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July 27, 2014 6:51:01 PM

Hi. I'm wondering if this build could be made cheaper without sacrificing performance or if it could be made a bit more powerful without adding to the cost. Thanks.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Cooling MX4 4g Thermal Paste ($5.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($80.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($129.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270 2GB Dual-X Video Card ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $792.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-27 21:49 EDT-0400

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July 27, 2014 6:54:52 PM

change that corsair builder to evga 600w sorry but that psu is not reliable
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July 27, 2014 7:53:06 PM

FoxVoxDK said:
I'm somewhat uncertain on the motherboards exact support so I'll revise and say try these instead, at least you can use those without fumbling around with the bus:

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f314900cl9d8...


Thanks, I'd rather not tinker with the BIOS so I'll go with that
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July 28, 2014 4:10:53 PM

oh when it has o.c after it means you would have to overclock and since you dont want to overclock get some 1866 ram its plenty fast.
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