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Hello! I have made a parts list for a gaming pc build, budget is a little over 600 US dollars, plan on playing Overwatch, GTA 5, Minecraft, Need For Speed Edge, Rocket League, No Mans Sky, and possibly Just Cause 3 are the most demanding things I plan on running, medium settings, 60fps on 1080p monitor. Can this build do that?

Build:

Power supply:XFX TS 550w Full Wired 80+ Bronze Power Supply - P1550SXXB9                              

Case: Rosewill Challenger S ATX Mid Tower Case

Motherboard: ASRock B150M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

CPU fan: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor

GPU:  Radeon RX 480 graphics card

RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8gb (1x4gb) DDR4-2133 Memory

Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5” 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Tell me if any of these parts are bad or would slow my computer down. The last power supply Iooked at looked fine but some people said they bought it and it lit on fire so... Gonna stay away from that for now.

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I think the two main components that could possibly bottleneck the PC is the CPU, seeing as you cannot overclock it and it's stuck at 3.2 GHz. Another thing that you might what to add is a 120-240GB SSD from a reputable brand such as Kingston, Corsair, Samsung, Adata, etc.If you have Amazon, there is a really good deal on a 128GB ADATA SSD for $40. https://www.amazon.com/ADATA-Premier-SP600-Excellent-ASP600S3-128GM-C/dp/B009SX6VLC/ref=sr_1_23?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1468340483&sr=1-23&keywords=ssd&refinements=p_n_feature_three_browse-bin%3A14027457011

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3 minutes ago, CaseyMazur said:

I think the two main components that could possibly bottleneck the PC is the CPU, seeing as you cannot overclock it and it's stuck at 3.2 GHz. Another thing that you might what to add is a 120-240GB SSD from a reputable brand such as Kingston, Corsair, Samsung, Adata, etc.If you have Amazon, there is a really good deal on a 128GB ADATA SSD for $40. https://www.amazon.com/ADATA-Premier-SP600-Excellent-ASP600S3-128GM-C/dp/B009SX6VLC/ref=sr_1_23?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1468340483&sr=1-23&keywords=ssd&refinements=p_n_feature_three_browse-bin%3A14027457011

That CPU is fine. What worries me is the PSU, which isn't good (but it's not horrific either...) I'd advise a Seasonic S12II or XFX TS 550W @TheCatShuriken

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1 minute ago, EnemySp0tt3d said:

non overclockable cpus are fine? Select kingston ssds are garbage. And for a budget system that cpu is actually ideal as getting a overclockable cpu would require you to get a new motherboard and increase price. 

2 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

That CPU is fine. What worries me is the PSU, which isn't good (but it's not horrific either...) I'd advise a Seasonic S12II or XFX TS 550W @TheCatShuriken

I was just saying a better CPU as a possibility if he had a little wiggle room in his budget. And yes, a better PSU would be a good idea. As for Kingston SSDs, thanks for letting me know. Didn't know about that.

 

 

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That build should play all of those games at medium settings just fine. It's actually pretty well done for $600. However, which CPU fan you buy doesn't really matter. Honestly, because you are using a non-overclockable CPU, even getting an aftermarket cooler isn't necessary, but it's still good to have it, since the Hyper 212 EVO is awesome. GTA 5 is the only game in there that is heavily intensive, and that should still run just fine with a 480. Not at super-crazy settings, but at medium, it'll work just fine. Just make sure you aren't neglecting the cost of peripherals and a windows license.

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1 hour ago, CaseyMazur said:

I think the two main components that could possibly bottleneck the PC is the CPU, seeing as you cannot overclock it and it's stuck at 3.2 GHz. Another thing that you might what to add is a 120-240GB SSD from a reputable brand such as Kingston, Corsair, Samsung, Adata, etc.If you have Amazon, there is a really good deal on a 128GB ADATA SSD for $40. https://www.amazon.com/ADATA-Premier-SP600-Excellent-ASP600S3-128GM-C/dp/B009SX6VLC/ref=sr_1_23?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1468340483&sr=1-23&keywords=ssd&refinements=p_n_feature_three_browse-bin%3A14027457011

Well I don't want to overclock much due to wear and tear on components, and can you suggest any better cpu for 200$ or less?

Also I already have a ssd.

 

1 hour ago, EnemySp0tt3d said:

non overclockable cpus are fine? Select kingston ssds are garbage. And for a budget system that cpu is actually ideal as getting a overclockable cpu would require you to get a new motherboard and increase price. 

Oh good. I made a good CPU choice.

 

1 hour ago, TheRandomness said:

That CPU is fine. What worries me is the PSU, which isn't good (but it's not horrific either...) I'd advise a Seasonic S12II or XFX TS 550W @TheCatShuriken

Allright. this one? https://www.amazon.com/XFX-Wired-Bronze-Power-Supply/dp/B004RJ8EKI/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1468346409&sr=1-1&keywords=XFX+TS+550W

 

1 hour ago, CaseyMazur said:

I was just saying a better CPU as a possibility if he had a little wiggle room in his budget. And yes, a better PSU would be a good idea. As for Kingston SSDs, thanks for letting me know. Didn't know about that.

 

 

Can you suggest a better CPU for less than 50$ more?

 

1 hour ago, Logarithm said:

That build should play all of those games at medium settings just fine. It's actually pretty well done for $600. However, which CPU fan you buy doesn't really matter. Honestly, because you are using a non-overclockable CPU, even getting an aftermarket cooler isn't necessary, but it's still good to have it, since the Hyper 212 EVO is awesome. GTA 5 is the only game in there that is heavily intensive, and that should still run just fine with a 480. Not at super-crazy settings, but at medium, it'll work just fine. Just make sure you aren't neglecting the cost of peripherals and a windows license.

I'm not, I have 150$ for periferals and wiggle room in budget, as for windows license I heard I can use windows 10 for free with some settings disabled.

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12 minutes ago, TheCatShuriken said:

Yeah, that'd be great :D

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