Custom Gaming Build..

Phragith · Apr 21, 2014

Hey guys, I've made a custom build, but really not sure everything is paired well, looking for some suggestions and opinions.

My Build,

AMD FX 6300(planning on running it @ 4.8-5 Ghz)

SAPPHIRE VAPOR-X 100363VX-2SR Radeon R9 280X PCI Express 3.0 TRI-X OC

ASUS M5A97 R2.0

CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB)

CORSAIR HX Series HX850 850W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91(gold certified)

Corsair h100i

Blue 1TB 7,200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive WD10EZEX -
Bare Drive

Asus DRW

Thermaltake Chaser MK-1 Full tower

Hmm...this is about it, but just that i'm not sure if all of this will workout well, looking for some opinions, thanks in advance guys.

schau314 · Apr 21, 2014

I think you have the basics. I would suggest 8 gb of ram since it is all you will ever need. if not buy more.
The 850 watt power supply seems high unless you want to sli. If not then a 550 to 650 will work fine and give plenty of room
The xfx 550w is nice for this. What about the os?
Also do you want to overlcock.

Rationale · Apr 21, 2014

The power supply is overkill unless you plan to Crossfire the R9 280X at some point.
I assume you intend to OC the FX-6300 due to the liquid cooler. That really saves it since at stock speeds it might bottleneck a 280X.
If you intend to OC (which once again, I'm assuming you do), you might want to look into a 990FX board instead of a 970 board.

Phragith · Apr 21, 2014

schau314 :

Thank you for you're quick reply, and yeah i'm planning on overclocking it to 4.8ghz

AMD Radeon · Apr 21, 2014

how much is your budget?
looks like you are overspending on OC stuffs,psu, ram, case etc

for budget more than $1000, you can use tempalate from my signature below

Phragith · Apr 21, 2014

Rationale :

Ok, you mind suggesting me a 990FX board..?

TechCIDLC · Apr 21, 2014

This build is cheaper, more balanced, you won't experience bottlenecking, and can easily overclock the CPU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($116.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($89.99 @ Best Buy)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($126.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($244.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 400R ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($88.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $871.90
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-21 22:37 EDT-0400)

Rationale · Apr 21, 2014

Phragith :

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schau314 · Apr 21, 2014

Case and power are a little expensive. I think the xfx 550 watt is nice and the haf 912 case together are cheaper and work just as well. for about 30-40 less.

Phragith · Apr 21, 2014

AMD Radeon :

Not including the case and DRW, i'm looking at 1000USD, case is kinda my personal preference..not including case and DRW its 1000USD, so you leave out the case.

schau314 · Apr 21, 2014

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3w91w
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3w91w/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3w91w/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($116.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($89.99 @ Best Buy)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($126.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($80.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($319.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $855.93
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-21 22:56 EDT-0400)
Im removing the psu since we do not know if wanting to sli.

Phragith · Apr 21, 2014

schau314 :

Ok, i will consider you're reply on the power supply, but case is kind of my personal preference.

Phragith · Apr 21, 2014

schau314 :

thank you for youre build and ill cosider the change in GPU and please dont include case in the build, without the case i'm looking at 1000USD. If you dont include the case in youre build you'll have an extra 65USD to spend, can you upgrade something with that?

Phragith · Apr 21, 2014

AMD Radeon :

I just want the best gaming build for 1000USD(exclude case and DRW)

Phragith · Apr 21, 2014

AMD Radeon :

I just want the best gaming build for 1000USD(exclude case and DRW)

schau314 · Apr 21, 2014

Sorry had to edit my build. No case no dvd drive no os and no psu since we do not know yet for sli or overclocking.

Phragith · Apr 21, 2014

schau314 :

I'm planning on overclocking which is why the cooler, and if sli is possible under 1000USD(not including case and DRW), i would go for it. Just looking at all games maxed out at 1080p and high fps.And want to future proof the build for about 2 years or more.

Well i actually dont know if im overclocking or not, if sli is better than overclock i would go for it. Otherwise i would just stay with overclock.

Phragith · Apr 21, 2014

Guys, seems like i've used money on uneccesary stuff, let me just get this straight, i want the best gaming build for 1000-1050USD (Exclduing case and DRW), want to play highend games maxed out @ 1080p

AMD Radeon · Apr 21, 2014

you can start from this template,
using case from your preference
i5 oc is much more powerful than any amd cpu OC

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($124.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card ($299.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Thermaltake Chaser MK-I ATX Full Tower Case ($129.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $961.90
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-21 23:54 EDT-0400)

you can buy 120GB ssd for $70

Phragith · Apr 22, 2014

AMD Radeon :

Thank you som much for the build, ive just made a few modifications, changed cooler to h100i (to OC) and added SSD and stayed with gtx 770. Please dont include case. And without including the case my modifications total to 1004 USD and i just want to know to what extent i can overlcock, my modified build http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/

Phragith · Apr 22, 2014

AMD Radeon :

Really thanks alot for this beauty build, i've just made a few modifications, i went with gtx 770 and added the ssd and changed cooler to h100i( i want to kind of overclock it to max)...youre opinions my changes would be nice.

AMD Radeon · Apr 22, 2014

you are welcome, in my $1000 build template below . I included 2 version, with 280X and gtx 770
you can choose whichever you like the most

Phragith · Apr 22, 2014

well guys i kinda doubt the PSU, i'm thinking ill be needing more than 550W

TechCIDLC · Apr 22, 2014

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($134.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($74.99 @ Best Buy)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card ($299.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Thermaltake Chaser MK-I ATX Full Tower Case ($129.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1074.89
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-22 06:25 EDT-0400)

Phragith · Apr 22, 2014

Guys this is y new build, i kinda want 16 gigs of ram, my only worry is that if my psu can support my build with ram, proccessor and gpu at max overclock....
Build:http://pcpartpicker.com/user/phragith/saved/4rL3

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