500$ gaming pc, advice?

rogue331 · Jun 22, 2013

This is what i'm thinking, any thing i can change to improve its performance?

http://secure.newegg.com/Shopping/ShoppingCart.aspx?Submit=view

LOGISYS Computer CS301BK Black solid 6.0mm SECC metal ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 480W Power Supply
-$18.00 Instant $27.99

Seagate Barracuda ST500DM002 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive $59.99

ASRock 990FX Extreme9 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS -$30.00 Instant $189.99 $159.99

Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Profile Desktop Memory Model BLS2K4G3D1609ES2LX0 -$73.99 Saving

AMD FX-6300 Vishera 3.5GHz (4.1GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 95W Six-Core Desktop Processor FD6300WMHKBOX $119.99

LG Black 12X Blu-ray Combo Drive SATA Model UH12NS2 $49.99

HIS iCooler H777F1G2M Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card $99.99

total cost $517

Goodeggray · Jun 22, 2013

I highly recommend staying away from the Logisys case and psu. A bad psu can bring down the whole computer. Instead at newegg at the Corsair CX430M psu for $35 after 20 mir and is semi modular and the Raidmax Toranado atx-238wr case for $20 after 20 mir. It's a little more money but well worth it. If money is tight just get 4G of ram now 4 more can be added easily later.

rogue331 · Jun 22, 2013

oh the ram is free with the mobo, if the psu goes out it wont damage the pc components will it?

Goodeggray · Jun 22, 2013

It can easily take down the cpu and mobo. A poor quality psu is a time bomb. Almost all psus that come with cases are of poor quality. Where do you live? Maybe there are other combo deals.

manofchalk · Jun 22, 2013

The PSU is what converts the walls AC power into DC. An inherent property of AC current is that its voltage fluctuates quite rapidly between two extreme values, while DC stays constant.
80+ Certification specifies that a PSU's DC output voltage shouldn't vary more than 5% of what is intended (so for the 12v rail, it needs to stay within 11.4 and 12.6v) to prevent damage to the components. Mains AC oscillates between 0 and 240v (in mainland US, your country may be different) 50 times per second. Pretty far outside accepted standards.

In a nutshell, if your PSU blows up and AC current floods into your rig, you can just consider the whole thing dead. The PSU is the one component that can kill all the others, dont cheap out on it.

rogue331 · Jun 22, 2013

Thanks, I did not know that; I'll be buying a nice 500W high quality psu now!, is this an effective gaming pc for 500$ as well, anything i should swap around for better results?

Marcopolo123 · Jun 22, 2013

Get cheaper motherboard,
Get better gpu

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($117.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($73.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.89 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($65.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($45.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $640.81
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-22 19:54 EDT-0400)

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