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Hi! So I'm pretty much very new at this pc building thing so pls be gentle on the comments :p
Anyways, I have recently getting into pc gaming and i thought I should try to build one to save instead of buying a full desktop. So i did some research on google and youtube and made a build suited to my current budget. The specs are:
CPU: Amd FX6300 3.5 GHz
Mobo: Asus A68HM-K
RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury (2x4gb) DDR3 1600MHz
Harddrive: Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA
Videocard: Powercolor 3GBD5-T2DHE/OC R9280x 3GB GDDR5 384Bit
PSU: Thermaltake Litepower 700 watts
Casing: NZXT Source 210 MidTower
So thats about it. What do you guys think? Is this build good enough for todays sort of high-end games? Do you think this build will be alright for the next 10 years? I mean I hope it does. Also any advice is welcome and I appreciate your reply :)
 
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intel has stopped there tic/tock speed so there skylake and haswell cpu going to be around for a bit till they can work out the bugs to go smaller the n14mm there at now. for new builds with small build funds. your better off going with a g4400 or and i3 to start and a good video card. then when you have the funds and the pc two core rig starts to lag then drop in a locked i5. on the build start with good mb/cpu and power supply. when you have the funds you can push in a video card then add the drivers and start playing better games. power supply you listed not a good unit. look at evga,xfx,seasonic when there on sale. also look on newegg for combo deals. right now the older 4590 and parts may be a better buy then your amd build. also...
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Next 10 years? No way. Even my parents have computers newer than that. Think of it this way, in ten years will you have more money? A better job or promotion? You don't need it to last ten years, which is good, because in 2 years, phones will be more powerful than that build. You want to pick a platform that has good upgrading potential. Start with a good/great motherboard and power supply. Then you can drop in more powerful CPUs or GPUs as you have the money to buy them. Enough RAM slots that you can expand capacity. Realize that we're in DDR4 era now, so you're already buying old technology. That's how you stretch the life of the computer. I'm not familiar with AMD CPU sockets, but I know that as far as power supplies go: EVGA makes the only 10 year warranty.
 
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What is your overall budget? In most cases where budget is a limiting factor it makes a lot more sense to go and get something you can upgrade in the future. Granted it does involve putting more money into the computer over a period of time, but it's probably the only way you can actually have a "current" system for the time period you want. As it sits this is outperformed now by a great many things, especially with the huge disparity in Intel vs. AMD processors
 
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intel has stopped there tic/tock speed so there skylake and haswell cpu going to be around for a bit till they can work out the bugs to go smaller the n14mm there at now. for new builds with small build funds. your better off going with a g4400 or and i3 to start and a good video card. then when you have the funds and the pc two core rig starts to lag then drop in a locked i5. on the build start with good mb/cpu and power supply. when you have the funds you can push in a video card then add the drivers and start playing better games. power supply you listed not a good unit. look at evga,xfx,seasonic when there on sale. also look on newegg for combo deals. right now the older 4590 and parts may be a better buy then your amd build. also ask family for gift cards or parts for the holiday to help build your game pc. if your in the 15-18 year range sit down with mom and dad..make a pc now that be small and light for home and to take to collage if your going that route. knowning how to fix/repair a desktop save you money in collage.
 
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Thanks for the advice! Thought so. It'd be a pipe dream if it would last 10 years, but maybe about 2? So after I read the comments I realized maybe I should up my budget first if I wanna go for I high end build. So far a college student ain't gonna have that much haha. So I searched around a bit and I came up with another lower build but at least that could suit light to moderate gaming and editing. So my new build is: CPU: Intel i5 4460
Mobo: Asus H81M-D
RAM: 2x4GB of Teamgroup brand
Video card: Palit GTX750ti storm OC 2GB
Hard disk: WD 1TB SATA
then casing is Across brand 3082 with 600W PSU (people in my place recommended it and said it does well and is cheap)
So what do you think of this? Are these compatible? BTW my budget it on the 350~400 in US dollars so not much. Thanks again for the advices, really appreciate it! :D
 
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For sure you can get 2 years out of that. My processor and motherboard are from mid-2009. I got this score a week ago:
http://imgur.com/a/hZLeH
I eek'd life out of my CPU and Mobo by overclocking. I spent maybe $80 on a closed loop cooler to get me there. I've run it up to 4.2 just fine, but with concerns about longevity, I dialed it back a bit. I recently spent $260 on a 'open box' 970. I overclocked it a bit too, for games where the gpu was the bottleneck. Point being, With the right "Premium" parts in your initial purchase, you can stay relevant for quite a while.

Realistically, there's only 2 things I could do to upgrade my computer farther: Buy a Xeon X5680 for $140 and OC and buy a current or newer top tier card. I don't think I'll be upgrading any longer. At this point, It's given me 5 years of service, and when I need to turn any modern game to "LOW" settings, I'll just go start over with a new one.

Your 750ti is definitely the weak spot in performance. For like $10 more, you can go GTX 950 and that will buy you some time, and since the big games always get big support, you can SLI for more performance for cheap. I assume that used 950's are sub $100.

Edit: I found your Palit 750ti on sale for $119. The cheapest GTX 950 Was $129 after MIR
http://www.microcenter.com/product/454827/GeForce_GTX_950_2GB_mini-ITX_Form_Factor_Video_Card

Edit 2: Cheapest 950 without MIR was a ZOTAC that was $18 more
 
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also the older 900 line will be dropping in price in a few weeks whe nnvidia does there paper lauch for the new pascal gpu. on the mb and cpu look to see what a h100 and a locked i5 skylake is to older haswell parts. the newer skylake let you drop in newer cpu if intel makes one.
 
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