Building a gaming computer

[Henry Gilbert]

Hi, I just want to start off saying that I'm a completely noob at this and I just want to make sure that every is right, and also I have cable interent and the router/ tv is a floor above me so ethernet is out of the question. SO wich PCi should I get? Also, I plan on using logitech g930's 7.1 surround sound, so will my mother board's sound card be enough?
I'm open to any suggestions and also I want a different case so if anyone can recommend one for gaming that be great. SO here are the specs.

Case:
Zalman Z11 Plus Midi-Tower PC Case (ATX, 4x 5.25 external, internal 5x 3.5, 2x USB 3.0) schwarz

Processor:
AMD FX 8350 Octa-core processor (4GHz Socket AM3 +, 16MB Cache, 125 watts)

Keyboard:
Corsair K50 keyboard Raptor

Ram:
Corsair Vengeance Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory (CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10)

Software:
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit OEM English

Monitor:
BenQ GL2450HM 61 cm (24 inch) LED Monitor (VGA, DVI-D, HDMI, 2ms response time) black

Graphics card:
ASUS Radeon R9 280 3072MB GDDR5 90YV0620-M0NA00 38

Motherboard:
Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P motherboard socket AM3 + (ATX, AMD 970 / SB950, 6x SATA III, 4x DDR3 memory, RJ-45, 2x USB 3.0)

Cpu cooler:
Cooler Master HyperTX 3 Evo CPU cooler aluminum

power supply:
Corsair CX Series 750 Watt Modular 80 PLUS Bronze ATX / EPS power supply (CX750M)

SSD:
Samsung MZ-series 7TE250BW 840 EVO Basic internal SSD (6.3 cm (2.5 inches), 250GB, 512MB cache, SATA III) metallic silver

Also I live in germany and am I missing anything?? I already have a mouse and a need a good PCI sugestion for the wifi but not expensive my wifi is about 25-100mbs thanks! And also, are my specs good enough to play high end/ comming out games at ultra or high settings?

 

[Alex Kelly]

All looks decent, although I'd go with an Intel CPU as they are much, much better for gaming. The PSU is also bad quality, go with a 650 watt XFX unit.

 

[Joseph DeGarmo]

Change the CPU cooler to a Hyper 212 EVO if the case is large enough and the PSU to a SeaSonic 750w. Everything else looks good.

 

[ryan27968]

For a case, have a quick browse through the corsair, bitfenix, or nzxt wesites. In terms of the wifi card, just go to your local tech shop and buy the cheapest pcie (at least 802.11 g/n)wifi card you can find.

 

[ryan27968]

All looks decent, although I'd go with an Intel CPU as they are much, much better for gaming. The PSU is also bad quality, go with a 650 watt XFX unit.

This is untrue. They are not "much much better for gaming". They are almost exactly the same for gaming. The difference is in other, non-gaming loads.

 

[ryan27968]

All looks decent, although I'd go with an Intel CPU as they are much, much better for gaming. The PSU is also bad quality, go with a 650 watt XFX unit.

And corsair sells extremely reliable psus. if you can get a 750 watt, go for it.

 

[Joseph DeGarmo]

All looks decent, although I'd go with an Intel CPU as they are much, much better for gaming. The PSU is also bad quality, go with a 650 watt XFX unit.

And corsair sells extremely reliable psus. if you can get a 750 watt, go for it.

The Corsair CX series is not too good. I had a CX600M in my PC and a faulty AC plug connection caused random restarts. I changed to an XFX 550w and never had issues with it. The Corsair AX series is much better, though, since they are built by SeaSonic. The TX and HX series are also solid units.

 

[Traciatim]

All looks decent, although I'd go with an Intel CPU as they are much, much better for gaming. The PSU is also bad quality, go with a 650 watt XFX unit.

This is untrue. They are not "much much better for gaming". They are almost exactly the same for gaming. The difference is in other, non-gaming loads.

In fact it is true, and in most games they run similar to i3 machines. In only a few games tdo they even compete with i5 machines. AMD really has nothing to compete with newer i5 and up CPUs from Intel.

Now, if you were making a POV-Ray workhorse machine on a budget, or something along that line I could see why you pick pick an AMD, but for a gaming rig they should be avoided.

 

[Alex Kelly]

^ Yup. New i3's actually beat 8 core AMD chips in gaming. So yeah, go for an i5 chip instead.