I'm planning my first Build Can you guys check it if its ok?

imexhyou · Apr 24, 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

4 x case fan and planning to adding liquid cooling for cpu

Cooler Master Seidon 120v (i just want to add this extra for my budget

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is it good? any cons or pros? should i change hardware? i can run in fair fps latest games?

ChaoticWolf · Apr 24, 2016

looks good, go for it, should run better than mine, lol
comment if u have any problems

EDIT: Actually don't. It'll hurt the performance, dont use cooling for that build

Supahos · Apr 24, 2016

Don't do liquid cooling for that build, you're better off going for a 370 with the money saved and pick a cheapish case, on that budget liquid cooling and a fancy case will hurt performance

gondo · Apr 24, 2016

Definitely kill the liquid. Use the $100 saved to up the GPU to a Geforce 960 or Radeon 380. The 960 will run better with that CPU. The radeon is a bit more CPU intensive.

Ecky · Apr 24, 2016

I third that idea. No matter how much you overclock the Athlon, it will still be slower than a $50 more expensive i3, so it makes no sense to spend $60 on a cooler.

I would recommend you nix the watercooler and either go with a Core i3 with the money saved instead (there are a lot of good reasons to do this), OR stick with the Athlon and get a better video card.

AMD's GPUs are actually, funny enough, not good when paired with their CPUs. Their drivers need more CPU power than nVidia's, and AMD CPUs are weaker than Intel CPUs, so it's better to pair an AMD CPU with an nVidia GPU. GTX 950 or 960 would be good choices. Or, if you get a much faster Intel CPU (which costs more, admittedly), it makes the drawbacks of an AMD GPU less harmful to overall system performance.

imexhyou · Apr 25, 2016

Ecky :

I third that idea. No matter how much you overclock the Athlon, it will still be slower than a $50 more expensive i3, so it makes no sense to spend $60 on a cooler.

I would recommend you nix the watercooler and either go with a Core i3 with the money saved instead (there are a lot of good reasons to do this), OR stick with the Athlon and get a better video card.

AMD's GPUs are actually, funny enough, not good when paired with their CPUs. Their drivers need more CPU power than nVidia's, and AMD CPUs are weaker than Intel CPUs, so it's better to pair an AMD CPU with an nVidia GPU. GTX 950 or 960 would be good choices. Or, if you get a much faster Intel CPU (which costs more, admittedly), it makes the drawbacks of an AMD GPU less harmful to overall system performance.

what's better change for it? cpu or gpu? i want to run latest game in 1080p ultra settings?

Ecky · Apr 25, 2016

Depends on your priorities, really. I'd personally change the CPU to an i3, because CPUs go out of date far less quickly, but you'd have better gaming performance today with a faster GPU.

It's also a lot harder to upgrade your CPU if you buy the Athlon, because when you do, you have to replace not only the CPU, but also the motherboard, RAM, and your copy of Windows, since there is no faster CPU available for socket FM2+. The i3 has the option of dropping in an i5 or i7 later.

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