First Homebuild Complete!

Eyedeology · Jun 13, 2013

Hey guys I just wanted to say thanks for the help and that Tom's really helped me complete my very first homebuild. I want to hear what you guys have to say about it as well! Specs posted below.

CPU: Phenom II x4 965 BE-79.99
Grahpics: Sapphire HD7790 OC-129.99
HDD: WD Caviar Blue 1tb 720rpm-64.99
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2x4gb 1600mhz-62.99
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme4-99.99
PSU: Corsair Builder Series CX 600-57.99
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 200r-49.99
Cooler: CM 212 Plus-24.99

In hindsight I realize it might have been a better decision to purchase an FX6300 and maybe different RAM, but I stand by my decision happily.

Total price came out to 570 and change. What do you guys think? I also plan on adding a SSD boot drive sooner or later.

firo40 · Jun 13, 2013

Its great for a budget what resoloution are you playing at?

Eyedeology · Jun 14, 2013

firo40 :

900p currently, waiting on my 1080p monitor to arrive!

firo40 · Jun 14, 2013

with that gpu you wont max new games at 1080p but you will have good frame rates with lowered settings

tiny voices · Jun 14, 2013

I would have gotten an MUCH cheaper motherboard. That CPU is 5 years old and so I would have gone with the cheapest 970 chipset board that exists. Then i would have gotten a cx500 not a cx600. Last I would have used the saved money to get an hd7850 or gtx660.

Eyedeology · Jun 14, 2013

firo40 :

The majority of the games I play don't require much graphical power (League of Legends, Elder Scrolls, etc) and I am able to max them out & 1080p. Games such as BF3 I should still be able to maintain >30 fps with ultra settings according to benchmarks. Of course I would have liked to get a better card, but the budget was set

. Question though, in the future if I plan to xfire 7790's, will I performance increase drastically or will I not see huge improvements & 1080p because of the 128bit unit? I'm unfamiliar with performance gains through xfire.

Eyedeology · Jun 14, 2013

tiny voices :

This was the cheapest motherboard that I could find that had USB 3.0 headers. 500w Corsair PSU is .25 cents cheaper than the 600w and 500w isn't enough wattage to OC P2 and 7790 and definitely won't be enough to OC the 7850. I definitely would have preferred to have a 7850 but for the price the 7790 was an excellent grab

tiny voices · Jun 14, 2013

Do not crossfire 7790s. Its a waste to crossfire low end cards. Just get one newer high end card when the time comes. It will be far superior.

Bexx · Jun 14, 2013

Does the case already come with fans built in, would you really need another?

Eyedeology · Jun 15, 2013

Bexx :

Are you asking about the Cool Master 212 Plus? If so thats my cpu cooler not just a case fan

Bexx · Jun 15, 2013

Eyedeology :

Ah right with you now lol I thought it was a bit odd

Marcopolo123 · Jun 15, 2013

Have fun !

Victorion · Nov 13, 2015

Eyedeology :

I´d go with this instead at your budget :

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($172.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($42.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($38.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac GTX 970 ($289.00 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total : $593,76

Get a cheap SSD instead of HDD and a cheap case. May be a couple 100 more bucks, but well well worth it

Eyedeology · Nov 13, 2015

Victorion :

Eyedeology :

I´d go with this instead at your budget :

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($172.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($42.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($38.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac GTX 970 ($289.00 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total : $593,76

Get a cheap SSD instead of HDD and a cheap case. May be a couple 100 more bucks, but well well worth it

Hello! Please read the date of the OP, 30 months ago Haswell was a dream and nothing else. AMD was still on 7xxx! Thanks for the input.

Eyedeology

Victorion · Nov 13, 2015

christ I didn´t realize the thread was this old. My apologies ~

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