Good Gaming PC Build for Under $700

jekot3124

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Jan 18, 2014
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First time build...Any thoughts on the following configuration? Any feedback would be much appreciated.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2DtZg
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2DtZg/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2DtZg/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($76.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Commander MS/I Snow Edition (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.31 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($15.99 @ TigerDirect)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($86.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $699.22
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-18 19:01 EST-0500)
 
Solution
wow very good AMD build,
i made some changes for your consideration
- cheaper ram
- corsair case is on sale
- more power GPU, Radeon 270 from Gigabyte

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($94.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 2GB Video Card ($179.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair...
wow very good AMD build,
i made some changes for your consideration
- cheaper ram
- corsair case is on sale
- more power GPU, Radeon 270 from Gigabyte

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($94.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 2GB Video Card ($179.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 230T Black ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($15.99 @ Microcenter)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($86.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $707.90
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-18 20:36 EST-0500)
 
Solution

jekot3124

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Jan 18, 2014
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Thank you for the response. I had another question about the build. When it says "Some AMD 970 chipset motherboards may need a BIOS update prior to using Vishera CPUs." as a potential incompatibility, what does that mean, and how do I get that corrected?
 

LmeAde2

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+1
 

jekot3124

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Jan 18, 2014
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Thank you for the help LmeAde2 and AMD Radeon. I'm probably going to start the build next week. Any thoughts on adding a Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk and using Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit - OEM (64-bit) instead of Windows 7 ?
 

Whammy

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Agreed :)

 

Sir_Ders

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Jul 21, 2014
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Wow you guys are awesome at helping people out. I'm looking into building this PC and because this was posted last January I wanted to see if this parts list still stands as the way to go.

Games I'd like to play: BF4, TItanfall, Blacklist, Saints Row 4.

Thanks guys, really appreciate your feedback.