Gaming PC Build

[James1992]

I am looking at building my first gaming pc and would appreciate some advice on what to buy. First of all my brother would be giving me his old motherboard which I think is an ASUS M5 A99X although I am not 100% sure and a corsair water cooler.
I was looking at spending approximately £400 on the rest of the parts.
AMD 6300fx or 8320fx £79-£109
ASUS R9270x £138
8Gb Corsair Vengance Ram 1600mhz £60
60gb SSD £40
1TB HDD £45
Any recommendations on a good power supply and a nice case to fit everything in too?

Should I swap any components I have picked for alternatives and also which of the 2 processors I should choose?
How good will it play games like battlefield 4 and watch dogs?
And would it be on par with a PS4 or Xbox one for games?
Thanks in advance for the replies

 

[badboyrog2]

your mobo should be the asus M5A99X series....excellent mobo for amd fx cpu


http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/kh9MTW
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/kh9MTW
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/kh9MTW/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£100.79 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£66.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£139.52 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case (£59.16 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£49.93 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer (£12.52 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £464.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

 

[Vic 40]

For something else,

nvm,went way over budget,will look again.

This is more like it altough still over budget,

PCPartPicker part list

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£100.79 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£58.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.18 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£120.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair SPEC-03 White ATX Mid Tower Case (£50.00 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.11 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer (£12.52 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £425.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

The FX 6300 would get you under £400.

 

[James1992]

Thank you for the replies! I don't mind going over budget if its worth doing so. I'll start ordering the parts next week. Then down the line would it be worth cross firing the graphics card or getting a new one all together because I'm guessing that would need replaced first?

 

[Vic 40]

Crossfire is imo a good way to get more out of a system whithout spending to much.You'll need a bigger psu for that too.With the fx 8320 and some overclocking would you be looking at a 750watt psu.
At least something like this one,
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-110b10750vr
or probably better,
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1750xxxb9

 

[James1992]

Ill build what you said first for now and then see what I need later down the line

 

[Vic 40]

That's fine,have fun with it.😀