First time builder needs some help

[cr00cks]

Hey guys, this is my first time building a gaming pc, so i'm not really a hero at picking pc parts. So my budget is 600 euro(750 dollar, however everything is more expensive in Europe) including a monitor. So I already picked some parts but I really would like some feedback.

 

Cpu: Amd athlon x4 860k

Monitor: Benq gl2250hm

Power Supply: Cooler master G500(500W)

Case:Corsair SPEC-01

RAM: Crucial ballistix sport 2x4 gb 1600 c9

GPU: Gigabyte radeon r9 270

Mobo: Biostar A88M

Hard Drive: Seagate barracuda 1tb 

 

 

Thanks in advance

[Aniallation]

@cr00cks

 

If you can go with an Intel i3, that would be a better choice, since I'd suggest against overclocking if it's your first time building a PC.

[Megazero]

Hey guys, this is my first time building a gaming pc, so i'm not really a hero at picking pc parts. So my budget is 600 euro(750 dollar, however everything is more expensive in Europe) including a monitor. So I already picked some parts but I really would like some feedback.

 

Cpu: Amd athlon x4 860k

Monitor: Benq gl2250hm

Power Supply: Cooler master G500(500W)

Case:Corsair SPEC-01

RAM: Crucial ballistix sport 2x4 gb 1600 c9

GPU: Gigabyte radeon r9 270

Mobo: MSI A78M-E35

Hard Drive: Seagate barracuda 1tb 

 

 

Thanks in advance

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  (€131.90 @ Caseking) 

Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (€68.10 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€68.33 @ Home of Hardware DE) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€56.38 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Video Card: Club 3D Radeon R9 280 3GB royalKing Video Card  (€195.75 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Case: Raidmax Vortex ATX Mid Tower Case  (€34.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€87.37 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Total: €642.82

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-08 17:58 CET+0100

Abit overbudget mainly due to the Mobo and PSU I choose with future proof in mind (as in you can do Crossfire 2 r9 280 later on) (How come PSU in EUR is so expensive?)

 

[CalumGiff]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  (€131.90 @ Caseking) 

Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (€68.10 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€68.33 @ Home of Hardware DE) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€56.38 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Video Card: Club 3D Radeon R9 280 3GB royalKing Video Card  (€195.75 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Case: Raidmax Vortex ATX Mid Tower Case  (€34.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€87.37 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Total: €642.82

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-08 17:58 CET+0100

Abit overbudget mainly due to the Mobo and PSU I choose with future proof in mind (as in you can do Crossfire 2 r9 280 later on) (How come PSU in EUR is so expensive?)

 

 

If u want future proof then am3+ is not the socket to go with, get a pentium and the cheapest h97/z97 board u can find, that way u get the upgrade path to an i5/i7 on the lga1150 socket aswell as pcie 3.0 which although means bugger all right now, it will in the future of gpu's

[Megazero]

If u want future proof then am3+ is not the socket to go with, get a pentium and the cheapest h97/z97 board u can find, that way u get the upgrade path to an i5/i7 on the lga1150 socket aswell as pcie 3.0 which although means bugger all right now, it will in the future of gpu's

I never taken CPU upgrade into "future proof" plan, mainly because it's the most annoying and unlikely upgrade out of every part in a PC. My take on it is that at the time your current CPU gone too bad/slow compare to everything else currently available in the market, chance are CPU already move on a few more generation already and you would need to change your mobo anyway. Pentium doesnt make sense now as it will bottleneck everything else, making you want to upgrade ASAP. An FX 8320 on the otherhand while not as powerful, it wont bottleneck anything anytime soon, especially with DX12 coming out meaning better multicore/hyperthreading support. It should hold out fine until the next 1-2 generation of CPU come out.

[cr00cks]

Thanks a lot guys, I failed to mention that my friend will help building the pc(He is a really technical guy) so I will be overclocking