Last look on my partslist before buying

[Arikuzo]

Hey,
I am a student and only have this old netbook, I want to build a gaming system on a budget. I have searched around and made a partslist, I want the SSD for the speed and I chose 4GB RAM to stay under budget. I plan on overclocking in the future. So what do you think?

Budget & Location: My budget is $600 and I live in Belgium.

Aim: Mostly gaming (Minecraft, LoL, Bioshock infinite, Borderlands 2,...), and then webbrowsing and SolidWorks (if it can stream games on twitch that would be nice too)

Monitors: I have one 24" 1080p monitor

Peripherals: I have mouse, keyboard and operating system

 

 

Partslist:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($84.73 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus A88XM-A Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($77.24 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Value Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($73.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($55.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $608.88
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-07 12:19 EDT-0400)

[Shd0w2]

Bump up to 8gb and drop the ssd,nor just increase budget

[Cacao]

Hello!

 

I would recommend this + the 120gb 840 EVO.

 

[Scionyde]

I noticed you're on the American page of PC Part Picker. Living in Belgium, are you able to get all those same prices?

 

The build itself seems okay, but as soon as you get some more cash on hand, I'd recommend getting an aftermarket CPU cooler and upgrading your RAM to 8 GB.

[Arikuzo]

I noticed you're on the American page of PC Part Picker. Living in Belgium, are you able to get all those same prices?

 

The build itself seems okay, but as soon as you get some more cash on hand, I'd recommend getting an aftermarket CPU cooler and upgrading your RAM to 8 GB.

Thanks for the reply,

yes, I can get the parts for the same price and what cpu cooler would you recommend?

[Scionyde]

Thanks for the reply,

yes, I can get the parts for the same price and what cpu cooler would you recommend?

 

Hm. I would've suggested the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO, but PCPP is flagging an incompatibility, possibly because your case doesn't have enough room for that CPU cooler's height.

 

Perhaps the Hyper TX3? I haven't used it personally, so I can't be 100% sure, but it seems to be in the same 'family' as the Hyper 212 EVO. http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr910htx3g1

[jtrier1]

Hey,

I am a student and only have this old netbook, I want to build a gaming system on a budget. I have searched around and made a partslist, I want the SSD for the speed and I chose 4GB RAM to stay under budget. I plan on overclocking in the future. So what do you think?

Budget & Location: My budget is $600 and I live in Belgium.

Aim: Mostly gaming (Minecraft, LoL, Bioshock infinite, Borderlands 2,...), and then webbrowsing and SolidWorks (if it can stream games on twitch that would be nice too)

Monitors: I have one 24" 1080p monitor

Peripherals: I have mouse, keyboard and operating system

 

 

Partslist:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($84.73 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Asus A88XM-A Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($77.24 @ Amazon)

Memory: G.Skill Value Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($34.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($73.98 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.98 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($179.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($55.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Micro Center)

Total: $608.88

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-07 12:19 EDT-0400)

 

a single 4gb stick isn't much to play games these days, and it would be wiser to spend more on RAM so you won't have to upgrade so quickly. With a couple of small changes, I was able to get you 8GB dual channel RAM, a CPU cooler, and get you under budget. This suggestion will play 98% of current available games, I think with a little tweaking of the CPU & graphics card, you should be able to play all games.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3FHd7

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3FHd7/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3FHd7/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($84.73 @ OutletPC)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master DK9-7E52A-0L-GP CPU Cooler  ($8.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard  ($44.99 @ Micro Center)

Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($64.99 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($59.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($179.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  ($55.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Micro Center)

Total: $589.64

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-07 15:38 EDT-0400)