How Is This $750 Gaming PC Build?

[K1llerDude117]

I'm getting ready to place an order on Newegg for these parts tomorrow, even tho I'm a computer geek, I have helped many of my friends build their PCs, but with highly limited funds, and being a very frugal person, though I want this pc, I'm very nervous to click "Checkout".

I was capped at $750 dollars, and that had to include OS, so heres whats on my shopping cart on newegg:

CPU: FX8320 Vishera 8-Core Processor, 3.5GHz

GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti Superclocked 2GB 128-bit GDDR5

MoBo: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX + SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD motherboard

RAM: HyperX Fury Black Series 8GB 240-pin DDR SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory

Power Supply: EVGA 430W Power Supply

HDD: Western Digita 1TB 7200 RPM

Case: RAIDMAX Viper GX ATX-512WBR Black/Red Steel/Plastic ATX mid tower computer case

OS: Win 7 64-bit OEM (windows 10 free upgrade for the win)

Totals out at $738

Running the benchmarks, on Game Debate and other benchmark sites, It seems like it should perform relatively well, but I still want to know what you all think.

 

[badboyrog2]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nK7brH
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nK7brH/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.89 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK THEMIS 65.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($17.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($83.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($67.50 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280 3GB TurboDuo Video Card ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT WH ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($87.75 @ OutletPC)
Total: $760.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-24 22:12 EST-0500

 

[badboyrog2]

this one a bit more expensive but futur proof with SLI capability

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3JwbrH
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3JwbrH/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.89 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK THEMIS 65.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($17.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($104.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($67.50 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280 3GB TurboDuo Video Card ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT WH ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($87.75 @ OutletPC)
Total: $781.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-24 22:14 EST-0500

 

[okcnaline]

PSU is subpar for the price, case sucks, GPU is weak for its price.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.75 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ECS Z97-MACHINE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($91.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($63.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($172.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $748.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-24 22:16 EST-0500

 

[ZeroGravity78]

Your build is pretty good, But I would advise some changes.
Click this link to a list of parts and I would love to here what you think about it.
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/ZeroGravity78/saved/VhhBD3

Also I noticed that you forget too and or didn't put in a Power Supply so I added one in the parts list.

 

[spentshells]

I'm not really a fan of your build. Would you consider intel?

CASE - Antec NEW SOLUTION SERIES VSK-4000 Black $34.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352039

PSU - EVGA 500 B 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified 500W $51.99 -$15 MIR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438012

RAM - G.SKILL AEGIS 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 64.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231735

MOBO - MSI Z97 PC Mate LGA 1150 Intel Z97 $89.99-$10MIR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130779

CPU - Intel Core i5-4440 Haswell Quad-Core 3.1GHz $179.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116942

GPU - MSI R9 270X GAMING 2G Radeon R9 270X 2GB $174.99 -$20 MIR

HDD - Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST31000340NS 1TB $49.95
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5AD21R3250

OS - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM Free win 10 Upgraqde
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832416806


$746.88 -25MIR

If you were to count your MIR as money off (I never do) you could afford to have a gtx 960 in place of the 270x Which is a pretty reasonable upgrade for 20 dollars or simply spend another 20 dollars bringing you to 770 minus MIR.

 

[ZeroGravity78]

I currently disagree with SpentShells opinion on intel considering that the cpu he is trying to give you is clearly overpowered by the amd fx-8320
=1782&cmp[]=2017]https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=1782&cmp[]=2017

 

[okcnaline]

WRONG. F****** WRONG. Intel has better SINGLE-THREAD performance, which most games utilizes. FX-8320 has 8 CORES, which is better leveraged by multithreaded applications.

 

[dasulman]

I currently disagree with SpentShells opinion on intel considering that the cpu he is trying to give you is clearly overpowered by the amd fx-8320
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=1782&cmp[]=2017

cores and clock speed aren't everything, not to mention cpu benchmark and fps results aren't entirely correlated.
for now its best for OP to use a basic locked I5 and still be able to get a decent video card instead of staying with the AMD alternative and spending more on a far more expensive motherboard and aftermarket cpu cooler.

for OP's consideration:
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/C4kB99
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/C4kB99/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($166.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($60.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($209.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($57.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($13.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($87.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $751.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-25 23:33 EST-0500

a fully balanced build that will do perfectly for 1080p gaming with absolute reliability.
Happy Building.

 

[K1llerDude117]

oh yeah, I went with the build that I'd said, it runs most games on max settings at min 30fps 1080p, BF4 ultra averaging 58fps, Planetside 2 Ultra 60fps