Gaming pc help 550$

[Alessandro Scirocco]

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/MasterGamer99/saved/8xHrxr
Thats my PC and i know im missing ram but i have ripjaws layin around in my room along with 120 gb ssd. I just wanted to know if everything would fit together lol. Enough wattage? Will it bottleneck? thanks

 

[popatim]

If you have intentions of overclocking its best to get the aftermarket cooler now to make installing it easier. otherwise looks good.

 

[mdocod]

The motherboard and CPU you have selected are fantastic; for building a workstation with ECC memory support that can leverage 8 slow cores well.

For gaming, you'd be much better off with a haswell i5. The to-the-door price of an i5-4440 + BIOSTAR Hi-Fi H81S2 would actually be less than the 8320 + M5A97. Gaming performance would be up to 40% better.

The PSU is mediocre quality but functional. The way I like to describe the EVGA B series, is that they are what people who can't be bothered to do their research buy from Best Buy at 6:30PM on a whim because they just want to get a machine up and working. If you're here asking questions, then that is evidence to support that you are interested in something better than "average joes run of the mill" PSU. A PSU with a smaller wattage rating, higher efficiency, higher thermal tolerances,, built from higher quality parts, is actually preferable and will cost about the same... The Rosewill Capstone 450W is the go-to PSU in this price class for people "in-the-know" about this stuff. The 450W size would be more than adequate for an i5 + R9 270X.

 

[Mr_Venbeer]

You can ditch the 8 core since most games don't use more than 4, and go with an FX-6300 + R9 280X:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($98.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.75 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($70.66 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.85 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280X 3GB DirectCU II Video Card ($229.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Chaser A31 ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750B BRONZE 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Total: $546.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-07 01:39 EST-0500

 

[MasterDell]

The motherboard and CPU you have selected are fantastic; for building a workstation with ECC memory support that can leverage 8 slow cores well.

For gaming, you'd be much better off with a haswell i5. The to-the-door price of an i5-4440 + BIOSTAR Hi-Fi H81S2 would actually be less than the 8320 + M5A97. Gaming performance would be up to 40% better.

The PSU is mediocre quality but functional. The way I like to describe the EVGA B series, is that they are what people who can't be bothered to do their research buy from Best Buy at 6:30PM on a whim because they just want to get a machine up and working. If you're here asking questions, then that is evidence to support that you are interested in something better than "average joes run of the mill" PSU. A PSU with a smaller wattage rating, higher efficiency, higher thermal tolerances,, built from higher quality parts, is actually preferable and will cost about the same... The Rosewill Capstone 450W is the go-to PSU in this price class for people "in-the-know" about this stuff. The 450W size would be more than adequate for an i5 + R9 270X.

The EVGA B2 is a tier 2a class PSU. Since a few doesn't meet your standards that doesn't mean all of them are bad.

 

[MasterDell]

You can ditch the 8 core since most games don't use more than 4, and go with an FX-6300 + R9 280X:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($98.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.75 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($70.66 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.85 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280X 3GB DirectCU II Video Card ($229.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Chaser A31 ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750B BRONZE 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Total: $546.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-07 01:39 EST-0500

The PSU isn't in the price of the build so it's going to be way higher than $550

 

[Mr_Venbeer]

Okay so I fixed up the build here, although I'm not sure if 500 watts will be enough :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($111.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.85 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280X 3GB DirectCU II Video Card ($229.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Chaser A31 ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $549.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-07 02:11 EST-0500

 

[MasterDell]

Okay so I fixed up the build here, although I'm not sure if 500 watts will be enough :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($111.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.85 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280X 3GB DirectCU II Video Card ($229.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Chaser A31 ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $549.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-07 02:11 EST-0500

Yeah it would be a little risky. Using the 600B would be a better option since the reccomended PSU for a 280x is 550W

 

[mdocod]

The EVGA B2 is a tier 2a class PSU. Since a few doesn't meet your standards that doesn't mean all of them are bad.

I said B series, not B2 series. Totally separate PSU series made by totally different OEMs.

 

[MasterDell]

Companies always do that and you know it. They like to mess with people by switch the OEM and quality of a product if it is in the same series. And there is no such thing as a "B2" series. The B2 is a lone wolf. It's brother is the 750w B1 and is nothing alike.

 

[mdocod]

MasterDell,

You're agenda here is to hassle me, not to improve the quality of information in this thread.

The "B series" that I am obviously referring to, those I described as being available for sale at Best Buy, are the 500B and 600B. Is that clear enough for you?

There are in fact, both 750W and 850W versions of the B2, making it a "series" and not a lone wolf.