Is this a decent gaming pc?

28waffle · Aug 31, 2014

This is my first pc build so I don't know much about it and I've got a budget of £400, this all comes to £377, and I would like some feedback on how good this setup is:
AMD Athlon X4 760k £60
Asus P8Z77-V LX £60
WD 1TB 3.5 inch Internal Hard Drive - Caviar Blue £40.
DVD drive. £12
Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 £80
Corsair Builder Series CXM 500W Modular 80 £45. Corsair CML8GX3M2A1600C9 Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 Mhz CL9 XMP £60
Sound card. £10.

I don't want to over clock, I just want to play a few games in a decent quality and have a good all round gaming pc-I will upgrade later

Thanks in advance

jimthenagual · Aug 31, 2014

The motherboard and CPU are not compatible and most motherboards come with decent on board sound so you wouldn't need the sound card.

RaDiKaL_ · Aug 31, 2014

Like jimthenagual said that mobo is not for the CPU you chose, if you're going with AMD you need a FM2 mobo for that Athlon x4 760k.

28waffle · Aug 31, 2014

Thanks, could you link me to a compatible motherboard e.g amazon, also is the rest of the build ok?

RaDiKaL_ · Aug 31, 2014

http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-DisplayPort-Dual-link-Motherboard-GA-F2A88X-UP4/dp/B00FBCCKIW/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1409533706&sr=1-2&keywords=AMD

You could look for other models, just make sure they're Socket FM2.

28waffle · Aug 31, 2014

Sorry for acting stupid but I have never made a pc before and don't know anything about it but is this suitable

Asus A88XM-PLUS Motherboard (Socket FM2+, AMD A88X, DDR3, S-ATA 600, Micro ATX, 1x PCI Express 3.0 x16, USB 3.0)

RaDiKaL_ · Sep 1, 2014

Yeah its ok, budget mobo indeed but it should suffice.

28waffle · Sep 1, 2014

Just came up with another pc build(under£400)

Is this suitable-your the experts

All I want is to play a few games like bf4, borderlands, bio shock, far cry, evolve on good quality graphics and fps

Here it is:

AMD FX8320 Black Edition 8 Core £100
MSI 970A-G43 AMD 970 ATX Motherboard £45
Gigabyte NVIDIA GTX 750Ti 2GB PCI-E Graphics Card £105.
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO (120mm)-if needed=idk £25
HyperX 8GB 1333MHz DDR3 CL9 DIMM £55.
Corsair Builder Series CX 430 Watt ATX/EPS 80 PLUS Bronze £30
500GB SATA 3.5 inch Internal Hard Drive. £25

Is this decent enough? I will obviously upgrade slowly but is this a good starting point in the gaming life on pc?

Thanks for you help and suggestions by the way!

RaDiKaL_ · Sep 2, 2014

No need for 8 cores on a gaming build, also being the FX-8320 practically top tier in AMD you won't have room to upgrade it, you'd be better with an Intel build with a i3-4130 or a G3258 if budget is really a problem (and changing to a Intel mobo obviously) .

Other than that seems fine.

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