New AMD budget build

[DenoCrafter]

So I'm doing a new budget build for my brother.

All of the stuff I listed costs below 500 dollar.

AMD FX 8320E

Gigabyte 970A-DS3P

4Gigs of Kingston KVR1600 (1x4)

nVidia GeForce GT 730 2GB GDDR3 (There is also a 4GB version)

CoolerMaster 311 Plus ATX Case

CoolerMaster Elite 350 (350W PSU, obviously)

All of these costs 432 dollar

When the GPU is the 4Gig version it costs 453 dollar.

Is this a good or bad choice? As I only built 2 PC in my lifetime and one of them blew up.

 

 

 

[Rodniz]

I wouldnt get the FX 8320 for an budget build. Get an i3 with an matching motherboard.

 

Get a 80+ PSU with about 450 Watt. (It doesnt cost much more, but offers u an upgradepath gpu-wise.)

 

I would get an rather good cpu and spend the rest of the money on the gpu. U can upgrade the gpu later on. Maybe consider a 750ti if you got the money.

 

What's ur budget, ill sort something out for u.

[WereCat]

What is that PC for? Is it in USD? I think there can be a lot better PC for that budget. 

 

GT 730 .. cries in corner

 

 

Now I know this is over budget... just ditch either HDD or SSD and get cheaper case and you will easily fit in the budget.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($74.80 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($66.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($30.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($66.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($188.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  ($37.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $582.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-13 10:44 EDT-0400

[DenoCrafter]

I can't upgrade to a GPU later on, the FX does not have integrated GPU. So I really need a GPU for now, well my brother.

[DenoCrafter]

2 minutes ago, WereCat said:

What is that PC for? Is it in USD? I think there can be a lot better PC for that budget. 

 

GT 730 .. cries in corner

Well, I translated it from MYR to USD. So there is a difference. That GT 730 is just for now as the FX doesn't have iGPU.

[DenoCrafter]

4 minutes ago, WereCat said:

What is that PC for? Is it in USD? I think there can be a lot better PC for that budget. 

 

GT 730 .. cries in corner

 

 

Now I know this is over budget... just ditch either HDD or SSD and get cheaper case and you will easily fit in the budget.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($74.80 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($66.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($30.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($66.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($188.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  ($37.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $582.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-13 10:44 EDT-0400

The problem is my country doesn't have all these stuff.

[Rodniz]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/c3Yc3C

 

Take a look at this. Get an GPU as soon as u got the money for a decent one. Maybe a 380 or smth like that.

[DenoCrafter]

2 minutes ago, Rodniz said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/c3Yc3C

 

Take a look at this. Get an GPU as soon as u got the money for a decent one. Maybe a 380 or smth like that.

Well....I might borrow my GPU to his system first and get a 750Ti or R7 370 later on.

[Rodniz]

Just now, DenoCrafter said:

Well....I might borrow my GPU to his system first and get a 750Ti or R9 280 later on.

The i3 got integrated graphics. Would work for league of legends and stuff.

[DenoCrafter]

Just now, Rodniz said:

The i3 got integrated graphics. Would work for league of legends and stuff.

He mostly play B4. He used to own a custom prebuilt with a i7 and a 650Ti BOOST. I told him to change the PSU. God that 650Ti Boost is wasted.

[Rodniz]

1 minute ago, DenoCrafter said:

He mostly play B4. He used to own a custom prebuilt with a i7 and a 650Ti BOOST. I told him to change the PSU. God that 650Ti Boost is wasted.

I wouldnt run out and buy the cheapest rig for the needs right now. I did that once. -> No upgrade path, many problems. What happened to the 650Ti and the i7?

[DenoCrafter]

Just now, Rodniz said:

I wouldnt run out and buy the cheapest rig for the needs right now. I did that once. -> No upgrade path, many problems. What happened to the 650Ti and the i7?

It is a shitty PowerLogic PSU. At night he was playing GTA 5 and suddenly the whole system blows off and caught on fire. Lucky there is a random fire extinguisher in his room. For some unknown reason.