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#1 ·
I want to build a new cheap Gaming PC for my brother and I had this idea. What do you think about it? Should I change something to make it better? Maximum Budget 575$

My CPU choice is the cheap AMD Athlon X4 760K. It has a FM2 Socket type, operates at 3.8 GHz and does the job for that price. 90$

My motherboard choice is the MSI A78M-E35, that is a beast for the price. 60$

My GPU choice is the Radeon R7 260X, a solid graphics card. 130$

My RAM choice is the Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 PC3-12800 2x8GB. 140$

My HDD choice is the 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue. 60$

My Power Supply choice is the Thermaltake TR2 TR-500 500W. 45$

My Case choice is the Cooler Master Elite 431 Plus. 50$

Comments are welcomed.
 
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#3 ·
Thank you for your reply PurdueBoy.

He is actually looking for normal gaming titles to play, like Minecraft, L4D2, Half-Life, etc. He is not looking for an Massive-Multiplayer-FPS-PC. He already has one 24-inch 1080p Monitor. And yes, I already have a pre-purchased Windows 7 license.
 
#7 ·
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Originally Posted by evilminist View Post

Does he really need 16GB of RAM? I would think 8GB is plenty and would save you a good chunk of money that you could put somewhere else.
Agreed, in a lot of cases 16GB of RAM is a bit overkill, 8GB would likely be more than enough. And it would allow you to upgrade another component. RAM is an easy upgrade after a build has been completed.
 
#8 ·
Yeh the ram could drop daown to 8 gig but otherwise it looks pretty good.
You could swap out the board as well with this one , same price but 88X chipset and heatsinks on the mosfets.

MSI A88XM-E45 FM2+

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130745

edit , you could throw the extra cash saved on the ram at a SSD 120g or so.
 
#10 ·
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Originally Posted by Flatliner View Post

Agreed, in a lot of cases 16GB of RAM is a bit overkill, 8GB would likely be more than enough. And it would allow you to upgrade another component. RAM is an easy upgrade after a build has been completed.
Good idea! Yeah, I think my brother could like it if he has the opportunity to upgrade it in the future
 
#11 ·
This would be a build that I would want to try, I did a trinity build awhile back for a buddy and I've always been intruged by the APUS. The benches I've seen of Kavari with a 250 are pretty awesome.

AMD A10-7850K Kaveri 3.7GHz Socket FM2+ 95W Quad-Core $184.99 + free battlefield 4

MSI A78M-E45 FM2+ $67.99 , much more highly rated then the similar board you posted.

MSI R7 250 2GD3 OC Radeon $74.99 Mantle support, hybrid crossfires with your APU

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) $74.99

My HDD choice is the 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue. 60$

My Power Supply choice is the Thermaltake TR2 TR-500 500W. 45$

My Case choice is the Cooler Master Elite 431 Plus. 50$

Total: $557.96

Overall I agree with everyone else, 16GB would really be overkill.
 
#12 ·
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Originally Posted by mr soft View Post

Yeh the ram could drop daown to 8 gig but otherwise it looks pretty good.
You could swap out the board as well with this one , same price but 88X chipset and heatsinks on the mosfets.

MSI A88XM-E45 FM2+

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130745

edit , you could throw the extra cash saved on the ram at a SSD 120g or so.
88X chipset is niceeeeee

Quote:
Originally Posted by PurdueBoy View Post

This would be a build that I would want to try, I did a trinity build awhile back for a buddy and I've always been intruged by the APUS. The benches I've seen of Kavari with a 250 are pretty awesome.

AMD A10-7850K Kaveri 3.7GHz Socket FM2+ 95W Quad-Core $184.99 + free battlefield 4

MSI A78M-E45 FM2+ $67.99 , much more highly rated then the similar board you posted.

MSI R7 250 2GD3 OC Radeon $74.99 Mantle support, hybrid crossfires with your APU

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) $74.99

My HDD choice is the 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue. 60$

My Power Supply choice is the Thermaltake TR2 TR-500 500W. 45$

My Case choice is the Cooler Master Elite 431 Plus. 50$

Total: $557.96

Overall I agree with everyone else, 16GB would really be overkill.
It looks like a pretty nice modfication
smile.gif
 
#13 ·
Quote:
Originally Posted by PurdueBoy View Post

This would be a build that I would want to try, I did a trinity build awhile back for a buddy and I've always been intruged by the APUS. The benches I've seen of Kavari with a 250 are pretty awesome.

AMD A10-7850K Kaveri 3.7GHz Socket FM2+ 95W Quad-Core $184.99 + free battlefield 4

MSI A78M-E45 FM2+ $67.99 , much more highly rated then the similar board you posted.

MSI R7 250 2GD3 OC Radeon $74.99 Mantle support, hybrid crossfires with your APU

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) $74.99

My HDD choice is the 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue. 60$

My Power Supply choice is the Thermaltake TR2 TR-500 500W. 45$

My Case choice is the Cooler Master Elite 431 Plus. 50$

Total: $557.96

Overall I agree with everyone else, 16GB would really be overkill.
It looks like a pretty nice modfication
smile.gif
 
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#17 ·
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($60.14 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card ($152.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $548.06
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-16 18:58 EDT-0400)

Just a hair under $575 if you ignore the mail-in rebates. I would advise against FM2+ (APU/Athlon) if possible, $575 is within the price range for the better 6300 and you will actually have an upgrade path with AM3+.
 
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#20 ·
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Originally Posted by Ultra-m-a-n View Post

I would suggest getting rid of that psu and using something better, like the rosewill capstone line. they are 80+ gold and are very well built with japanese capacitors and is based on the super flower golden green.
Which one do you mean exactly? Is this PSU better than the CORSAIR CXM 430W??
 
#21 ·
Quote:
Originally Posted by Yorkston View Post

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($60.14 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card ($152.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $548.06
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-16 18:58 EDT-0400)

Just a hair under $575 if you ignore the mail-in rebates. I would advise against FM2+ (APU/Athlon) if possible, $575 is within the price range for the better 6300 and you will actually have an upgrade path with AM3+.
Are the benchmarks with the 6300 better than the FM2??
 
#23 ·
Recently did a fairly budget re-build for my son, after his FM1 mobo failed.
Used the Coolermaster G550M 80+ Bronze PSU, Semi Modular, incredibly quiet (as quiet as my V700.) and a big 5 year warranty.
but only get this over the corsair if it is cheaper
smile.gif


Considering the fact that you are getting a discrete GPU, you won't need to go with an APU unless you intend to crossfire it with the 250/265 gpu.

I agree with others that 8gb Ram is all you need at the moment and an easy/cheap upgrade in the future.

Did you do a price comparison with Haswell i3's ?
 
#25 ·
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Originally Posted by BakerMan1971 View Post

Recently did a fairly budget re-build for my son, after his FM1 mobo failed.
Used the Coolermaster G550M 80+ Bronze PSU, Semi Modular, incredibly quiet (as quiet as my V700.) and a big 5 year warranty.
but only get this over the corsair if it is cheaper
smile.gif


Considering the fact that you are getting a discrete GPU, you won't need to go with an APU unless you intend to crossfire it with the 250/265 gpu.

I agree with others that 8gb Ram is all you need at the moment and an easy/cheap upgrade in the future.

Did you do a price comparison with Haswell i3's ?
Which i3? the 4340??
 
#26 ·
well to be in the same price range as the athlon I would go as low as the 4130, or with the reduction to 8gb ram maybe even the i5 4430 or 4440 which are pretty good value right now, of course my son does some video editing and is blown away by the performance increase and the extra 'pep' his pc now has, his games however are no different from when he was running his FM1 cpu (he has an evga 650TI gpu), While benchmarks and Fraps show an increase in performance, gameplay has no noticable difference in the likes of TF2 for him.
 
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