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Hello everyone, box here. I recently have started to make a custom PC with pcpartpicker, and I wanted some feedback/suggestions. This is my first build, and I want to make it a good one. I am tired of my awful school computer with 2 gigs of ram and only 188GB of storage space. I want to be able to play most games at 60fps+ on ultra settings. I am still fairly new to the computer world, and I am still getting the hang of it. What I need is feedback on my choice of parts, plus suggestions for a mobo, another gpu (if mine is not very good), a headset, keyboard, mouse, 2 1080p monitors, and a microphone. Plus if any of my other parts are not very good, or I made a mistake, please let me know. Thanks in advance!

Link: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wnXGD3
 
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Power supply is not a good one. Not sure why you need 2 separate 1tb drive either. 2x8gb, for 16gb makes more sense. 8gb of ram is enough for a gaming rig, though. Corsair or Crucial, for an SSD. FX is old, slow, and power hungry.

This would be a better setup, for a similar cost. Not knowing your actual budget makes parts suggestions difficult though.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($178.49 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock B85 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($65.80 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card ($242.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($13.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $862.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-01 11:45 EDT-0400
 
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nah im already gonna start reducing settings on my 7950 with the crazy 1300/1900 OC avoid the R9 280 if u want ultra

is it just me or should he just drop the SSD and get a GTX 970 instead ? or a R9 290 at the very least
 
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Dropping the SSD, for a better GPU, isn't a bad idea at all.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($178.49 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($83.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($65.80 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($329.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($13.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $863.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-01 12:18 EDT-0400
 
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Log I noticed that you changed out my Amd 8 core cpu for an I5. I see no reason to do this. I know that more cores is better, but what other factors am I not accounting for? I am still fairly new to computers, so it is probably something stupid that is obvious to most people. :p
 
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FX8350 was a good choice in the sandy bridge days

now? not so much haswell is insanely more power efficient and has more power per core and more consistent performance

your other choice for 8 cores without overclocking would be a Xeon 4 cores+hyperthreading total 8 threads (it isnt ture 8 core hell even the FX isnt a true 8 core it is a 2 core per cluster desgine which is why it is slower ( i dont know much about bulldozer architecture so excuse me here .. )
 
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More cores are not always better. FX's cores are far weaker than Intel's.
 
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what about this zen core ? isnt this spouse to be their new stuff

i mean if amd existed in the desktop CPU market (main stream) we wouldn't have to pay 220 usd for an unlocked I5

hell even Intel will start kicking it with better CPU's all they have been doing is improve efficiency and die shrink after sandybridge that is
 
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This is just my opinion. I assume that you are building a gaming rig. First off, do you plan to overclock? if no, you can forget the air cooler and just use the stock cooler.

If it was me, I would forget the SSD (a luxury item). HDD is much cheaper. The only benefit I see from having my SSD is that the computer boots up faster by seconds. It's really unnecessary, especially if your computer is on all the time. How many games are you going to download and play all at once to need 2 TB? Most people focus on a few games so I suggest 1 TB or even less (500GB). And why do you need 16GB RAM? You can get away with 4GB although people typically get 8GB.

You can save all this money ($250+) to buy a greater GPU or just place this money aside for something else.

It's not really about budgeting but placing power where it really matters, the GPU.
 
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