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So.... I'm a 15yr old kid who wants to get into pc gaming, but I don't exactly know anything about PC parts or anything to do with PC's, I have made a PC Part Picker build and was wondering if you guys could help me out and tell me if theres any way I can bring the cost down, or any other parts that are better than the ones I have on the build so far! And my Budget is around $500

Thanks so much!
Cam

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/camiscool/saved/ 
(The only build I have on this pc part picker account)
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Welcome to the Forum, Cam.

I'd make a couple of changes:

I wouldn't go with FX for gaming, because while the FX-6300 is good on paper the single-core performance isn't great and that's what games benefit from these days, which is why Intel is dominating the gaming market right now. Also, I'm not sure you should be spending that much on a motherboard.

 

See if I can throw something together...

 

Also, I'm 14 by the way.

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($166.95 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($69.89 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 


Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Enermax Thorex ATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 


Total: $533.69

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-05 16:44 EDT-0400

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So.... I'm a 15yr old kid who wants to get into pc gaming, but I don't exactly know anything about PC parts or anything to do with PC's, I have made a PC Part Picker build and was wondering if you guys could help me out and tell me if theres any way I can bring the cost down, or any other parts that are better than the ones I have on the build so far! And my Budget is around $500

Thanks so much!

Cam

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/camiscool/saved/ 

(The only build I have on this pc part picker account)

 

 

a little more but way better...

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/L8Nxqs

<p>Wish I could have this already!! : http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qTLRjX

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($166.95 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($69.89 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Enermax Thorex ATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $533.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-05 16:44 EDT-0400

 

i would have to go with this one... great configuration!

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Why did you choose a 4GB 960?

yeap agree with dis dude

4gb 960 is not necessary 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($69.78 @ OutletPC)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($26.98 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($50.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($50.89 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($184.99 @ NCIX US)

Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($32.99 @ Mwave)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $505.60

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-05 16:54 EDT-0400

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a little more but way better...

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/L8Nxqs

actually its VERY similar performance

get some oc on that 280 and it will perform better than the 960

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actually its VERY similar performance

get some oc on that 280 and it will perform better than the 960

maybe but games seem to like nvidia just an opinion but both are an option

<p>Wish I could have this already!! : http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qTLRjX

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2gb not enough

well i have an old gtx 670 with 2gb and i have never run into any problems with not enough vram. (even in titles like bf4 at a lot of settings at ultra)

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maybe but games seem to like nvidia just an opinion but both are an option

oh that is right forgot about that

the shady and untold part of pc gaming

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oh that is right forgot about that

the shady and untold part of pc gaming

like i said an opinion

 

i have just had issues personally with amd drivers so yeh

<p>Wish I could have this already!! : http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qTLRjX

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($166.95 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($69.89 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Enermax Thorex ATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $533.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-05 16:44 EDT-0400

 

33 bucks off the budget SNAP

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