First time building pc

Kojine

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Hello, so past few days I was thinking to try to build gaming computer by myself. I watched couple of youtube videos, so that could help me with choosing right things to buy. And I wanted to ask you guys what do you think about this, should I upgrade a little bit more, or add something different ?

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bZ9HtJ

I already have Cpu,Gpu and rams from previous pc :).

Thank you.
 
Solution
I would sell the CPU & RAM, use the profit for the SSD. Then save up for a better GPU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Patriot - Signature Line 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($57.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.44 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus - Radeon R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)...


The FX 6350 (actually the entire FX lineup) is no longer relevant to gaming or rendering. It's built on an older architecture that packs pairs of cores into modules which makes it so that Windows cannot effectively use all 6 cores. Your FX 6350 will likely feel like an overclocked Athlon X3 450 (old 3 core CPU) with a bit of an overclock. I do not recommend this series anymore.

The Pentium G4560 runs circles around it in gaming. This is the only Pentium with HyperThreading, so it feels more like a modern i3. Actually, it has the same amount of cache as well, so it may as well be called an i3 for all I care.

The reason this happens is something called IPC. In simple terms, it's the amount of work that a CPU can do per clock cycle (measured in GHz). While your FX chip features 3.9GHz, it has a much lower IPC and therefore falls short in terms of single core performance when compared to the Pentium G4560 which runs at 3.5GHz.

Yes, the Intel Pentium only has two actual cores, but thanks to Intel HyperThreading, it has a total of four threads. According to the Intel Processor Architecture overview, if the schedulers have free cycles (they always do in newer CPUs), then each thread can make independent forward progress. This means that the two additional threads functions as a slightly weaker cores that support the two physical cores.

Not only all that, but the Pentium runs at just over 50 watts while that FX chip runs at 125 watts. The Pentium will consume less power and produce less heat, meaning it puts less strain on power delivery and cooling.

To sum up what I just said: Pentium=quiet and fast, FX=loud and slow.

To be fair, the 8 core FX chips can beat Intel i3's in programs like WinZIP, WinRAR and 7-ZIP, but fail to keep up with newer Intel i5 chips.

Now the graphics card. R9 270X was an appealing card at its time, but has long since been nearly forgotten. A GTX 1060 would run circles around it while pulling less power and running quieter. An RX 480 would also do this. An RX 580 would do this as well, but I've yet to see solid evidence of driver stability in the RX 500 series so I'm still recommending the RX 400 series.
 
I would sell the CPU & RAM, use the profit for the SSD. Then save up for a better GPU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Patriot - Signature Line 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($57.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.44 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus - Radeon R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $358.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-06 15:28 EDT-0400
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Patriot - 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($56.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.44 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus - Radeon R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: Corsair - SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $347.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-06 15:32 EDT-0400
 
Oh well okey, seems like I did a big mistake by doing amd fx -_- 😀. Well, it would be no problem for me to sell my cpu, and rams, but do you guys recommend any websites to do so ?
 


Craigslist, PC Master Race Facebook group or subReddit, etc



The words eBay and local don't belong together lol

Anyone going to eBay is looking for a good deal on shipping, I highly doubt that's doable with this tech if the buyer happens to be halfway across the country. Those fragile and handle with care stickers usually stack on quite a bit when shipping long distance.