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I'm planning on ordering the parts for my new, budget pc build (500$ budget) in about a week or so and I was wondering if the pc will run nicely, without any compatability issues. The new PC will mostly be used for gaming and I think that this PC can handle the newest games at high graphics.

 

 
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($84.73 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI A88XM-E35 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($67.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.99 @ TigerDirect) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  ($169.99 @ Micro Center) 
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus White ATX Mid Tower Case  ($61.50 @ Mwave) 
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Micro Center) 
Total: $499.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 
Tell what you guys think about the PC, is it solid or would it be better to change some parts?
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I'm planning on ordering the parts for my new, budget pc build (500$ budget) in about a week or so and I was wondering if the pc will run nicely, without any compatability issues. The new PC will mostly be used for gaming and I think that this PC can handle the newest games at high graphics.

 

 
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($84.73 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI A88XM-E35 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($67.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.99 @ TigerDirect) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  ($169.99 @ Micro Center) 
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus White ATX Mid Tower Case  ($61.50 @ Mwave) 
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Micro Center) 
Total: $499.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 
Tell what you guys think about the PC, is it solid or would it be better to change some parts?

 

 

Do you have a hard drive already? I don't see any storage options.

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($98.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.99 @ TigerDirect) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($124.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Micro Center) 

Total: $483.93

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Get these instead that way you can upgrade to Broadwell later on.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $149.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($98.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.99 @ TigerDirect) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($124.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Micro Center) 
Total: $483.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

 

The reason why I went with the parts that I picked is mostly since there are in my local tech shop, since ordering from amazon.co.uk (I live in Europe) will increase the price by 200$. The parts that are show here are, in my opinion decent, its just I'm not really saving up that much money and I'm losing a good amount of performance (just my opinion, don't know if true). Mostly I'm going to keep the current list that I have, but what I would want to know if the cpu change will affect performance that much?

P.S. I am going to overclock the system.

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Get these instead that way you can upgrade to Broadwell later on.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($69.99 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $149.98

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

What kind of CPU would it better to upgrade to later on If I buy this CPU?

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What kind of CPU would it better to upgrade to later on If I buy this CPU?

 

The G3258 is practically a 2 core i7, when it comes to gaming. Especially when overclocked.

 

Going with this CPU lets you upgrade to any Haswell chip, or the upcoming Broadwell.

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Get these instead that way you can upgrade to Broadwell later on.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($69.99 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $149.98

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

I check the pricing in the local store and by switching the cpu and the motherboard the price for the system actually goes up and since I cant order the parts from amazon or something like that, I think I'll keep my current list as the PC I'm going to build.  

 
 
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($84.73 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI A88XM-E35 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($67.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.99 @ TigerDirect) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  ($169.99 @ Micro Center) 
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus White ATX Mid Tower Case  ($61.50 @ Mwave) 
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Micro Center) 
Total: $499.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 
All I want to know now is this going to work for gaming, is it a solid system and will there be no compatibility issues, is 430W PSU enough ( I am going to overclock the system)? Thanks for the help!
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