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Alright so here in about a week I'm going to order the parts to my first rig l off newegg ($25 off coupon FTW). Anyways, I'd like to be able to run games like GTA 5, and skyrim with a zillion mods. I do a bit of youtube also. My budget is $400, but I can be nudged up to $420. I'll list the build I put together below, but any advice is appreciated.

AMD FX 6300

G.Skill 8gb Ddr3 ram

A gigabyte motherboard I can't remember the name of, it's about $45

EVGA GTX 950

EVGA 500w Power Supply

1tb Seagate hdd

Deep cool Tessaract case

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The FX-6350 is quite a bit better than the 6300, although an i3 might perform better, as most games can't take advantage of all 6 cores.

Main Gaming Rig:

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Core i7-4770, Cryorig M9i Cooler, ASUS B85M GAMER, 8GB HyperX Fury Red 2x4GB 1866MHz, KFA2 GTX 970 Infin8 Black Edition "4GB", 1TB Seagate SSHD, 256GB Crucial m4 SSD, 60GB Corsair SSD for Kerbal and game servers, Thermaltake Core V21 Case, EVGA SuperNOVA 650W G2.

Secondary PC:

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i5-2500k OCed, Raijintek Themis, Intel Z77GA-70K, 8GB HyperX Genesis in grey, GTX 750 Ti, Gamemax Falcon case.

 

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Motherboard: Asus A88XM-A Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 



Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($159.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($22.99 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($47.60 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $415.63

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-27 16:03 EST-0500

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Go on ebay and get a 7970 for 150-190$

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sapphire-Radeon-Dual-Vapor-X-HD7970-3GB-/262163665470?hash=item3d0a2c123e:g:hIAAAOSwwE5WWLPu

 

It is way better then the 950 if you want to go last gen and used

 

correction: it is about 5-10% better and has 3gb of vram

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