is this a good build

Blastcakegaming · Aug 19, 2015

Mobo: ASRock 970M PRO3
CPU: FX 6300
GPU: powecolor r9 280x
Ram: hyperx fury 1866mhz 2x 4gb
HDD:WD Blue
Case:Z11 plus Zalman
PSU: Corsair CX500W

StarChief · Aug 19, 2015

Looks good.

middlemarkal · Aug 19, 2015

change power supply cx is not a good series
add a cpu heatsink as the amd are junk
rest ok

turbopiki · Aug 19, 2015

Corsair CX PSU are not good quality, change the PSU for one from Tier 1 or 2 - http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html
Also i3 4160 perfroms better in games than fx-6300