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Hi guys I was wondering if someone could give me there opinion on this bulid I threw together, I'm not sure if it's okay because I don't know to much about computers but it looks fine, but I could be wrong if there is anything I could improve improve on and get better for cheaper please let me know as if it's possible I would like to spend less money than this's but I'm willing to save if I have to here's the link to my bulid
https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/sf4KNN

The total equals up to $600 AUD

The parts that pc part picker couldn't find a price for I did and put everything together

Cheers for the help
Dylan
 
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This build would technically work. However, the platform itself is old and not really upgradeable. I would wait for AMD's Ryzen or buy Intel (socket 1151). A Core i3 would be faster for gaming than this CPU, and based on a much newer platform. But if you insist, or are very strictly limited by budget, you can buy what you selected.

However, one thing should be fixed at all costs - the power supply - it is bad quality. Get this one, much, much better (and you will also have room for future GPU upgrades and reuse it in your next rig one day most likely!)

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/vRmLrH/xfx-power-supply-p1550sxxb9

EDIT: Forgot to mention that CD/CVD drives are usually not required today. Not even for installing Windows, you...
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This build would technically work. However, the platform itself is old and not really upgradeable. I would wait for AMD's Ryzen or buy Intel (socket 1151). A Core i3 would be faster for gaming than this CPU, and based on a much newer platform. But if you insist, or are very strictly limited by budget, you can buy what you selected.

However, one thing should be fixed at all costs - the power supply - it is bad quality. Get this one, much, much better (and you will also have room for future GPU upgrades and reuse it in your next rig one day most likely!)

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/vRmLrH/xfx-power-supply-p1550sxxb9

EDIT: Forgot to mention that CD/CVD drives are usually not required today. Not even for installing Windows, you can do that from USB stick. Keep one only if you really need to read/burn optical media.
 
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Quite frankly, you did a good job for this budget. It is hard to do better than this at only $600 AUD. However, the small increase in price can sometimes yield substantial increase in performance. If that's OK with you, I can suggest something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($78.00 @ Umart)
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($75.00 @ Umart)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($58.00 @ Shopping Express)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.00 @ Shopping Express)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card ($229.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case ($55.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($89.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN781ND PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter ($15.00 @ Shopping Express)
Total: $663.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-19 00:38 AEDT+1100

For roughly $60 AUD more, you get:

- a faster CPU for gaming (this little Pentium is virtually the same as Core i3, the differences are negligible, as it has 2 cores WITH hyperthreading). VERY IMPORTANT: before buying confirm with the seller that the motherboard contains the latest BIOS which is required for that Pentium to work (it is very new, came out very recently).
- the platform is upgradeable to Core i5/i7
- you have DDR4 memory (only a single stick so you can upgrade to 16GB later if needed by adding the identical one)
- much better power supply and faster graphics card.

I left out the optical drive, if you really need it then get it too, of course.
 
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I dont think your present build when complete will cost you just $600.
Anyway this is my suggestion for your limited budget:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($155.00 @ Shopping Express)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A/M.2 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($79.00 @ Shopping Express)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($75.00 @ Umart)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.00 @ Shopping Express)
Video Card: HIS Radeon RX 460 2GB iCooler OC Video Card ($159.00 @ PLE Computers)
Case: Silverstone PS08B (Black) MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($48.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Power Supply: Antec 500W ATX Power Supply ($59.00 @ Scorptec)
Total: $639.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-19 00:48 AEDT+1100
 
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Okay thanks both of you guys they both sound good but u guys obviously know much more than me so I would like an honest opinion on which is better since there is only a 20 dollar price difference I don't care about the price between the 2
Thanks again
 
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As far as I can see, between the two builds (mine and filippi's) the differences are:

- first one has a faster GPU, contains wifi card and a better power supply. However, the motherboard needs to have the latest BIOS for the CPU to work.

- second one uses Core i3 which will work out of the box, and has dual channel memory (faster, but both RAM slots get occupied, so upgrading to 16GB would mean that you need to sell all RAM and buy 2 new sticks).

Take your pick :)
 
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