Building Gaming PC for under $900 - Help!

101guitar101 · Jun 23, 2016

Here is a possible build I'm looking at. I plan on 1080p gaming. Looking for advice on If this is reasonable.

MOBO
ASUS 970 Pro Gaming - 119.99

CPU
AMD FX 8350 - 159.99

GPU (Options)
MSI GTX 980 TI 6gb - 449.99
Gigabyte GTX 980 4gb - 399.99
XFX Radeon R9 390 - 269.99

Ram
Kingston 8x2 - 59.99

Cooling
Hyper EVO 212 - 29.99

Power Supply
EVGA 750w Gold - 79.99

Overall Price
980 ti build - 899.94
980 build - 849.94
r9 390 - 719.94

I have my own SSD from an old computer, so I don't need to worry about storage or OS.

The things that concern me are:

Is the AMD 8350 enough for any of the GPU choices? (Bottlenecking) Also how much room do I have for overclocking it with the Hyper EVO?

These builds seem awfully cheap considering the power of the GPUs, is this just unrealistic?

sadams04 · Jun 23, 2016

You are better off with an Intel setup. Even when overclocked (which the AMD system will need to do), you will have a hard time keeping up with single threaded instances of the Intel. Bite the bullet and go with an Intel i7 setup up front... Also, for 1080 gaming, the GPUs you are looking at are a bit of overkill.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($297.99 @ B&H)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($57.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($54.99 @ Adorama)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($253.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $754.93

Hlsgsz · Jun 23, 2016

Do not sink money in that dead AM3+ platform. An i5 will serve you ALOT better and the patform has a future.

Get this instead:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($204.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($75.38 @ Newegg)
Memory: *GeIL EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($50.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card ($429.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($62.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $816.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-23 12:04 EDT-0400

If you want to maek it cheaper and only intend to game in 1080p and have a 60Hz monitor which you will not be upgrading, You can get an RX 480 8GB for $229 at teh aend of teh month with close to GTX 980 perfromance which is enough for 1080p 60Hz.

Anyway, teh build i linked will wipe teh floor with what you plan to buy.

Bearmann · Jun 23, 2016

This would be nice, but for 1080P gaming we could go with an RX 480 and upgrade the MB and other components.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($197.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($57.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($26.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Sandisk X400 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($74.99 @ Directron)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card ($429.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($48.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $929.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-23 12:17 EDT-0400

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