1st PC Build Advice

[MikeyMaster96]

Hey everyone. I am about to build my first pc and I have done some research and put together a parts list.

 

Case:  Fractal Design Core 1100

CPU: AMD FX 6300

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-78LMT

Ram:  Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600 MHz

GPU: Sapphire Radeon R7 360 OC

Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB

PSU: Corsair CX 430W

OS:  Windows 10 64-Bit

 

I would like 2 pieces of advice on this build.

1. Will the FX 6300 work with this motherboard out of the box? I read that this motherboard does support the FX 6300 but only with the right bios version and I don’t know if it has that version out of the box.

2. Would the AMD A8 7670k APU and a Asus A68HM-PLUS be a better choice than the FX 6300? My thought behind this is that the 7670k was only released recently whereas the FX 6300 is like 3 years old. Both the 6300 and the 7670k are the same price at the website I intend to buy the CPU from.

 

If anyone could advise me then that would be great.

[Fictionvl]

Give us your budget and what you want the pc for and the people here will help you

[jameshumphries47]

Hey everyone. I am about to build my first pc and I have done some research and put together a parts list.

 

Case:  Fractal Design Core 1100

CPU: AMD FX 6300

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-78LMT

Ram:  Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600 MHz

GPU: Sapphire Radeon R7 360 OC

Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB

PSU: Corsair CX 430W

OS:  Windows 10 64-Bit

 

I would like 2 pieces of advice on this build.

1. Will the FX 6300 work with this motherboard out of the box? I read that this motherboard does support the FX 6300 but only with the right bios version and I don’t know if it has that version out of the box.

2. Would the AMD A8 7670k APU and a Asus A68HM-PLUS be a better choice than the FX 6300? My thought behind this is that the 7670k was only released recently whereas the FX 6300 is like 3 years old. Both the 6300 and the 7670k are the same price at the website I intend to buy the CPU from.

 

If anyone could advise me then that would be great.

buy windows 7 and upgrade to 10, it works out cheaper  

[Hman1250]

your system is crap, you won't get anything good out of this. Replace your FX 6300 to an i3 4160, it's better in any way and is only $15 more. Get an EVGA PSU, they're far more reliable than corsair ones, especially their CX series

[Lethal Seraph]

You should really check the build yourself at PCPartpicker.com as the website has compatibility checkers.

[JoaoPRSousa]

your system is crap, you won't get anything good out of this.

 

*facepalm*

 

Look at my rig. I'm happy with what I have.

 

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OP

 

Welcome to the forums!

 

Quote or tag us to notify us that you need help/something, always follow your topics and mark them as solved when you are done.

 

1. Are you from the US/UK/Australia? If not, where are you from and provide us a link to the store you'll buy the parts from.

2. Give us a budget in your local currency.

3. Do you have any preferences?

4. What is/are the purpose(s) of this build?

[MikeyMaster96]

Hi everyone. Thanks for the replies and the advice. BTW im in the UK and I intend for this build to be a gaming pc with a budget of £500. I intend to buy my parts from overclockers.co.uk, scan.co.uk and Amazon.

[Elfuego]

Hey everyone. I am about to build my first pc and I have done some research and put together a parts list.

 

Case:  Fractal Design Core 1100

CPU: AMD FX 6300

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-78LMT

Ram:  Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600 MHz

GPU: Sapphire Radeon R7 360 OC

Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB

PSU: Corsair CX 430W

OS:  Windows 10 64-Bit

 

I would like 2 pieces of advice on this build.

1. Will the FX 6300 work with this motherboard out of the box? I read that this motherboard does support the FX 6300 but only with the right bios version and I don’t know if it has that version out of the box.

2. Would the AMD A8 7670k APU and a Asus A68HM-PLUS be a better choice than the FX 6300? My thought behind this is that the 7670k was only released recently whereas the FX 6300 is like 3 years old. Both the 6300 and the 7670k are the same price at the website I intend to buy the CPU from.

 

If anyone could advise me then that would be great.

 

What are you actually trying to do with the system..

[DarkBlade2117]

your system is crap, you won't get anything good out of this. Replace your FX 6300 to an i3 4160, it's better in any way and is only $15 more. Get an EVGA PSU, they're far more reliable than corsair ones, especially their CX series

The PSU statement is irrelevant. Not all CX series are bad. Only CX600 and below. The cx750 and 850 are pretty good but the price tag isn't. Some of corsairs and EVGAs PSUs are manufactured by the same company. ( One being SeaSonic ). NOT ALL EVGA PSUs are reliable. For example the G1 NEX SERIES has been proven to have many problems and is a PSU I wouldn't recommend to anyone. EVGA PSUs are only reliable ( and as stated before not all of them are ) because the good ones like the G2 or GS series are manufactured by both Superflower and SeaSonic. The bad ones are manufactured by FSP and one other company.

Saying he will get nothing out of this is also a bad. The fx6 isn't a bad CPU. Just well for gaming, the fx chips are pretty good workstation CPUs especially for the price but also its not like he had a fx6 and gtx 980 picked out. He has a r7 360 which no doubt will NOT bottleneck a fx chip by any means what so ever. I do agree, GET an i3 because it may only be dual core but you can get an i3 and mobo for about the same price as a fx6 and mobo. The other reason to get an i3 is just for upgrability. ( This is a big one ) For the fact that you can go from an i3-4160 up to an i7-4790k without having to swap out ANY parts except for well obviously the CPU.

[DarkBlade2117]

Hi everyone. Thanks for the replies and the advice. BTW im in the UK and I intend for this build to be a gaming pc with a budget of £500. I intend to buy my parts from overclockers.co.uk, scan.co.uk and Amazon.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£140.15 @ Amazon UK)

Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£65.96 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£34.97 @ Ebuyer)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.98 @ CCL Computers)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card (£164.29 @ Aria PC)

Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case (£41.00 @ Amazon UK)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£37.99 @ Scan.co.uk)

Total: £523.34

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-24 20:50 BST+0100

£500 ey? I don't think I could do much better then this honestly.

[JoaoPRSousa]

Hi everyone. Thanks for the replies and the advice. BTW im in the UK and I intend for this build to be a gaming pc with a budget of £500. I intend to buy my parts from overclockers.co.uk, scan.co.uk and Amazon.

 

You can do wonders with 500£

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£140.15 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£48.12 @ CCL Computers) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£33.83 @ Ebuyer) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£33.98 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card  (£157.50 @ Aria PC) 

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£37.24 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£37.99 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Total: £488.81

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-24 20:52 BST+0100

 

@DarkBlade2117 kinda ninja'd me... oh well

[MikeyMaster96]

 

 

 

You can do wonders with 500£

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£140.15 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£48.12 @ CCL Computers) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£33.83 @ Ebuyer) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£33.98 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card  (£157.50 @ Aria PC) 

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£37.24 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£37.99 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Total: £488.81

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-24 20:52 BST+0100

 

@DarkBlade2117 kinda ninja'd me... oh well

 

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£140.15 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£65.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£34.97 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.98 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card (£164.29 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case (£41.00 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£37.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £523.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-24 20:50 BST+0100
£500 ey? I don't think I could do much better then this honestly.

 

Thanks for the improved builds guys, but I want to include my OS in the budget and the builds you guys have here leave not much room for it in the budget. I think I will be able to squeeze the OS into one of these builds if I toned the CPU and the GPU down a bit.

[DarkBlade2117]

Thanks for the improved builds guys, but I want to include my OS in the budget and the builds you guys have here leave not much room for it in the budget. I think I will be able to squeeze the OS into one of these builds if I toned the CPU and the GPU down a bit.

Well most people get windows off G2A for w very low,amount. It shouldn't bump your budget up to no more then £540 and you make a bootable HDD. I wouldn't go no less on the CPU. When in doubt get no less then a GTX 950

[JoaoPRSousa]

Thanks for the improved builds guys, but I want to include my OS in the budget and the builds you guys have here leave not much room for it in the budget. I think I will be able to squeeze the OS into one of these builds if I toned the CPU and the GPU down a bit.

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£85.53 @ Ebuyer) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£48.12 @ CCL Computers) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£33.83 @ Ebuyer) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£33.98 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card  (£157.50 @ Aria PC) 

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£37.24 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£37.99 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM (64-bit)  (£67.95 @ Ebuyer) 

Total: £502.14

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-24 21:25 BST+0100

[Elfuego]

If you really have to get the OS in the budget (I dont recommend it) then go grab a copy of win8 for a tenner and upgrade it.,

 

But my honest to god advice.. Save up another £150-£200 and get much more bang for your buck...

[MikeyMaster96]

 

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£85.53 @ Ebuyer) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£48.12 @ CCL Computers) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£33.83 @ Ebuyer) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£33.98 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card  (£157.50 @ Aria PC) 

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£37.24 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£37.99 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM (64-bit)  (£67.95 @ Ebuyer) 

Total: £502.14

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-24 21:25 BST+0100

 

 

This build is pretty much perfect. Thanks a lot for your help. 

 

 

If you really have to get the OS in the budget (I dont recommend it) then go grab a copy of win8 for a tenner and upgrade it.,

 

But my honest to god advice.. Save up another £150-£200 and get much more bang for your buck...

 

May I ask why it is not a good idea to get the OS in the budget?

[Elfuego]

This build is pretty much perfect. Thanks a lot for your help. 

 

 

 

May I ask why it is not a good idea to get the OS in the budget?

 

At £500 you are already pushing a "sweetspot" experience, If you buy full OEM OS its ~£100 which is a huge percentage of budget.

 

I would also wait for skylake non-K series CPUs to come out. As the BCLK is back they may be somewhat overclockable (more so than Haswell) making even a cheap i5 non K Skylake really attractive..

[Elfuego]

This build is pretty much perfect. Thanks a lot for your help. 

 

 

 

May I ask why it is not a good idea to get the OS in the budget?

 

You also havent really stated what yyou are trying to "do" with the build.. (Assuming you are gaming) What games you are trying to play etc...

Are we talking some casual LoL, CS:GO or are we talking AC Unity/Far Cry 4... What resolution do you intend to play at....

[Thunder Down Under]

I made two list's one AMD and one Intel and AMD is just fine by the way. I made these list's with not only performance in mind but I tried to make the computer's as easy to build and setup as possible so first off anything but the H97 or Z97 chipset on the Intel motherboard's and the 990x or 990fx on the AMD one's will most likely require a bios update which can be a bit of a pain to deal with so I spent more money to try and fit the H97 board on the Intel build and the 990x on the AMD one. As far as the processors I went with a quad core on the Intel build because more and more games are coming out with a minimum requirement of 4 core's and I didn't want to limit your game options. These are both great builds however one thing to note is that the AMD build does have a case and GPU that's a little bit better than the Intel option.

 

AMD=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/wcznvK

 

Intel=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/nvkvxr

[MikeyMaster96]

You also havent really stated what yyou are trying to "do" with the build.. (Assuming you are gaming) What games you are trying to play etc...

Are we talking some casual LoL, CS:GO or are we talking AC Unity/Far Cry 4... What resolution do you intend to play at....

 

Ah right. I will be playing mostly casual games like LoL at 1920 x 1080.

 

I made two list's one AMD and one Intel and AMD is just fine by the way. I made these list's with not only performance in mind but I tried to make the computer's as easy to build and setup as possible so first off anything but the H97 or Z97 chipset on the Intel motherboard's and the 990x or 990fx on the AMD one's will most likely require a bios update which can be a bit of a pain to deal with so I spent more money to try and fit the H97 board on the Intel build and the 990x on the AMD one. As far as the processors I went with a quad core on the Intel build because more and more games are coming out with a minimum requirement of 4 core's and I didn't want to limit your game options. These are both great builds however one thing to note is that the AMD build does have a case and GPU that's a little bit better than the Intel option.

 

AMD=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/wcznvK

 

Intel=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/nvkvxr

 

Thanks for the lists. Both of them look great.   I really want to stick to my budget as best as possible and the AMD one does this the best.

[jimakos234]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£88.20 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£48.12 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£35.57 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£33.98 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card  (£157.50 @ Aria PC)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£34.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£37.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM (64-bit)  (£67.95 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £504.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-25 10:18 BST+0100

[Hman1250]

I made two list's one AMD and one Intel and AMD is just fine by the way. I made these list's with not only performance in mind but I tried to make the computer's as easy to build and setup as possible so first off anything but the H97 or Z97 chipset on the Intel motherboard's and the 990x or 990fx on the AMD one's will most likely require a bios update which can be a bit of a pain to deal with so I spent more money to try and fit the H97 board on the Intel build and the 990x on the AMD one. As far as the processors I went with a quad core on the Intel build because more and more games are coming out with a minimum requirement of 4 core's and I didn't want to limit your game options. These are both great builds however one thing to note is that the AMD build does have a case and GPU that's a little bit better than the Intel option.

 

AMD=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/wcznvK

 

Intel=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/nvkvxr

Don't even CONSIDER getting the GTX 950. It's a terrible GPU for its price. It's around $160USD, you can get a GTX 960 or even an R9 280 which are way better than the 950. I don't know what nvidia was thinking when pricing that thing

[Thunder Down Under]

Don't even CONSIDER getting the GTX 950. It's a terrible GPU for its price. It's around $160USD, you can get a GTX 960 or even an R9 280 which are way better than the 950. I don't know what nvidia was thinking when pricing that thing

But if he doesn't have the money then he doesn't have the money. $10 may as well be $1,000,000 if you don't have it.

[Hman1250]

The price gap between the 950 and 960 is $10...

[Elfuego]

Don't even CONSIDER getting the GTX 950. It's a terrible GPU for its price. It's around $160USD, you can get a GTX 960 or even an R9 280 which are way better than the 950. I don't know what nvidia was thinking when pricing that thing

 

Its also within a few% of the 960s performance...