$800 Gaming PC Build

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As the titles states, I plan on build a $800 gaming PC. I want it to play a game with the graphical fidelity of BF3 with at least medium graphic settings with around 40 FPS.

I don't know much about computers and building them and if all my parts will work together. If you know of parts that are similar in price and one is better, I'd also like to know that.

Without further adieu, here is the part list.
(It also has the monitor and some other accessories in the list, sorry for that)
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.23 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Enermax ECA3280A-BL ATX Mid Tower Case ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VX228H 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Perixx PX-2000 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $807.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-30 11:16 EDT-0400
 
Solution


That is a low quality low wattage PSU. And you should be able to fit better than a 270 in an $800 build.
 
Here, I made one for you. Tell me what you think. It's $15 over budget, but it has higher quality parts, twice the amount of ram, a SSD, and a better GPU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.23 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270X 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case ($22.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Acer G227HQLbi 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: Rosewill RK-101 Wired Standard Keyboard ($5.99 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Zalman ZM-M300 Wired Optical Mouse ($7.80 @ Amazon)
Total: $815.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-30 11:59 EDT-0400
 

Liquidsonic

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Thanks, $15 over price is fine, the original set up I had before was even more expensive. I think I'll go with this build, the extra SSD will be useful and I like the new case and monitor.

 


Use the solid state drive as your boot drive. So just put the operating system and programs on it. You should be able to fit 1 or 2 games on it. But it is not necessary to put games on it, as it won't improve gaming performance any.