My First Budget Gaming PC Build Question about the hardware?

imexhyou · Apr 23, 2016

cpu - AMD Athlon X4 860k
mobo - MSI A68HM-E33 A68
gpu - Sapphire Nitro R7-360 OC 2gb 128bit DDR5
ram - Gskill RipjawsX 2x4gb 2133mhz
psu - Hec cougarSl500 500w 80+
SSD - 120gb Kingston
HDD - 1TB WD Blue
(extra Cooler Master Seidon 120v)
4 case fan

my budget is around 550$ and all of them are in 543$

are this build good? or wrong hardware? bottleneck?

i need advice if i go for this build or change it thanks

BadActor · Apr 23, 2016

I would rethink the build. The i3 will be a much better CPU for gaming and has an upgrade path. The PSU is low quality and shouldn't be used. For less money, you can get better quality and have a better gaming system.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($111.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($50.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($30.69 @ Newegg)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.99 @ Micro Center)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($169.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($22.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $525.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-23 20:00 EDT-0400

imexhyou · Apr 23, 2016

BadActor :

I would rethink the build. The i3 will be a much better CPU for gaming and has an upgrade path. The PSU is low quality and shouldn't be used. For less money, you can get better quality and have a better gaming system.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($111.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($50.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($30.69 @ Newegg)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.99 @ Micro Center)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($169.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($22.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $525.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-23 20:00 EDT-0400

oh thanks does dual core are enough for gaming? i'm quite thinking about some games required quad core processors? can i play that with dual core?

BadActor · Apr 24, 2016

The i3 is a hyper threaded dual core. While not a true quad core, it still is able to run games that call for quad core CPU's. The video below gives you an idea how the i3 compares to the AMD CPU's. The video compares it to an FX 6300, which has about the same or maybe a little better performance than the X4 in games.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5ejBlynOV8

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