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immediate is a motherboard and psu 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($89.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $153.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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less immediate would be a good cpu cooler

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 51.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($49.45 @ Amazon) 
Total: $49.45
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-20 18:52 EDT-0400

 

thats all on the cheap, if you want good perf, switch to intel

 

Hello everyone,

 

I recently completed my first rig, and I need help planning upgrades for it.  I am going to list my current hardware specs so that you guys will know whats in my build.  Please let me know in your opinion what parts I need to upgrade.  I mainly do 1080p res gaming with medium to high settings.  I also plan on starting a youtube channel, and I plan on using this computer for video editing.  My goal is to run games at 60 fps at 1080p. 

 

(All specs are at stock performance)

CPU: AMD FX 6300

CPU Cooler: stock cooler that came with the processor.

GPU: AMD Raedon R9 280(Double Dissipation)

RAM: 8GB g.skill Rip Jaws X DDR3 1600

Motherboard: Biostar TA 970

Storage: 1 TB WD Blue HDD, and 120 GB Kingston SSD

Power Supply: 

Case: Corsair Spec 01

Fans: Just one fan in the build.(Its the one that was already included in the case).

 

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immediate is a motherboard and psu 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($89.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $153.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-20 18:51 EDT-0400

 

less immediate would be a good cpu cooler

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 51.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($49.45 @ Amazon) 
Total: $49.45
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-20 18:52 EDT-0400

 

thats all on the cheap, if you want good perf, switch to intel

 

Rigs I've Built

The Striker i5 4590 @ 3.7 ||  MSI GTX 980 Armor X2 || Corsair RMX 750 || Team Elite Plus 8 GB || Define S || MSI Z97S SLI Krait

The Office PC i3 4160 @ 3.6 || Intel 4600 || EVGA 500B || G.Skill 8 GB || Cooler Master N200 || ASRock H97M Pro4

The Friend PC G3258 @ 4.3 || Sapphire R9 280X Tri-X || EVGA 600B || 8 GB Dell Ram || Cooler Master N200 || ASRock H97M- iTX/ac

The Mom Gaming PC A10-7890K @ 4.4 || iGPU + ASUS R7 250 ||  8 GB Klevv DDR3-2800 Mhz

 

 

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Just now, LabRat said:

don't buy anything.

even though biostar is one of the low quality providers AND that the most important part of the rig (the psu)  isn't providing good power. triathlor  psus are good ENTRY LEVEL UNITS using chinese capacitors, 

Rigs I've Built

The Striker i5 4590 @ 3.7 ||  MSI GTX 980 Armor X2 || Corsair RMX 750 || Team Elite Plus 8 GB || Define S || MSI Z97S SLI Krait

The Office PC i3 4160 @ 3.6 || Intel 4600 || EVGA 500B || G.Skill 8 GB || Cooler Master N200 || ASRock H97M Pro4

The Friend PC G3258 @ 4.3 || Sapphire R9 280X Tri-X || EVGA 600B || 8 GB Dell Ram || Cooler Master N200 || ASRock H97M- iTX/ac

The Mom Gaming PC A10-7890K @ 4.4 || iGPU + ASUS R7 250 ||  8 GB Klevv DDR3-2800 Mhz

 

 

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31 minutes ago, 007agentHP said:

even though biostar is one of the low quality providers AND that the most important part of the rig (the psu)  isn't providing good power. triathlor  psus are good ENTRY LEVEL UNITS using chinese capacitors, 

I don't believe in spending money on something that won't increase performance ( the suggestions in the links above ) or investing a lot in something you really can't add performance to.

 I could have said an H50 for the cpu or more fans or a case with more fans and better airflow.

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Just now, LabRat said:

I don't believe in spending money on something that won't increase performance ( the suggestions in the links above ) or investing a lot in something you really can't add performance to.

 I could have said an H50 for the cpu or more fans or a case with more fans and better airflow.

why add an h50 on a board that will catch fire when you overclock the cpu?

and endangering a rig with a bad psu isnt worth it, with the possibility of destroying said rig

 

the cx psu is in the same caliber. and take a look

 

Rigs I've Built

The Striker i5 4590 @ 3.7 ||  MSI GTX 980 Armor X2 || Corsair RMX 750 || Team Elite Plus 8 GB || Define S || MSI Z97S SLI Krait

The Office PC i3 4160 @ 3.6 || Intel 4600 || EVGA 500B || G.Skill 8 GB || Cooler Master N200 || ASRock H97M Pro4

The Friend PC G3258 @ 4.3 || Sapphire R9 280X Tri-X || EVGA 600B || 8 GB Dell Ram || Cooler Master N200 || ASRock H97M- iTX/ac

The Mom Gaming PC A10-7890K @ 4.4 || iGPU + ASUS R7 250 ||  8 GB Klevv DDR3-2800 Mhz

 

 

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