Is this a good budget gaming build?

[oftenchaos4]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/RsRLTW

 

Looking to play modern games at 1080p with reasonable settings. Will this get the job done and keep all games playable (above 30 FPS)?

[Cookiecrumbles222]

The build is great the only thing I would change should be the ram it is a lot safer to go with two sticks of 4gb instead of 1 8gb stick. Ps check out cultofmush he is on YouTube and he makes great videos on how to build computers with a budget.

[byalexandr]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/RsRLTW

 

Looking to play modern games at 1080p with reasonable settings. Will this get the job done and keep all games playable (above 30 FPS)?

I'm assuming your budget is $500. I made it better in a lot of aspects, even added an SSD. The 950 is faster than the 270X and uses less power, plus it's newer.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($113.99 @ NCIX US)

Motherboard: ASRock B85M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ Amazon)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($40.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($44.99 @ Micro Center)

Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.00 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card  ($153.98 @ Newegg)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $506.92

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-23 12:19 EDT-0400

[Bob Jim]

Looks good, except for $10 more than that R9 270X you can get an R9 380, which is better.

[Bob Jim]

I'm assuming your budget is $500. I made it better in a lot of aspects, even added an SSD. The 950 is faster than the 270X and uses less power, plus it's newer. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchantCPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($113.99 @ NCIX US)Motherboard: ASRock B85M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ Amazon)Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($40.99 @ Newegg)Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($44.99 @ Micro Center)Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.00 @ Amazon)Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card  ($153.98 @ Newegg)Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Newegg)Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ NCIX US)Total: $506.92Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when availableGenerated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-23 12:19 EDT-0400

Except... Nvidia currently sucks. The R9 270X beats the GTX 950, and have you forgotten about the fact that Nvidia has HORRENDOUS DX12 support, meaning the R9 290X is within 5fps of the 980Ti. Oh and Nvidia is apparently desperate enough to lie about it too.

[DarkBlade2117]

I'm assuming your budget is $500. I made it better in a lot of aspects, even added an SSD. The 950 is faster than the 270X and uses less power, plus it's newer. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchantCPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($113.99 @ NCIX US)Motherboard: ASRock B85M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ Amazon)Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($40.99 @ Newegg)Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($44.99 @ Micro Center)Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.00 @ Amazon)Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card  ($153.98 @ Newegg)Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Newegg)Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ NCIX US)Total: $506.92Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when availableGenerated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-23 12:19 EDT-0400

+1. OP if you ever upgraded this PC to any higher end parts make sure to upgrade the PSU aswell.

[DarkBlade2117]

Except... Nvidia currently sucks. The R9 270X beats the GTX 950, and have you forgotten about the fact that Nvidia has HORRENDOUS DX12 support, meaning the R9 290X is within 5fps of the 980Ti. Oh and Nvidia is apparently desperate enough to lie about it too.

This is going off 1 GAME. Nvidia hasn't even optimized the drivers for these games yet...

The 270x beats the 950 but cost $40 more. The 950 can also overclock very well. It's a great budget card but people yet to understand that. For me personally the list of cards for which people should buy is

R7 370 > GTX 950 > R9 380 > r9 390 > r9 390x > 980Ti

[Bob Jim]

This is going off 1 GAME. Nvidia hasn't even optimized the drivers for these games yet...

The 270x beats the 950 but cost $40 more. The 950 can also overclock very well. It's a great budget card but people yet to understand that. For me personally the list of cards for which people should buy is

R7 370 > GTX 950 > R9 380 > r9 390 > r9 390x > 980Ti

In the list you forgot the non X fury, but otherwise ok list, except that you inverted the arrows. The R7 370 apparently wins to the 980Ti . Nvidia released a driver specifically for that game, and has had access to the source code of that game for at least a year. Yet AMD, who released no game-specific drivers, are DESTROYING Nvidia.

[byalexandr]

Except... Nvidia currently sucks. The R9 270X beats the GTX 950, and have you forgotten about the fact that Nvidia has HORRENDOUS DX12 support, meaning the R9 290X is within 5fps of the 980Ti. Oh and Nvidia is apparently desperate enough to lie about it too.

So you're basing facts off of one game and one driver revision. Great job.

[Bob Jim]

So you're basing facts off of one game and one driver revision. Great job.

One driver revision to AMD's none. Yeah, I am.

[AyBuild]

The 270x beats the 950 2/3 times.