Planned System,Thoughts?

[Ryan Leech]

My friend has been using the same pc since 2005 and has recently decided that it's time for and upgrade. He mostly plays source games, wow, and lol. His budget is around $550 and he already has windows, monitor, and peripherals. He is dead set on having water cooling so that's why i included the CM 120V.

 

Let me know your thoughts on the system:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU:  AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($109.00)
CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Seidon 120V 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($49.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($0.00)
Memory:  Mushkin Silverline 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($41.99 @ Newegg)
Storage:  A-Data Premier Pro SP900 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($80.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card:  Galaxy GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost 2GB Video Card  ($163.98 @ Newegg)
Case:  Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($55.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply:  Rosewill Hive 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $551.91
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-17 01:52 EST-0500)

[joelthezombie15]

different PSU, more ram if you can squeeze it in. and see if you can get a 760 for cheaper.

[ViruZ_HUN]

My friend has been using the same pc since 2005 and has recently decided that it's time for and upgrade. He mostly plays source games, wow, and lol. His budget is around $550 and he already has windows, monitor, and peripherals. He is dead set on having water cooling so that's why i included the CM 120V.

 

Let me know your thoughts on the system:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU:  AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($109.00)

CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Seidon 120V 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($49.99 @ Microcenter)

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($0.00)

Memory:  Mushkin Silverline 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($41.99 @ Newegg)

Storage:  A-Data Premier Pro SP900 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($80.98 @ Newegg)

Video Card:  Galaxy GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost 2GB Video Card  ($163.98 @ Newegg)

Case:  Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($55.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply:  Rosewill Hive 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $551.91

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-17 01:52 EST-0500)

i would change the GPU to some r9 card... and get a real PSU and 8 gigs of ram, with that budget SSD is not recommended...

[Ryan Leech]

different PSU, more ram if you can squeeze it in. and see if you can get a 760 for cheaper.

The cheapest 760 is like $230 so yeah

[Ryan Leech]

i would change the GPU to some r9 card... and get a real PSU and 8 gigs of ram, with that budget SSD is not recommended...

The 270 is going to cost $200. Wouldn't the 260X be a downgrade?

[joelthezombie15]

i would change the GPU to some r9 card... and get a real PSU and 8 gigs of ram, with that budget SSD is not recommended...

if he gets a nice apu and a r9 card he could x-fire them for a little boost right?

[Ryan Leech]

if he gets a nice apu and a r9 card he could x-fire them for a little boost right?

Hybrid crossfire is actually worse than the lowend card by itself.

[ViruZ_HUN]

The 270 is going to cost $200. Wouldn't the 260X be a downgrade?

dont know which is best 260x or 650 ti, check some comperations

[BallisticPeanut]

For $180-$200 you could get a GTX 660 which will probably give a more enjoyable gaming experience.  The other $200 alternative would be the R9 270.

[WoodenMarker]

I'd get a cheaper case + psu (a cx430 is plenty) and try to get 8GB ram. Looks fine other than that.