Game Creation Build?

[RubyRoks]

Budget: $800 USD. I plan on working over the summer to get the money for this build. Minus the cost of a Wii U and some games as well as taxes, i'll have roughly $800 to spend.

 

Aim: I want to use this rig for gaming, but i also want to make games (or at least learn to.) My current PC is old and slow, so i need to upgrade, and i want to upgrade with intent to use this setup for a while (at least 3 years).

 

Monitors: Any monitor selected must have these requirements met: MUST have a 60Hz or higher refresh rate, MUST have HDMI AND SPEAKERS for the Wii U. It'd be prefered if it were IPS and/or 16:10. 

 

Peripherals: DO NOT REMOVE THE G602. That thing is my dream mouse. It WILL be in this build.

 

Proposed Build:

 

[PCPartPicker part list]http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dDHhrH) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dDHhrH/by_merchant/)(

 

Type|Item|Price

:----|:----|:----

**CPU** | [AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-fd6300wmhkbox) | $96.95 @ OutletPC 

**Motherboard** | [ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-970pro3r20) | $74.98 @ OutletPC 

**Memory** | [G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f31600c9s8gsr) | $48.99 @ Newegg 

**Storage** | [samsung 840 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz7pd512bw) |  

**Storage** | [Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd10ezex) | $52.49 @ OutletPC 

**Video Card** | [MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-gtx9602gd5toc) | $209.99 @ NCIX US 

**Case** | [NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/nzxt-case-cas340ww1) | $67.99 @ SuperBiiz 

**Monitor** | [benQ GL2460HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/benq-monitor-gl2460hm) | $139.93 @ B&H 

**Mouse** | [Logitech G602 Wireless Optical Mouse](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/logitech-mouse-910003820) | $49.99 @ NCIX US 

 | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |

 | **Total** | **$741.31**

 | Generated by [PCPartPicker](http://pcpartpicker.com) 2015-05-03 23:56 EDT-0400 |

 

What are your thoughts? Strong enough to make a game?

[BrandonTheCat]

If you aren't even ordering the parts til the summer i'd look up parts then and not now. A lot can happen in 1 Quarter. 

 

Then again, I do like the build listed, Would've went intel but ya know....

[Weak1ings]

I'd strongly recommend a better CPU as building the world takes a long, long time even on fast hardware.

[RubyRoks]

If you aren't even ordering the parts til the summer i'd look up parts then and not now. A lot can happen in 1 Quarter. 

 

Then again, I do like the build listed, Would've went intel but ya know....

I'm just getting an idea of what parts would be like now. I'll make adjustments as new items are released and deals come about. As far as Intel goes, i'd be looking at an i3 with my budget...