First Gaming Built HELP !

[Ashish Kumar Singh]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($96.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.30 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($189.00 @ Newegg)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case ($48.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair VS 550W ATX Power Supply
Total: $538.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-23 09:05 EDT-0400

1) is every component compatible ?
2) is there any bottleneck ?
3) do i need any BIOS update (on pcpartpicker i get compatibility warrning "Some AMD 970 chipset motherboards may need a BIOS update prior to using Vishera CPUs.")?

 

[herrwizo]

1) Yes
2) in terms of CPU/GPU ratio, no - it is a good balance. Your only "bottleneck", so to say, will be games which prefer fast single-thread performance to a sheer number of cores. But framerates will still be decent.
3) likely no, especially not if you are buying a new board. New ones should come with latest BIOS.

As a sidenote, invest slightly more in a better PSU. Not that the current one is weak, but has cheap capacitors. More quality cannot hurt and will last longer. Also, it will enable better upgrades in the future.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1550sxxb9

 

[DasHotShot]

At a slight markup, you get a better processor (arguably) with an easy way to upgrade to a MUCH better one (up to i7) and a superior GFX card (more important in games) with higher Vram.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($109.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($71.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($53.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($39.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card ($221.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case ($48.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $575.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-23 09:35 EDT-0400

 

[Ashish Kumar Singh]

1) Yes
2) in terms of CPU/GPU ratio, no - it is a good balance. Your only "bottleneck", so to say, will be games which prefer fast single-thread performance to a sheer number of cores. But framerates will still be decent.
3) likely no, especially not if you are buying a new board. New ones should come with latest BIOS.

As a sidenote, invest slightly more in a better PSU. Not that the current one is weak, but has cheap capacitors. More quality cannot hurt and will last longer. Also, it will enable better upgrades in the future.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1550sxxb9

thanks for ur help but xfx is not available in my country(India) so please suggest any psu from amazon.in snapdeal.com or flipkart.com

 

[Ashish Kumar Singh]

At a slight markup, you get a better processor (arguably) with an easy way to upgrade to a MUCH better one (up to i7) and a superior GFX card (more important in games) with higher Vram.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($109.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($71.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($53.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($39.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card ($221.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case ($48.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $575.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-23 09:35 EDT-0400

it is very tough decision for me, i know intel is better in single thread performance but people say that new games require more cores and also i think after OC fx can beat i3 !