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rjj2001

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What Do You Think About These Parts

Case:APEX PCV-588 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case


Graphics Card:SAPPHIRE 100355-1GOCL Radeon HD 7850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card OC Version


Motherboard:ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS


Processor:AMD FX-6300 Vishera 3.5GHz (4.1GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 95W Six-Core Desktop Processor FD6300WMHKBOX


Hard Drive:Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive


Ram:G.SKILL Value 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C11D-16GNT



Power Supply:APEX AL-D500EXP 500W ATX12V Power Supply
 
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barto

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You don't need 16GB of RAM. The most games need right now is about 5GB so getting 8 GB is the sweet spot. Anymore than that, you'll just be wasting money. You'll only need that much RAM if you are doing video editing.

I do agree with Josh. An SSD is the best way to improve performance particularly load times in games. Samsung, Crucial, and OCZ are the brands to look at.

Edit: I would also recommend getting a Corsair, XFX, or Seasonic PSU over Apex. Never cheap out on a PSU.
 
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It's worth it.

By the way, you really, really should upgrade to a 7870 XT if you're going to be gaming - the XT chip is actually a disabled 7950, which means you're getting HUGE performance gains for not much more money.

 
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Don't go with an SSD first, it's just the cherry on the cake. First upgrade your CPU to maybe a 8350 if you can afford it, you probably won't ever need 16gb of RAM if you're gaming, 8gb is enough for any game but RAM is somewhat cheap so owel
 
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I Agree but It i want to run battlefield three on ultra while listning to pandora and rendering a pixar movie and coverting a converting a music album to mp4
 
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Then I suggest you buy a more powerful CPU because the 6300 won't be able to do all that simultaneously.
 
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rjj2001

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I could do it on my laptop but want to have a desktop
 
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The 6300 is a very capable CPU that is able to do any demanding task. From gaming to video editing. What I suggest is that you get a CPU cooler and overclock that chip. It will yield some impressive performance gains.
 
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