Good evening Tom's Hardware,
I would greatly appreciate some advice in the building of my new, and first, rig. Concerning my thought process in choosing these components, although not a hardcore gamer anymore due to active duty service, parenting responsibilities, and school, I do enjoy playing games such Skyrim, BF4, and WoW with my free time- preferably on maxed settings. Furthermore, I am also an avid Photoshop user. With that being said, I'm thinking of using two High definition screens (one for school work/Netflix and one for play). I attempted to keep this build on a budget under 1500.00 USD, and want to get the best 'bang' for my buck. Without further adieu...
CPU: AMD FX-8350
CPU Heat Sink: Cooler Master Hyper N520
MOBO: Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z
RAM: G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133
Boot Drive: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk
Storage Drive: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM
GPU: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB
PSU: Corsair 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX
Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced ATX Full Tower
Here is the list on part picker
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2V7Jh
My first blaring question, is the 860W PSU powerful enough to support this system, and if so, could it support crossfire later on in the rig's life? Do any of you technical experts have any advice or opinions about my build and anything that I could do to further enhance my mancave media hub? Thank you greatly in advance to anyone who takes the time to help a guy out!
I would greatly appreciate some advice in the building of my new, and first, rig. Concerning my thought process in choosing these components, although not a hardcore gamer anymore due to active duty service, parenting responsibilities, and school, I do enjoy playing games such Skyrim, BF4, and WoW with my free time- preferably on maxed settings. Furthermore, I am also an avid Photoshop user. With that being said, I'm thinking of using two High definition screens (one for school work/Netflix and one for play). I attempted to keep this build on a budget under 1500.00 USD, and want to get the best 'bang' for my buck. Without further adieu...
CPU: AMD FX-8350
CPU Heat Sink: Cooler Master Hyper N520
MOBO: Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z
RAM: G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133
Boot Drive: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk
Storage Drive: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM
GPU: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB
PSU: Corsair 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX
Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced ATX Full Tower
Here is the list on part picker
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2V7Jh
My first blaring question, is the 860W PSU powerful enough to support this system, and if so, could it support crossfire later on in the rig's life? Do any of you technical experts have any advice or opinions about my build and anything that I could do to further enhance my mancave media hub? Thank you greatly in advance to anyone who takes the time to help a guy out!