First PC Build

[Finn1988]

Hi,

 

i almost finished planning my first gaming build and would like to ask you for your opinion on this.

 

CPU:            AMD FX-8350 4.0Ghz 8-Core

Mainboard:  GIGABYTE GA-990X-Gaming SLI

RAM:           Kingston HyperX Fury Red, 8Gb, 1600 Mhz

GPU:           Zotac Geforce GTX 970 4Gb

SSD:            ADATA 128GB Premium Pro SP900

HDD:           Western Digital Blue 1TB WD10EZEX

PSU:           Corsair CP9020076 CS550M 550W 80+ Gold

Case:          Corsair Carbide SPEC-01

 

In Germany, where i live, this setup would be about 800€ so approx. 887$

 

I have not decided what CPU Cooler to use, do you have any tips or recommendations? (Should be Air btw)

 

Will there be any bottlenecks, what would you change?

  

I thougt adding an "exhaust" Casefan, would it make any difference?

 

Thank you in advance for your help.

 

Regards from Germany

Finn

[roylapoutre]

Hi Finn !

 

There is one thing I wouldn't do if I were you : buying a 970 with all the cool stuff released now (RX 480 / GTX 1060 at the same price point), the 3.5Gb of VRAM is really a reason not to buy one with the more compelling offers appearing right now. I know there is no 1060 yet and not custom RX 480, but you might want to wait and see. Or look around for used 980/390X if you really want something now. 

[Flavortown2k16]

If you are going with 8350 then get cpu cooler with fan blowing at the mobo aswell to keep parts on mobo cool aswell. Also if your not too fond of amd's cpu then if you have spare cash go with intel cpu's, for better single core perf, lower temps and upgrade path.

[Herman Mcpootis]

i'd go with something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€207.69 @ Mindfactory) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€56.49 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (€32.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€59.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€51.66 @ Mindfactory) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 480 8GB Video Card  (€268.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case  (€46.72 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€66.90 @ Caseking) 
Total: €791.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-13 14:05 CEST+0200

[Flavortown2k16]

6 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

i'd go with something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€207.69 @ Mindfactory) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€56.49 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (€32.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€59.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€51.66 @ Mindfactory) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 480 8GB Video Card  (€268.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case  (€46.72 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€66.90 @ Caseking) 
Total: €791.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-13 14:05 CEST+0200

Any regular atx boards for that price point?

[Finn1988]

4 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

i'd go with something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€207.69 @ Mindfactory) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€56.49 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (€32.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€59.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€51.66 @ Mindfactory) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 480 8GB Video Card  (€268.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case  (€46.72 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€66.90 @ Caseking) 
Total: €791.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-13 14:05 CEST+0200

Wow, that looks great. I think i would replace the H110M with a B150 Mortar, read lots of bad things about cheap ASRock MoBos.

[Herman Mcpootis]

2 minutes ago, Flavortown2k16 said:

Any regular atx boards for that price point?

apparently no, cheapest one is 80 euros.

 

2 minutes ago, Finn1988 said:

Wow, that looks great. I think i would replace the H110M with a B150 Mortar, read lots of bad things about cheap ASRock MoBos.

asrock is quite decent for a mobo company, biostar mobos are the one to watch out for if you're buying motherboards.