Is This a Good Gaming Rig?

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Christian713

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CPU: AMD FX 6300
MoBo: Asrock 970 Extreme3
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHZ 2GB GDDR5 OC Edition
Memory: Kingston HyperXGenesis 8GB
Memory:WD 320GB(gonna use my old ones but im gonna upgrade later)
PSU: Cougar PowerX 550W
Casing: Cougar Solution Gaming Chasis

can you give your own opinion on each part? Is the AMD FX 6300 good for gaming?Is the psu good?I'll play BF3, Crysis 3, Far Cry 3, Black Ops 2 and Watch Dogs.Tnx.
 
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The only part you really should change is the PSU. Stick with Seasonic, Pc Power and Cooling, Corsair, XFX, OCZ for brands. Right now you can get a 600w Corsair bronze plus certified PSU for 59.99. What is your general budget? Generally you only want to go AMD for gaming if you are on a tighter budget. For about 50 dollars more, you could probably spring for a 3350p I5 CPU, and H77 motherboard from Intel that will beat Any AMD combo for gaming. Right now your build looks like:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Grey 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($52.89 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card ($270.42 @ Compuvest)
Power Supply: Cougar 560W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($59.98 @ Amazon)
Total: $598.27
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-13 04:45 EDT-0400)

That's what you have, or as close as I can find, minus case.

So using 600 dollars as a general budget, lets try:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($188.79 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($87.55 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($47.98 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card ($224.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $609.30
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-13 04:51 EDT-0400)


10 dollars more, but using the 3470 instead of the 3350p. Much better performance in gaming, and I doubt you'd notice a difference between the two video cards. Overkill on the PSU as well, you could save 20 dollars off the 2nd one and use the 500w, but for that price I'd use the 750w. I also forgot the case, which is generally ascetics only and pretty much up to you.
 
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im form the philippines so those parts you are saying aren't available here. http://dynaquestpc.com/ that is where im gonna buy and my budget is P27000(or $ 650 Dollars) can you please build me a gaming rig with my budget on that site
 
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Ok, gotcha. Will try.

Ok, I'm going over by about P900, using an Intel build. Intel 3330 i5 cpu for 7500:
http://dynaquestpc.com/index.php/intel-core-i5-3330-ivy-bridge-3-0-ghz-3-20-ghz-turbo-processor.html

Asrock H77m Motherboard for 3500:
http://dynaquestpc.com/index.php/asrock-h77m-motherboard-lga-1155.html

8gb of Crucial memory for 2000
http://dynaquestpc.com/index.php/crucial-ballistix-sport-8gb-ddr3-1600-ddr3-pc3-12800-cl9-memory.html

520w PSU from Seasonic for 2700:
http://dynaquestpc.com/index.php/seasonic-520w-s12ii520-s12ii-620-80plus-bronze-psu-power-supply-watts.html

NZXT Source 210 Case for 1700:
http://dynaquestpc.com/index.php/nzxt-source-210-classic-midtower-chassis-casing-case.html

Sapphire 7870 video card for 10500:
http://dynaquestpc.com/index.php/sapphire-hd7870-ghz-edition-2gb-gddr5-video-graphic-card.html

I think you could drop down in price a bit with the Case, I just plugged in the first one I recognized as a good value, with good reviews. There is an option to use a Gigabyte b75 chipset motherboard too. It would drop you in your budget,but I don't know much about that chipset. I know it only has one pci-e slot though, so Xfire'ing your video card is out of the question. http://dynaquestpc.com/index.php/components-2/motherboard-1/lga1155/gigabyte-ga-b75m-d3v-lga1155-motherboard.html Maybe someone else can chime in. With that budget, you can definitely afford an Intel build though. Save money on the case and motherboard and it'll drop you right at 27000.
 
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how about this?

Intel Core i5 3330-P7500
ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP-P4100
Kingston HyperX Genesis 8GB-P2200
SAPPHIRE HD 7850 OC 2GB GDDR5-P8990
Seasonic S12II-520 520W 80PLUS Bronze-P2700
Cougar Solution-P1900

should i get the non oc version of sapphire 7850 which would give me P490 off and get the Intel Core i5 3470? how many fps would drop compared to the AMD build?
 
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The Ram you have listed I believe is an 8gb x 1 set. You are going to want a 4gb x 2 set to take advantage of dual-channel memory. I also found a PSU that is rated as a tier 2b(meaning it's good enough to suggest it for your pc) that is only 2340. Also there is a cheaper case by Antec that I'd recommend as well.
Judging by the games you want to play, I think you'd be better off staying with at least the 7870. The drop in performance with the 7850 will hurt too much I think. Depending on the pricing, you might actually be better off going with an AMD Cpu, I'm going to check pricing.

Ok, even with an AMD cpu, you won't be able to go up to the 7950 GPU. After reading on the differences between the h77 chipset and b75, I'm going to recommend the b75. Only supports 16gb of ram(which is fine, you only need 8gb atm) and only has one pci-e slot(which is fine too, since you are only buying one card right now, and when you might want a better one in the future, just buy a new one instead of trying to crossfire).

Same intel cpu for 7500, motherboard is 2800: http://dynaquestpc.com/index.php/gigabyte-ga-b75m-d3v-lga1155-motherboard.html , Ram is 2240 for dual-channel ram: http://dynaquestpc.com/index.php/gskill-sniper-8gb-4gbx2-ddr3-1600-pc3-12800-cl9-memory-ram-f312800cl9d-8gbsr2.html , PSU is 2340 for something I'd recommend http://dynaquestpc.com/index.php/enermax-naxn-82-series-550w-80plus-bronze-power-supply.html , and the same video card as what I said earlier, and same case. That NZXT case has gotten several reviews, and a few of the sites I read really like it for the price. All together the build comes to P27080. Pretty decent build for todays games and it would do you just fine.
 
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is i5-3470 is much better than i5-3330 at gaming? or just (Better) i think it's better but not that much
 
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thanks, then is the 3570k worth paying the money? will i get more FPS on solid games?
 
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