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$500 Gaming Budget Build (need help spotting any errors or incompatibilities)

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March 19, 2013 10:39:04 AM

Hi guys I'm building a gaming pc for my brother and this is my first build so I can't afford to screw it up.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148767

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157305

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202004

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153166

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313266

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103996

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811156268

If you have any suggestions or see any potential problems, please let me know. This build is coming in at under 460$ without an OS. I am wanting to possibly cross fire another 7850 and add another 8gb of ram at some point. I have an extra CD Drive here so I have that covered as well. Thanks for any help guys and gals.

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March 19, 2013 11:04:22 AM

You posted the RAM twice so I don't see a CPU.
Team Memory isn't good memory and Corsair is generally a better brand.. seen a lot of bad reviews for that company, so get this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
No certifications on the PSU or anything of that such, and will probably run badly with CrossFireX or anything you are planning on getting:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
Much better case for you:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
March 19, 2013 11:10:17 AM

Cold_War said:
You posted the RAM twice so I don't see a CPU.
Team Memory isn't good memory and Corsair is generally a better brand.. seen a lot of bad reviews for that company, so get this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
No certifications on the PSU or anything of that such, and will probably run badly with CrossFireX or anything you are planning on getting:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
Much better case for you:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...


derp

here is the cpu fx-4100 at 95$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

I was most unsure about the motherboard. Is this a good one?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
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March 19, 2013 11:13:17 AM

and thanks for the psu and ram advice. The stuff you picked is way better.
March 19, 2013 11:31:00 AM
March 19, 2013 11:34:18 AM

The FX 4100 in essence is one of the worst quad core processors out there - it would be so much better for you to go with something like an 6 or 8 core FX processor or an AMD Phenom II X4 980 or something
March 19, 2013 11:43:50 AM

That should do great for a CPU. Keep in mind that the i3 gives great performance for gaming better than all the FX processors but in the shortfall the FX processors beat it in applications and stuff
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