Need Help/Advice on Gaming Build

madkitty

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Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: Within the coming week or following week.

Budget Range: Budget is between $600-$800, may go slightly higher, but must be below $1000.

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Mostly will be using this for gaming but will also be used for some home purposes, editing software such as photoshop, music and movies etc.

Are you buying a monitor: No.

Parts to Upgrade: CPU, mobo, PSU, RAM, and Graphics card.

Do you need to buy OS: No.

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: No preferred site, but the parts I am considering are from Amazon.ca.

Location: Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Parts Preferences: Prefer AMD.

Overclocking: Unsure.

SLI or Crossfire: Unsure.

Your Monitor Resolution: Unsure.

Additional Comments: The games I’m more interested in running are the new Assassin’s Creed games, Battlefront 2015, Diablo 3, Possibly CoD: Black Ops III.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: I’m upgrading because I’ve always wanted a decent gaming computer and I can now finally afford to do it.

The parts I've found and am considering are as follows:

EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SuperSC ACX 2.0 Plus 2GB GDDR5 128bit, PCI-E 3.0 Dual-Link Dvi-I, 3 X DP, HDMI, SLI, HDCP, G-Sync Ready Graphics Cards 02G-P4-2966-KR http://

MSI ATX DDR3 2400 LGA 1150 Motherboards Z97 PC MATE http://

AMD FD6300WMHKBOX FX-6300 6-Core Processor Black Edition http://

EVGA 500W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V/EPS12V Power Supply, 100-W1-0500-KR http://

Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 CL10 DIMM (HX316C10F/8), Blue http://
 
Solution
Bad PSU choice, on top of the incompatibility issue mentioned above. This would be far better, for your budget.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($216.25 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($112.75 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Mushkin Redline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($59.99 @ NCIX)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($261.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($87.50 @ Vuugo)
Total: $738.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when...

logainofhades

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Bad PSU choice, on top of the incompatibility issue mentioned above. This would be far better, for your budget.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($216.25 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($112.75 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Mushkin Redline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($59.99 @ NCIX)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($261.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($87.50 @ Vuugo)
Total: $738.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-24 10:36 EDT-0400
 
Solution

skoadro_lekip

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