First time PC build, roughly $450 budget, need advice

Jcharby · Oct 17, 2015

I am planning on building my very first PC soon that can be used for everyday activities and light to moderate gaming. I've done a good amount of research on building a PC but still could use some advice from someone who knows a lot about PC's. So far i have created this build,

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mHFjFT

I am mainly needing advice about whether i am spending too much on one item when that money could be saved or spent elsewhere and if there is a possibility to save some money and still get roughly the same performance. Any advice regarding a PC build would be greatly appreciated.

tiny voices · Oct 17, 2015

The PSU is completely junk. Change the case and PSU combo to a cheaper case and an Antec VP-450 PSU.

Jcharby · Oct 17, 2015

tiny voices :

Thanks for the speedy reply and PSU advice. As far as the motherboard goes, i was told that getting a ATX as apposed to a micro ATX, like i currently have in this build, is better for expansion purposes. If this is true could you recommend an ATX motherboard to replace the current one i selected?

tiny voices · Oct 19, 2015

There is no real benefit to a standard ATX board over an mATX board for a PC like this. It will not give you any more expansion options.

xxHAPPYxx · Oct 20, 2015

their just different sizes Jcharby but make shure the case says the same size as the motherboard and that it can fit the GPU

xxHAPPYxx · Oct 20, 2015

buy the PSU and case seperaturly. their are cases with fans for $40 and PSU for $40-50

xxHAPPYxx · Oct 20, 2015

Remember don't cheap out on the PSU it's the product that stops all your other components from being fried

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