Building computer for my son

[awilliams4806]

I am trying to upgrade a computer for my son so that he can play Overwatch and CS:GO and COD with me since he is always asking. The computer he has no will not run anything so my options are to start over or use some of my old stuff.

What I have laying around:
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7950
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb Quad-Core 3.4 GHz Socket AM3 125W
ASRock 890FX Deluxe4 AM3+

If I go new I am looking at this stuff:
EVGA - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card - Black
Intel® - Core™ i5-6500 3.2GHz Processor - Silver
ASUS Z170-A LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Basically what I am looking for is trying to stay as cheap as possible, so if I can use any thing from the old stuff and still run these games good that is what I want to do. If not what do we think about the stuff I am looking at new?

 

[Garilia]

The parts you have laying around meet the minimum system requirements for Overwatch. (I didn't check the other games). Although my old computer met the minimum sys reqs for Diablo III and kept crashing. I say put together a build using the parts you have, and if they don't work, then replace them.

You can put the rest of a system together for under $400. (less if you forego the ssd, or you have a spare hdd laying around) You could go for a 550w psu, but a 750 is good if you wind up having to upgrade the cpu/mobo (and then most likely the ram), and gpu.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard: ASRock 890FX Deluxe4 ATX AM3 Motherboard
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($30.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card
Case: DIYPC Zondda-O ATX Mid Tower Case ($43.88 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($70.00 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.88 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($83.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $363.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-05 10:33 EDT-0400

 

[Wisecracker]

Hopefully, without starting a fanboy flame war, I suspect that overall at stock speeds the HD7950 is roughly 10% faster than the GTX 950.

It should work well with the PhII 965BE, and that 890FX motherboard should allow a simple OC to 4GHz of so without much effort with decent air cooling.

 

[Garilia]

Hopefully, without starting a fanboy flame war, I suspect that overall at stock speeds the HD7950 is roughly 10% faster than the GTX 950.

It should work well with the PhII 965BE, and that 890FX motherboard should allow a simple OC to 4GHz of so without much effort with decent air cooling.

I agree. If the HD 7950 is inadequate, I do not think the GTX 950 should be the way to go, a GTX 970/1070 would be an upgrade, nut then again so would a Polaris (480)