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So I'm a little new to this whole pc building stuff (besides knowing how to snap together the adult legos) but I want to build a nice pc for a little over $300. I've taken a look at some stuff and I want to know if this would perform nicely:
GIGABYTE GA-AM1M-S2H Motherboard
R7 250 Graphics Card
Pentium G3258 CPU
4GB Ballistix Sport Memory
1TB Seagate Barracuda Hard Drive
Rosewill Computer Case
Basically, I just want to know if all of this crap would perform nicely, and really what I would appreciate knowing is if it would be nice to run some newer 2013/2014 games such as "Battlefield 4" and "COD: Advanced Warfare" even on low settings but if not I would like to know what games it would perform nicely on AND what different should I do to this build to help it perform better.

Also, In case your wondering, it all ads up to $318

Edit: After a while of deciding/improving I have finally come to a conclusion. The final PC Build for this will definately be THIS!
 
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Hmmm... You can't use that motherboard with that CPU Try this: http://www.directron.com/h81mp33.html

Yeah I think it should run pretty nicely. Not too sure how BF4 will look because of the two cores and 4gb of RAM. But yeah it should run pretty good.

*EDIT* Okay so I changed some things around. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mxKFxr

1. Motherboard for now obvious reasons.
2. Cheaper memory. Memory is memory and you will definitely not notice a difference.
3. I changed to a WD Blue for one reason.. It is cheaper than the Seagate. They are identical drives and one is not better than the other.
4. Changed the GPU to a GT740 for three reasons. 1. It's faster 2. It's cheaper 3. It's more power efficient 4. It's in stock.
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Hmmm... You can't use that motherboard with that CPU Try this: http://www.directron.com/h81mp33.html

Yeah I think it should run pretty nicely. Not too sure how BF4 will look because of the two cores and 4gb of RAM. But yeah it should run pretty good.

*EDIT* Okay so I changed some things around. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mxKFxr

1. Motherboard for now obvious reasons.
2. Cheaper memory. Memory is memory and you will definitely not notice a difference.
3. I changed to a WD Blue for one reason.. It is cheaper than the Seagate. They are identical drives and one is not better than the other.
4. Changed the GPU to a GT740 for three reasons. 1. It's faster 2. It's cheaper 3. It's more power efficient 4. It's in stock.
 
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Well TomThePotato, I'm really not made of money but do you think the card I've picked out would do fine? (Or the one MasterDell chose?) Also MasterDell, Thanks a whole bunch thats cheaper than my original build, but do you think I should bump up the amount of ram? And if so, how much?
 
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When it comes to budget rigs there are two choices for memory, 4 or 8gb.. I always push for people to get 8gb but I hate telling someone they need it because I would be lying. I wouldn't be lying if I told them that they will definitely need it in the near future.
 
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When it comes to budget rigs there are two choices for memory, 4 or 8gb.. I always push for people to get 8gb but I hate telling someone they need it because I would be lying. I wouldn't be lying if I told them that they will definitely need it in the near future.
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Yeah I guess you're right about the memory so I guess I'll stick with 4GB, and if I really need it badly I'll get an extra 4GB later in the future. Other than this it sounds like a nice pc and I can't wait to build it!
 
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Thank you for seeing the light on the memory lol. And do you have a PSU?
 
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Just going to warn you that PSUs that come with cases tend to be not that trust worthy. But since this isn't some fancy rig I think you will be fine. Just make sure it is enough wattage and you'll be set :)
 
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I think the FBM-02 comes without, but for the FBM-01: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147168&Tpk=N82E16811147168 Also i have never overclocked anything in my life, nor have I played on something that has been overclocked. I basically know nothing about overclocking and I'd rather not accidentally fuck anything up but if I knew how to do it and that I was doing it properly I'd do it.

Edit: Don't I also need a CPU cooler/fan ?
 
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Basically all consumer intel CPUs come with fans with the cpu so there is no worries there, it comes it the box with the CPU.

*EDIT* Okay I can't stress this enough.. Please buy a different PSU. I looked at the reviews on Newegg and everyone is hating on that PSU. Get this case: http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=35528&vpn=CS206BK&manufacture=Logisys%20Computer

Throw away the PSU and put this in: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438015&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=


You end up spending more than the Rosewill by a few dollars and you get a way cooler looking case with a PSU that will pretty good.
 
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