my "good enough for gaming" rig

[anthonytran7757]

Hi everyone! heres mu build. i kinda forgot to take pictures along the way but its all completed now :D no extreme watercooling or anything just a simple PC i put together and am proud of. and because i got my first one wet >_>
 

Spec:

Intel core i3 3220

MSI z77a-g43

XFX 550w PSU

Sapphire Radeon HD 7790 (Dual X cooler version)

Coolermaster hyper 612

Kingston 8GB Ram

2x500gb hhd (salvaged from my old computer)

Apevia X-trooper 

 

had to do some DIY mods if you can call them mods. i replaced the window on the side panel due to the fact that the hyper 612 is too massive to fit in my dumb chassis. also cut up a piece of cardboard to cover up the ugly cables on the bottom of my PC :D 

 

 

I'm fully open to criticism and suggestions for my build so if you wanna say something about it i wanna hear it :D

[Calavera]

Looking very neat, but please get a proper camera or make it so it's less grainy, it's really not doing justice to the build right now, cuz that build looks awesome in my opinion.

[Ineko]

I personally would've picked up a FX-6300 for the price of that i3.

 

Nice build.

[anthonytran7757]

 

Looking very neat, but please get a proper camera or make it so it's less grainy, it's really not doing justice to the build right now, cuz that build looks awesome in my opinion.

sorry iphone camera >_>

[Thunderjolt]

Don't get this PC wet like the last one

There's my criticism!

If you could get another 1TB Drive why don't you try running both those 500 GB Drives in RAID 0?

[TheDigitalRealm]

I personally would've picked up a FX-6300 for the price of that i3.

 

Nice build.

 

I second that. I don't want to burst your bubbles, but "more cores is more better" when it's a choice between a dual core and a hexa-core. 

[anthonytran7757]

 

Don't get this PC wet like the last one 

There's my criticism!

If you could get another 1TB Drive why don't you try running both those 500 GB Drives in RAID 0?

how do i put my hard drives in raid 0

 

I personally would've picked up a FX-6300 for the price of that i3.

 

Nice build. 

how much better does the FX-6300 perform compared to the i3?

[Ineko]

 

how much better does the FX-6300 perform compared to the i3?

 

http://cpuboss.com/cpu/Intel-Core-i3-3220

 

Nothing insane, but a nice little performance boost nonetheless, don't feel bad the i3 still performs fine, basically matching the 6300 in most applications.

[LUCKYcREBEL]

I feel that the fx-6300 is better because it has more cores. Because games now-a-days are using 4 cores and the fx-6300 has 6...and the i3-3220 has 2 real cores and hyperthreading so it says it 4 cores but not really because those cores are not even there.

[Nicktrance]

I think I'd have chosen a different case, possibly a lower wattage PSU and an H77 mobo since you can't overclock anyway, save some money and maybe get a 7850/better peripherals/etc. Other than that those are some good choices. i3-3220 is still a very good choice for budget gaming.

[AMICLG]

I feel that the fx-6300 is better because it has more cores. Because games now-a-days are using 4 cores and the fx-6300 has 6...and the i3-3220 has 2 real cores and hyperthreading so it says it 4 cores but not really because those cores are not even there.

It actually has 3 cores with 2 threads per core but it can be overclocked so yes it is more powerful.

[anthonytran7757]

I think I'd have chosen a different case, possibly a lower wattage PSU and an H77 mobo since you can't overclock anyway, save some money and maybe get a 7850/better peripherals/etc. Other than that those are some good choices. i3-3220 is still a very good choice for budget gaming.

I got these parts for future upgradeability I wanna get an i5 3570k but I don't have any money at the moment so I'm just making do right now.

[AxelPeeters]

if I was you I'd go with a GD-55 since it has a matte black pcb instead of the brown one... (the Gd-45 also has brown pcb)

[anthonytran7757]

if I was you I'd go with a GD-55 since it has a matte black pcb instead of the brown one... (the Gd-45 also has brown pcb)

if i had a bigger budget i would've gone for that as well but seeing as how i didn't have much money to build my computer, compromises had to be made Q_Q