New PC. Help me...

Xanders · May 11, 2015

So i'm building a new PC.

But i don't know what works with what. So gimme some advice. I am on a budget below 1000$. I also want to be able to game and a little multi-tasking.

I'm thinking of using AMD FX6300 and for the Motherboard ASUS M5A97 R2.0 and aroud 8gb of ram.

Panzer003 · May 11, 2015

That should be good, I'd stick with the Fx-6300, *gb of ram is the "sweet spot" fpr gaming anyway, and your mother board should be fine.

Just The Tips · May 11, 2015

Is that $1000 USD? Because you could get something much better than an FX 6300 with 1 grand. You could possibly get a 4690k and a 290 for that price

Jord1990 · May 11, 2015

Do you need a monitor/peripherals

Kevin_Walter · May 11, 2015

You can definitely upgrade to an FX 8350 and still have room in the budget for a decent GPU (assuming you already have other necessities like a monitor and peripherals).

I'm running a 6300, and while it is sufficient for most of what I do, I do wish I'd have saved a few extra pennies and just bought an 8350 instead. It's only like $60 more anyway.

Jord1990 · May 11, 2015

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

Type|Item|Price

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

**CPU** | [intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i54690k) | $189.99 @ Micro Center

**CPU Cooler** | [Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr212e20pkr2) | $26.98 @ OutletPC

**Motherboard** | [MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z97pcmate) | $78.99 @ SuperBiiz

**Memory** | [G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f312800cl9d8gbxl) | $59.98 @ OutletPC

**Video Card** | [sapphire Radeon R9 290X 4GB Tri-X Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-1003612sr) | $299.99 @ Newegg

**Power Supply** | [seaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-m12ii620bronze) | $78.99 @ SuperBiiz

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

| Total (before mail-in rebates) | $774.92

| Mail-in rebates | -$40.00

| **Total** | **$734.92**

| Generated by [PCPartPicker](http://pcpartpicker.com) 2015-05-11 05:36 EDT-0400 |

You didn't say anything about storage or a case but there is more then enough left in the budget to get them.

DimasRMDO · May 11, 2015

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Micro Center)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.99 @ NCIX US)

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($88.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($69.75 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.45 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card ($321.99 @ Amazon)

Case: NZXT Source 220 ATX Mid Tower Case ($47.99 @ Directron)

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.50 @ Newegg)

Total: $900.64

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-11 05:43 EDT-0400

May 11, 2015

Since noone else seems to give two shits about your gaming xp, and just want to look very knowledgeable about PC parts.... ill be the one to say it:

THE MONITOR is the most important part of your build. The one you are ACTUALLY LOOKING AT.

A lower level build, but with a good monitor and a working freesync/gsync loop is LIGHTYEARS better gaming than the sickest system in the world on a shit 60hz TN garbage screen.

Here:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2QnMxr

Skip a happymeal and squeeze those 80$ extra out and build this to become so addicted to gaming you`ll ruin your life with that 75hz IPS widescreen with freesync immunity to stutters and tears.

(the cheapest haswell i5 is THE BEST you can have for gaming,... anything more expensive is a waste of money and does 99% nothing more for gaming)