Looking for advice on my first build and was going to ask if anyone thought this could be tweaked at all. The base of the build i took from the AMD Budget build thread and was posted by guchaochen, so thanks guchaochen!
I'm looking for a gaming build as the priority and I currently don't plan on overclocking so the Thermaltake may be a bit overkill. I have read AMD's can run hotter than Intel and for the price right now I think it is a good deal. Maybe after I have it all set up I would think about overclocking assuming all the parts are OC compatible.
Basically I'm just wondering if anyone thinks this could be improved anywhere for the same price or if I will run into any bottle necks. I might order all of this tomorrow depending on availability which I need to double check.
Please try to limit the outlets to amazon (prime member) or newegg just for my sanity.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($184.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Water 2.0 Extreme 81.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme3 ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard ($104.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($78.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: A-Data XPG SX900 64GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($67.19 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($279.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Tempest 410 ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($59.00 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $1091.11
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-18 20:35 EDT-0400)
Thanks for your time and help!
I'm looking for a gaming build as the priority and I currently don't plan on overclocking so the Thermaltake may be a bit overkill. I have read AMD's can run hotter than Intel and for the price right now I think it is a good deal. Maybe after I have it all set up I would think about overclocking assuming all the parts are OC compatible.
Basically I'm just wondering if anyone thinks this could be improved anywhere for the same price or if I will run into any bottle necks. I might order all of this tomorrow depending on availability which I need to double check.
Please try to limit the outlets to amazon (prime member) or newegg just for my sanity.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($184.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Water 2.0 Extreme 81.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme3 ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard ($104.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($78.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: A-Data XPG SX900 64GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($67.19 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($279.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Tempest 410 ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($59.00 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $1091.11
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-18 20:35 EDT-0400)
Thanks for your time and help!
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