Anything particularly wrong with my unimpressive gaming build?

johnaguy · Oct 16, 2013

Not trying to build anything crazy, just enough for 1080p gaming on a single 21.5" monitor. I know this isn't rocket science, but I'm compelled to seek advice before pulling the trigger.

My main concern is that I end up building something that isn't much better than an Xbone or PS4:

PowerColor AX7850 2GBD5-DH Radeon HD 7850 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
$159.99

AMD Athlon X4 750K Trinity 3.4GHz Socket FM2 100W Quad-Core Desktop Processor - Black Edition AD750KWOHJBOX
$79.99

Mushkin Enhanced STEALTH 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model 996995S
$79.99

COUGAR RS Series RSB400 400W ATX12V 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply Haswell ready
$54.99

BIOSTAR Hi-Fi A85S3 Ver. 6.1 FM2 AMD A85X (Hudson D4) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
$82.99

Fractal Design Core 1000 FD-CA-CORE-1000-USB3-BL Black Steel MicroATX Mid Tower Computer Case
$35.99

SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series MZ-7PD128BW 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
$141.99

Grand Total: $635.93

tiny voices · Oct 16, 2013

The PSU. It is crap. Get a 450w+ unit form Antec, XFX, Corsair, Seaosnic.

Also, I would drop the SSd and move up to an fx-6300and an am3+ motherboard.

Outlander_04 · Oct 16, 2013

For that money you could have more performance using an
FX 6300
AM3+ motherboard with a 970 chip set
2 x4 gig of RAM
and a 7870

Avoid the cougar power supply

And if you do want to build with an APU socket motherboard then make sure you are using an FM2+ board that can run the improved steamroller core processors being released in January

P1nnacle · Oct 16, 2013

I agree, the PSU is a bad choice. You should definitely go with Corsair or Seasonic. I'd also take another look at GPU prices now that the new AMD R9 and R7 cards are out, may be a better option.

johnaguy · Oct 16, 2013

tiny voices :

I considered that but aren't the steamroller cores APU-only? I'm not interested in any integrated graphics solution.

johnaguy · Oct 16, 2013

Thanks for the heads up on the power supply, reviews seem to indicate it is reliable and quiet but I'll go for something else.

Outlander_04 · Oct 16, 2013

johnaguy :

Then why are you using an APU motherboard and not an AM3+ motherboard?

But if you do build using an APU motherboard then use FM2+ so you have future compatibility because there are bound to be equivalent FM2 + Athlons that have no graphics component

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