Opinions on build

[Woolly Malonth]

Well i'm building a budget gaming rig under 700$ mainly, and since it's my first time building i would love the opinions of other on how i can improve it!

 

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  

Motherboard: ASRock 970 EXTREME4 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  

Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive   

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card   

Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  

 

Update: Forgot to add i have RAM already from my current pc, which is 1 Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB DDR3-1333

 

[Sonefiler]

Try an R7 265 GPU instead

 

and windows 8

[Deletive]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: ASRock H97 PERFORMANCE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.00 @ Newegg)

Storage: Intel 520 Series Cherryville 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($64.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)

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

Case: BitFenix Merc Beta (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($19.99 @ NCIX US)

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

Total: $695.92

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-17 23:48 EDT-0400

what were you trying to ask? do you already have the parts? if not try this

[TheSLSAMG]

Try an R7 265 GPU instead

 

and windows 8

An R7 265 would be less powerful (though possibly less expensive.)

 

If he has the $170+ for a 660, why not an R9 270?

[Clyne]

don't know if you need a os

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($82.98 @ OutletPC) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($28.65 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-S1 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($34.69 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($53.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280 3GB TurboDuo Video Card  ($181.10 @ Newegg) 

Case: Rosewill FBM-02 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($22.99 @ Amazon) 

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

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $664.34

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-17 23:54 EDT-0400

[Woolly Malonth]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: ASRock H97 PERFORMANCE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.00 @ Newegg)

Storage: Intel 520 Series Cherryville 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($64.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)

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

Case: BitFenix Merc Beta (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($19.99 @ NCIX US)

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

Total: $695.92

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-17 23:48 EDT-0400

what were you trying to ask? do you already have the parts? if not try this

Yea sorry was kinda unclear about it, but i'll certainly take a look at this. Thanks! 

 

An R7 265 would be less powerful (though possibly less expensive.)

 

If he has the $170+ for a 660, why not an R9 270?

And Micro Center has a 660 for 150$ atm so would the extra $ be worth it?