I'm building a pc and I'm not sure if my build's decent

Alex Ngoc Nguyen · May 23, 2015

I'm getting a pc and I'm not sure if this is decent enough. Can someone help me see if anything's wrong with the build? Is this build strong enough for Star Wars Battlefront?

kwa-e · May 23, 2015

That's more than enough for 1920X1200, But you may want to wait for the AMD 3xx series which has promising performance.

Alex Ngoc Nguyen · May 24, 2015

When is the AMD 3xx coming out?

Ometta · May 24, 2015

That's a good midrange build and should last you a little while. Only thing I don't like in that list is the bronze rated PSU. I would get a gold rated or better. Don't cheap out on the PSU. Corsair makes really good PSU's.

kwa-e · May 24, 2015

Alex Ngoc Nguyen :

It's AMD's new series of video cards, the cards are most likely set to launch mid-June, with the 390x rumoured to have a launch price of $599 with at least %15-20 more performance and HBM memory.

(The performance numbers are just rumors, Take it with a grain of salt.)

kwa-e · May 24, 2015

Ometta :

May not look like it but the PSU OP chose is one of the highest quality supplies currently offered in the market, Excellent stability, high quality capacitors and it's pretty silent to boot.

Ometta · May 24, 2015

kwa-e :

Not saying there is anything wrong with the PSU he chose. I always recommend a gold rated PSU or higher for PC gamer's because he will most likely play around with CPU and GPU overclocking and that's when you want the most efficient PSU you can afford. A gold rated PSU won't cost you much more and in my opinion is well worth the extra 20 dollars or so.

kwa-e · May 24, 2015

Ometta :

Not really, I'd take a bronze PSU over a Gold one if it means I could fit better parts into the build. (This isn't really the case, OP seems to have a good amount to spend.)

And PSU efficiency has no direct effect on voltage stability and overclocking capabilities, but each man to his own.

madmatt30 · May 24, 2015

Ometta - a midrange build ?? Seriously !

Unless he's edited the list that build is most definitely far above & beyond midrange IMO.

Ometta · May 24, 2015

kwa-e :

So a 20 dollar difference is gonna make or break the whole build? I think your missing out on what I'm trying to say. The OP has a nice build going on so why not continue to build on that quality. When I look at his build and I see that bronze rated PSU to me that's like saying hey I just bought this nice Nissan GTR and have it all decked out with these nice quality parts but I really couldn't afford a nice exhaust for it so I just went to AutoZone and picked up a fart can for it.......... same quality right? I may be a little different when it comes to picking out parts for a gaming PC but I won't touch a PSU that's not at least gold rated. I have had terrible experiences in the past with bronze rated PSU's not lasting over 1-2 years. There are plenty of things you can cheap out with on a PC but PSU is not one of them for me.

Ometta · May 24, 2015

madmatt30 :

Nah to me that's very midrange. Now if he was wanting to run like 2-4 980's with a nice custom liquid cooling loop and all the bell's and whistles then I would consider it a high end build. Generally anything under 2k into the computer itself is considered midrange to me.

Alex Ngoc Nguyen · May 25, 2015

So should I upgrade it to 850w?

kwa-e · May 25, 2015

550-560W is enough for a single GPU system with OC headroom, Only go 850W if you plan to SLI in the future.

Alex Ngoc Nguyen · May 25, 2015

Yea, I did edit the list

Alex Ngoc Nguyen · May 25, 2015

SLI is 2 GPU right?

kwa-e · May 25, 2015

Alex Ngoc Nguyen · May 25, 2015

Ya, probably. Like maybe the year after I get my PC

Alex Ngoc Nguyen · May 25, 2015

So should I get theXFX PRO850W Core Edition Power Supply ATX Energy Star, the Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 1050W, or the Corsair Professional Series 860w ATX/EPS modular 80 plus? (for psu)

kwa-e · May 25, 2015

Those are all high quality units and any of them should power it fine, I'd personally go with whatever is the cheapest of the 3.

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