Would this PC build be good enough to play most new games?

Humble3 · Jun 16, 2016

Hi,
I was just wondering whether or not this PC build would be good enough for playing most current games on high/ultra, as well as being able to run future games on high/ultra.

CPU: AMD FX-8350
Motherboard: ASUS 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (DDR3, USB3.0, 6Gb/s, Crossfire/SLI)
RAM: 16GB Kingston Dual-DDR3 1600MHz (2x8GB)
GPU: 4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 970
Hard Disk (1): 120GB Kingston UV400 2.5"SSD, SATA 6 Gb
Hard Disk (2): 1TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 32MB CACHE
Power Supply: Corsair 550W VS Series VS-550 Power Supply

Cheers.

Hlsgsz · Jun 16, 2016

It' s bad build overall.
You should not invest in that dead platform. An i5 will serve you alot better and the platform has a future. Also it's not a good time to be buying GTX 970s. Wait until the end of the month and get the RX 480 coming out for $200 US with close to GTX 980 level performance.
That PSu is also of poor quality.

Get this instead:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($197.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: *Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: *GeIL EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($47.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: PNY CS1311 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($39.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($62.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Other: AMD RX 480 ($200.00)
Total: $661.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-16 18:39 EDT-0400

IF it's too expensive, we can go with an i3 6100. It will game the same or better than that FX.

jtk2515 · Jun 16, 2016

looks good for 1080p Med. Just dont expect much from CPU driven games like the free warhammer you get with that cpu. Warhammer still has not iron out it's bugs and even pushes my i7 hard. Whats your timeline on building this PC?

Humble3 · Jun 16, 2016

Hlsgsz :

It' s bad build overall.
You should not invest in that dead platform. An i5 will serve you alot better and the platform has a future. Also it's not a good time to be buying GTX 970s. Wait until the end of the month and get the RX 480 coming out for $200 US with close to GTX 980 level performance.
That PSu is also of poor quality.

Get this instead:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($197.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: *Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: *GeIL EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($47.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: PNY CS1311 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($39.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($62.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Other: AMD RX 480 ($200.00)
Total: $661.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-16 18:39 EDT-0400

IF it's too expensive, we can go with an i3 6100. It will game the same or better than that FX.

Cheers for the reply. I found most of the items on the UK equivalent websites. I noticed its a micro-ATX mobo, would a micro-ATX case be sufficient or will I need a full case? If so any recommendations?

Thank you.

Hlsgsz · Jun 16, 2016

mATX will do.
Here's cheap one that's ok: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/nXL7YJ/antec-case-nsk3100

Search

Would this PC build be good enough to play most new games?

Humble3

Honorable

Hlsgsz

Hlsgsz

Champion

jtk2515

Distinguished

Humble3

Honorable

Hlsgsz

Champion

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page