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ThomasTheGameEngine
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Okay team, I have compiled what I believe to be a decent $500-650 gaming rig that, in theory, should give me moderately adequate performance for the cash. The question though, What would y'all change? I don't want an "AMD vs. Nvidia" debate, a full replacement build or anything like that. I just want tweaks, add-ons, or improvements. Thanks in advance for the help!

(this would be my first build, btw.)

 

AMD Athlon X4 760K CPU
 

MSI A78M-E35 Motherboard
 

2GB EVGA GTX 650Ti Boost GPU
 

8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport RAM
 

1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue HDD
 

430W Corsair CX430 PSU
 

Rosewill Line-M Case

Wi-Fi Adapter - TP-LINK TL-WDN4800

 

 

I thinks that's all... Thanks!

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evga 750ti instead of 650ti.

Specs: CPU - Intel i7 8700K @ 5GHz | GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Motherboard - ASUS Strix Z370-G WIFI AC | RAM - XPG Gammix DDR4-3000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) | Main Drive - Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 | Other Drives - 7TB/3 Drives | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i Pro | Case - Fractal Design Define C Mini TG | Power Supply - EVGA G3 850W

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


Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88X-UP4 ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($71.99 @ Newegg) 


Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($199.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ NCIX US) 

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($34.99 @ Micro Center) 

Total: $628.64

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-07 17:28 EDT-0400

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CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($109.98 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($74.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory: Kingston Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 


Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 280 3GB IceQ OC Video Card  ($194.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.78 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $576.71

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-07 17:27 EDT-0400

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CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($115.98 @ SuperBiiz) 


Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 



Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280 3GB DirectCU II Video Card  ($198.50 @ Newegg) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.78 @ Amazon) 


Total: $661.15

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-07 17:29 EDT-0400

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CPU: i5 4670k i won the silicon lottery Cooler: Corsair H100i w/ 2x Corsair SP120 quiet editions Mobo: ASUS Z97 SABERTOOTH MARK 1 Ram: Corsair Platnums 16gb (4x4gb) Storage: Samsun 840 evo 256gb and random hard drives GPU: EVGA acx 2.0 gtx 980 PSU: Corsair RM 850w Case: Fractal Arc Midi R2 windowed 

 

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Woah... that was fast... The $650 is a absolute max, seeing as how I make so little cash. And, it looks like the Seagate barracuda is popular... Remember, no complete over hauls, just a couple of things, and maybe reasons why. Not to be rude, but it just makes it a ton easier on me to only have to read a few things at a time. Thanks!

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Will the EVGA 750 ti work with the rest of the sys? 

 

 

  Sorry for the noob question...

 

Yes it will, and its about the same price as the 650 ti, but 20-30% faster.

Specs: CPU - Intel i7 8700K @ 5GHz | GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Motherboard - ASUS Strix Z370-G WIFI AC | RAM - XPG Gammix DDR4-3000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) | Main Drive - Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 | Other Drives - 7TB/3 Drives | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i Pro | Case - Fractal Design Define C Mini TG | Power Supply - EVGA G3 850W

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