Good Gaming PC?

[DGB]

I just built this rig a couple of weeks ago and I was wondering if it will suffice.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6cZ4RB

The video card will be changed to an R9 380. The 730 was an old one that was lying around my house.

[mikat]

what monitor do you have, what settings do you want to run at and what games do you play?

[GeorgeKellow]

I don't want to start a flame war here, but get rid of that cpu *cringe* 

 

That psu is meh, go for a seasonic psu 

[WebPlayz]

3 minutes ago, DGB said:

I just built this rig a couple of weeks ago and I was wondering if it will suffice.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6cZ4RB

The video card will be changed to an R9 380. The 730 was an old one that was lying around my house.

Its ok. But you could have gotten a core i3 4170 with a z87 mobo.

[DGB]

Just now, mikat said:

what monitor do you have, what settings do you want to run at and what games do you play?

Monitor: 1080p dell monitor

I play most of my games on high setting except for beamng.drive, which is why I will upgrade to the 380 in the future

[mikat]

Just now, DGB said:

Monitor: 1080p dell monitor

I play most of my games on high setting except for beamng.drive, which is why I will upgrade to the 380 in the future

what are the "most of my games"

is it minecraft or GTA?

[DGB]

Just now, mikat said:

what are the "most of my games"

is it minecraft or GTA?

Minecraft, Gmod,  Blade and Soul, and BeamNg.drive

[DGB]

6 minutes ago, GeorgeKellow said:

I don't want to start a flame war here, but get rid of that cpu *cringe* 

 

That psu is meh, go for a seasonic psu 

so should I upgrade to an 8350?

[kirby99_2016]

Well it's a solid build to play most AAA titles but it might be better to get an amd fx 6350 and overclock it for more cpu intensive tasks and rather than getting 2 8gbs sticks get one and spend it on a ssd because you will definitely notice a different with boot up times and 8gbs ram is enough for most games unless you're running lots of programs at once.

Anyway you can get another 8gbs stick later. :)))

[Orangeator]

In total I spent $500 on my rig and got a R9 280x and a FX-8320 with a keyboard and mouse, 16gb of ram, case, and an SSD with a hyper 212 evo with a power supply and a motherboard. How on earth did you spend $550 on a build that performs significantly worse then mine?

[Thony]

4 minutes ago, Orangeator said:

In total I spent $500 on my rig and got a R9 280x and a FX-8320 with a keyboard and mouse, 16gb of ram, case, and an see with a hyper 212 evo with a power supply and a motherboard. How on earth did you spend $550 on a build that performs significantly worse then mine?

Legal copy of windows 10 is the most expensive item in his build LoL.

 

If only he knew anybody who could sell him win10 key...

[Orangeator]

1 minute ago, Thony said:

Legal copy of windows 10 is the most expensive item in his build LoL.

Yeah, I cut corners with the Windows 10 by getting through... "Other means".

[DGB]

21 minutes ago, Orangeator said:

In total I spent $500 on my rig and got a R9 280x and a FX-8320 with a keyboard and mouse, 16gb of ram, case, and an SSD with a hyper 212 evo with a power supply and a motherboard. How on earth did you spend $550 on a build that performs significantly worse then mine?

I have the legal version of win 10. I will upgrade the gpu to a 380 in the future along with an 8350

[DGB]

31 minutes ago, Orangeator said:

In total I spent $500 on my rig and got a R9 280x and a FX-8320 with a keyboard and mouse, 16gb of ram, case, and an SSD with a hyper 212 evo with a power supply and a motherboard. How on earth did you spend $550 on a build that performs significantly worse then mine?

di you buy used? because the r9 280x cost $300-400. the 8320 cost $170 and an ssd isway more expensive than a  1tb hdd. that is already way over 500$

[Orangeator]

Just now, DGB said:

di you buy used? because the r9 280x cost $300-400. the 8320 cost $70 and an ssd is way more expensive than a  1tb hdd. that is already way over 500$

Two words, Cyber Monday. All new parts all from Newegg. 

[DGB]

1 minute ago, Orangeator said:

Two words, Cyber Monday. All new parts all from Newegg. 

oh ok because I only made a couple of weeks ago.

[DGB]

with the cheapest and good p2p parts. The gpu is pretty bad though I have to agree

[Thony]

5 hours ago, Orangeator said:

Two words, Cyber Monday. All new parts all from Newegg. 

Then u cant say " How on earth did you spend $550 on a build that performs significantly worse then mine? " because its totally irrelevant.

[DGB]

6 minutes ago, Thony said:

Then u cant say " How on earth did you spend $550 on a build that performs significantly worse then mine? " because its totally irrelevant.

I have made my point

[OsuMasterz]

If you're going to spend to get a FX-4350, get a Pentium G3258 as it can OC up to 4.7 GHZ with the Hyper 212 evo.

Also, if you're only gaming and some light recording and rendering you only need 8GB of RAM.

Use those $30 that you saved and get a better GPU like a 950ti or r7 360.

Also, if you OC the pentium, consider a better quality PSU.

 

[DGB]

5 minutes ago, OsuMasterz said:

If you're going to spend to get a FX-4350, get a Pentium G3258 as it can OC up to 4.7 GHZ with the Hyper 212 evo.

Also, if you're only gaming and some light recording and rendering you only need 8GB of RAM.

Use those $30 that you saved and get a better GPU like a 950ti or r7 360.

Also, if you OC the pentium, consider a better quality PSU.

 

 

If i change the CPU i would have to change the mobo and I want one with a lot of expandability so it would be a waste and i have 16 gigs because i tend to run many applications at the same time and when i look at the memory usage, 8-9 gigs are being used.

[DGB]

7 minutes ago, OsuMasterz said:

If you're going to spend to get a FX-4350, get a Pentium G3258 as it can OC up to 4.7 GHZ with the Hyper 212 evo.

Also, if you're only gaming and some light recording and rendering you only need 8GB of RAM.

Use those $30 that you saved and get a better GPU like a 950ti or r7 360.

Also, if you OC the pentium, consider a better quality PSU.

 

 

plus the 4350 is quad core and the pentium is dual core

[stconquest]

@DGB

 

Well you built it, so slow down the idea of spending more money.

 

The first thing that will hinder your gaming performance is the GPU.  That 730 is really weak, like iGPU weak.  You would have been better off going with an i5 6500 and not getting a GPU at all.

 

Play your games, and if performance is fine, leave it.  Again, the GPU will be the first problem you encounter when gaming. 

 

Edit:  I just noticed you already had the 730.

[DGB]

1 minute ago, stconquest said:

@DGB

 

Well you built it, so slow down the idea of spending more money.

 

The first thing that will hinder your gaming performance is the GPU.  That 730 is really weak, like iGPU weak.  You would have been better off going with an i5 6500 and not getting a GPU at all.

 

Play your games, and if performance is fine, leave it.  Again, the GPU will be the first problem you encounter when gaming. 

 

Thank you for getting the point. The GPU is going to be the main upgrade in this build to an R9 380. I know the 730 sucks but it manages fine in less intensive games at 1080p. The cpu will be the next upgrade going to the 8-core 8350 for AAA titles that require that cpu on the AMD side.

[stconquest]

3 minutes ago, DGB said:

Thank you for getting the point. The GPU is going to be the main upgrade in this build to an R9 380. I know the 730 sucks but it manages fine in less intensive games at 1080p. The cpu will be the next upgrade going to the 8-core 8350 for AAA titles that require that cpu on the AMD side.

I would argue against the FX upgrade to another FX.  Those CPUs are so many generations behind in performance it is not funny.  Save up for something that is fast and more current:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $244.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-06 19:22 EDT-0400

 

You can use the FX 4XXX CPU to make an HTPC or something.  The CPU, the mobo, the GT730, some crap 250GB 7200 RPM drive, 4 GB RAM and that EVGA 500W(that needs changing sooner than later as well) in a cheap case makes a good media center.