Help - My budget gaming rig

[gazzalizayn]

this is my budget gaming rig....

pls let me know this works fine. DId i make any mistakes?


AMD FX 8350

ASRock 970 Extreme3 Motherboard

Sapphire AMD/ATI HD 7770 1 GB GDDR5 Graphics Card

WD Caviar Blue 1 TB Desktop Internal Hard Drive

Corsair Vengeance® CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9R

Seasonic S12II 620 Watts PSU

cabinet - yet to decide ... will mid tower work fine? or i need to go with full tower

processor cooler : EVo cooler 412 ???

Thanks

Zayn

 

[logainofhades]

I would switch to a 970 extreme4. It is a bit better board. Mid tower is fine for case. NZXT 210's are decent budget cases as is the Corsair 200r. I would drop the vengance ram for something with a lower heatsink. High ram heatsinks will interfere with aftermarket coolers. What is your total budget here?

 

[ethereal essence]

I'd recommend dropping the 8350 for an 8320 and get a 7870. It gets one more game and a whole lot more performance, you won't notice much of a difference with the cpu but you will see a huge difference in the graphics card

 

[Northern Island]

you are building a gaming rig then why on earth are you choosing HD 7770 1 gb ddr5? what's the resolution of the monitor? if you know about overclocking then you should buy the FX 8320 and OC it and invest he remainder in a better GPU... that said if you are playing on resolution lesser than 1080p than you might also look at FX 6300, OC it and invest the remainder in a GPU BTW if you do choose the FX 6300 gigabyte 970a-UD3 should do fine.

 

[gazzalizayn]

I would switch to a 970 extreme4. It is a bit better board. Mid tower is fine for case. NZXT 210's are decent budget cases as is the Corsair 200r. I would drop the vengance ram for something with a lower heatsink. High ram heatsinks will interfere with aftermarket coolers. What is your total budget here?

first of all thank you for your help

amd fx 8320 looks good as well , asrock extreme 3 reviews were good ,does it have any problem that would want me to switch to extreme 4? my selection for extreme 3 was that it was cheaper.

Let me know your suggestion

 

[gazzalizayn]

I'd recommend dropping the 8350 for an 8320 and get a 7870. It gets one more game and a whole lot more performance, you won't notice much of a difference with the cpu but you will see a huge difference in the graphics card

first of all thank you for your help

I am planning to switch to 8320 , it looks good from the reviews. 7870 is kinda of too costly , double the rate of of the one i mentioned in India. (close to 300$)

Is there any better gpu you would like to recommend within 160$ ?

Would appreciate your help

 

[logainofhades]

Not familiar with the prices over there, but a 7850 is a decent card for the money as is the GTX 650ti boost. To be honest, FX 6300 and a 7870 is better option, though. The extreme3 seems to be plagued with issues if the newegg reviews are any indication.

 

[gazzalizayn]

you are building a gaming rig then why on earth are you choosing HD 7770 1 gb ddr5? what's the resolution of the monitor? if you know about overclocking then you should buy the FX 8320 and OC it and invest he remainder in a better GPU... that said if you are playing on resolution lesser than 1080p than you might also look at FX 6300, OC it and invest the remainder in a GPU BTW if you do choose the FX 6300 gigabyte 970a-UD3 should do fine.

Thanks for your suggestions

Well i wouldnt say a full time gaming , i play WoW , dota2 , guild wars 2 etc. I dont expect a high level graphics. i use some tools like integration developer and other software , so i needed a decent processor and a not a high cost GPU , so i chose it . I live in India. from the suggestions i plant o move to fx 8320 . and i am still confused abt GPU , 7850 is kinda too much priced. let me know if you have any other suggestion

Regards
Zayn

 

[logainofhades]

If those programs use more than 6 cores, the FX 8320 makes sense. If they don't, get the FX 6300. In apps that use 6 or less cores, the performance will be equal at the same clock speeds.

 

[ethereal essence]

Here are better gpus. I don't know the prices but go with what you can afford.

Gtx 650 ti boost, hd 7790 or gtx 660

The 660 might be too expensive but I listed it just in case. And I'd recommend trying to get a 2 gb card if you can. Either that or play games at 1600 x 900 resolution or lower

 

[Northern Island]

you are building a gaming rig then why on earth are you choosing HD 7770 1 gb ddr5? what's the resolution of the monitor? if you know about overclocking then you should buy the FX 8320 and OC it and invest he remainder in a better GPU... that said if you are playing on resolution lesser than 1080p than you might also look at FX 6300, OC it and invest the remainder in a GPU BTW if you do choose the FX 6300 gigabyte 970a-UD3 should do fine.

Thanks for your suggestions

Well i wouldnt say a full time gaming , i play WoW , dota2 , guild wars 2 etc. I dont expect a high level graphics. i use some tools like integration developer and other software , so i needed a decent processor and a not a high cost GPU , so i chose it . I live in India. from the suggestions i plant o move to fx 8320 . and i am still confused abt GPU , 7850 is kinda too much priced. let me know if you have any other suggestion

Regards
Zayn

you'll be glad to know that i'm also from india. In out country both RAM and GPU are OVERPRICED. i would recomend you Zotac 2 GB DDR5 650 Ti boost which would cost you around Rs. 12500 to Rs 13000, depending on the state you live. other part of mentining zotac is that it comes with 5 year warranty and they're service here is really noticeable or you can also go for Gigayte 2 gb 660 OC card for Rs 1000 bucks more on snapdeal. do tell me if you need other help. if you grab the FX 8320 plz don't forget to grab the CM Hyper 212 EVO.

In addition to that also mention what is your budget and on what you are planning on spending it. that will help all of us in advising you.

ok here's somehting i complied on my own.

http://www.flipkart.com/dell-in2030m-20-inch-led-backlit-lcd-monitor/p/itmd8zygnbdpgyph?pid=MOND8ZV5HZ3QHAZ2&otracker=from-search&srno=t_1&query=dell+20+inch+led+in2030m+monitor&ref=cb1cdc62-83fe-4219-8ff4-6e0a97bc227a

you can easily change the processor with FX 8320 if your budget permits.

 

[gazzalizayn]

wow i m glad u r fromIndia

fx 6300 should be fine i believe bcz my application doesnt take more than 6 cores or shud i switch to 8320?

asrock 970 extreme 3 , is having someproblems i heard

or should i get
ASUS M5A97 Motherboard
or
MSI 970A-G46 Motherboard

zotac 650tx ti looks grt

 

[Northern Island]

so go for FX 6300, Asus M5a97 or the gigabyte 970A-UD3 and you can also look for Zotac 650 ti boost as it's almost as good as GTX 660, you must get 2x4 gb 1866 MHz ram and a good Cooler Master 500W PSU is more than sufficient. in our country gigabyte and Asus is the best in MOBO. as e-retailing not that matured you should look into brick and morter stores also. btw where do you live?
P.S- if you like to be over prepared you can go for 8320 but i personally would refrain from it as you said fx 6300 would suffice your needs.

 

[gazzalizayn]

so go for FX 6300, Asus M5a97 or the gigabyte 970A-UD3 and you can also look for Zotac 650 ti boost as it's almost as good as GTX 660, you must get 2x4 gb 1866 MHz ram and a good Cooler Master 500W PSU is more than sufficient. in our country gigabyte and Asus is the best in MOBO. as e-retailing not that matured you should look into brick and morter stores also. btw where do you live?
P.S- if you like to be over prepared you can go for 8320 but i personally would refrain from it as you said fx 6300 would suffice your needs.

i live in chennai. I plan to buy these from flipkart .


http://www.flipkart.com/asus-m5a97-motherboard/p/itmd5ppvkssfvzyp?pid=MBDD5PPVJZS6G5EU&ref=7eb4af96-7819-4a40-a1c3-dd969725e573

this looks good

btw why is 1833 ram? i thought 1600 sufficed

 

[Northern Island]

so go for FX 6300, Asus M5a97 or the gigabyte 970A-UD3 and you can also look for Zotac 650 ti boost as it's almost as good as GTX 660, you must get 2x4 gb 1866 MHz ram and a good Cooler Master 500W PSU is more than sufficient. in our country gigabyte and Asus is the best in MOBO. as e-retailing not that matured you should look into brick and morter stores also. btw where do you live?
P.S- if you like to be over prepared you can go for 8320 but i personally would refrain from it as you said fx 6300 would suffice your needs.

i live in chennai. I plan to buy these from flipkart .


http://www.flipkart.com/asus-m5a97-motherboard/p/itmd5ppvkssfvzyp?pid=MBDD5PPVJZS6G5EU&ref=7eb4af96-7819-4a40-a1c3-dd969725e573

this looks good

btw why is 1833 ram? i thought 1600 sufficed

well as the processor is AMD and it does benefit from higher bandwidth ram so plz get 1866 mhz and yup the motherboard is of good chocie but it's not better than gigabyte 970a ud3, it's selling on snapdeal for like Rs5700, go for it.

 

[Northern Island]

aus got 6+2 vram where gigabyte got 8+2 vram settings for better TDp handling

 

[gazzalizayn]

aus got 6+2 vram where gigabyte got 8+2 vram settings for better TDp handling

Cooler Master Thunder 500W 500 Watts PSU

AMD 3.5 AM3+ FX 6-Core Edition FX-6300

Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 Motherboard

ZOTAC NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost 2 GB

WD Blue WD10EZEX 1 TB Internal Hard Drive (is this okay)

ram , gskill sniper or rip jaws should be fine? corsair vengeance has heat sink problem when i add coooler






Asus DRW-24D3ST/BLK/G/AS DVD Burner Interna

 

[Northern Island]

aus got 6+2 vram where gigabyte got 8+2 vram settings for better TDp handling

Cooler Master Thunder 500W 500 Watts PSU

AMD 3.5 AM3+ FX 6-Core Edition FX-6300

Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 Motherboard

ZOTAC NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost 2 GB

WD Blue WD10EZEX 1 TB Internal Hard Drive (is this okay)

ram , gskill sniper or rip jaws should be fine? corsair vengeance has heat sink problem when i add coooler






Asus DRW-24D3ST/BLK/G/AS DVD Burner Interna

sounds ballistic. don't forget to pick as solution and close the post. happy gaming do me a favor and please post the prices of the components.