First Build!! Need Some Input

Missingnomer · Mar 4, 2014

Hey guys! I am starting to put together my first PC rig and would love some input. I am new to this, so any help would be appreciated. This is for gaming mostly. I will probably be using it through out college. I want to keep the price to around $1100. Here is the build:

Case - Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
CD Player - ASUS 24X DVD Burner
MOBO - ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Killer AM3+ AMD Motherboard
GPU - GeForce GTX 760 2GB
PSU - Rosewill HIVE Series HIVE-750 750W
RAM - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB DDR3 1600
CPU - AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Vishera 4.0GHz 8-Core
Hard Drive - SAMSUNG 840 EVO 250GB Internal SSD
OS - Windows 8.1 64 bit

Total - $1117 (After tax and shipping)

I know, the GPU is lacking somewhat, but that is just for now, I plan on upgrading later this year or the next. Windows 8 has a lot of mixed reviews, should I grab that or get Windows 7? Oh, and am I missing any parts? Monitor, keyboard, and mouse are not included because I am getting those separately. Thanks!

bob hays · Mar 4, 2014

that psu is overkill unless you plan on doing 2x760's and I don't think you're missing anything other than a storage drive unless you don't want that.

Missingnomer · Mar 4, 2014

bob hays :

The reason for the overkill PSU is for my future upgrade. I plan on getting a 780 or sli a couple of 770s later on in the year. So wont I need about 750? Or should I downgrade to 500 or 600?

bob hays · Mar 4, 2014

if you plan on 2 770's, keep the psu.

TheMohammadmo · Mar 4, 2014

Yeah same thing about what bob hays said. I would get a 120 gb ssd from samsung and a 1tb wd hdd. Here is a better build you might want to take into consideration

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($85.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($328.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Rosewill BlackHawk ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($75.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1045.87
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-04 21:11 EST-0500)

No ssd butbetter gpu

TheMohammadmo · Mar 4, 2014

If you are gonna sli later on with the 760, you need at least a 750w psu.

bob hays · Mar 4, 2014

I was looking at someone else's post asking help to make a build, but didn't feel like finding all the parts, but now I can just use yours as a base THANKS!

TheMohammadmo · Mar 4, 2014

np, but I highly doubt you will be able to improve mine without going above budget. lol

Missingnomer · Mar 4, 2014

bob hays :

Ha! It took me a few minutes to get all my links and junk so have at it! Thanks for the help.

TheMohammadmo · Mar 4, 2014

Wait a sec, so you are going with my build.

bob hays · Mar 5, 2014

haha i meant using themohammadmo as a base but its all good

and ya I suggest you go with his build.

TheMohammadmo · Mar 6, 2014

Who me. Thank you bob hays. Well now you know missing. ENJOY YOUR BUILD.

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