Help me decide on my first gaming PC rig.

Which one is better?

  • Build 1

    Votes: 2 66.7%
  • Build 2

    Votes: 1 33.3%

  • Total voters
    3

Bai Tan

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Aug 29, 2013
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Hi for the first time I'm going to build own PC and I'm kinda on a budget.
I've picked parts and here are two systems which I'm still contemplating which one to get.

BUILD 1
-Intel BX80646I54670 Core i5-4670 3.4GHz 6MB LGA1150 Haswell Boxed CPU -$244.00
-MSI H87M-E33 Intel H87 S1150/2xDDR3/1xPCIEx16/SATA3/USB3.0/HDMI/D-SUB/GbLAN/MicroATX MB -$99.00
-G.Skill Ares 8GB Kit (4Gx2) DDR3 1600 F3-1600C9D-8GAO -$85.00
-WD 3.5" Blue 1TB WD10EZEX SATA3 64M 7200rpm HDD -$68.00
-Asus GTX650-DC-1GD5 1GB GTX650 PCI-E VGA Card -$135.00
-Viewsonic 21.5" VA2251-LED 5ms 1920x1080 DVI D-Sub LED Backlight LCD Monitor -$125.00
-Corsair CMPSU-430CXV3 430Watt 80Plus Bronze ATX Power Supply Unit -$64.00
-Coolermaster RC-K380-KWN1 K380 USB3.0 Gaming case w/Side window (NO PSU) -$54.00
$874.00 MSY

BUILD 2
-AMD AM3+ x6 FX-6300 3.5Ghz/6Core/14M/95W Boxed CPU -$135.00
-Asus M5A78L-M-LX V2 AM3+ 760G/2xDDR3/D-Sub/SATA2/ RAID/USB2.0/GbLAN/mATX- $59.00
-G.Skill Ares 8GB Kit (4Gx2) DDR3 1600 F3-1600C9D-8GAO -$85.00
-WD 3.5" Blue 1TB WD10EZEX SATA3 64M 7200rpm HDD -$68.00
-Gigabyte GV-R779OC-2GI 2G 7790 OC EDITION PCI-E VGA CARD -$159.00
-Viewsonic 21.5" VA2251-LED 5ms 1920x1080 DVI D-Sub LED Backlight LCD Monitor- $125.00
-Corsair CMPSU-500CXV3 500Watt 80Plus Bronze ATX Power Supply Unit -$77.00
-Coolermaster RC-K380-KWN1 K380 USB3.0 Gaming case w/Side window (NO PSU) -$54.00
$762.00 MSY

Help me choose which build is more powerful and budget efficient.

Last question on Build 2 does my motherboard support the ram and cpu? Done a lot of research still not quite sure.

Thanks!
 

Bai Tan

Honorable
Aug 29, 2013
5
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10,510


MSY North Melbourne VIC, another question which mid range graphics card should I get? $100-200