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I'd rather get a better PSU and/or a R9 270X.

If you're not planning to OC the CPU the motherboard is great, but if you are going to, get a better motherboard & cooler.

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Can you send me some links to some better ones?

 

 

Btw I'm going to overclock maybe so.. :D

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I would get more wattage in a psu just to be safe and be ready for future changes. Also a gtx 760 if you have the money you should get. Better than the r9 270

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I changed to a r9 270x and what PSU should I get can you link one?

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Corsair is a good brand. Look for like a 600 watt.

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600w is such an overkill. I use 520w with a i5-4570 and GTX770 and I never got higher then 400-450 watt I guess. ;)

Edit: What's your max budget? Can you go over 600 a bit or not?

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Yea I can since my dad is paying for it but I have to pay him back over this summer but if its way too much i can switch back to a r9 270 which is cheaper and is slightly the same as the X 

 

 

My max for now is $600

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Okay. Do you have any parts you already have? (HDD, Optical drive, keyboard, mouse, monitor?)

And if I was you, I wouldn't plan to OC. You'll need more wattage, better motherboard and an aftermarket cooler. (For a good OC)

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I have a mouse and a monitor but I am going to buy a keyboard at my local store cause they have good keyboards and know the one I'm getting and I have the HDD listed 

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This looks great to me:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($44.99 @ Micro Center)

Memory: Kingston Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.98 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card ($249.99 @ Amazon)

Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.99 @ Micro Center)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $610.91

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-07 16:12 EDT-0400)

Take away the Optical Drive and you'll be okay. (unless you need the optical drive)

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Okay that build looks great do I need anything else besides windows?

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Hmm, this one looks good too..

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($54.99 @ Micro Center)

Memory: Kingston Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card ($215.38 @ Newegg)

Case: Zalman Z5 ATX Mid Tower Case ($33.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)

Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $594.30

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-07 16:20 EDT-0400)

(I'd rather go with this one due to the better quality parts) & USB3 :P (Overkill PSU, give me a second)

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Okay I made my own build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($48.29 @ Newegg)

Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.26 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card ($249.99 @ Amazon)

Case: Zalman Z5 ATX Mid Tower Case ($33.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Micro Center)

Total: $598.50

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-07 16:34 EDT-0400)

I think this is the best you can get for the money, according to the reviews @newegg

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Okay I will talk with my dad but im for sure going to buy your build :) thank you so much :D

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Okay I made a mistake by getting 1x8gb

Here's my final build.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($48.29 @ Newegg)

Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($61.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.26 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card ($249.99 @ Amazon)

Case: Zalman Z5 ATX Mid Tower Case ($33.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Micro Center)

Total: $596.50

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-07 18:12 EDT-0400)

That should be it.

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R9 270x should not be worth $250. That price is more expensive to what that card actually performs to

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R9 270x should not be worth $250. That price is more expensive to what that card actually performs to

Yeah... why would one even buy a 290x, a 280x etc... the ones without x are pretty much the same, there's only like 2 - 4 fps difference in games like battelfield, the only thing that's difference is that the ones with an X cost much more.

 

amazon price difference:

 

270x: http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-VAPOR-X-PCI-Express-Graphics-11217-00-20G/dp/B00G36G9ZA/ref=sr_sp-atf_title_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1396914760&sr=1-1&keywords=R9+270x

270: http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Version-PCI-Express-Graphics-11220-00-20G/dp/B00I0D81OG/ref=sr_sp-atf_image_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1396914730&sr=1-1&keywords=R9+270

 

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Yeah... why would one even buy a 290x, a 280x etc... the ones without x are pretty much the same, there's only like 2 - 4 fps difference in games like battelfield, the only thing that's difference is that the ones with an X cost much more.

 

amazon price difference:

 

270x: http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-VAPOR-X-PCI-Express-Graphics-11217-00-20G/dp/B00G36G9ZA/ref=sr_sp-atf_title_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1396914760&sr=1-1&keywords=R9+270x

270: http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Version-PCI-Express-Graphics-11220-00-20G/dp/B00I0D81OG/ref=sr_sp-atf_image_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1396914730&sr=1-1&keywords=R9+270

 

A 760 beats both^^^
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siik, quit sucking nVidia's dick. I agree, they're better cards, but do you have any actual evidence to back it up? 

 

Also, for a PSU, I'd go with this one

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817148035

 

It's the one I have. Sure, wattage is overkill, but its better to have too much than not enough. 

 

Also, for the GPU, I much prefer Intel/nVidia builds, but AMD/AMD builds are usually cheaper. '

 

 

Also, your audio on your motherboard is limited to 2.0/2.1, so if you have external speakers they're going to be severely cut short. But, good news for you, sound cards are fairly cheap, so no need to worry. Build is decent, but for only $560 there's really not much more room there. Seems good to me.

 

Either your current one or Headdy's will both work, Headdy's just has a tad stronger of a GPU. Also, for windows, you can either drop the extra $100 or just torrent it, it's up to you.

 

-Cat

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It's up to PC. Modular = more expensive. Non modular = less expensive

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Modular: Okay, just use the cables you need

Non Modular: 416b58b3c328bb27f3a8f592d173b45e.png Thats how my PC looks like from the inside. #cablemanagementpro

i recomend a modular 750 wat power supply

so I see lots of people here recommending bigger psu's, why? If you don't need such an amount of wattage, it only costs more on your energy bill at the end of the month.
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