Newbie PC building help

space_spaghetti · Jul 29, 2014

Hello it's my first time building a pc and i'm aiming for a budget pc on a 400-450 price range. so far i've put this up http://imgur.com/yQEVhMM please suggest any improvements and tips on building. (the picture says 2 gb ram but i',m actually going for 4)

Danbuscus25 · Jul 29, 2014

do you know what graphics card that is? anyways, i think this should give you the best performance you can get for $450

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($76.50 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($50.40 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R7 250X 1GB Video Card ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Raidmax ATX-249B (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($56.88 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $455.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-29 02:26 EDT-0400

Nuckles_56 · Jul 29, 2014

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A10-6800K 4.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($139.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88X-D3H ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($67.49 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($76.50 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.78 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 400W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($48.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $422.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-29 02:30 EDT-0400

space_spaghetti · Jul 29, 2014

Can you please elaborate the differences to the first build if it's not too much for me to ask.

Nuckles_56 · Jul 29, 2014

space_spaghetti :

for which of the two builds?

Danbuscus25 · Jul 29, 2014

the difference between my build and nuckles build is that his uses an APU, and mine has its own dedicated graphics card. mine will give you significantly more performance in games, and is highly overclockable.

space_spaghetti · Jul 29, 2014

My build and yours can you compare? and also can you tell me what is wrong with my build so i know how to pick next time? and sorry for this but my friend(i'm building with him) said we can only go up to 420(we're students, we're broke lol). Can you do some adjustments?

Danbuscus25 · Jul 29, 2014

well, your build had an old graphics card, and everything else was ok, but not great. if you need to save money on the build i did, you can drop down to an H97 mobo, drop the cpu cooler, and the optical drive if you dont need it. all those will not hinder performance, but you will not be able to overclock.

space_spaghetti · Jul 29, 2014

by h97 do you mean ASRock H97M?

Danbuscus25 · Jul 29, 2014

any mobo that has an H97 chipset.

sourodip · Jul 29, 2014

Here's a build:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kJ47GX

space_spaghetti · Jul 29, 2014

can i use corsair vs450 for the powersupply? sorry for asking too many questions we're on a really tight budget on this

Danbuscus25 · Jul 29, 2014

yes, that psu would work.

sourodip · Jul 29, 2014

No, corsair VS series are not recommended. The CX series are better when compared to the Vs series in terms of longibilty and durability.

Danbuscus25 · Jul 29, 2014

^^ i know the vs series isnt that good, but it would work.

sourodip · Jul 29, 2014

Would work but it's not recommended.

space_spaghetti · Jul 29, 2014

Ok. here's our new build http://imgur.com/0KM3hbL we're gonna replace the psu with cx if we find one. any feedbacks?

Danbuscus25 · Jul 29, 2014

it should be ok

space_spaghetti · Jul 29, 2014

everything is compatible i assume? Thanks for the help guys. And one last thing do you have any tutorials or links which teaches how to assemble a pc? because we're really just starting out.

Danbuscus25 · Jul 29, 2014

it is all compatible, and some videos on youtube on how to build a pc will show you how to do it

space_spaghetti · Jul 29, 2014

Thanks a lot good sir

Danbuscus25 · Jul 29, 2014

no problem, and have fun

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