$400-450 Motherboard, Memory, CPU, OS

[Dillon Peck]

Hey everyone! I've broken down and decided to upgrade my Mobo, CPU, and memory this weekend. I just copy pasted the information from the sticky on the forum (seeing as how I'm new here xD). I greatly appreciate anyone taking their time to read through all of this and would love to get some responses on what I should do next with this computer of mine.

Approximate Purchase Date: This weekend.

Budget Range: Preferably 350 for parts and 450 with OS.

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming

Parts to Upgrade: CPU/Motherboard/Memory (I'm currently using a Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W ATX12V v2.01 SLI Ready Power Supply)

Do you need to buy OS: Yes

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: I'm going to be going to Fry's which is located here in the DFW area.

Location: Lewisville, Texas, United States.

Parts Preferences: I'd like to keep everything AMD/ATI/ASUS, though I'm not picky.

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080,

Additional Comments: I play League Of Legends... a lot... I'm really wanting to start streaming but I haven't been able to get a system capable of doing such. I'm also going to be hitting Final Fantasy XIV hard when it comes out, and I'd like to be able to run that at fairly high graphics. I just purchased a XFX R7750 Core Edition and the whole reason I'm upgrading has to do with the fact I'm 90% sure my motherboard isn't allowing it to work properly. I'll normally run 3-4 programs at a time including a game, I.E. Spotify/Chrome/Vent(Skype, Team Speak, etc.). The games I play regularly are as listed -

League Of Legends
Guild Wars 2
AION
Starcraft 2
Skyrim
Rift
Final Fantasy XIV
Counter Strike GO
World Of Tanks
Etc. Etc.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading:Ultimately to finally have a reliable gaming rig, as well as to start streaming possibly and to be able to run games finally at full graphics.

This is my rig as Follows -
Asus M4N68T-M V2 Motherboard

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-

Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W ATX12V v2.01 SLI Ready Power Supply

1TB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 7200RPM

Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Coolermaster Elite 430 Gaming Case

I'm currently using a Vizio TV for my monitor, though I have a -

HANNspree By Hanns-G HF225DPB Black 21.5" Full HD WideScreen LCD Monitor w/Speakers - Which I'm currently not using.

I've done a little research and I've come up with these three things which I believe I'll be buying, though I'd like a little feedback on them. I'm not going to sit here and talk myself up like I'm some tech guru because God knows I'm not. Hell, I'm glad my computer still runs after I've screwed with it so much. I know good and well these three could be terrible choices for the money.

Corsair DDR3 8GB 1866MHz DUAL VENGEANCE PRO SERIES RED (2X4GB MODULES)

AMD FX-4170 Quad Core AM3+ Processor

Asus M5A99FX Pro R2.0 990FX AM3+ Motherboard


I appreciate absolutely any kind of feedback I can get from this thread guys! Thanks ahead of time!

 

[Rohry27]

Well for what you are wanting to use your computer for what you have look good!
The Ram is reliable and Corsair is one of the best brands, for the CPU personally I find Intel better then AMD, its like the battle of phones, Samsung or Apple, you have your fan boys and such but its really down to preference and Intel are better for gaming, I'd go for a i5 4570 because its Haswell which is the latest generation and its at a good price.
The motherboard, I don't know a lot about motherboards but if it fits your CPU and your GPU that's all you need. I dont know a lot about pricing in America but in Australia you can get a really good Motherboard, Ram and CPU for $400-$450

 

[angaddev]

Get a better Gpu if you want to run those games well. The 7750 is,very, very low end. Sell the 7750 for $60 and get a better Gpu

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-3210 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($109.10 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: Asus P8B75-V ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($57.99 @ Microcenter)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $512.05
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-21 08:36 EDT-0400)