First gaming pc build, help needed!

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reecehunt1

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Hello, im going to be building my own gaming pc soon and I'm wondering whether this rig is good enough to run most games on High/Ultra settings?

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3f7wq

also if i swapped the i5 CPU for an AMD FX8320 Black Edition 8 Core

and the Azrock mobo for an Asus M5A97

would the set up be better/worse/the same

would this GPU: Asus AMD Radeon R9 270

be better/worse/the same
 
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Sharphawk1234

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The motherboard you selected is for overclocking so youre probably better off with a cheaper, non ocing mobo. What I would suggest is an i5 4670 or i5 4570 (non k) paired with a non ocing mobo,which should be the same price as your current build. The price of the r9 270 is very inflated so I would stay with the 660. And yes it should max out most games.
 
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The 270 price is NOT inflated in the UK, and it's not even inflated in the USA anymore. At this budget, the 660 is a bad card. It will DEFINITELY NOT max out most games. It will do High in most games.



You need a good CPU, clock speed isn't the most important.



Don't ever use CPU Boss or GPU boss for comparing anything, their numbers rarely actually reflect real-world performance difference.

OP, you can switch some stuff around and get much better gaming performance:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£128.43 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo 43.1 CFM CPU Cooler (£16.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock H87 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£54.56 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£52.30 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.73 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card (£179.99 @ Novatech)
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£47.95 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.98 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.69 @ CCL Computers)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£10.99 @ Aria PC)
Keyboard: A4Tech G800V Wired Gaming Keyboard (£18.00 @ CCL Computers)
Mouse: A4Tech D-530-FX2 Wired Optical Mouse (£6.93 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £616.55
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-17 16:30 BST+0100)

The CPU cooler I added because it will make your build extremely quiet.
 
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