First Gaming Build for $400

[mRgRiNcH]

Just wondering if this could play older games like Just Cause 2 and BF3 on low

CPU/ AMD FX-6300
Graphics Card/ MSI Radeon HD 7770 ghz Edition
Mother Board/ ASUS M5A78L-M LX AM3+ AMD 760G Micro ATX
RAM (for now)/ Kingston 4gb DDR3 1333mhz
Power Supply/ Cooler Master 460w
Case/ Rosewill Micro ATX Line-M
Hard Drive/ WD 1TB 7600RPM

Let me know what you think!

 

[todd1780]

Building a gaming PC for $400 would be a challenge for anyone! The system you have chosen will certainly play older games on lower settings.
Your never going to reap the full benefit of your FX-6300 with a 760G motherboard. Not to mention the fact that older games aren't multi-threaded enough to use more than 1 or 2 cores of that CPU anyway. You could save a few dollars and drop in an FX-4300, I doubt you would notice any difference.
The HD 7770 is a good entry level card, but once again I doubt it will operate at its full potential plugged into that motherboard.
Look around for an entry level 970 board and an FX-4300.
If that's more than you want to spend, you can always get the Athlon X4 760k and a cheap FM2 board. It will cost around the same amount of money and you will get better performance. The 760K is clocked at 3.8 GHz and uses the same core as the newer AMD APUs.

 

[mRgRiNcH]

Just found a Motherboard/ ASUS M5A97. Would that work?

 

[todd1780]

Just found a Motherboard/ ASUS M5A97. Would that work?

Its hard to go wrong with Asus. They make some of the best boards you can buy. I almost bought that board myself! Its a good one.

 

[mRgRiNcH]

Would it be better to get the FX-6300 over the FX-4300? Its only a $10 difference

 

[todd1780]

If your willing to spend the $10 then by all means get the FX-6300. It will serve you well as more and more games use more CPU cores. It will also be better for things other than gaming.

 

[mRgRiNcH]

Thanks!
I changed the ram to a Ripjaws 4gb 1600mhz and the Graphics Card to the Sapphire Radeon HD 7770
The Total for all of it is $434