Bring the price down

[Crossingfields]

This is my current plan but i need to bring the price down and would also like some recommendations on a better mobo   this will be for gaming and trying to make a bit future proof hence the 960

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($94.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($67.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($58.39 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($51.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card  ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($47.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Other: NETGEAR WNDA3100-100NAR IEEE ($25.99)
Total: $606.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-30 21:36 EDT-0400

[grayblizzard]

This is my current plan but i need to bring the price down and would also like some recommendations on a better mobo   this will be for gaming and trying to make a bit future proof hence the 960

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($94.89 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($67.99 @ Amazon)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($49.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($58.39 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($51.49 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card  ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($47.99 @ Micro Center)

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

Other: NETGEAR WNDA3100-100NAR IEEE ($25.99)

Total: $606.71

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-30 21:36 EDT-0400

you need 960 4gb, 2gb is not enough!!!!!

 

also v300 series ssd isn't worth it so here you go:

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/

[Ahaber]

I hate the word "futureproof" and a 960 with 2gb of ram is in no way "futureproof". You need at least 4gb to expect to be ok in the future.

[SageC]

you need 960 4gb, 2gb is not enough!!!!!

 

also v300 series ssd isn't worth it so here you go:

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/

 

A 960 4GB is a pointless card as it can't even use all 4GB.

 

If you're really concerned about VRAM go with a 290 or something like that.

[grayblizzard]

A 960 4GB is a pointless card as it can't even use all 4GB.

 

If you're really concerned about VRAM go with a 290 or something like that.

you are wrong as in the future games may have more to render aka kinda like in the future cpus may need more than 8 gigs of ram

[SageC]

you are wrong as in the future games may have more to render aka kinda like in the future cpus may need more than 8 gigs of ram

 

In the future cards are going to require more sheer horse power as much or more than they will require higher RAM capacities. If he were to get a 4k monitor for example he'd see a very minor improvement versus a normal 960 just because the GPU itself isn't strong enough to run resolutions that demand more than 2GB of RAM.

[grayblizzard]

In the future cards are going to require more sheer horse power as much or more than they will require higher RAM capacities. If he were to get a 4k monitor for example he'd see a very minor improvement versus a normal 960 just because the GPU itself isn't strong enough to run resolutions that demand more than 2GB of RAM.

somewhat true but i will say 960 with 4gb playing gta is way better than 2gb version

[SageC]

somewhat true but i will say 960 with 4gb playing gta is way better than 2gb version

 

You'd really only see a like ~5fps difference. It's more worth it to just get a higher end card around that price point like an R9 290.