Need help with building a budget gaming rig

mastan

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Hi all,

I see many incredibly helpful answers and advice here, which is why I'm posting here myself.

I'm looking to build a budget gaming pc build, primarily to play SWTOR. Now I have no plans to OC anything as I have no experience doing that, nor do I need to play everything on ultra high settings. That said, I've been looking at the following CPU and GPU:

AMD FX-6200 Zambezi 3.8GHz
SAPPHIRE 100366-2L Radeon R7 260X 2GB

I plan to reuse my old case, the hard drive and Corsair CX500 PSU (unless you think I should upgrade it). So my question is which motherboard would go well with this. Alternatively, if you guys have a better suggestion regarding the CPU and GPU, but in roughlythe same price range, I will be incredibly grateful (I'm something of a noob when it comes to selecting the parts...). My budget for the CPU, GPU, MOBO, and RAM (I need to buy that too) should hopefully not exceed 400 € (which is roughly 550 USD).

Any advice is much appreciated!
 

mastan

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Good stuff (especially the new card)! Now, since I'm having trouble finding the mobo and the ram you chose where I live (not the US), could you suggest any similar alternatives?
Thanks again
 

ahmedkhalifa1999

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (€97.90 @ Caseking)
CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 45.0 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler (€16.48 @ Alternate)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (€59.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (€71.85 @ Alternate)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card (€197.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: Cooler Master N300 ATX Mid Tower Case (€38.20 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case Fan: Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm Fan (€3.90 @ Caseking)
Case Fan: Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm Fan (€3.90 @ Caseking)
Case Fan: Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm Fan (€3.90 @ Caseking)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€54.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €548.80
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-25 13:21 CET+0100)
sell everything from you old PC and just keep the HDD