How's this new economy build look?

Tompetty537

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Feb 17, 2015
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Trying to build cheep but good gamer pc right now the set up is around $500-$600 trying to keep it at about that

Mother board-
Gigabyte AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gbps USB 3.0 ATX DDR3 1600 Motherboards GA-970A-DS3P

Cpu-
AMD FD6300WMHKBOX FX-6300 6-Core Processor

Memory-
Corsair Vengeance 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3 1600 MHz PC3 12800 240-Pin DDR3 Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9)

Hard drive-
WD Blue 1TB Everyday PC Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, SATA 6 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 64MB Cache - WD10EZEX

Graphics card-
EVGA GeForce GT 740 Superclocked Single Slot 4GB DDR3 Graphics Cards 04G-P4-2744-KR

Power-
EVGA 500W 80PLUS Certified ATX12V/EPS12V Power Supply 100-W1-0500-KR (Wattage required is 495 will that be a problem?)

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If it's us, this build would be better for gaming

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

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($94.89 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($60.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital AV-GP 500GB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($34.49 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card ($163.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power...

adamjosiah

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If it's us, this build would be better for gaming

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

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($94.89 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($60.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital AV-GP 500GB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($34.49 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card ($163.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($28.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.75 @ OutletPC)
Total: $597.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-17 22:14 EST-0500
 
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