First pc build and wanna know how well this will perform.

Xvirecklessivx · May 25, 2015

I am currently gathering all my hardware and piecing it together in a little over $700 build but I just want to know if this is a good build and what should I upgrade first and what games would I be able to run on max settings.
CPU: AMD FX-6300 6 Core 3.5 MHz OC to 4.1 black edition
GPU: SAPPHIRE Radeon R9 280x OC version
MOBO: Giga-Byte GA-78LMT-USB3 AM3+ DDR3 Micro ATX
PSU: EVGA 600W Bronze Series
RAM: 2x 8 GB Crucial Ballistix Tactical 240-Pin DIMM DDR3 1600 making 16 GB total
CPU Fan: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Case: Sentey Gs-6080 Seeker
HDD: 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM
OS: Windows 8
I've studied up on everything that I've got and it will all fit together but this is my very first build since I've been a console gamer all my life and wanna have a nice gaming pc also but I just don't know how well this will handle most games. Thanks in advance for any advice.

Woody1999 · May 25, 2015

The FX-6300 is a three year old chip. It has a very limited upgrade path, and the processor itself isn't very good until you overclock it. The single core performance is weak, so older games take a big hit when using an FX chip. Ideally, you'll want an i3 with a H97 board. They perform better in older games and just as good in modern games, and have the benefit of being Broadwell compatible in the future. If you feel you need more power before Broadwell is released, you can always get a much more powerful i5 or i7 on the same socket.

The power supply you picked was poor quality, a tier three PSU, from EVGA. Since you have the budget to do so, you can pick a much much higher quality PSU from XFX. These are made by Seasonic, known for their amazing build quality, and use high quality capacitors and good heatsinks on the MOSFETs.

16GB of RAM isn't necessary for gaming. Unless you're intent on extreme multitasking and/or large video production/number crunching, you're only going to need 8GB. This saves $50 to be spent wisely elsewhere.

And finally - Windows 8? Ew!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($99.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($72.00 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Mushkin Stealth 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($47.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.10 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($209.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.60 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($86.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $695.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-25 05:38 EDT-0400

Woody

Xvirecklessivx · May 25, 2015

Woody1999 :

The FX-6300 is a three year old chip. It has a very limited upgrade path, and the processor itself isn't very good until you overclock it. The single core performance is weak, so older games take a big hit when using an FX chip. Ideally, you'll want an i3 with a H97 board. They perform better in older games and just as good in modern games, and have the benefit of being Broadwell compatible in the future. If you feel you need more power before Broadwell is released, you can always get a much more powerful i5 or i7 on the same socket.

The power supply you picked was poor quality, a tier three PSU, from EVGA. Since you have the budget to do so, you can pick a much much higher quality PSU from XFX. These are made by Seasonic, known for their amazing build quality, and use high quality capacitors and good heatsinks on the MOSFETs.

16GB of RAM isn't necessary for gaming. Unless you're intent on extreme multitasking and/or large video production/number crunching, you're only going to need 8GB. This saves $50 to be spent wisely elsewhere.

And finally - Windows 8? Ew!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($99.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($72.00 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Mushkin Stealth 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($47.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.10 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($209.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.60 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($86.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $695.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-25 05:38 EDT-0400

Woody

Thanks a bunch and a game I'm really wanting to play has a recommended spec for a 3.0 GHz quad core, would the i3 you suggested work just fine or should I upgrade to a different processor?

Woody1999 · May 25, 2015

The i3 has a feature called Hyperthreading. This allows the chip to run as a quad core, splitting the workload into two on each core. All four threads work at the stock 3.6GHz speed, so you should be fine. i3s are great little gaming chips.

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