How is this PC?

[mgmoore]

Hey guys! Wondering if anyone can give me some advice on whether this PC is good or bad. I am looking to play games like Rainbow six Siege, H1Z1, CSGO, League of Legends and maybe some call of duty games.

Spec:
GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
CPU: AMD FX-6300 Black Edition
Mobo: Gigabte GA-990X AM3+ socket

Thanks

 

[Herc08]

How much ram do you have? Power supply?

But from what you mention, those games should load, but don't expect the highest quality from a $150 card. But again, it's still playable at 1080p.

 

[henry28]

it can play games, but it isn't anything crazy

 

[weberdarren97]

Did you already build this PC or are you looking for opinions on your parts list?

If you've already built it, I'm sorry but that CPU is really going to hold you back. It'll keep up with the 1050 ti in graphics intensive games, will fall behind in well balanced games, and will slow to a crawl in CPU intensive games.

Will it play these games? Yes.
Will it play them at high FPS? Most of them.
Will it play them smoothly? Maybe, I cannot guarantee this.

 

[mgmoore]

How much ram do you have? Power supply?

But from what you mention, those games should load, but don't expect the highest quality from a $150 card. But again, it's still playable at 1080p.

8GB RAM
CX500 500W power supply

I'm sure it'll be a great upgrade from my current GT730 graphics and AMD APU (idek what the cpu it)

 

[weberdarren97]

How much ram do you have? Power supply?

But from what you mention, those games should load, but don't expect the highest quality from a $150 card. But again, it's still playable at 1080p.

8GB RAM
CX500 500W power supply

I'm sure it'll be a great upgrade from my current GT730 graphics and AMD APU (idek what the cpu it)

The FX 6300 is a rather power hungry chip... I don't recommend running it on such a low quality PSU.

 

[mgmoore]

Did you already build this PC or are you looking for opinions on your parts list?

If you've already built it, I'm sorry but that CPU is really going to hold you back. It'll keep up with the 1050 ti in graphics intensive games, will fall behind in well balanced games, and will slow to a crawl in CPU intensive games.

Will it play these games? Yes.
Will it play them at high FPS? Most of them.
Will it play them smoothly? Maybe, I cannot guarantee this.

Can you recommend parts for me to get to balance out the performance of the GTX1050 Ti; as, no I haven't bought the parts yet. I have quite a strict budget of around £350 total for GPU CPU and MOBO. Thanks

 

[little_me]

In my personal opinion, AMD's current processors are somewhat outdated and slow.
For about same price, you could get intels I3-6100 which will outperform FX-6300 in most things that don't utilize all 6 cores fully.

If you have time to wait until January, AMD's new ZEN processors should come out by then and it would make processor selection better and quite likely if it's performance rumors are true, drop Intel prices too.

Edit:
Quick search at pcpartpicker shows that for GPU, CPU, MOBO combo, 350 should be fine. There would be even space for some fine tuning.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£107.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-H DDR3 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£39.98 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Mini Video Card (£134.98 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £282.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-01 17:29 GMT+0000

 

[weberdarren97]

Did you already build this PC or are you looking for opinions on your parts list?

If you've already built it, I'm sorry but that CPU is really going to hold you back. It'll keep up with the 1050 ti in graphics intensive games, will fall behind in well balanced games, and will slow to a crawl in CPU intensive games.

Will it play these games? Yes.
Will it play them at high FPS? Most of them.
Will it play them smoothly? Maybe, I cannot guarantee this.

Can you recommend parts for me to get to balance out the performance of the GTX1050 Ti; as, no I haven't bought the parts yet. I have quite a strict budget of around £350 total for GPU CPU and MOBO. Thanks

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£107.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£49.14 @ More Computers)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Mini Video Card (£134.98 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £292.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-01 17:24 GMT+0000

 

[weberdarren97]

In my personal opinion, AMD's current processors are somewhat outdated and slow.
For about same price, you could get intels I3-6100 which will outperform FX-6300 in most things that don't utilize all 6 cores fully.

If you have time to wait until January, AMD's new ZEN processors should come out by then and it would make processor selection better and quite likely if it's performance rumors are true, drop Intel prices too.

This is true. The i3 6100 will run circles around the FX 6300. Do note that Windows only uses half of the cores on FX chips... Their architecture relies on software that was never developed or released. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgejkSWzvNs

As for Zen, you make a good point. However, I hope that the same thing doesn't happen with AM4 motherboards as what has been happening with AM3+ boards. The only ones that are affordable to the budget gamer are those that have terrible power delivery systems and sometimes the PCBs are even thinner than usual, resulting in a brittle board that cannot run the CPU smoothly. With AM3+, the only way to escape this trend was to get a more premium board... IMO, the "premium" boards with acceptable VRMs and good quality PCBs should be the normal ones, and things like the Asus Sabertooth boards should be the more premium ones. But of course that never happened. Just another reason to avoid AM3+.

 

[weberdarren97]

In my personal opinion, AMD's current processors are somewhat outdated and slow.
For about same price, you could get intels I3-6100 which will outperform FX-6300 in most things that don't utilize all 6 cores fully.

If you have time to wait until January, AMD's new ZEN processors should come out by then and it would make processor selection better and quite likely if it's performance rumors are true, drop Intel prices too.

Edit:
Quick search at pcpartpicker shows that for GPU, CPU, MOBO combo, 350 should be fine. There would be even space for some fine tuning.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£107.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-H DDR3 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£39.98 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Mini Video Card (£134.98 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £282.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-01 17:29 GMT+0000

That motherboard has no MOSFET cooling. I don't recommend it. Other than that, good build.

 

[Inkiad]

VRM cooling is not really needed in non overclockable motherboards. Only problem i see in these cheap motherboards is that these have only one system fan header.

I agree with others that you should be getting an intel system right now. Zen will come about mid of 2017 for consumers and that's not even guaranteed. i3 6100 would be way better than the FX-6300. But the CX500 is a poor quality power supply. Look for Seasonic S12II or XFX core edition pro power suplies. 450w is all you need.