My first pc

[Thatoneguyyouknow]

I am thinking from upgrading from my laptop to a desktop and I have decided to go with these parts:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Nx4zqs

Tell me what you think about the build for the price.

[Rolfejc]

What will this be used for? 

[DevTechStudios]

Nice build for the price! What's the 2 sets of RAM for? 8GB should be fine. Maybe, try to find an Intel chip for around that price

[suchamoneypit]

Seems decent for the price.

 

Are you able to switch to an intel i5? and are you aware your buying a micro ATX (very small) motherboard that will have limited features?

[dizmo]

Don't bother with AMD. Why build with 3 year old technology?

[Thatoneguyyouknow]

2 minutes ago, DevTechStudios said:

Nice build for the price! What's the 2 sets of RAM for? 8GB should be fine. Maybe, try to find an Intel chip for around that price

Some heavy gaming and some light editing.

[Thatoneguyyouknow]

2 minutes ago, suchamoneypit said:

Seems decent for the price.

 

Are you able to switch to an intel i5? and are you aware your buying a micro ATX (very small) motherboard that will have limited features?

If I can get more money then yes. Yes I am aware

[Gpayton69]

Good enough for A gaming rig..Nice Choice but 8+4GB of RAM may be too much depending on your needs.

[DevTechStudios]

1 minute ago, Thatoneguyyouknow said:

Some heavy gaming and some light editing.

ah. K it works. but go for Intel chip FOR SURE. i5 or if you have an extra $75? i7

[Thatoneguyyouknow]

4 minutes ago, Rolfejc said:

What will this be used for? 

Gaming and a little bit of editing

[HPWebcamAble]

You can get 16 Gigs of Ram for less than those two sticks of 4 and 8:

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f31600c11d16gnt

(That kit is 57.99, the two Kingston are 58.90)

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Thatoneguyyouknow said:

Some heavy gaming and some light editing.

Get an intel i5 4690k or the 6600k because AMD isn't great unless their ZEN series is amazing.

[Rolfejc]

1 minute ago, Thatoneguyyouknow said:

Gaming and a little bit of editing

It looks nice. Although you'll want a different motherboard for sure. I also don't get why not go with 16 gigabytes of memory for the cost of 12 gigabytes, and I would also step the PSU up to probably 620 watts if you plan to overclock that 8320. 

[Thatoneguyyouknow]

1 minute ago, DevTechStudios said:

ah. K it works. but go for Intel chip FOR SURE. i5 or if you have an extra $75? i7

If I can get more money than I will definately go with an i5 or i7

[Thatoneguyyouknow]

4 minutes ago, dizmo said:

Don't bother with AMD. Why build with 3 year old technology?

nvidia fanboy im guessing?

Im going with AMD because it is alot cheaper

[HKZeroFive]

Why not go Intel? Skylake looks like a real affordable option.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.00 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: MSI H110M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($44.99 @ Micro Center) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($35.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card  ($188.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($29.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($53.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $578.82

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-20 22:23 EDT-0400

[Guest]

Just now, Thatoneguyyouknow said:

nvidia fanboy im guessing?

Im going with AMD because it is alot cheaper

AMD gpu's are great, can't say the same about cpu's

[HKZeroFive]

1 minute ago, Thatoneguyyouknow said:

nvidia fanboy im guessing?

Im going with AMD because it is alot cheaper

No, this has nothing to do with NVIDIA. He's saying that you should you go with Intel instead of AMD. NVIDIA don't make CPUs.

[DevTechStudios]

2 minutes ago, Thatoneguyyouknow said:

nvidia fanboy im guessing?

Im going with AMD because it is alot cheaper

Go AMD. Big Red is better for GPU's. I'm tellin ya  

[Thatoneguyyouknow]

5 minutes ago, HPWebcamAble said:

You can get 16 Gigs of Ram for less than those two sticks of 4 and 8:

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f31600c11d16gnt

(That kit is 57.99, the two Kingston are 58.90)

thanks man

[Thatoneguyyouknow]

13 minutes ago, Rolfejc said:

It looks nice. Although you'll want a different motherboard for sure. I also don't get why not go with 16 gigabytes of memory for the cost of 12 gigabytes, and I would also step the PSU up to probably 620 watts if you plan to overclock that 8320. 

any suggestions for mobo?

[Rolfejc]

2 minutes ago, Thatoneguyyouknow said:

any suggestions for mobo?

Assuming you plan to OC that 8320 quite a bit I would recommend this https://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-ga990fxaud3r5

 

You will also want to get the 8320e instead of the 8320 if you're overclocking. 

[Blackas_00]

Hey Thatoneguyyouknow, I had a look at your part list I for the most part like it but I edited just to see what you would think.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/JJQgD3

I whipped up a new CPU that has very good ratings and has four cores.

I got a new CPU cooler for you because this one has great value and ratings.

I removed that extra 4 gigabytes of ram because I suspect you wont need more, 8 gbs is totally fine.

I changed the case for incompatibilities and it will look genuinely nice.

Finally I tried to squeeze a bit more money out by tightening up the power supply wattage. Unfortunately, this isn't future proof and adding new parts/over clocking will be a hurdle.

I'd really recommend to you that you don't be too hasty and jump right at the <600 $ mark rather than saving up a tad bit more to get an SSD and a HDD together. this is more future proof and you'll enjoy the boot speed, trust me. Otherwise, if your hell bent on sticking to the <600 $ mark than this could be a satisfying build.

[Thatoneguyyouknow]

2 minutes ago, Blackas_00 said:

Hey Thatoneguyyouknow, I had a look at your part list I for the most part like it but I edited just to see what you would think.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/JJQgD3

I whipped up a new CPU that has very good ratings and has four cores.

I got a new CPU cooler for you because this one has great value and ratings.

I removed that extra 4 gigabytes of ram because I suspect you wont need more, 8 gbs is totally fine.

I changed the case for incompatibilities and it will look genuinely nice.

Finally I tried to squeeze a bit more money out by tightening up the power supply wattage. Unfortunately, this isn't future proof and adding new parts/over clocking will be a hurdle.

I'd really recommend to you that you don't be too hasty and jump right at the <600 $ mark rather than saving up a tad bit more to get an SSD and a HDD together. this is more future proof and you'll enjoy the boot speed, trust me. Otherwise, if your hell bent on sticking to the <600 $ mark than this could be a satisfying build.

I'll check it out

[dizmo]

15 hours ago, Thatoneguyyouknow said:

nvidia fanboy im guessing?

Im going with AMD because it is alot cheaper

Has nothing to do with Nvidia? It's cheaper, yes, because you're getting old tech. They haven't refreshed their chips in a long time, and Intel is just the stronger choice.

It's not always cheaper. The i5 beats the 8320 in most things.