Help Building a Budget Gaming Computer

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brownballa55

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Hi Guys,

My friend was looking to build a budget gaming computer for around 800$ and one of his friends put together this rough draft: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2fFn8d. I was wondering if anyone had any advice on things to change/swap out for better pieces for the price so maybe I could throw some ideas his way.

Regards,
Eshaan
 
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numanator

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Here is what I would do:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($139.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280 3GB DirectCU II Video Card ($219.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill Blackbone ATX Mid Tower Case ($36.00 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $752.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Explanation:

-CPU- the Fx 8320 is the same exact chip as the 8350, the 8350 just comes with a stock overclock, very easy to achieve that yourself
-Cooler- The stock cooler that comes with the fx 8320/8350 is loud and doesn't cool well, this is a good replacement that allows for some overclocking
-Mobo- The gigabyte UD3P is one of the best options for motherboards at this price since it has a 8+2 phase power design (vs 4+2 for the MSI board) which is what you need to use the power hungry fx-8320 to its true potential. Power phase design is essentially how much power the motherboard can send to the CPU, the fx-8320 were made to be run on a 8 phase
-RAM- 8 GB is sufficient, you can get 16gb if you really want, there should be left over budget for it but it is really not needed for gaming
--PSU- the corsair cx series uses cheap chinese capacitors that are more likely to fail under heavy load (like gaming). The Antec HCG is a great quality power supply.
 
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Eduello

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A cheaper (but almost equal) CPU, a lot better motherboard, less of faster RAM (no more than 8GB is useful for gaming), a lot better GPU, a lot better PSU, and an aftermarket CPU cooler (the stock one is noisy):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($139.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Avexir Core series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($249.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill Blackbone ATX Mid Tower Case ($36.00 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($45.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $770.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 
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babachicken

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we had almost the same idea.....
 
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anthony8989

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Mwave)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.92 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270 2GB Dual-X Video Card ($152.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill Blackbone ATX Mid Tower Case ($36.00 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $676.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 
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