Newbie first gaming build. Thoughts?

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The CPU, GPU is weak and the PSU is a crappy one.

I will recommend this build and advice to skipp the SSD for now if you have a budget issue you can always add it later on.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($149.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 45.0 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver Arctic Alumina Premium Ceramic Polysynthetic 1.75g Thermal Paste ($4.66 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($89.79 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory...
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Your pc Build is decent, i just changed few parts here.

The ram you put was not optimal for your build, i have put it a ram than can be used to it's full potential by that motherboard with great timings for Online comptetitive gaming.

SSD doesn't effect gaming so i removed it and added a better graphics card Asus 270x with direct CU2 cooling, it's silend with great price / performance ratio. For gaming this is actually what you need, and later is easier to just upgrade and buy an SSD drive instead of selling your GPU and buying a better one.



PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/XxvgCJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/XxvgCJ/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($99.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 45.0 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver Arctic Alumina Premium Ceramic Polysynthetic 1.75g Thermal Paste ($4.66 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($89.79 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($74.99 @ Micro Center)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($174.99 @ Micro Center)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG UH12NS30 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: Logitech Call of Duty: MW3 Edition Wired Gaming Keyboard ($27.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $692.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-29 15:35 EDT-0400
 
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prit87

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The CPU, GPU is weak and the PSU is a crappy one.

I will recommend this build and advice to skipp the SSD for now if you have a budget issue you can always add it later on.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($149.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 45.0 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver Arctic Alumina Premium Ceramic Polysynthetic 1.75g Thermal Paste ($4.66 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($89.79 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($85.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($74.99 @ Micro Center)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG UH12NS30 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: Logitech Call of Duty: MW3 Edition Wired Gaming Keyboard ($27.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $713.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-29 15:44 EDT-0400
 
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Well if you compare the Asus 270x with Direct CU2 with a lower brand MSI 280 then yes, but consider that the Asus Direct CU2 cooling make it super silent and super cool, temperatures won't exceed 65°C and it remains silent even at 100% load. Also 280 isn't much stronger performance wise, almost same.
 
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Who said you this rubbish ??

MSI is not a low brand at all the twin frozer cooler is one of the best cooler available in the market and considered better than asus cooling and the r9 270x is weaker than the gtx 760 and the r9 280 is a bit faster than the gtx 760 with 3 gb vram the difference in FPS is anywhere from 5 - 15 .

 
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The Asus 270x is factory overclocked and performs a little better than norma ones, also if you look game benchmark asux 270x outperforms gtx 760.

MSI 280 twin frozer looks like a good cooling thou, it might be a better choice than asus 270x for that money.
 
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The asus 270x yes its have a bit more clock speed than the sapphire dual x or MSI twin frozers there are gigabyte windforce and sapphire trix especially which have the maximum amount of clock speed among the r9 270x series but still they cannot compete with the not so popular brands r9 280 or r9 280x series forsa and grainward or sparkel etc.
The performance difference between different brands of r9 270x is almost the same max of 1-2 fps of difference.

And yes i am saying that the cards are so oddly priced .
 
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