Is Build Compatible

[ComputerAI]

Hello, I've been looking for a good place to talk to people about computer hardware and well, I've been watching LinusTechTips for awhile now and I checked out this forums.

I wanted to find out from other people, their opinions on this build. This is all selected by me and I have no idea if it works or not (although i have a good feeling it does).

Here is my Build: My Motherboard is a Gigabyte AM3+(GA-970A-DS3P).

                            My CPU is an AMD FX-8320E  Octa Core.

                            My GPU is a Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 4GB DDR5 OC

                            My RAM is Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (8GB x 2)

                            My PSU is an EVGA 500W  B1 Bronze power supply

                            My Hard drive is a  WD 1TB

                            My Monitor is a ViewSonic VX2252MH

                            My Case is a Thermaltake Versa N21

Thanks for reading my post!

 

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[21rkosta]

should be

[Electronics Wizardy]

It should work, but you can get better parts for the price.

 

First get a intel 6400 instead of a 8320. The 8320 is hot and slow and old.

 

Id get a rx 480 instead of a 960, faster and same price.

[Flavortown2k16]

3 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

It should work, but you can get better parts for the price.

 

First get a intel 6400 instead of a 8320. The 8320 is hot and slow and old.

 

Id get a rx 480 instead of a 960, faster and same price.

you make it seems like its bad cpu? sure its not as good as intel but its not crap. Unless you actaully had the cpu then you can call it shit all you want.
Also yeah get the 480 if you live in 'murica. if eu then the 480 isnt really worth the price

[Sir Asvald]

13 minutes ago, Flavortown2k16 said:

you make it seems like its bad cpu? sure its not as good as intel but its not crap. Unless you actaully had the cpu then you can call it shit all you want.
Also yeah get the 480 if you live in 'murica. if eu then the 480 isnt really worth the price

Please stop it. The CPU is old and has no upgrade path anything above a 970/290X will start to bottleneck.

 

[Flavortown2k16]

3 minutes ago, Abdul201588 said:

Please stop it. The CPU is old and has no upgrade path anything above a 970/290X will start to bottleneck.

 

Have you tried it and seen how much it ''bottlenecks'' it?

 

[Sir Asvald]

4 minutes ago, Flavortown2k16 said:

Have you tried it and seen how much it ''bottlenecks'' it?

 

Yes, I've had the fx CPU when my friend gave me his first PC. After using it for 1 year I got rid of it. It was awful. The only possible way for it to work is to overclock. Which caused heat issues

[Flavortown2k16]

1 minute ago, Abdul201588 said:

Yes, I've had the fx CPU when my friend gave me his first PC. After using it for 1 year I got rid of it. It was awful. The only possible way for it to work is to overclock. Which caused heat issues

yeah well what one was it?

[Sir Asvald]

4 minutes ago, Flavortown2k16 said:

yeah well what one was it?

FX-8350

 

EDIT: saw you RIG in your signature. What FPS do you get when playing? because you're diffidently getting a bottleneck

[Flavortown2k16]

1 minute ago, Abdul201588 said:

FX-8350

I have it underclocked and i cant see anyreason that i would need to change it to anything else. If i can run almost everygame in 1080p ultra with well over 60fps whats the issue

[Flavortown2k16]

2 minutes ago, Abdul201588 said:

FX-8350

 

EDIT: saw you RIG in your signature. What FPS do you get when playing? because you're diffidently getting a 

Havent played much since i got it but 120fps on doom in ultra and it dips to 80 if its really intensive

[Sir Asvald]

3 minutes ago, Flavortown2k16 said:

I have it underclocked and i cant see anyreason that i would need to change it to anything else. If i can run almost everygame in 1080p ultra with well over 60fps whats the issue

What is your CPU and GPU utilisation? 

[Flavortown2k16]

1 minute ago, Abdul201588 said:

What is your CPU and GPU utilisation? 

havent monitored it and cba since i dont have dual monitors so i woild have to tab out just to see it. Heaven benchmark wich i did had the cpu on under 50 and hitting lower when i did it couple mins ago and i had some other shait on at the same time

[Sir Asvald]

3 minutes ago, Flavortown2k16 said:

Havent played much since i got it but 120fps on doom in ultra and it dips to 80 if its really intensive

That's the problem. If you search up videos, GPUs with intel CPUs perform better. So AMD CPUs are useless in high end gaming.

[Sir Asvald]

4 minutes ago, Flavortown2k16 said:

havent monitored it and cba since i dont have dual monitors so i woild have to tab out just to see it. Heaven benchmark wich i did had the cpu on under 50 and hitting lower when i did it couple mins ago and i had some other shait on at the same time

During gaming.

[Flavortown2k16]

1 minute ago, Abdul201588 said:

During gaming.

I hardly doubt that its any diffrent and more likely less than a benchmark designed to put your gpu to the test 

[ComputerAI]

thanks for the suggestions! For the intel processor I would need to change the motherboard too right?

Also I thought the RX 480 hadn't been released yet so thank you for clarifying that. Also i see no problem with the AMD processor, it is cheaper, and runs faster at 3.2 GHz compared to the 6400 at 2.7 GHz but idk, I'm kinda new.

I don't really need an over the top gaming computer, just one that will run any game at 60+ fps at medium to high settings