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I am looking into building my first PC. I am wanting to replace my Dell Inspiron 530 that has an Athlon II x4 630, a NVIDIA GT 610, and 6GB of RAM, I currently use my PC mainly for streaming media and watching movies, I play a heavily modded Fallout 3, and a vanilla Fallout NV that I plan on modding in the future. I also play Team Fortress 2 and Civilizations V. I just got into using emulators as well.
I plan on building a small form factor PC that I can use as my main rig for now, In the near future I would like to play Bioshock Infinite, Titanfall, and the new Civilizations. In a year I want to dedicate it to the family room as a N64/Gamecube/Wii console that can be used to play some PC games and my Bluray collection, also to connect to my home network and play movies that I have stored on my network,
I will order everything from Newegg, and Hopefully will be building within the next two months.
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3wCzk
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3wCzk/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3wCzk/benchmarks/
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($84.73 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($89.99 @ Best Buy)
Motherboard: MSI A88XI AC Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Corsair Force LS Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 250D Mini ITX Tower Case ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Plus 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus BW-16D1HT Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $949.63
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-22 18:15 EDT-0400)
I chose the FM2 CPU over a FX part because I have a clear upgrade path with AMD releasing Carrizo next year.
I have a 1TB Segate Barracuda that I can carry over from my old PC
The PSU I chose because of the short cable kit available from Silverstone that will make building in the 250D a lot more pleasent I think.
I chose the faster memory in case I decide to upgrade to a Carrizo APU in 2015.
My questions are;
Is this a good build for my intended uses?
What kind of overclocking can I expect with the mITX board that is a little less than enthusiast grade? (Iv'e read that the 750K can be pushed up over 5 GHz)
Is this a good graphics card to pair with this CPU?
Will the absence of a L3 cache really hurt my gaming performance?
I plan on building a small form factor PC that I can use as my main rig for now, In the near future I would like to play Bioshock Infinite, Titanfall, and the new Civilizations. In a year I want to dedicate it to the family room as a N64/Gamecube/Wii console that can be used to play some PC games and my Bluray collection, also to connect to my home network and play movies that I have stored on my network,
I will order everything from Newegg, and Hopefully will be building within the next two months.
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3wCzk
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3wCzk/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3wCzk/benchmarks/
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($84.73 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($89.99 @ Best Buy)
Motherboard: MSI A88XI AC Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Corsair Force LS Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 250D Mini ITX Tower Case ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Plus 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus BW-16D1HT Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $949.63
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-22 18:15 EDT-0400)
I chose the FM2 CPU over a FX part because I have a clear upgrade path with AMD releasing Carrizo next year.
I have a 1TB Segate Barracuda that I can carry over from my old PC
The PSU I chose because of the short cable kit available from Silverstone that will make building in the 250D a lot more pleasent I think.
I chose the faster memory in case I decide to upgrade to a Carrizo APU in 2015.
My questions are;
Is this a good build for my intended uses?
What kind of overclocking can I expect with the mITX board that is a little less than enthusiast grade? (Iv'e read that the 750K can be pushed up over 5 GHz)
Is this a good graphics card to pair with this CPU?
Will the absence of a L3 cache really hurt my gaming performance?
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