Please Help

[averydayer]

So i want to build my computer and I want to have a very good price per performance ratio. I am planning on getting these parts.

APU: AMD A8-5600K

GPU: ATI Radeon HD 5850

Motherboard: ASUS A55M-E FM2

Ram: 8 gigs of Corsair Vengeance sdram

 

 

I was wondering if anyone could help me out with picking a cheap power supply that has room for expansion. Also a cheap MATX case that doesn't look horrible. Oh and if anyone could tell me if im making the best price-per-performance decisions that would be much appreciated.

 

Thank you for reading.

[Toxic Tom]

PSU - Corsair CX series

Case - Fractal Design Core 1000

[Izaya Orihara]

I'd like to welcome you to the forum. Enjoy your stay. What is your budget and your location? Do you have any parts that you coudle use form an older build? 

[MrBucket101]

Corsair HX650 or the HX750 are pretty affordable and can handle more than 1 GPU

Semi-modular 80+ Gold

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139012

89.99 w/ 20$ MIR

Edit: got bored put this together http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3vk0w

[Guest]

Welcome to the forum. Just to let you know, this thread is in the wrong section

[nj4ck]

Corsair HX650 or the HX750 are pretty affordable and can handle more than 1 GPU

Semi-modular 80+ Gold

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139012

89.99 w/ 20$ MIR

The system he listed above won't pull over 350 watts from the wall under any circumstances. Any good 450W PSU will do just fine, he doesn't need a 650 or 750.

 

I would recommend getting a Corsair CX430. CX500 for expandability.

[MrBucket101]

The system he listed above won't pull over 350 watts from the wall under any circumstances. Any good 450W PSU will do just fine, he doesn't need a 650 or 750.

I would recommend getting a Corsair CX430. CX500 for expandability.

He specifically requested a PSU that would allow room for expansion. A 650W PSU will easily handle an additional GPU or more drives or anything he could throw at it within a reasonable budget

[nj4ck]

He specifically requested a PSU that would allow room for expansion. A 650W PSU will easily handle an additional GPU or more drives or anything he could throw at it within a reasonable budget

true, but his build is obiously budged oriented, so I wouldn't recommend throwing $100 at a massively overkill PSU like the  HX750, especially not if a CX series PSU will do the trick just fine for him.

[Lord Pantaloons]

This does not have good price to performance....

 

 

Edit

 

This rig would be nice, the PSU is a 750w from a good company and take take up to two GPU's as can the motherboard. The GPU is crossfire compatible and adding another later would be a solid upgrade. More upgrades to consider later for this would be a aftermarket cooler to allow for safe temps while overclocking and an SSD or another HDD.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3vkIn

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU:  AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($79.19 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard:  ASRock FM2A75M Pro4+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory:  PNY XLR8 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card:  MSI Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card  ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Case:  Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($35.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply:  Rosewill Hive 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $500.12
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-20 18:20 EDT-0400)

[averydayer]

I'd like to welcome you to the forum. Enjoy your stay. What is your budget and your location? Do you have any parts that you coudle use form an older build? 

The most I'm willing to spend on the hardware is like $450. I live in Springfield Oregon. This is a compleatly from scratch build, the only things i have are a mouse and keyboard.

[averydayer]

This does not have good price to performance....

How so? can you tell me what parts would yield better performance for the same price?

[Lord Pantaloons]

How so? can you tell me what parts would yield better performance for the same price?

I edited my post, take a look.

[averydayer]

This does not have good price to performance....

 

 

Edit

 

This rig would be nice, the PSU is a 750w from a good company and take take up to two GPU's as can the motherboard. The GPU is crossfire compatible and adding another later would be a solid upgrade. More upgrades to consider later for this would be a aftermarket cooler to allow for safe temps while overclocking and an SSD or another HDD.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3vkIn

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU:  AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($79.19 @ TigerDirect)

Motherboard:  ASRock FM2A75M Pro4+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Micro Center)

Memory:  PNY XLR8 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.99 @ Amazon)

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.98 @ OutletPC)

Video Card:  MSI Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card  ($149.99 @ Newegg)

Case:  Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($35.99 @ Amazon)

Power Supply:  Rosewill Hive 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $500.12

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-20 18:20 EDT-0400)

Are there any places where I can save some money on this setup

[Izaya Orihara]

The most I'm willing to spend on the hardware is like $450. I live in Springfield Oregon. This is a compleatly from scratch build, the only things i have are a mouse and keyboard.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3vkWE

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3vkWE/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3vkWE/benchmarks/

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($84.74 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A75M Pro4+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Micro Center) 

Memory: PNY XLR8 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($144.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($34.99 @ TigerDirect) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $474.67

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-20 18:25 EDT-0400)

I'm 25$ over the budgetr but it's 25 $ well spend. 

[Lord Pantaloons]

Are there any places where I can save some money on this setup

Yes, a cheaper motherboard, PSU, and GPU but this is really close to your budget and would give you a great foundation with which to upgrade later since it would already be ready to accept another GPU and more hard drives. With a cheaper motherboard and PSU you would most likely end up having to upgrade them to get any better performance in the long run, but spending a bit more now and getting a better motherboard and PSU means that later you would only have to add another R7 265 to get a big performance boost. I know you said your budget is around $450 but it's only $50 more and getting this build would leave you in a far better position than getting anything cheaper would.

[averydayer]

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3vkWE

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3vkWE/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3vkWE/benchmarks/

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($84.74 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A75M Pro4+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Micro Center) 

Memory: PNY XLR8 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($144.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($34.99 @ TigerDirect) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $474.67

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-20 18:25 EDT-0400)

I'm 25$ over the budgetr but it's 25 $ well spend. 

 

 

 

This does not have good price to performance....

 

 

Edit

 

This rig would be nice, the PSU is a 750w from a good company and take take up to two GPU's as can the motherboard. The GPU is crossfire compatible and adding another later would be a solid upgrade. More upgrades to consider later for this would be a aftermarket cooler to allow for safe temps while overclocking and an SSD or another HDD.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3vkIn

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU:  AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($79.19 @ TigerDirect)

Motherboard:  ASRock FM2A75M Pro4+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Micro Center)

Memory:  PNY XLR8 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.99 @ Amazon)

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.98 @ OutletPC)

Video Card:  MSI Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card  ($149.99 @ Newegg)

Case:  Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($35.99 @ Amazon)

Power Supply:  Rosewill Hive 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $500.12

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-20 18:20 EDT-0400)

 

which system would have better performance and upgrade ability?

[Lord Pantaloons]

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3vkWE

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3vkWE/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3vkWE/benchmarks/

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($84.74 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A75M Pro4+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Micro Center) 

Memory: PNY XLR8 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($144.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($34.99 @ TigerDirect) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $474.67

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-20 18:25 EDT-0400)

I'm 25$ over the budgetr but it's 25 $ well spend. 

 

Mine would be better, the 750 Ti and the 265 perform similarly but the 265 is faster. The motherboard I chose supports crossfire and not SLI so another could be added which you couldn't do with the 750 Ti, the case I chose is also better as is the PSU. Also the 760k isn't worth the extra $10 as you could easily match the clocks with the 750k even on the stock cooler. Mine is slightly more expensive but it is much better in the long run.

 

 

@TheSLSAMG back me up here

[averydayer]

Mine would be better, the 750 Ti and the 265 perform similarly but the 265 is faster. The motherboard I chose supports crossfire and not SLI so another could be added which you couldn't do with the 750 Ti, the case I chose is also better as is the PSU. Also the 760k isn't worth the extra $10 as you could easily match the clocks with the 750k even on the stock cooler. Mine is slightly more expensive but it is much better in the long run.

 

 

@TheSLSAMG back me up here

 

The estimated wattage for this build is 339W, and you chose a 750W 80+ bronze pcu. why?

[TheSLSAMG]

@ system is better by far. The GTX 750Ti performs similarly to an R7 260/GTX 660, while the R7 265 performs similarly to the R9 270/HD 7850 and yet it costs the same amount of money as the 750 Ti.

 

If you want a good value/money machine, get mrpants' build.

[TheSLSAMG]

The estimated wattage for this build is 339W, and you chose a 750W 80+ bronze pcu. why?

He chose it so the OP can upgrade to a multi-GPU configuration in the future, and the price is extremely good.

[Izaya Orihara]

which system would have better performance and upgrade ability?

mrpants, on 21 Apr 2014 - 12:36 AM, said:

Mine would be better, the 750 Ti and the 265 perform similarly but the 265 is faster. The motherboard I chose supports crossfire and not SLI so another could be added which you couldn't do with the 750 Ti, the case I chose is also better as is the PSU. Also the 760k isn't worth the extra $10 as you could easily match the clocks with the 750k even on the stock cooler. Mine is slightly more expensive but it is much better in the long run.

Yes his one is sligthy better in therms of GPU power. ( Much better in the long run... What are you talking about? Gotta be kidding me) Why in hell would you Crossfire such a lowend card? Also the Core 1000 is a terrible case. It may be Fractal but this one is junk. Also here PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3vlAM

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3vlAM/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3vlAM/benchmarks/

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($84.74 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A75M Pro4+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Micro Center) 

Memory: PNY XLR8 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Club 3D Radeon R9 270 2GB Video Card  ($159.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($34.99 @ TigerDirect) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $489.67

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-20 18:43 EDT-0400) 

Now it wins in GPU and CPu performace.

 

Also afaik the 760k and athe 750k aren't the same architecture and that is why it's better even if you match the clock. 

[Lord Pantaloons]

The estimated wattage for this build is 339W, and you chose a 750W 80+ bronze pcu. why?

You said that you wanted room for expansion, a 750w would have loads of room for expansion. My rig(listed in my signature) runs on a 750w PSU, not only will this run another 265 if you put one in there it can be used in a more powerful system later, plus it's a good deal and it's from a good company.

[Lord Pantaloons]

 

Yes his one is sligthy better in therms of GPU power. (What are you talking about? Gotta be kidding me) Why in hell would you Crossfire such a lowend card? Also the Core 1000 is a terrible case. It may be Fractal but this one is junk. Also here PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3vlAM

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3vlAM/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3vlAM/benchmarks/

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($84.74 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A75M Pro4+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Micro Center) 

Memory: PNY XLR8 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Club 3D Radeon R9 270 2GB Video Card  ($159.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($34.99 @ TigerDirect) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $489.67

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-20 18:43 EDT-0400) 

Now it wins in GPU and CPu performace.

 

Also afaik the 760k and athe 750k aren't the same architecture and that is why it's better even if you match the clock. 

 

AMD's per core performance is crap and their IPC never improves so the only difference would be 3-4% but even if it were 10% it wouldn't be noticeable in any game. It's not worth it when the $10 can be used elsewhere. As far as the GPU goes the 265 is a midrage card and when you have a low budget getting a mid range card and adding another later is more cost effective in the long run if you can't get all the money together for a more powerful rig in one go. Scaling for two way Xfire is excellent in games and it's a legitimate plan. And the PSU is semi modular and the case looks better and is made better than the cougar case so despite the fact that the Core 1000 doesn't have cable routing holes cable management would be easy as pie.

[averydayer]

I have decided to build this

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3vK7O