Planning My First Build

[MandoManiac]

This is everything I plan on using to build a decent gaming pc. If you have any suggestions or if you see a problem with this build please let me know so that I don't get the wrong parts.

CPU:AMD FX-6300 6-Core Processor Black Edition-$99.99

Motherboard:Gigabyte AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6GBPS USB 3.0 ATX DDR3 1600 Motherboards GA-970A-DS3P $74.99

Graphics Card:EVGA GeForce GT 740 Superclocked Single Slot 4GB DDR3 Graphics Cards 04G-P4-2744-KR $99.99

Case:Sentey Gs-6008 Plus Stealth Mid Tower $42.99

Power Supply:EVGA 500W 80PLUS Certified ATX12V/EPS12V Power Supply 100-W1-0500-KR $42.03

RAM:Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB kit (2x4GB) 1600MHz DDR3 CL10 DIMM-Red $62.99

CPU Cooler:Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo-CPU Cooler with 120mm PWM Fan $34.99

Storage:WD Green 1TB Desktop Hard Drive:3.5-inch, SATA 6Gb/s, IntelliPower, 64MB Cache $52.99

[Vek1313]

Budget? Location?

[MandoManiac]

I would like to keep it under $600. USA

[a_block_of_wood]

I don't want to get into the Intel vs AMD debate, but..

 

Why a GTX 740? 4GB graphic memory on a low end card seems like a bad decision.

[MandoManiac]

This is why I'm here. What would you suggest?

[a_block_of_wood]

This is why I'm here. What would you suggest?

 

Someone might be able to give you more accurate answers as I'm not in the USA, but here's something that I would do:

 

- Change the CPU to Intel i3 4150 (~$110)

- Change the Mobo to some budget H97 chipset (~$75)

- Remove after market cooler, you don't need it for Intel, they ran so cool without overclocking.

- Change WD Green harddisk to WD Blue, faster access time if not mistaken.

- Change GPU to GTX 960 or Radeon 280/285

 

This should still be under $600.

 

---Edit---

Just learn how to use pcpartpicker because it's not relevant to me, but here goes:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/367tbv

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/367tbv/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($104.95 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: MSI H97M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($74.99 @ NCIX US) 

Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($51.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.99 @ Best Buy) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card  ($199.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.90 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 

Total: $581.80

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-06 22:52 EDT-0400

 

A lot of controversies maybe, especially the single channel DDR choice, but many post online shows dual channel memory doesn't do much for gaming.