Building an AMD gaming pc

[M3Stang]

Hello guys. I am not new to building PCs but I am very unfamiliar with AMD. Last AMD processor I bought was an AMD Sempron at 1.67GHz back in 2004. I am looking at building my girlfriend a gaming PC for christmas. I just built myself a skylake gaming pc and I am very happy with it. Plays everything I want at 1440p. My girlfriend really wants to play overwatch at 1080p. The reason I am looking at AMD is because the CPUs and GPUs are more oriented towards my budget then Intel components and I really don't think she will play game that much, let alone use the computer much since she already has a laptop to justify spending too much on it. I really don't know how these processors compare to Intel processors and Nvidia GPUs. In my amazon cart I have the following items, let me know if these are good in the AMD community. Trying to keep this build at $500 after tax. These components come to $512 after tax. Let me know guys, appreciate your responses in advance!

FX-6300 6-core black edition
Asus uATX DDR3 AM3+ AMD 760G + SB710 USB 3.0 HDMI uATX AMD Motherboard
8GB DDR3
MSI RX 470 4GB
Cheap uATX case
500W EVGA PSU
1TB HDD

 

[CTurbo]

I would not even consider building a new build with an AMD FX cpu. The FX6300 is almost 5 years old, and does not compete with the i3 6100. The RX470 is good as long as it's as close to $150 as possible. The EVGA 500w psu is not very good.

Are you in the US? Do all the parts HAVE to be from amazon?

 

[CTurbo]

This would be much better. It's $501 before rebates


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($104.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A/M.2 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($40.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($47.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 470 4GB ARMOR OC Video Card ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ B&H)
Total: $467.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-01 02:00 EST-0500

 

[M3Stang]

I prefer amazon as I am a prime member. I buy EVERYTHING from them lol. I love getting every thing the same day I order it. Im in FL. Maybe ill just go with the original 6600 GTX 1050ti build with the H110 chipset I was originally planning. Just trying to penny pinch since I really dont think she will use it all that much, and overwatch is fairly optimized. Even my old build runs it ok and it's 8 years old.

 

[CTurbo]

This is less than $500 with free shipping


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($104.00)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A/M.2 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($56.65 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($51.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($58.75 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card ($149.28 @ Amazon)
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($35.43 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($65.70 @ Amazon)
Total: $521.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-01 13:57 EST-0500



amazon is not a very good place to buy all the parts from as far as price goes. You could get better stuff with the same amount of money buying it all from newegg. I understand the convenience of doing so though.