Im going to be building a rig in six months need some help

Zack Gregg

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Hello this will be my first time building a gaming pc i have the set budget of 500.00 When income tax rolls around So far i have collected these parts. My question is will i be satisfied? i wanna be able to play the recent games and the new games this year and next. I dont mind playing games on medium settings. I would also like to get 40fps+ on my multiplayer games.
Please take in mind i spent like 30min putting these parts togethor.

Other info:
Overclocking:yes maybe later
Games i wanna play: ARMA3 BF4 GTAV Dayz Standalone: pretty much any good game out there

Kingston ValueRam 4GB PC3-10600 CL9 204-Pin SODIMM Notebook Memory KVR1333D3S9/4G - Kingston H. Corporation
$21.43

LG Electronics 24X SATA Super-Multi DVD Internal Rewriter with M-Disc Support (Black) GH24NS95B - LG Electronics
$19.84

WD Blue 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache - WD10EZEX - Western Digital
$62.99

Xion Performance Meshed mATX USB 3.0 Tower Case XON-560_BK Black/Blue - Xion
$39.99

AMD FX -4130 3.8Ghz Processor FD4130FRGUBOX, Black Edition - AMD
$94.99

Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti, 1GB GDDR5, PCI-E 2.0 x 16, Graphics Card - NVIDIA
$148.97

Logisys Corp. 550W 120mm Ball Bearing Fan with PSU ATX 550 Power Supply PS550E12BK, Black - Logisys Corp.
$21.99

ASRock MB-970EX4 Socket AM3+/ AMD 970/ AMD Quad CrossFireX& nVidia SLI/ SATA3&USB3.0/ A&GbE/ ATX Motherboard - ASRock
$89.99
 
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Almost all current and upcoming games, mix between mid-high-max. Settings 40-60+ fps on a 1080p screen.

Over budget, but i dont recommend going below these parts...
They have a good quality, some good rabates, nice p/p

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($93.98 @ Outlet PC)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($63.75 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video...

Zack Gregg

Honorable
Aug 9, 2013
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10,510


I need an idea of what im getting into now though not later i wanna know whats in my range and what 500.00 can get me currently so i can compare it later to see if i need to spend more or less
 

Marcopolo123

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Almost all current and upcoming games, mix between mid-high-max. Settings 40-60+ fps on a 1080p screen.

Over budget, but i dont recommend going below these parts...
They have a good quality, some good rabates, nice p/p

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($93.98 @ Outlet PC)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($63.75 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Gamma Classic (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $637.67
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-09 07:45 EDT-0400)
 
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