First budget build. Need tips

[ModestasHydro]

Hi,

 

I'm trying to build my first ever PC. These are parts that I have chosen so far. Need every opinion I can get.

 

1. Budget & Location: 600 eur. Lithuania

2. Aim: Gaming (Diablo 3, Witcher 3 ), sometimes autocad (2d)

3. Monitors: 1 for now

CPU:

AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor 

Motherboard:

Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+  or  MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+

GPU:

Sapphire AMD/ATI Radeon R9 380 4GB

Memory:

Crucial Ballistix 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Storage:

Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Case:

Aerocool Aero-500 ATX Mid Tower Case

Power supply:

PSU Seasonic S12II-520 520W 80 Plus Bronze retail

 

Thanks and sorry for bad English.

 

Updated.

 

[Vercii]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€181.08 @ Mindfactory) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€77.88 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (€28.96 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: OCZ Trion 100 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€49.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€48.95 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card  (€158.89 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case  (€47.89 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply 
Total: €593.64
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-26 11:32 CEST+0200

[don_svetlio]

10 minutes ago, ModestasHydro said:

Hi,

 

i'm trying to build my first ever PC. These are parts that i have chosen so far. Need every opinion i can get.

 

1. Budget & Location: 600 eur. Lithuania

2. Aim: Gaming (Diablo 3, Witcher 3 ), sometimes autocad (2d)

3. Monitors: 1 for now

CPU:

AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor 

Motherboard:

Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+  or  MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+

GPU:

Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 4GB SOC Video Card

Memory:

Crucial Ballistix 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Storage:

Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Case:

Aerocool Aero-500 ATX Mid Tower Case

Power supply:

Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

 

Thanks and sorry for bad English.

 

If you can get an i3 + board for less money then do that. Basically the FX 6300 and i3 4170 perform the same - get the cheaper one. GPU is fine but avoid Gigabyte and Asus - get a 380 from XFX/PowerColor/Sapphire/MSI

The memory is fine

Storage is fine

Case doesn't matter

The PSU is rubbish - get a SeaSonic S12II 520W - the CX and VS from Corsair are terrible quality

[don_svetlio]

7 minutes ago, Vercii said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€181.08 @ Mindfactory) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€77.88 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (€28.96 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: OCZ Trion 100 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€49.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€48.95 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card  (€158.89 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case  (€47.89 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply 
Total: €593.64
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-26 11:32 CEST+0200

No sense in going for i5 + 950 on a budget build - i3 + 380 would deliver 40% better performance.

[Sydlexic Deity]

12 minutes ago, ModestasHydro said:

Hi,

 

i'm trying to build my first ever PC. These are parts that i have chosen so far. Need every opinion i can get.

 

1. Budget & Location: 600 eur. Lithuania

2. Aim: Gaming (Diablo 3, Witcher 3 ), sometimes autocad (2d)

3. Monitors: 1 for now

CPU:

AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor 

Motherboard:

Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+  or  MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+

GPU:

Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 4GB SOC Video Card

Memory:

Crucial Ballistix 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Storage:

Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Case:

Aerocool Aero-500 ATX Mid Tower Case

Power supply:

Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

 

Thanks and sorry for bad English.

 

Are you planning to aim for any upgrading or future proofing?

 

[Kewko]

It might be worth thinking about the workload you will be performing with CAD as sometimes it may slow down with 8GB RAM.  Just a thought as RAM is not the most expensive part of a build to pick up 2 x 8GB sticks or 1 x 8GB with the option to upgrade if it is not enough?  Worth thinking about leaving upgrade-ability as easy as possible.

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, Kewko said:

It might be worth thinking about the workload you will be performing with CAD as sometimes it may slow down with 8GB RAM.  Just a thought as RAM is not the most expensive part of a build to pick up 2 x 8GB sticks or 1 x 8GB with the option to upgrade if it is not enough?  Worth thinking about leaving upgrade-ability as easy as possible.

As long as it's dual-channel (2sticks) it will be fine - 16GB is not needed

[ModestasHydro]

46 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

If you can get an i3 + board for less money then do that. Basically the FX 6300 and i3 4170 perform the same - get the cheaper one. GPU is fine but avoid Gigabyte and Asus - get a 380 from XFX/PowerColor/Sapphire/MSI

The memory is fine

Storage is fine

Case doesn't matter

The PSU is rubbish - get a SeaSonic S12II 520W - the CX and VS from Corsair are terrible quality

1

FX 6300 is cheaper.

 

44 minutes ago, Sydlexic Deity said:

Are you planning to aim for any upgrading or future proofing?

 

Not planning major upgrade   in near future only SSD.

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, ModestasHydro said:

FX 6300 is cheaper.

 

Not planning major upgrade   in ne

Then get the FX 6300 - change the GPU OEM and a get a better PSU

[Mr.Meerkat]

21 minutes ago, ModestasHydro said:

FX 6300 is cheaper.

 

Not planning major upgrade   in near future only SSD.

But how much cheaper? if it's less than 3/4 of the price of the i3 then go for the 6300 else i3  

[ModestasHydro]

8 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

But how much cheaper? if it's less than 3/4 of the price of the i3 then go for the 6300 else i3  

FX 6300 is 104 eur  I3 is 118 eur.

But why I should go for I3 ? if 6300 and I3 perform same. Any other advantages ?

[Mr.Meerkat]

Just now, ModestasHydro said:

FX 6300 is 104 eur  I3 is 118 eur.

But why I should go for I3 ? if 6300 and I3 perform same. Any other advantages ?

'preforms the same', that really does depends on the games as the 6300 will preform better in games that utilizes all cores or has the 4 core min requirement (as the i3 isn't a true 4 core, it's a dual core with 4 threads) but the IPC on the i3 is so much better than in 1-2 core situation (and games), it will preform a lot better  

 

I guess go with the 6300 as it is cheaper  which means better PSU (although a xfx ts/seasonic PSU are cheaper than the cx here while they are much better in quality )

[ModestasHydro]

About PSU. Everywhere I look Seasonic S12II-520  is out of stock. Can anyone suggest any other alternatives ? Maybe Seasonic M12II-EVO520 ?

 

[Matias_Chambers]

http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/F2PJ7h

[Kithkannin]

3 hours ago, ModestasHydro said:

FX 6300 is 104 eur  I3 is 118 eur.

But why I should go for I3 ? if 6300 and I3 perform same. Any other advantages ?

You can find some really cheap 6300's on the used market. Got one with a good after market cooler for 75usd total. At that budget used is king. 

 

 

[Sydlexic Deity]

9 hours ago, ModestasHydro said:

FX 6300 is cheaper.

 

Not planning major upgrade   in near future only SSD.

Alright