$950 Gaming PC?

TCoD · Sep 18, 2013

Need help deciding on a build. $950 is the maximum I am willing to spend. Games I play are l4d2, bo2, far cry 3, tf2, minecraft, and dayz. Right now am looking at something like this: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1Fex0
but any suggestions are appreciated.

The Q6660 Inside · Sep 18, 2013

TCoD :

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1Ff7w Should do good.

tiny voices · Sep 18, 2013

That motherboard overheats. Look at ASUS and Gigabyte.
Get the coolermaster hyper 212 EVO not PLUS.
Drop the thermal paste. The CPU comes with it.
Get 1600mhz RAM for sure.
You need a better PSU. Look at the XFX550 unit. VERY good quality for money.
Drop the sound card. The motherboard will have just as good or better audio.
Maybe drop the SSd and use the money for a better GPU.

tiny voices · Sep 18, 2013

The Q6660 Inside :

You should be bale to do better than an hd7870 for that money even with a monitor and OS.

The Q6660 Inside · Sep 18, 2013

tiny voices :

The Q6660 Inside :

You should be bale to do better than an hd7870 for that money even with a monitor and OS.

Well, there is a 660ti for around $220 http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1Ff9g

Budget version: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1Ff9V

tiny voices · Sep 18, 2013

The Q6660 Inside :

tiny voices :

Well, there is a 660ti for around $220 http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1Ff9g

Budget version: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1Ff9V

You can get an hd7950 for less than that 660ti. This is the clear choice.

The Q6660 Inside · Sep 18, 2013

tiny voices :

The Q6660 Inside :

You can get an hd7950 for less than that 660ti. This is the clear choice.

Wow, I never thought they got that low :| http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1Ffgj
Budget edition: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1FfgY

boulbox · Sep 18, 2013

Change CPU to this
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-fd8320frhkbox

take out the thermal paste and switch the CPU cooler for the Hyper 212 evo
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr212e20pkr2

The SSD and the HDD are not really great for the money
Couple more $s in and you can get a 128GB(double the space for a bit more)
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-internal-hard-drive-ct128m4ssd2
and you can get double the space of the HDD for a bit more
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd10ezex

I am not a fan of MSI motherboards as i had many fail on me. I usually get ASrock, ASUS, and Gigabyte as i have had a great time with most of their products(will get one that fails once in a while but i had far too many from MSI. I have heard that they have gotten better on their newer products though.)

This ram is just a bit more but has more speed
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-memory-cml8gx3m2a1866c9b

Cheaper KB/M
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823334014

If there is still room for some extra money to be spent, the 7950 is a great buy and comes with 3 free games(7870 comes with 2)

ingtar33 · Sep 18, 2013

nice use of funds. my main concern is your motherboard. it is not good enough to run a 8 core 125W FX cpu. Change that to a ga-970a-ud3 and you've got yourself a good build. you can also safely swap the cpu to the cheaper 8320, it's the same cpu just underclocked. they're binned the same and will overclock to the same numbers the 8350 will (if you look at the top overclocking results of the 8 core piledrivers you'll see just as many 8320s as you do 8350s... so they're an IDENTICAL chip, save yourself $20, get the 8320, use that 20 to get a better motherboard)

TCoD · Sep 18, 2013

Thanks for all the help

So many replies very quickly.

josecc · Sep 18, 2013

Try this affordable build. To save money delete the SSD.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1Ffu2

TCoD · Sep 18, 2013

OK so what do you guys think about this: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1FfCy

The Q6660 Inside · Sep 18, 2013

TCoD :

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1FfGg This will do.

tiny voices · Sep 18, 2013

The Q6660 Inside :

Drop the sound card. the motherboard has better audio built in.

TCoD · Sep 18, 2013

tiny voices :

The Q6660 Inside :

Drop the sound card. the motherboard has better audio built in.

Yeah I just realized that, going to take it out

boulbox · Sep 18, 2013

For PSU you want to stick with Antec(always had a good time with them, still have a 650W earthwatts still running in my brothers system), Corsair(i suggest staying away from the CX models), NZXT(to a point, their newer stuff is pretty good), Rosewill(to a point, mostly get it when it is fairly cheap), Seasonic(one of the best and other big groups use it as a base(OEM) Corsair, XFX, NZXT, and some others), and XFX.

Also i suggest dropping the sound card unless you have a decent pair of headphones(don't get headsets)

TCoD · Sep 18, 2013

Do you think I should get an 8320 or a 6300? Will it affect my performance a lot?

boulbox · Sep 18, 2013

The gaming performance should not be affect that much(well until games start to saturate in 4 cores and start moving on to higher cores and most games can't even utilize 4 cores properly)

TCoD · Sep 18, 2013

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1FfUZ does this have a good case?

ingtar33 · Sep 18, 2013

TCoD :

the motherboard is still no good for a 8 core 125W FX cpu. if you want to go with asus the minimum motherboard you could go with would be a m5a97 r2.0 (not the LE version), and even that motherboard will struggle with the 8 core (if you were going with the 6300 or 4300 it would be fine, but a 125W cpu is about at the limits of what that board can manage)... seriously bro... if you plan any overclocking don't screw with the motherboard choice, you really probably need a 8+2 power phase design with a heatsink on the mosfets to overclock those 8 core AMD beasts. the cheapest board that fits that bill is the ga-970a-ud3.

TCoD · Sep 18, 2013

ingtar33 :

TCoD :

the motherboard is still no good for a 8 core 125W FX cpu. if you want to go with asus the minimum motherboard you could go with would be a m5a97 r2.0 (not the LE version), and even that motherboard will struggle with the 8 core (if you were going with the 6300 or 4300 it would be fine, but a 125W cpu is about at the limits of what that board can manage)... seriously bro... if you plan any overclocking don't screw with the motherboard choice, you really probably need a 8+2 power phase design with a heatsink on the mosfets to overclock those 8 core AMD beasts. the cheapest board that fits that bill is the ga-970a-ud3.

I think I'll get a 6300 then.

ingtar33 · Sep 18, 2013

TCoD :

k, then make sure its the asus m5a97 r2.0 and not the m5a97 LE r2.0

boulbox · Sep 18, 2013

Once again, do not go for the OCZ PSU, go get the XFX 550W

tiny voices · Sep 18, 2013

boulbox :

+1 for sure.

TCoD · Sep 19, 2013

OK I've considered all of your suggestions and this is what I came up with: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1FuKZ

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