Gaming PC First time

Jakub Nieciecki · Sep 12, 2014

I would your opinions on this build. Its my first time and im trying to keep to a budget of 850-900.
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/jakub928/saved/g6RwrH

numanator · Sep 12, 2014

Looks pretty good but I would change the PSU to this one, better quality overall:

Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ NCIX)

Edit: Also you can get a 1 TB HDD for $5 more so it is probably worth it:

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.95 @ DirectCanada)

TechyInAZ · Sep 12, 2014

Here is what I'd do:

1. Follow numanators advice, corsair CXes are terrible for high performance pcs.
2. Get a core i5 4590
3. Get a H97 or Z97 motherboards

Haswell i5 has 4 really powerful cores, compared to 8 weak cores on the fx 8320, games require lots of single threaded performance so the i5 wins. But if you want to overclock but on a budget, then the fx 8320 wins.

numanator · Sep 12, 2014

Updated build if you followed both of our advice:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($212.98 @ NCIX)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($79.99 @ NCIX)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.79 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.95 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.95 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($219.99 @ NCIX)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($55.35 @ DirectCanada)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ NCIX)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.95 @ Vuugo)
Total: $882.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-12 19:45 EDT-0400

You can fit the r9 280 into the build this way.

Note: this build cannot be overclocked but probably doesn't need to. I am running a gtx 760 on a 3 year old stock i5 and have had no bottlenecks thus far. The i5s age really well.

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