Opinions on this build before I order?

Dyingwolf · May 17, 2014

PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3LOxJ) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3LOxJ/by_merchant/) / [Benchmarks](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3LOxJ/benchmarks/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i34150) | $129.99 @ Newegg
**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gab85mds3h) | $57.99 @ Newegg
**Memory** | [A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/a-data-memory-ax3u1600c4g9dr) | $63.99 @ Newegg
**Storage** | [PNY XLR8 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/pny-internal-hard-drive-ssd9sc120gmdfrb) | $60.98 @ Newegg
**Storage** | [Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd10ezex) | $59.99 @ Newegg
**Video Card** | [Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-1003523l) | $212.98 @ Newegg
**Case** | [Inwin GT1 Black ATX Mid Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/inwin-case-gt1black) | $59.99 @ Newegg
**Power Supply** | [Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx500) | $29.99 @ Newegg
**Operating System** | [Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/microsoft-os-885370635690) | $102.98 @ Best Buy
**Wireless Network Adapter** | [Rosewill RNX-N150PCe 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/rosewill-wireless-network-card-rnxn150pce) | $10.98 @ Amazon
**Keyboard** | [Logitech K120 Wired Standard Keyboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/logitech-keyboard-920002478) | $12.99 @ Amazon
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. | $802.85
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-17 17:03 EDT-0400 |

sonny8888 · May 17, 2014

I would recommend a fx 6300 as the cpu as i3 is not good for gaming, or the I5 4670k is you have more cash. For the gpu, I would recommend a R9 270X which costs about the same as the 7950. The 270x performs around the same as the 7950, but is newer, so go with the 270x. The cx series power supplies use cheap capacitors so I would recommend a better quality psu

Beezy · May 17, 2014

sonny8888 :

its not that the i3 cant game, its just THAT i3 Is the lowest (or one of them) clocked i3 of them all and it cant be overclocked at all. the FX 6300 would be much better in this case, especially with AAA titles being more and more threaded, until eventually DX12 comes out. then the 6 cores easily takes the cake.

your build is overall TERRIBLY unbalanced. why would you stick 2 cores with a beefy GPU like the 7950? get the FX 6300 and overclock it, or get the 8320. Or if you demand intel, cut some costs. get no SSD and get windows 7 over 8.1 . the i3 WILL hold that rig back.

Dyingwolf · May 18, 2014

Beezy :

sonny8888 :

its not that the i3 cant game, its just THAT i3 Is the lowest (or one of them) clocked i3 of them all and it cant be overclocked at all. the FX 6300 would be much better in this case, especially with AAA titles being more and more threaded, until eventually DX12 comes out. then the 6 cores easily takes the cake.

your build is overall TERRIBLY unbalanced. why would you stick 2 cores with a beefy GPU like the 7950? get the FX 6300 and overclock it, or get the 8320. Or if you demand intel, cut some costs. get no SSD and get windows 7 over 8.1 . the i3 WILL hold that rig back.

How about this one?
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3M5D4

Beezy · May 18, 2014

Dyingwolf :

i like this new build more, but get the 270x like mentioned above, or the sapphire 280 (normal price 269.99) is 189.99 on newegg right now which is THE BEST DEAL YOU WILL FIND THIS MONTH.

for the same price or less you can get the ASUS M5a97 R2.0 which is the best 970 motherboard in my opinion. Corsair builder series isnt great, the only good Corsair units are the AX, TX, and HX line, otherwise try to get an Antec, XFX, Seasonic or Silverstone power supply (even 50W less from these brands would be better than a corsair). again windows 7 is cheaper than 8 and i like it more than windows 8. the next windows OS to be released will be worth my money, but not that 8.1 crap (made for tablets, 'updated' slightly to suck less on desktops).
scrape the SSD for now if it means being able to make these changes, and get it later and re install windows on it when you do.

I say get the ASUS motherboard so you can get a CPU cooler and overclock on it. That BIOstar i wouldnt trust personally, i can see the bare VRMs only partially heatsinked. When you want more performance you can pick up a HYPER 212 EVO CPU cooler to replace the one that comes with the FX 6300, then you can overclock safely to 4.5 GHz while still keeping cool in temperature ( i got Prime 95 stable with 4.6Ghz on my M5a97 r2.0 + FX 6300; i also think i won the silicon lottery with my chip because it overclocked so well)

Tradesman1 · May 18, 2014

i like this new build more, but get the 270x like mentioned above, or the sapphire 280 (normal price 269.99) is 189.99 on newegg right now which is THE BEST DEAL YOU WILL FIND THIS MONTH.

for the same price or less you can get the ASUS M5a97 R2.0 which is the best 970 motherboard in my opinion. Corsair builder series isnt great, the only good Corsair units are the AX, TX, and HX line, otherwise try to get an Antec, XFX, Seasonic or Silverstone power supply (even 50W less from these brands would be better than a corsair). again windows 7 is cheaper than 8 and i like it more than windows 8. the next windows OS to be released will be worth my money, but not that 8.1 crap (made for tablets, 'updated' slightly to suck less on desktops).
scrape the SSD for now if it means being able to make these changes, and get it later and re install windows on it when you do.

I say get the ASUS motherboard so you can get a CPU cooler and overclock on it. That BIOstar i wouldnt trust personally, i can see the bare VRMs only partially heatsinked. When you want more performance you can pick up a HYPER 212 EVO CPU cooler to replace the one that comes with the FX 6300, then you can overclock safely to 4.5 GHz while still keeping cool in temperature ( i got Prime 95 stable with 4.6Ghz on my M5a97 r2.0 + FX 6300; i also think i won the silicon lottery with my chip because it overclocked so well)
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+1

Dyingwolf · May 18, 2014

Tradesman1 :

i like this new build more, but get the 270x like mentioned above, or the sapphire 280 (normal price 269.99) is 189.99 on newegg right now which is THE BEST DEAL YOU WILL FIND THIS MONTH.

for the same price or less you can get the ASUS M5a97 R2.0 which is the best 970 motherboard in my opinion. Corsair builder series isnt great, the only good Corsair units are the AX, TX, and HX line, otherwise try to get an Antec, XFX, Seasonic or Silverstone power supply (even 50W less from these brands would be better than a corsair). again windows 7 is cheaper than 8 and i like it more than windows 8. the next windows OS to be released will be worth my money, but not that 8.1 crap (made for tablets, 'updated' slightly to suck less on desktops).
scrape the SSD for now if it means being able to make these changes, and get it later and re install windows on it when you do.

I say get the ASUS motherboard so you can get a CPU cooler and overclock on it. That BIOstar i wouldnt trust personally, i can see the bare VRMs only partially heatsinked. When you want more performance you can pick up a HYPER 212 EVO CPU cooler to replace the one that comes with the FX 6300, then you can overclock safely to 4.5 GHz while still keeping cool in temperature ( i got Prime 95 stable with 4.6Ghz on my M5a97 r2.0 + FX 6300; i also think i won the silicon lottery with my chip because it overclocked so well)
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+1

I believe you when it comes to the corsair but can't find one that you recommended for my price range. the corsair cx500m psu got some pretty good reviews and its in my price range from newegg

Dyingwolf · May 18, 2014

I updated my build accordingly

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3M7U5

Tradesman1 · May 18, 2014

I was saying +1 to Beezy's comments in the above, though I agree on the CX600, it's their entry level PSU and uses cheap caps, which can go easily if used with a a lot of stress, might look at the EVGA 100-W1-500-KR

Dyingwolf · May 18, 2014

Beezy :

Dyingwolf :

i like this new build more, but get the 270x like mentioned above, or the sapphire 280 (normal price 269.99) is 189.99 on newegg right now which is THE BEST DEAL YOU WILL FIND THIS MONTH.

for the same price or less you can get the ASUS M5a97 R2.0 which is the best 970 motherboard in my opinion. Corsair builder series isnt great, the only good Corsair units are the AX, TX, and HX line, otherwise try to get an Antec, XFX, Seasonic or Silverstone power supply (even 50W less from these brands would be better than a corsair). again windows 7 is cheaper than 8 and i like it more than windows 8. the next windows OS to be released will be worth my money, but not that 8.1 crap (made for tablets, 'updated' slightly to suck less on desktops).
scrape the SSD for now if it means being able to make these changes, and get it later and re install windows on it when you do.

I say get the ASUS motherboard so you can get a CPU cooler and overclock on it. That BIOstar i wouldnt trust personally, i can see the bare VRMs only partially heatsinked. When you want more performance you can pick up a HYPER 212 EVO CPU cooler to replace the one that comes with the FX 6300, then you can overclock safely to 4.5 GHz while still keeping cool in temperature ( i got Prime 95 stable with 4.6Ghz on my M5a97 r2.0 + FX 6300; i also think i won the silicon lottery with my chip because it overclocked so well)

Thank you for your help. I finished the build and this is what I came up with thanks to you.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3M7U5

I decided to keep the corsair since its semi modular and the people seem to like it. If I end up regretting this you bet your ass I'm gonna beat myself up for not listening to beezy

Beezy · May 18, 2014

Dyingwolf :

[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3M8Rj) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3M8Rj/by_merchant/) / [Benchmarks](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3M8Rj/benchmarks/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-fd6300wmhkbox) | $119.99 @ Newegg
**Motherboard** | [Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a97r20) | $77.99 @ Amazon
**Memory** | [A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/a-data-memory-ax3u1600c4g9dr) | $63.99 @ Newegg
**Storage** | [PNY XLR8 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/pny-internal-hard-drive-ssd9sc120gmdfrb) | $59.00 @ Amazon
**Storage** | [Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd3200aakx) | $53.99 @ Newegg
**Video Card** | [Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-100373l) | $229.99
**Case** | [Inwin GT1 Black ATX Mid Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/inwin-case-gt1black) | $59.99 @ Newegg
**Power Supply** | [Antec Neo Eco 520W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/antec-power-supply-neoeco520c) | $49.99 @ Newegg
**Operating System** | [Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/microsoft-os-gfc02050) | $89.98 @ OutletPC
**Wireless Network Adapter** | [TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/tp-link-wireless-network-card-tlwn881nd) | $18.99 @ Amazon
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. | $823.90
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-18 02:16 EDT-0400 |

heres my final suggestion to you sir :]

Dyingwolf · May 18, 2014

Beezy :

Dyingwolf :

[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3M8Rj) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3M8Rj/by_merchant/) / [Benchmarks](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3M8Rj/benchmarks/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-fd6300wmhkbox) | $119.99 @ Newegg
**Motherboard** | [Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a97r20) | $77.99 @ Amazon
**Memory** | [A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/a-data-memory-ax3u1600c4g9dr) | $63.99 @ Newegg
**Storage** | [PNY XLR8 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/pny-internal-hard-drive-ssd9sc120gmdfrb) | $59.00 @ Amazon
**Storage** | [Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd3200aakx) | $53.99 @ Newegg
**Video Card** | [Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-100373l) | $229.99
**Case** | [Inwin GT1 Black ATX Mid Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/inwin-case-gt1black) | $59.99 @ Newegg
**Power Supply** | [Antec Neo Eco 520W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/antec-power-supply-neoeco520c) | $49.99 @ Newegg
**Operating System** | [Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/microsoft-os-gfc02050) | $89.98 @ OutletPC
**Wireless Network Adapter** | [TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/tp-link-wireless-network-card-tlwn881nd) | $18.99 @ Amazon
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. | $823.90
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-18 02:16 EDT-0400 |

heres my final suggestion to you sir :]

Great! This will be my final build. Thank you for your help

Beezy · May 18, 2014

Dyingwolf :

Beezy :

Dyingwolf :

[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3M8Rj) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3M8Rj/by_merchant/) / [Benchmarks](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3M8Rj/benchmarks/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-fd6300wmhkbox) | $119.99 @ Newegg
**Motherboard** | [Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a97r20) | $77.99 @ Amazon
**Memory** | [A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/a-data-memory-ax3u1600c4g9dr) | $63.99 @ Newegg
**Storage** | [PNY XLR8 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/pny-internal-hard-drive-ssd9sc120gmdfrb) | $59.00 @ Amazon
**Storage** | [Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd3200aakx) | $53.99 @ Newegg
**Video Card** | [Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-100373l) | $229.99
**Case** | [Inwin GT1 Black ATX Mid Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/inwin-case-gt1black) | $59.99 @ Newegg
**Power Supply** | [Antec Neo Eco 520W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/antec-power-supply-neoeco520c) | $49.99 @ Newegg
**Operating System** | [Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/microsoft-os-gfc02050) | $89.98 @ OutletPC
**Wireless Network Adapter** | [TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/tp-link-wireless-network-card-tlwn881nd) | $18.99 @ Amazon
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. | $823.90
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-18 02:16 EDT-0400 |

heres my final suggestion to you sir :]

Great! This will be my final build. Thank you for your help

actually hold up just a sec before you order parts. lets make sure that power supply can handle the r9 280

update: were in the clear, i knew it would be ok but i never checked to be 100%. now im 100% it will work after checking :]

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