$400+ budget gaming pc? Are my chosen components good enough?

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Will soon be my first build, and I wouldn't want to go overboard yet since I'm still new at building rigs, that's why I thought of making a budget gaming pc instead.

When to build: I still have no idea when.

PC use from top to low priority: Gaming, Internet and surfing, 2d drafting using AutoCad, word processing.
Games would most likely be Sims, LoL, Skyrim, and Warcraft 3 (xD) and other non graphics intensive games

Processor: AMD A8-6600k (3.9 ghz 4MB) (FM2)
Mother: Gigabyte GA F2A88XM-HD3 (Micro ATX)
GPU: Can't pick between Sapphire R7 250 1GB DDR5 and Asus HD 7770 1GB DDR5
Memory: 4gb Corsair Vengeance (1x4)
Internal hard drive: 500 GB WD Blue
PSU: Corsair V5450 450 Watts
Case: I would just get some cheap ATX/ Micro ATX cases.

Would it do? Most of the games I play are not that intensive (Or so I think) Any suggestions on changing some components would be helpful. (But I'm still staying within the $400+ budget.) 😀
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($79.50 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88X+ BTC ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($38.70 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R7 250X 1GB Video Card ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $388.15
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Get a CM Hyper 212 EVO if you wish to OC
otherwise, get a 2x4 kit (RAM)
 
Where are you from? I know the VS450 isn't available in north america. An antec VP450 or 550 would be better than it if you have them available.

Your motherboard is fm2+ so this gives you some kind of upgrade path later on which is good.

For the GPU, the 7770 I would say. What's the price difference though?
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2006689/radeon-250-radeon-7770.html

I agree with Lightbulbie that the 1866mhz would be better. Temporarily though, if you wanted to get 1x4gb of 1866mhz, then in a month or 2 get a 2nd stick of the SAME model, that would be the better choice I think.

Otherwise it looks good. :)
 




I'll try to look up on that and do some comparison! Thanks!
 


I'm from PH! And the VS450 is still available here. :) I'll try to look up on VP450 on the nearest PC store to see.
I am planning to upgrade later on, so yeah. I guess I made a sound decision on picking the components! On the GPU, I'll try to look for ratings and review for the two. Thanks! 😀
 
For some reason I thought you had chosen the x4 750k lol (must have been from Alpha's build)

Aspire is correct in saying you should either get rid of the GPU and get a better APU or get rid of the APU for an athlon CPU.

What site are you using for this? I could try to find you some better parts.
 


I actually tried to choose between x4 750k and A8-6600k but for some reason, I couldn't find a store that sells x4 750k (But I'm still not sure because I haven't actually visited the store yet, perhaps they haven't updated their website's pricelist)

I'll try look up on aspire's suggestion! I'm still new to this so I pretty much do not know a lot yet.
And for the site, http://pcx.com.ph/pcx-pricelist and also PCWorx's website. Only the two of this top distributors has a complete list. (Php is the current currency in there) and 400 USD is pretty much 20, 000 Php if I'm not mistaken.
 
PSU 1950
http://pcx.com.ph/components/power-supply/antec/antec-vp450p-450w.html
CPU 2650
http://pcx.com.ph/components/processor/intel-pentium-g3220.html
Motherboard 3500
http://pcx.com.ph/components/motherboard/asrock-b85m-hds.html
GPU 6500 (not sure what the difference is)
http://pcx.com.ph/components/graphics-card/powercolor-hd7850-1gb-gddr5-256bit-ax7850-1gbd5-dhe-uefi-ready-video-card.html
http://pcx.com.ph/components/graphics-card/powercolor-hd7850-1gb-gddr5-256bit-ax7850-1gbd5-dh-video-card.html
1TB HDD 2850
http://pcx.com.ph/components/internal-hdd/western-digital-1tb-blue-3-5-sata-wd10ezex.html
4gb memory 2050
http://pcx.com.ph/components/memory/kingston-hyperx-blu-4gb-1600mhz-khx1600c9d3b1-4g.html
Case 950
http://pcx.com.ph/components/chassis/gigabyte-gz-ze2-w-o-psu.html

I think the total is 18650, but you can double check.

With the extra you have left, I'd either get a better case or get a better PSU as both can be reused in other builds.

This PSU if you can and is recommended
http://pcx.com.ph/components/power-supply/seasonic.html
This PSU if you have 500 extra just for more watts
http://pcx.com.ph/components/power-supply/antec/antec-vp550p-550w.html

Info about the 7850 1gb vs 2gb
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/379234-33-radeon-7850
 
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