First Time Gaming Budget Build Advice

TimiTheGreatful · Oct 24, 2014

Hi I want to make a gaming rig. The game I mostly play is mine craft. I made around $800 gaming build specifically for mine craft. Here is the build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rvx3sY
Why I chose the parts:

Cpu: Minecraft favors CPUs that have strong single core processor.
CPU Cooler: it's a cheap and easy to install cup fan. I can over clock it a good amount with this fan.
Motherboard: Cheap asus mobo that lets me overclock
Memory: Overall a great memory. according to some forum thread I can use 1866 memory if i oc the cpu.
Storage: Great 1tb hard drive. I won't need a ssd
Video card: I won't need a very strong video card for mine craft. This is a really good video card
Case: Cheap Case
PSU: High Quality PSU
Optical Drive: High Quality Bluray player.
OS: Great OS

If you have any comments/ opinions please tell me. If you recommend me any parts please make sure that they are available in microcenter, Amazon, or new egg.

bob hays · Oct 24, 2014

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-r7260xznj4

better value gpu

double check on the overclocking thing because I think they enabled it for h81 as well (but I may be wrong)

if so heres a cheaper mobo: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-h81mdplus

also if you can find a cheaper psu that would be good, you don't need more than 400w, but if not thats a good one

TimiTheGreatful · Oct 24, 2014

bob hays :

I like the Gpu because it's from nvidia and I think they are a good company. Also my friend has that gpu and he says it's great. The h97 is more up to date and it comes with a lot of features that I like. I think I'll need some extra watts if I overclock.

Kohwali · Oct 24, 2014

For motherboards, Z series are meant for overclocking. H not so much.

bob hays · Oct 24, 2014

Yea but they cost more which isn't worth it(H vs Z)

and i'm not saying its a bad gpu but for the price the 260x is better.

Kohwali · Oct 24, 2014

This is a good place to read on the 750ti vs 260x: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2033241/260x-gtx-750.html

TimiTheGreatful · Oct 24, 2014

I don't think there will be a difference in gameplay or frame rate between those two gpu's. Both of those are really great gpu's. I think evga and nvidia have really great drivers which is why I'm leaning towards 750ti. I have no idea how amd's drivers are but they are probably the same. I consider myself a Intel/nvidia fanboy so I probably won't go to amd.

bob hays · Oct 24, 2014

The largest advantage of nvidia is probably shadowplay which records with not as large of an impact on gameplay, but if that feature isn't very useful, AMD has better performance/price ratio at this range. Drivers are basically the same (I have nvidia and amd)

Kohwali · Oct 24, 2014

bob hays :

Don't forget advanced PhysX (although probably not at this price range) and with the recent driver updates, older cards will be able to do DSR: http://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-adds-dynamic-super-resolution-support-to-older-graphics-cards/

bob hays · Oct 24, 2014

Yes but thats more advantageous for cards that are higher end and already maxing everything out.

EDIT: I meant the DSR

Kohwali · Oct 24, 2014

Don't forget advanced PhysX (although probably not at this price range) and with the recent driver updates

TimiTheGreatful · Oct 24, 2014

Turns out I was wrong about the memory. If I get 1866 it'll bottleneck so I'll get 1600 instead.

Kohwali · Oct 24, 2014

There's no performance advantage to having RAM speeds above 1600 mhz anyways: http://youtu.be/dWgzA2C61z4

bob hays · Oct 25, 2014

Kohwali :

Sorry, I should have mentioned I was talking about the DSR

Kohwali · Oct 25, 2014

bob hays :

DSR is intended for old games which don't have any AA. I'm sure the 750ti could max out games that are that old anyways.

bob hays · Oct 25, 2014

I helps for all games, and now that I think about it you are right, old games would benefit (if they had proper scaling), but also if you are maxing the AA on new games.

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