Need advice for new PC

[malbert911]

Hi guys,

Im new to these forums so, i hope i posted this in the right place.

 

Im planing on building a new pc, this would be my first complete build.

I have already upgraded pcs in the past.

 

My current pc is getting really old, im lagging in pretty much all my games even after clean install of W10.

I have a friend that would like to buy my pc and use it as a simple HTPC.

 

My budget is about 850$ CAD with taxes and shipping. ( I could go over a little)

This PC will be used mostly for playing League of Legends, Minecraft, Trove and Google Chrome.

Here is what I got so far

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/tvxMWZ

Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/tvxMWZ/by_merchant/

 

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($107.95 @ Vuugo) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($78.99 @ NCIX) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($64.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.74 @ DirectCanada) 

Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 360 2GB Video Card  ($156.98 @ Newegg Canada) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Memory Express) 

Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer  ($14.88 @ Canada Computers) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($122.00 @ shopRBC) 

Other: Thermaltake Versa N21 ($54.76)

Total: $725.27

Prices include shipping, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-03 21:59 EDT-0400

 

NOTE: Prices do not contain taxes, taxes in my province are about 15% (about 833$)

 

I will change the case to something that has dvd bay around that same price point.

I do not plan on overclocking.

 

So please, tell me if its good, bad, horrible, a disgrace, etc

or if its way over kill for a 1080P 60Hz Monitor.

 

PS: I already own a keyboard and mouse, but if I have extra budget, i will put that money on a back light keyboard.

 

Thanks in advance

[Darth-Marius]

read my signature, then fix your build

[Egad]

For Minecraft you absolutely want an Intel processor.  Minecraft is currently two very demanding threads and AMD FX does not handle intensive threads well.  

[Amazingasian]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($139.39 @ Vuugo) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($97.13 @ DirectCanada) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.99 @ NCIX) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.75 @ Vuugo) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 4GB Dual-X Video Card  ($244.50 @ Vuugo) 

Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($48.50 @ Vuugo) 

Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($101.00 @ Vuugo) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($122.00 @ shopRBC) 

Total: $872.26

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-03 22:30 EDT-0400

[Egad]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($230.75 @ shopRBC) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.05 @ Vuugo) 

Motherboard: Asus H81M-K Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($67.25 @ Vuugo) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($64.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($65.49 @ DirectCanada) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card  ($169.99 @ NCIX) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ NCIX) 

Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer  ($14.88 @ Canada Computers) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($122.00 @ shopRBC) 

Other: Thermaltake Versa N21 ($54.76)

Total: $869.14

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-03 22:38 EDT-0400

 

I would probably do this given one of your listed games are that demanding, although depending on what shaders, resource packs, you add to Minecraft you bring almost any graphics card to its knees.  You could not get the cooler and use the stock one from Intel to put yourself under your budget, although you might find the Intel one a bit noisy at times.

[malbert911]

Omg, thanks for all the replies.

Im going to bed now and will come up with a v2 using your suggestions tomorrow.

 

Thanks again

[iuppiter_zeus]

because your type of use doesn't require much graphics power your decision wasn't that bad on the video card, although i would recommend a card which doesn't need a 6 or 8 pin PSU connector, so that u can use a cheaper PSU with less power (400 should be enough). I played minecraft and also LOL on a GT640 for a while, which costs today about 40€ but you haven't to go that low.

 

I would also go with a bit cheaper RAM (1x 8GB is often cheaper than 2x 4GB) and with the money left you should pick up a better CPU, I recommend a FX-8350 because (you can overclock them easily and) it's more "bang for the buck", and a SSD. a SSD makes a system feel much faster. 64 or 128 GB is definitely enough.

 

for the OS you can also grab a windows 7 64-bit and upgrade it for free to windows 10, so you safe about 30-50 bucks, but you have to keep in mind that you must install ALL the windows updates (about 200).

 

btw your case has 1 5.25" bay for the DVD drive.

 

I hope I helped you and my english wasn't that bad