Building a New Gaming PC

[Rain0707]

So I'm building me and my friend a new gaming PC and this is what I've come up with that meets our budget.

Motherboard- AMD 970
GPU- Geforce 1050 TI 4gb
CPU- Amd 8350 4.0 GHZ
PSU- Corsair 750 Watt
Cooler- Evo 212
Ram- Need advice
OS- Windows 10 =/

We haven't picked a case yet, but it will be a large one so I'll have room to work. I'll also be adding extra fans to fill all the slots on the case since amd tends to be hotter than intel.

Anything I'm missing or any suggestions.

 

[Rain0707]

Oh and a 1TB Seagate hard drive

 

[mdd1963]

The GTX1050 is so slow for gaming at 1080, it is difficult to recommend...

I'd recommend selling plasma a few times to spring for a GTX1060...

 

[Rain0707]

The GTX1050 is so slow for gaming at 1080, it is difficult to recommend...

I'd recommend selling plasma a few times to spring for a GTX1060...

300$ for a Gpu.....

 

[IAMHICCUP]

It's an ATX motherboard, correct?

 

[Rain0707]

It's an ATX motherboard, correct?

Yes.

 

[Rain0707]

It's an ATX motherboard, correct?

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=9194718

 

[IAMHICCUP]

OK. As far as cases go, i just got an NZXT s340 and its an absolutely great case for my asus 970 pro gaming aura motherboard. The price goes up and down depending on how many are in stock though.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00T4BWUUY/ref=twister_B019C7RTYQ?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Rain0707]

OK. As far as cases go, i just got an NZXT s340 and its an absolutely great case for my asus 970 pro gaming aura motherboard. The price goes up and down depending on how many are in stock though.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00T4BWUUY/ref=twister_B019C7RTYQ?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

So how does the overall build look?

 

[IAMHICCUP]

it looks good in my opinion. im also running an amd fx 8350 with windows 10, and it works great. you also have a better graphics card then i do, so i imagine it will be really good.

 

[lakimens]

And till now, nobody said that that CPU is absolute garbage, it's 6 years old by now. Here's some newer tech, if budget doesn't fit, tell me and I'll reduce the price.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($174.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350M-A Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($88.45 @ B&H)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($66.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.44 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus - Radeon RX 580 4GB Dual Video Card ($209.98 @ Directron)
Case: BitFenix - Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($41.89 @ Newegg)
Total: $660.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-17 21:36 EDT-0400

EDIT: http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Ryzen-5-1500X-vs-AMD-FX-8350/3921vs1489
Most games will not fully utilize more than two cores, so looking at single core is much more important than multi-core.
On the website I linked, you can see a quad core chip, destroying an 8 core chip in multi-core performance(all cores).
It's even clocked 500Mhz lower than the FX 8350 and can usually be overclocked to 3.9Ghz.

 

[IAMHICCUP]

And till now, nobody said that that CPU is absolute garbage, it's 6 years old by now. Here's some newer tech, if budget doesn't fit, tell me and I'll reduce the price.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($174.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350M-A Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($88.45 @ B&H)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($66.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.44 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus - Radeon RX 580 4GB Dual Video Card ($209.98 @ Directron)
Case: BitFenix - Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($41.89 @ Newegg)
Total: $660.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-17 21:36 EDT-0400

Can i ask why the amd fx 8350 is "garbage"?

 

[lakimens]

I edited my answer with explanation.
Basically, the IPC(Instructions Per Clock) on the FX 8350 is much worse than any new CPU.
The IPC of CPU's increases with every generation and it indicates how much the CPU can do per clock cycle.
EDIT: Few benchmarks, most of which are games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrKFPTgs32I

 

[Rain0707]

And till now, nobody said that that CPU is absolute garbage, it's 6 years old by now. Here's some newer tech, if budget doesn't fit, tell me and I'll reduce the price.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($174.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350M-A Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($88.45 @ B&H)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($66.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.44 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus - Radeon RX 580 4GB Dual Video Card ($209.98 @ Directron)
Case: BitFenix - Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($41.89 @ Newegg)
Total: $660.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-17 21:36 EDT-0400

EDIT: http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Ryzen-5-1500X-vs-AMD-FX-8350/3921vs1489
Most games will not fully utilize more than two cores, so looking at single core is much more important than multi-core.
On the website I linked, you can see a quad core chip, destroying an 8 core chip in multi-core performance(all cores).
It's even clocked 500Mhz lower than the FX 8350 and can usually be overclocked to 3.9Ghz.

That is well within my budget. How do you think this build will fare with games like playerunknown battleground and wow?

 

[lakimens]

This build will demolish almost any game at 1080P. There might be a few where you need to lower settings a bit.

 

[IAMHICCUP]

I edited my answer with explanation.
Basically, the IPC(Instructions Per Clock) on the FX 8350 is much worse than any new CPU.
The IPC of CPU's increases with every generation and it indicates how much the CPU can do per clock cycle.
EDIT: Few benchmarks, most of which are games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrKFPTgs32I

Wish i would've known that before buying one...

 

[lakimens]

I was so into those CPU's as well, then I became active on tom's and learned a lot.
The price, clock speed and core count sounds so good, but then I learned about IPC.

 

[IAMHICCUP]

I edited my answer with explanation.
Basically, the IPC(Instructions Per Clock) on the FX 8350 is much worse than any new CPU.
The IPC of CPU's increases with every generation and it indicates how much the CPU can do per clock cycle.
EDIT: Few benchmarks, most of which are games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrKFPTgs32I

how easy would you say it is to upgrade a cpu?

 

[lakimens]

It's easy, just take off the cooler, take off the CPU, put a new one in. Plenty of youtube videos on building PC's.
The bad thing is, if you're on the AM3+ platform, there are no good upgrades.
Cheapest upgrade at that point is going with 4th gen Intel CPU's, if you wanna go 6th or 7th, you need to buy new DDR4 RAM.

 

[IAMHICCUP]

It's easy, just take off the cooler, take off the CPU, put a new one in.
The bad thing is, if you're on the AM3+ platform, there are no good upgrades.
Cheapest upgrade at that point is going with 4th gen Intel CPU's, if you wanna go 6th or 7th, you need to buy new DDR4 RAM.

oh... here is what im running.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/RQDV9W

 

[lakimens]

There are no good upgrades for that CPU. You need new motherboard and CPU and with that I suggest going to Intel's G4560 if you're going cheap or the 1500X/1600 from AMD if you have a higher budget, you'll need DDR4 with both.

 

[IAMHICCUP]

There are no good upgrades for that CPU. You need new motherboard and CPU and with that I suggest going to Intel's G4560 if you're going cheap or the 1500X/1600 from AMD if you have a higher budget, you'll need DDR4 with both.

oh...

 

[lakimens]

Yeah, I know.. 🙁

 

[IAMHICCUP]

well, thanks!

 

[lakimens]

You're welcome