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CPU: AMD FX 6300 Black Edition
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Motherboard: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P
RAM: 8GB Corsair 1866mhz Vengeance (2x4GB)
Hard Drive: 1TB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s
Optical Drive: 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA
Graphics card: AMD Radeon R9 270X 2GB
Sound card: Onboard 7.1 Audio
Case: Zalman Z1
PSU: 450W Corsair VS

I have a limited budget, and this seems to fit. I was just curious to see if it is any good for the games I intend to play (When I say good I mean at least 60 fps on most games, or higher:

G-Mod
Minecraft
TF2
Just Cause 2
Binding of Isaac
Portal 2

a lot more games similar and maybe a few graphically intensive games like:

GTA V (When released)
Emulators for Gamecube: Dolphin to play Super Mario Sunshine
Battlefield 3
any COD games
etc...
 
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Overall a solid build. I'd recommend getting the 1600Mhz ram instead of 1866, as you will have any gaming performance improvement. Only get the 1866 if you're getting a deal where it's the same price or cheaper, and shoot for a CAS latency of 9. Corsair Vengeance does make ram like that, but unless you're attached to the brand the G.Skill Ripjaws Series makes one for $15 less.

You've got the perfect size for an HDD, I always recommend Hitachi or Western Digital as they make the most reliable ones. Since you don't have an SSD I'd go with the WD Black, they have great performance. Also, no platter HDD in the world has a throughput of 6gb/s, be extremely happy if you get close to 3.

For the case, did you mean the Zalman Z11? I think your...
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yes its good. Mid-high end system. No sweats for 720p and can certainly handle 1080p, just not perfectly.

Also just a heads up, dolphin uses only two cores, so Intel takes dolphin to town everyday. With that said i run super smash bros brawl on dolphin perfectly with an FX 8320 and HD 7870 (very similar to the 270x).

Point of the story, overclock the CPU and that will help dolphin performance.
 
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Overall a solid build. I'd recommend getting the 1600Mhz ram instead of 1866, as you will have any gaming performance improvement. Only get the 1866 if you're getting a deal where it's the same price or cheaper, and shoot for a CAS latency of 9. Corsair Vengeance does make ram like that, but unless you're attached to the brand the G.Skill Ripjaws Series makes one for $15 less.

You've got the perfect size for an HDD, I always recommend Hitachi or Western Digital as they make the most reliable ones. Since you don't have an SSD I'd go with the WD Black, they have great performance. Also, no platter HDD in the world has a throughput of 6gb/s, be extremely happy if you get close to 3.

For the case, did you mean the Zalman Z11? I think your build is good, but I've put together one with approximate performance for probably less money, let me know what you think:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.49 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $545.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-12 16:24 EDT-0400

Hope that helps! I've included a Hitachi HDD for cost, but for better loading times get the WD Black. I'm certainly not one to talk someone down for a slower GPU, get the 270x if you can afford it.

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Hey, thanks for replying! The reason I ask is because this is my first PC and I am using this website to choose parts from which they build and send it to me. www.dinopc.com. The build I listed above is a slightly modified version of the PC they have put up here. My budget is around £450, and that PC is for sale for £519, but they usually have a discount of £100 at Christmas time, which is when I'm hoping to have enough. This is the build I modified: http://www.dinopc.com/shop/pc/Raider-AMD-X6-6300-94p1640.htm

Now since I cannot afford (unfortunately) the build which you created, do you think the build I listed above will be able to play MOST games at a playable framerate? Obviously I will change the RAM to 1600Mhz.
 
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Well I have around £450 to play around with, but the website I am going to use gives you £100 off at Christmas, and they build the PC for you and send it to you, so that's why that PC is worth about £540. So on the website www.dinopc.com my budget is £540, everywhere else it's £400-£450.
 
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Okay I've jigged about a bit. What about this new build?


CPU: AMD FX 8320 Black Edition
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bi
Motherboard: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P
RAM: 8GB Corsair 1600mhz Vengeance (2x4GB)
Hard Drive: 1TB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s
Optical Drive: 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA
Graphics card: AMD Radeon R9 270X 2GB
Sound card: Onboard 7.1 Audio
Case: NEW! Zalman Z1
PSU: 450W Corsair VS
 
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Okay everyone thanks for the help :)
 
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