Help with my build please :)

[ShoopDawoop]

Save $50, it is more than worth it.

im a college student so i cant really save money

 

if i can scrap together enough money, is getting a board with dual channel memory worth the few extra $?

[stconquest]

im a college student so i cant really save money

 

if i can scrap together enough money, is getting a board with dual channel memory worth the few extra $?

 

Alrighty then... Goodluck with the build. 

[ShoopDawoop]

How's this?

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/bXZXZL

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($99.99 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($68.98 @ OutletPC)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.97 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($99.99 @ Newegg)

Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $450.90

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-17 16:05 EST-0500

 

hmm we have 40$ more. so how could we squeeze some more performance out of it

[SIGSEGV]

im a college student so i cant really save money

 

if i can scrap together enough money, is getting a board with dual channel memory worth the few extra $?

[stconquest]

This is how you spend $40 more:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-D PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($44.49 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($60.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($28.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Club 3D Radeon R9 270 2GB '14Series Video Card  ($128.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.98 @ Directron)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $533.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-17 16:19 EST-0500

 

Add $50 more bucks, you get a 3GB R9 280.

[SIGSEGV]

hmm we have 40$ more. so how could we squeeze some more performance out of it

Well for $3 more you can get a 3.8Ghz processor:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YwKsWZ

Other than that the only thing I can suggest to get more performance out of it would be an SSD (especially if you're running FTB/Technic etc)

or if you really want you could get more RAM and make use of the spare cores you have and run a Minecraft server on it

[ShoopDawoop]

 

what about this? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZMrq99

 

 

This is how you spend $40 more:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.98 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Asus H81M-D PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($44.49 @ Newegg)

Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($60.98 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($28.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Club 3D Radeon R9 270 2GB '14Series Video Card  ($128.99 @ NCIX US)

Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.98 @ Directron)

Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Amazon)

Total: $533.40

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-17 16:19 EST-0500

 

Add $50 more bucks, you get a 3GB R9 280.

 

if i can find some extra money id probably get this.

[stconquest]

what about this? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZMrq99

 

 

 

if i can find some extra money id probably get this.

I quit! 

[ShoopDawoop]

I quit! 

 

dont quit on me D:

[brob]

This is how you spend $40 more:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.98 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Asus H81M-D PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($44.49 @ Newegg)

Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($60.98 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($28.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Club 3D Radeon R9 270 2GB '14Series Video Card  ($128.99 @ NCIX US)

Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.98 @ Directron)

Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Amazon)

Total: $533.40

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-17 16:19 EST-0500

 

Add $50 more bucks, you get a 3GB R9 280.

 

The i5-4460 is Haswell Refresh. The H81M-D Plus requires a BIOS update before it can use that cpu.

 

2x4GB or 2x8GB would allow for dual channel memory operation.

[SIGSEGV]

what about this? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZMrq99

 

 

 

if i can find some extra money id probably get this.

It's all good except for the case, which has USB 3.0 on the front panel I/O

You have a few options:

You could get a different motherboard that has USB 3.0

You could get a different case that has USB 2.0 ports on the front panel I/O

You could just not plug in the front panel USB headers into your board

The GPU is great, and so is everything else, you just have that incompatibility with the USB ports

[ShoopDawoop]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/JdcghM

 

i changed the case, unless theres a reson to change the motherboard to something that supports usb 3 instead.

[SIGSEGV]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/JdcghM

 

i changed the case, unless theres a reson to change the motherboard to something that supports usb 3 instead.

It looks great!

[ShoopDawoop]

It looks great!

 

Thanks alot! I think this is what i will be building