First gaming pc, what do you think?

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RaziAH

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Hello,
I'm planning to build my first PC and would like to make sure everything will run smoothly and the way I would like it to. I am going to be playing games like GTA V, Batman: Arkham Knight, Battlefield 4 and such games on a 1920x1080p monitor. Idealy, I would like over 50FPS on high to ultra settings but I wouldn't really mind 30FPS on medium. Lower than that would be hard to tolerate. I don't do any editing or things like that so I will almost only use this for gaming, web browsing and homework. Feel free to make suggestions that could make the overall build a bit cheaper without dropping performance too much, or make it perform better for roughly the same price. I also might add a second monitor (also 1920x1080p) for productivity purposes so I don't know if that will affect gaming performance if I only use one for gaming. I know it will take more VRAM but the graphics card has 4GB of GDDR5 RAM so I think that will be enough. Anyway, here's what I've got:
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/CzPRf7
Thanks :)
 
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Its not a bad build, if I can make some suggestions;
CPU -> 8350 isn't going to provide a whole lot more then 8300 but can save some money here, can get a better CPU cooler or if you can free up some cash
SSD -> if you can put some money into an SSD as a boot drive will give you a lot better performance in all kinds of tasks
GPU -> if you can bump up to the R9 380 will give slightly more performance in some games
CPU Cooler -> an after market CPU cooler would be helpful with any 83XX chip as they have very high heat loads, not anything special but an ok cheap cooler
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rrht228pkr1
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Its not a bad build, if I can make some suggestions;
CPU -> 8350 isn't going to provide a whole lot more then 8300 but can save some money here, can get a better CPU cooler or if you can free up some cash
SSD -> if you can put some money into an SSD as a boot drive will give you a lot better performance in all kinds of tasks
GPU -> if you can bump up to the R9 380 will give slightly more performance in some games
CPU Cooler -> an after market CPU cooler would be helpful with any 83XX chip as they have very high heat loads, not anything special but an ok cheap cooler
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rrht228pkr1
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($209.86 @ Amazon Canada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($91.00 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.00 @ shopRBC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($61.99 @ Canada Computers)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380X 4GB DD XXX OC Video Card ($328.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Case: Fractal Design Core 2500 ATX Mid Tower Case ($62.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: Fractal Design Integra M 650W 80+ Silver Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($83.26 @ Amazon Canada)
Total: $886.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-15 04:12 EDT-0400PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($209.86 @ Amazon Canada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($91.00 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.00 @ shopRBC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($61.99 @ Canada Computers)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380X 4GB DD XXX OC Video Card ($328.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Case: Fractal Design Core 2500 ATX Mid Tower Case ($62.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: Fractal Design Integra M 650W 80+ Silver Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($83.26 @ Amazon Canada)
Total: $886.08

Better PSU and better GPU.
 
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http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-radeon-r9-390x-r9-380-r7-370,4178-6.html

Gives an idea of the 380 performance, this is with a 2Gig card so if there was any VRAM issues holding it back you wont have those, but the CPU is less powerful then the i7 so may hinder on some games, will give a pretty fair idea i think, GTA V is lower then I would like but Battlefied is good, dont know about batman unfortunately, might be able to find a benchmark with it separately
 
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