Will this Computer Build Work Well?

Mudturtle24 · Mar 19, 2014

Patrick Guenter · Mar 19, 2014

the gpu will bottleneck your gaming performance.

your ram is way too fast.
also u wont need 16 gb of ram.

fx 8350 i think only supports up to 1866 MhZ or 2100 ish if i remember corretly

Yaksh Shah · Mar 19, 2014

Everything looks good. good luck for your build.

Mudturtle24 · Mar 19, 2014

Patrick Guenter :

Any ideas on what GPU would work better?

Patrick Guenter · Mar 19, 2014

Yaksh Shah :

it doesnt

SharperZeroCool :

as i said^^

Patrick Guenter · Mar 19, 2014

Mudturtle24 :

tell me how much money you can spend on a gpu

tiny voices · Mar 19, 2014

You have too much RAM for a gaming build. Get 8gb and use the saved money for a better GPU. This will drastically improve your performance. Get 1600mhz or 1866mhz RAM as it is all the 8350 supports.

Mudturtle24 · Mar 19, 2014

Patrick Guenter :

Mudturtle24 :

tell me how much money you can spend on a gpu

I would be willing to spend anywhere in the 200 - 500 dollar range

Patrick Guenter · Mar 19, 2014

Mudturtle24 :

Patrick Guenter :

I would be willing to spend anywhere in the 200 - 400 dollar range

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one of amd and one of nvidia - both provide max. power for a single monitor gaming rig

also a R9 280 and a lower end 770 will work

Mudturtle24 · Mar 19, 2014

Patrick Guenter :

So something like this R9 would work then? And would it fit in the Cougar mini ATX case?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?gclid=CJHtk-Hbnr0CFe99OgodBlIArA&Item=N82E16814131533&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-Desktop+Graphics+Cards-_-N82E16814131533&ef_id=Uxk6@gAAAbWxGxSE:20140319133607:s

DonQuixoteMC · Mar 19, 2014

Looks good, but here are my changes (assuming you'll be gaming):

Instead of the motherboard you selected, here's a better one that supports faster RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131795

Instead of the fast 16 GB, get this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231544
Just as good for gaming.

Now, use the money you just saved and beef up your GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130932

EDIT: What is your total budget? I was working under the assumption that you could not spend more than the total price of the items you linked.

barto · Mar 19, 2014

I'm glad Don piped in. I don't know if I would recommended such a powerful GPU and CPU with a piss poor motherboard. Balance is key.

DonQuixoteMC · Mar 19, 2014

Yeah. I personally wouldn't go microATX with AMD either. The motherboards usually suck and there's not much room for ventilating the hot FX chip. Intel works a lot better in the micro ATX format. You certainly shouldn't be overclocking on those mATX boards.

Just something to consider. I would get an ATX case and ATX motherboard (M5A97 R2.0 or Gigabyte 970a-ud3). There is money in your budget for it (from the money you saved if you were to get cheaper RAM).

(Still assuming you can't spend more than the total cost of the parts listed)

Mudturtle24 · Mar 19, 2014

Thanks for the answers guys. I am going to go with a midATX due to the limited space I will be having in my college dorm room. I think I am going to cut down the ram to 8gbs while beefing up the motherboard and graphics card. I eventually want to make this into a dual monitor setup in the future, but for right now I am going to stay single monitor. I need something relatively fast due to my computer science classes. So I think this should do it. Thanks guys!

tiny voices · Mar 19, 2014

What software are you planning to be using for CompSci? Some programs run WAY better on Intel and even a bottom barrel i5 will smoke an overclocked 8350 in some certain applications.

Mudturtle24 · Mar 19, 2014

I am currently unsure of the software for compsci. I am going to have an inspiron 17 1700 series laptop to run various software as well. I Would it be better to run all intel?

tiny voices · Mar 19, 2014

It would not really be better or worse. As a CompSci student it is VERY unlikely that you will need to run anything taxing at all. Nothing like professional compiling or anything like that. I would say you are perfectly fine.

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