. Switch on Mantle, have a huge performance boost over the GTX 760. It is even cheaper in my country.

the R9 280 is around $15 cheaper than GTX760 in my country , i regret i did not wait for it release.