My Build Questions | Budget Gaming PC

[Wilha]

Here are the parts I already have:

Video Card - ASUS GTX 660 Ti OC 2GB
CPU - Intel i5 4670K
RAM - G. Skill Sniper 8GB DDR3-1600 (CL9-9-9-24 1.5v)

Parts that I Intend to buy:

Motherboard - ASRock H97M Pro4 LGA 1150 Motherboard
PSU - CORSAIR CX series CX500 500W ATX12V v2.3 PSU
HD - Seagate Barracuda 1TB Hard Drive
Case - Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-03 Case

Total of ~$240 for these parts and I dont want to go over ~$250

My question is, will the PSU be enough for this setup ? and do you guys have any better suggestions for my intended parts while staying in my budget ?

Thanks

 

[Shadowblade2652]

The wattage on that PSU seems fine. There are more reliable options but honestly that's a perfectly good PSU that'll last a decent amount of time. My brother uses the same PSU for his i5 and his 660TI (which is incidentally mine now, and I run an AMD A8 5600k with the 660TI on a CX500M). The CX500 will be good enough but don't expect any high overclocks or any higher end components on that.

For the case I'd recommend something slightly better like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151096&cm_re=SEASONIC-_-17-151-096-_-Product
It's only like $20 more and it looks 10x better and is just better for that build (I use the windowed black version and it's great).

 

[Wilha]

The wattage on that PSU seems fine. There are more reliable options but honestly that's a perfectly good PSU that'll last a decent amount of time. My brother uses the same PSU for his i5 and his 660TI (which is incidentally mine now, and I run an AMD A8 5600k ....

Thanks for the input, also your link points to a PSU not a case ^^

 

[Shadowblade2652]

I'm an idiot :3

I was linking to the fractal design define R4 Titanium gray which only goes for around $80 vs. the Corsair which is $60. The Define R4 is one of my favorite cases because it's sexy and it's large enough for basically ANY system.

 

[Avro Arrow]

Here are the parts I already have:

Video Card - ASUS GTX 660 Ti OC 2GB
CPU - Intel i5 4670K
RAM - G. Skill Sniper 8GB DDR3-1600 (CL9-9-9-24 1.5v)

Parts that I Intend to buy:

Motherboard - ASRock H97M Pro4 LGA 1150 Motherboard
PSU - CORSAIR CX series CX500 500W ATX12V v2.3 PSU
HD - Seagate Barracuda 1TB Hard Drive
Case - Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-03 Case

Total of ~$240 for these parts and I dont want to go over ~$250

My question is, will the PSU be enough for this setup ? and do you guys have any better suggestions for my intended parts while staying in my budget ?

Thanks

There's nothing really that could make that a good "Budget Gaming" build. You spent $235 on the CPU alone? A budget gaming system would dedicate no more that $200 to the CPU and Motherboard and the rest would be sunk into the video card. You've done as well as you could considering the grave handicap you've already given yourself.

 

[Wilha]

Here are the parts I already have:

Video Card - ASUS GTX 660 Ti OC 2GB
CPU - Intel i5 4670K
RAM - G. Skill Sniper 8GB DDR3-1600 (CL9-9-9-24 1.5v)

Parts that I Intend to buy:

Motherboard - ASRock H97M Pro4 LGA 1150 Motherboard
PSU - CORSAIR CX series CX500 500W ATX12V v2.3 PSU
HD - Seagate Barracuda 1TB Hard Drive
Case - Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-03 Case

Total of ~$240 for these parts and I dont want to go over ~$250

My question is, will the PSU be enough for this setup ? and do you guys have any better suggestions for my intended parts while staying in my budget ?

Thanks

There's nothing really that could make that a good "Budget Gaming" build. You spent $235 on the CPU alone? A budget gaming system would dedicate no more that $200 to the CPU and Motherboard and the rest would be sunk into the video card. You've done as well as you could considering the grave handicap you've already given yourself.

Well to be fair I spent $150 on the CPU, $180 on the GPU, and $50 on the RAM totaling ~$630
I would say that is a budget PC on my book.