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SkateArc

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Hey Everyone, I am building a budget PC and so far i have purchased Seagate 1tb, 256gb Adata ssd, 16gb ram, an fx 6300, r7 260x and a liquid cooler. Since i am on budget i am looking for cheaper components, i have selected an Antec case and psu bundle and an Asrock motherboard and i want to know if the case psu combo and the ASRock Motherboard are Ok.

https://www.umart.com.au/umart1/pro/Products-details.phtml?id=10&id2=182&bid=3&sid=241599

http://www.msy.com.au/with-psu/15679--antec-vsk3-500-usb30-mid-tower-case-with-500watt-psu.html
 
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If you're planning to play games, that FX 6300 wont mean a significative improvement from FX 4300 in most games, as they cant use more than 4 threads (or cores, in this case). You could invest the difference in the GPU. Maybe you could get a 2nd hand GPU, as the 260x lack the raw power that 280 and avobe will grant you (I got a 280 for 121€ in december, via Amazon: Second hand: Like new).

That case looks a bit expensive to me, but I havent check the prices in your coun try yet. For 80€ you can get plenty of really good cases here, and tbh, I cant sere your PSU. By the wya, I have been using one FX 8320 with a Gigabyte 970-ga-DS3P (the cheapest 970a, i think) and I was able to even do some OC with no problem at all, so maybe that mobo is kind of overkill for a 6300.
 
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I am not really using the PC for gaming if so it would be very light gaming, So do you think that motherboard and case psu combo is any good?
 
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That motherboard uses in antiquated 760G chipset and is likely to cause issues when paired with FX CPUs. Use a 970 chipset at the very least.
You also have no reason to purchase a liquid cooler which is eating into your performance and quality budget. Drop it and spend that extra money to get an MSI 970 gaming or similar motherboard.

That chassis is terribly overpriced.
Also a very bad idea to use power supplies that are included with cases. Buy a reliable 550w unit from tier 1 or tier 2 on this list :
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

 
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Well, I've always heard to dont trust generic PSUs (here, a tier PSU listhttp://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html). I neither like the Antec case, but if you're in a really budget time guess it should do the trick. Still, if you can get a more "safe" PSU in the future, go for it, I'd say, just in case. Most people with bad PSUs will never had a problem, but if they had, the PSU warranty would not cover any other broken hardware, which is a mess.
 
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The combo ins his link is a 980 chipset... which I havent seem ever tbh, but still looks expensive to me, as I've got a 970a which works quite good with 8320 for 60€.




Totally agree. That liquid cooling is out of any budget rig. Still, I would not buy any "gaming" thing If i can avoid it. They're mostly lights and smokes. There are some "ok" quality budget choices, always cheaper than the lower gaming ones.


Again, I agree. That chasis (even with the generic PSU) looks really overpriced. I'd get a Tier 3 500W PSU and a 20-30€ chasis, which wont be better than this one, but at least the PSU will, for sure : )

 
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@ -Arke-
In regards to the motherboard, you are confusing board designation(name the manufacturer gives it) with chipset, the name and chipset does not need to be similar at all.

If you check the specsheet for that mobo, it will give you the 760G chipset : http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/980DE3U3S3/?cat=Specifications


I assume you mean you have the MSI 970a motherboard? Hopefully the G46 version, its the better one between that bad batch.

The MSI 970 "gaming" motherboard is actually one of the best 970 chipset boards you can buy and on top of that they are EXTREMELY well priced.
To use the OPs retailer as an example :

Gigabyte D3P : https://www.umart.com.au/umart1/pro/Products-details.phtml?id=10&id2=182&bid=3&sid=157673
MSI 970 gaming : https://www.umart.com.au/umart1/pro/Products-details.phtml?id=10&id2=182&bid=3&sid=252636

10$ more and the MSI is by far superior in so many ways.
 
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Ok, What about this motherboard, Prices In AUS are very expensive.
https://www.umart.com.au/umart1/pro/Products-details.phtml?id=10&id2=182&bid=3&sid=153189
https://www.umart.com.au/umart1/pro/Products-details.phtml?id=10&id2=182&bid=3&sid=157673
https://www.umart.com.au/umart1/pro/Products-details.phtml?id=10&id2=182&bid=3&sid=157094

As for PSU will this one do the job?

https://www.umart.com.au/umart1/pro/Products-details.phtml?id=10&id2=140&bid=3&sid=223184
 
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I'd better look for this one:
http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-100w10500kr

It's 10 AUS more but we all know that EVGA put very decent PSU's on the market.

I don't agree "FX 6300 wont mean a significative improvement from FX 4300" actually 4 core "hint" might be true for Intel CPUs but that's a bit different storry since they got plenty of single thread performance thus core count means less.
Anyways even with typical usage more cores does matter as far as those cores have enough performance each.

Imo you are going into wrong direction since you have chosen platform already... you should set the budget and then look what you can have for that money and in that case AMD might not be the best attempt.
 
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You totally got me there, I assumed it was a 980 chipset, totally unknown to me. I'm using a cheap gigabyte mobo ( 970a US3P) which took me only 63€ and still allowed me to do light OC (from 3,5 to 4,1). In my country, the 970 gaming was like 30%+ expensive, so talking about my experience it was "unnecessary expensive", although it would not allow to OC any further, probably. Still nothing to complain here, I guess.

 
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Oh the Gigabyte 970s are pretty good, despite being cheap. Much better than the MSI I thought you had. :)
 
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