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Started by Louie_XIII | | 21 answers
Building a Gaming PC
Hey guys, I'm new here and I'm not really that well educated when it comes to customizing a gaming PC but I've always wanted one. I'm planning on building it around my Sapphire Dual-X r9 280x. I also have a Antec 550 PSU which, I know, needs to be upgraded to at least 750 watts.

I was wondering what kind of components, from PSU to CPU and everything in between, should I need that not only will benefit me from current high-end games but will also put up a fight for future games? The budget would roughly be around $750 or less since I already have a GPU.
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October 16, 2014 6:30:44 PM

The SSD is for your OS and applications. SSDs are much faster than HDD so it makes the system feel more fluent, but for gaming is not really necessary. You can omit it if you want.

The core i5s can handle bigger GPUs, so that's not a problem.
October 16, 2014 1:59:29 PM

I'm sorry, I thought this case was closed but I just have two more questions, what's the use of the SSD? Should I still buy it if, let's say in the future, I buy a powerful GPU?

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October 16, 2014 12:03:51 PM

Gracodana said:
nope fx 8320 is slightly better at video editting cause of extra cores but i5 is way supperier in gaming.


That's true.

Everything where more processing threads do help is where the FX 8 core can shine. Gaming is not one of them.
October 16, 2014 11:52:40 AM

nope fx 8320 is slightly better at video editting cause of extra cores but i5 is way supperier in gaming.
October 16, 2014 11:43:25 AM

Where did you see the FX 6300 is superior to the i5-4460? That's way too far from reality.
October 16, 2014 11:36:42 AM

Gracodana said:
did you want to cut down the price because I really would step up to an i5 if you can but everything else seems pretty good.


No, I was just comparing the 4460 that Brunostako used to the fx-6300 and based on what I've read, the 6300 is superior a tad bit. I guess I don't know much how powerful the I5 is compare to any other processor.
October 16, 2014 11:30:18 AM

did you want to cut down the price because I really would step up to an i5 if you can but everything else seems pretty good.
October 16, 2014 11:25:35 AM

Yes, don't worry to much.

The R9 280X can even do 1440p mid settings at some games.

NEVER go cheap on the PSU, is much more important than you think. I learned that the bad way.
October 16, 2014 11:14:14 AM

Hey everyone,

So I made a custom build based on what you guys have proposed and I have came up with this. Please let me know if this works for a starter.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Q8LqwP
October 16, 2014 10:03:05 AM

you know what keep the 280x it's fine for 1080p and will max out pretty much all games just get a more premium psu and a nice ssd maybe 240gb.

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