$1000 Gaming PC: What do you think?

[hjj174]

Please give honest opinions. This is a very strict budget. The price is near $900 after rebates.




CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.69 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($135.91 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Low Voltage Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($73.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Raidmax ATX-823BR (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($97.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VS228H-P 21.5" Monitor ($124.99 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Logitech G700s Wireless Laser Mouse (Purchased For $0.00)
Total: $896.48
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-16 20:24 EST-0500)

 

[lxgoldsmith]

windows 7 or 8.1, maybe intel i3, switch 2x1TB to one 2TB drive and probably add a ssd

 

[bob hays]

you should get a cheaper motherboard and do you need 2 separate hard drives? a single 2tb is cheaper than getting 2 others.

EDIT: Started typing before ^^^that post was made sorry for repeat, and i3 or fx would both work fine.

 

[hjj174]

I didn't even realize there were 2 hard drives. lol

 

[animal]

Your PSU is overkill, even if you plan on adding a second 7870 in the future

 

[hjj174]

What would you recommend then?
EDIT: I do plan on adding a second 7870 later.

 

[Whammy]

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-970extreme4

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-gtx760dc2oc2gd5

Better GPU, much less expensive mobo that's just as good.

 

[hjj174]

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-970extreme4

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-gtx760dc2oc2gd5

Better GPU, much less expensive mobo that's just as good.

This is exactly what I was looking for. However I'm going to choose a different mobo considering I have red/black color scheme going.

 

[hjj174]

I changed the cpu and mobo over to intel based. How about now?


CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($217.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.69 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($104.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Low Voltage Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($73.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($249.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Raidmax ATX-823BR (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($97.98 @ OutletPC)
Mouse: Logitech G700s Wireless Laser Mouse (Purchased For $0.00)
Total: $931.57
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-16 21:30 EST-0500)

 

[animal]

According to here:

http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm

a system running two 7870s in Crossfire needs ~ 600W, but their recommendations don't take any overclocking into account. If you plan to overclock, I suggest adding 50-100W to the recommendation. Get a quality PSU from either Seasonic, XFX, Corsair (EXCEPT their CX series) or Antec.