Building a 500$ (max 530$) gaming computer that can play GTA V and other modern games

[Radit Medinanda]

Help me build a 500$ gaming computer (excluding the monitor,mouse,etc JUST THE PC) that can play modern games like GTA V, Witcher 3, ARK, and CS:GO on med-high setting 1080p 60fps.Also I am a total noob at building a computer. My friend say this is a good build but i will openly accept your opinion too..

CPU: AMD Vishera FX-6300
Motherboard: MSI 970 Gaming
Video Card: Sapphire R7 260X 2gb OC edition
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Red 2x4 1866
PSU: FSP Hyper 500w
HDD: Seagate 500gb 5900rpm
Case: Power Logic Armageddon Hectotron T3X black

I live in Indonesia so make sure the components is available there...

 

[tiny voices]

PSU is crap and needs to be changed. Antec, XFX, seasonic.

6300 loses badly to an i3 in all those games. Change to an i3 for sure. Plus it is a newer CPU and has a better upgrade path.

 

[joeh_87]

FSP are actually ok, and produce PSU's for many of top companies, i wouldn't call them 'CRAP'

As for the I3 option, defiantly over FX6300

 

[tiny voices]

No that FSP is crap. It has a fake 80+ certification and is not recommended at all. It needs to change. FSP has SOME decent units. This is very very far from those.

 

[Forever Oleg]

Your CPU is good, you might want to go with a cheaper motherboard if you want but thats alright.
RAM is good.
PSU could be changed to XFX 550W PSU. This XFX PSU is of great quality.
GPU is good for 1080p gaming at meds and highs.
You may want to change your HDD to Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB because Seagate HDDs aree not very reliable

Overall its a good PC!

 

[tiny voices]

^ disagree about the HDD. There is and has never been any proof that one is more reliable than the other. I personally have had better experience with Seagate.

Also, no n r7 260x will not game at high settings at 1080p with good FPS in modern games. It is more of a medium settings card.

 

[Archaic59]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($108.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($61.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($154.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($32.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $526.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-16 11:11 EDT-0400