My Gaming PC

kschoeppner · Jul 13, 2014

Hello I am going to build this gaming PC very shortly and wanted to have many peoples insight about what they think.

CPU: AMD FX-8350

Motherboard: ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0

GPU: XFX AMD Double D R9 280X 1000Mhz

Ram: Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600MHz DDR3

SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB

HDD: WD Caviar Blue 1TB

Optical Drive: ASUS Serial Drive

PSU: Corsair Builder Series CX 600 Watt.

Case: Corsair Spec 01

OS: Windows 8.1 Home Premium

Cooling: Cooler Master Sickle Flow 120mm.

Please tell me what you think, this is my first build,

Thanks, Kyle.

Anonymouselite5 · Jul 13, 2014

kschoeppner :

Looks good, The amd FX 8350 shouldn't bottleneck the r9 280x at all. The Corsair psu should be enough for that build and that motherboard is good enough to later allow maybe crossfire r9 280's if you so desired.

These are good parts but I would recommend if you want to crossfire in the future a higher grade Corsair psu and higher wattage.

byza · Jul 13, 2014

The CX psu's use cheap capacitors and aren't made to work properly under the temperatures that gaming PC's often reach. Your better off with one of the following:
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 750W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
or for a semi-modular option
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ Newegg)

Use this list as a reference when buying PSU's. For a gaming PC you want tier 1, 2a or 2b
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html

kschoeppner · Jul 13, 2014

byza :

The CX psu's use cheap capacitors and aren't made to work properly under the temperatures that gaming PC's often reach. Your better off with one of the following:
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 750W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
or for a semi-modular option
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ Newegg)

Use this list as a reference when buying PSU's. For a gaming PC you want tier 1, 2a or 2b
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html

thanks for help i am ordering tomorrow and will look around

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