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LuchiFoti

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So my mom gave me a budget for a list of computer parts. This is what I came up with. What are your opinions and any components you think could be changed to better the system at around the same price?

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5Ghz 6 Cores
Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 R2.0 AM3+
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB PC3-12800
Graphics Card: ASUS Radeon 2GB GDDR5
Power Supply: Corsair Builder Series CX 500W
Hard Drive: SeaGate Barracuda 500GB
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB

The case is nothing to worry about seeing as I already have one. The OS as well.

A few games that I'm going to be wanting to play are: Massively Modded Minecraft, BF3, BF4, Garry's Mod and Dota 2. Any other games that come out I'm going to look forward to play as well. As for the graphic settings I would have no problem playing on high resolution instead of ultra so no worries.

Thanks for any support and feedback.
 
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Up'd the hard drive, put in a R9 280x for the 3 gb of v ram BF 4 recommends. Also put in a better quality PSU, if you wish to cut corners on this build drop down to a 500 gb HDD and use a R9 270x

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CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($72.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card ($319.99 @ B&H)...
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LuchiFoti

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The budget is of about 600 or 700 dollars. No the OS does not need to be included.
 
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Up'd the hard drive, put in a R9 280x for the 3 gb of v ram BF 4 recommends. Also put in a better quality PSU, if you wish to cut corners on this build drop down to a 500 gb HDD and use a R9 270x

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($72.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card ($319.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $700.95
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-26 01:31 EST-0500)

Here I made those 2 changes to cut corners on my first build. But I would recommend using the 280x, you will be happy you paid the extra for it

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($72.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.94 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card ($214.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $583.90
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-26 01:34 EST-0500)
 
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