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My spare rig check up!

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By EeveeTechTips
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I just need an approval and what not on how much I spent on these parts and if these are appropriate for my spare gaming rig. I can always return the parts I have purchased so give me an advice. When it comes to these parts my main focus was to get as much value out of everything.

 

CPU: AMD FX-8310 ($90)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO ($33)

Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 Le R2.0 ($50)

RAM: G.skillz Ribjaws 8gb (spare part)

Storage: Kingston Hyper 60gb SSD + Seagate 2TB HDD (Spare part)

Graphics Card: PNY GTX 580 1536MB 384-Bit GDD5 PCI Express 2.0x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support with CPU cooling (spare part)

PSU: Rosewill Capstone 750W 80 plus Gold non-modular ($40)

Case: Antec Lanboy Air Yellow (spare part)

 

 

So Im spending $213 total to finish up my system. Could I do better?

 

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looks great for a spare PC.

PSU is a bit overkill though, you could have saved $20 and bought a smaller one from corsair or EVGA

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looks great for a spare PC.

PSU is a bit overkill though, you could have saved $20 and bought a smaller one from corsair or EVGA

yeah I was planning on overclocking my cpu to 4.5ghz until i realized my mobo isnt that great for it. oh well, I will still overclock it a little bit to push my boundaries. Maybe I shouldve gone with 600W but both the cpu and the graphics card I have are so power hungry!

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Look like a nice build, though I would recommend a bigger SSD, I personally have a 60gb myself and it often irritate me i do not have a  120gb....

I'm not trying to be an expert, just trying to help where i can. You can freely decide if you like my advise or not.

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