Help with computer buidling!

[Drpnsmbd]

Hello,

 

I'm currently finally building a computer (I don't know what took me so long) after using a mac. My budget is $200 for a GPU and $100 for any other components (ie CPU, PSU, RAM). I have a list of the components I plan to buy but I want people who know what they're talking about to look it over and tell me what I can get to have the max performance with my tight budget. I already own a basic desktop motherboard, a Rocketfish 600W peak (500W continuous) PSU and 8GB of RAM.

 

-Monitor: Acer  21.5-inch Full HD $99.99

 

-Chassis: Sentey GS-6011 $64.99

 

-GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7970 OC $190.00

 

-CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 940 $79.95

 

-Hard drive: Seagate 3TB HDD Sata 6GB/s $89.99

 

-keyboard/mouse: HAVIT Lammergeir and E-blue Mazer II 2500 DPI Wireless gaming Mouse $83

 

OPTIONAL

 

-RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (8GBx2) DDR3 $77.99

 

-Kingston 120GB SSD (dedicated for steam) &47.99

 

-AM3+ AMD 970 SATA Motherboard (I already have a basic desktop one and I dont care for overclocking) $64.99

 

What can I improve on?

 

 

[alexhelvetica]

no need for 16GB's of ram (I would go 4GB with this build), you already have the ram an SSD is not recomedned for that budget!

[FatPenguin]

get somthing better than a senty case the pretty much suck maybe like a NZXT s340.

[Drpnsmbd]

no need for 16GB's of ram (I would go 4GB with this build), you already have the ram an SSD is not recomedned for that budget!

So get 4GB additional or stick with the 8 I have? The 8GB RAM I already have is 2GBx4 and theyre pretty old (im talking 2010-2011)

[Drpnsmbd]

get somthing better than a senty case the pretty much suck maybe like a NZXT s340.

The NZXT looks a little plain for my taste plus it's pretty expensive. (even though i said $100 per component)

[alexhelvetica]

So get 4GB additional or stick with the 8 I have? The 8GB RAM I already have is 2GBx4 and theyre pretty old (im talking 2010-2011)

no leave it at 8GB

I didn't realise you had ram.

I am saying if you computer's budget was $400 4GB is sufficient 

[Drpnsmbd]

no leave it at 8GB

I didn't realise you had ram.

I am saying if you computer's budget was $400 4GB is sufficient 

Its not $400, my GPU is $200 and then everything else gets $100 each. So total budget is around $800. But I'm flexible and will take suggestions even if the budget exceeds $800

[Rylie59]

The 7970 is a little outdated if you wanted something more current. You really need to spend more on your CPU if you want AMD around $100 I suggest an fx 6300 which you really should overclock even though you said you don't care for it. You should redirect some of your budget away from that hard drive and RAM into the CPU. Also, you didn't list your PSU

[Rylie59]

The 7970 is a little outdated if you wanted something more current. You really need to spend more on your CPU if you want AMD around $100 I suggest an fx 6300 which you really should overclock even though you said you don't care for it. You should redirect some of your budget away from that hard drive and RAM into the CPU. Also, you didn't list your PSU

Nevermind I see that PSU listed