First timer budget gaming PC build (suggestions?)
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Hey guys,
If you could take a look at my proposed build and offer suggestions/possible missing or incompatible components I would really appreciate it!
I already have a monitor, speakers, mouse and keyboard by the way.
Tower Case- NZXT Apollo Black SECC Steel Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
CPU -AMD FX-4170 Zambezi 4.2GHz (4.3GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Quad-Core Desktop Processor FD4170FRGUBOX
Graphics Card - SAPPHIRE 100315L Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
Motherboard- GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
Hard Drive- Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Power supply- Antec BP550 Plus 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
RAM - Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX
Sound Card- Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card – OEM
Wireless Network Card- Rosewill RNX-G300EX Wireless Card IEEE 802.11b/g PCI Up to 54Mbps Data Rates 64/128bit WEP WPA WPA2 802.1x, 802.11i, AES, TKIP with 100cm cable external 2 dBi Antenna
DVD Drive- LITE-ON Black 18X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA DVD-ROM Drive Model iHDS118-04 – OEM
If you could take a look at my proposed build and offer suggestions/possible missing or incompatible components I would really appreciate it!
I already have a monitor, speakers, mouse and keyboard by the way.
Tower Case- NZXT Apollo Black SECC Steel Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
CPU -AMD FX-4170 Zambezi 4.2GHz (4.3GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Quad-Core Desktop Processor FD4170FRGUBOX
Graphics Card - SAPPHIRE 100315L Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
Motherboard- GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
Hard Drive- Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Power supply- Antec BP550 Plus 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
RAM - Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX
Sound Card- Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card – OEM
Wireless Network Card- Rosewill RNX-G300EX Wireless Card IEEE 802.11b/g PCI Up to 54Mbps Data Rates 64/128bit WEP WPA WPA2 802.1x, 802.11i, AES, TKIP with 100cm cable external 2 dBi Antenna
DVD Drive- LITE-ON Black 18X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA DVD-ROM Drive Model iHDS118-04 – OEM
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First I wouldn't recommend going Zambezi on any build as there's been lots of problems with it from day one - and despite what the hardcore AMD fans will tell you, it's not going to be fixed with Windows 8.
Second - ditch the sound card, they're useless anymore and put that money in your GPU. Knowing your budget will help to suggest a better build.
Second - ditch the sound card, they're useless anymore and put that money in your GPU. Knowing your budget will help to suggest a better build.
g-unit1111 said:
First I wouldn't recommend going Zambezi on any build as there's been lots of problems with it from day one - and despite what the hardcore AMD fans will tell you, it's not going to be fixed with Windows 8. Second - ditch the sound card, they're useless anymore and put that money in your GPU. Knowing your budget will help to suggest a better build.
Ratings for the Zambezi seemed pretty decent as far as issues goes, but I'll look into it then.
Perhaps this GPU is a betteroption: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition. Quad Core at 3.4 seems to be good enough for most games at high settings considering the other hardware I have listed on here.
I don't necessarily have a fixed budget per se, but I would like to keep it between 700-800 bucks.
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