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I am looking at purchasing a new gaming PC as mine is very very old. Here is a pre-built I am looking at purchasing.

AMD FX-6300 x6 Vishera 3.5GHz up to 4.1Ghz Turbo 14MB Cache "Unlocked"
Asus/Gigabyte AMD 760G Chipset Motherboard
8GB(8Gb x1) DDR3-1600 High Performance
1TB Reliable/Performance Harddrive
24X Sata DVD Writer
AMD Radeon R9 270X OC 2GB GDDR5
COOLER MASTER K282 Black MID-Tower Case 2 x USB 3.0 front 12cm Red LED fan
650W Continuous high Efficient MEPS Power Supply
Windows 7 Home Premium disc and license 64bit OEM (PC Add-on ONLY)

I can purchase for around $1050 NZ including deilvery

I won't be overclocking, I can get a 550W PSU for $30 less & a R7 260X for $100 less

Can I get some opinions or pointers from the community about whether or not the above specs are suitable for every day gaming? Looking at playing the newest games on medium settings with a high frame-rate on a 21 inch LCD
 
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Seems to be a decent bargain, but I caution on the brand of powersuppy, hard drive, and the quality of the motherboard.

PCPartPicker part list: http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/p/LNCvD3
Price breakdown by merchant: http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/p/LNCvD3/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($159.00 @ PC Force)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard ($135.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($125.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.00 @ PC Force)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card ($295.00 @ PC Force)
Case: BitFenix Merc Alpha (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($75.38 @ Ascent Technology)...
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It has some issues

FX-6300 has no where near 14MB cache, that is almost as much as a $1000 workstation processor from Intel.
760G is a low end chipset not designed for overclocking
1x8GB of memory is not an ideal configuration, should be 2x4GB to enable dual channel memory
Decent video card
Hard to say on the power supply without an actual model or brand.

Give me a few and I can price out an equivalent and see about the price.
 
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Seems to be a decent bargain, but I caution on the brand of powersuppy, hard drive, and the quality of the motherboard.

PCPartPicker part list: http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/p/LNCvD3
Price breakdown by merchant: http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/p/LNCvD3/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($159.00 @ PC Force)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard ($135.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($125.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.00 @ PC Force)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card ($295.00 @ PC Force)
Case: BitFenix Merc Alpha (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($75.38 @ Ascent Technology)
Power Supply: Corsair VS 550W ATX Power Supply ($84.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($39.99 @ Mighty Ape)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($149.00 @ PC Force)
Total: $1141.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-21 02:05 NZST+1200
 
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That bundle is decent, but with flaws.
I might question the knowledge of the designer.
By and large the balance of cpu to graphics budget is about right( 2x the cost of cpu for graphics)



1. A single stick of ram is a poor choice because it will operate only in single channel mode.
AMD cpu's depend on fast ram. A 2 stick kit should not be significantly more expensive.

2. If the psu is cooler master like it might come with a case, it is not great quality.
550w would be fine for a 270X, but 650w will give you options for a future graphics upgrade.

3. FX-6300 is a popular choice, but in general, similarly priced intel i3 cpu's are better gamers.
Read this older comparison:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-processor-frame-rate-performance,3427-9.html

Lastly.
I will never again build without using a SSD for the OS.
It just makes everything you do so much quicker.
A one hour widows update will take 15 minutes.
Files open instantly.
A 120gb ssd will hold the OS and a half dozen games.
Consider deferring on the hard drive, you can always add one later.
With a 240gb ssd, you may never need a hard drive.
I like Samsung EVO for the ssd.

 
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Really helpful guys, thank you.

I've heard of a SSD, but never actually looked into what it is.

I thought one stick of RAM would be fine, but 2 sticks is better eh?

The PSU is a silver grade, I don't know if that means anything

I'll explore getting an I3 or an I5 instead if it is infact that much faster, I was aiming for the FX-6300 to keep costs down.
 
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SSD is just an array of memory chips instead of a spinning magnetic disk. You pay more for the space, but it can be as much as 5 times faster then a spinning drive. Uses less power too.

Motherboard quality doesn't matter too much when not overclocking. But the overclocking boards usually just have more desirable features as well. You should be able to do some mild overclocking on basic AMD boards, one of their advantages over Intel.
 
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