I am looking to buy a new gaming pc?

thomasmad

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Hi I am looking to buy a new gaming pc, as my current pc is out of date and needs to be upgraded. I have an idea of a pc that I might get however I am not sure and was wondering if someone could take a look.
ADMI ULTRA GAMING PC - AMD FX-8350 High Spec Green LED, Home, Family, Multimedia Desktop Gaming Computer with Platinum Warranty: Powerful AMD 4.0Ghz Eight Core CPU, NVIDIA GTX 960 2GB DDR5 HDMI Graphics Card, HDMI, High Speed USB3.0, 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 RAM, 1TB Hard Drive, 24x DVDRW Drive, Bronze Rated PSU, Phanteks Enthoo M Pro Green LED Gaming PC Case, Windows 10
Your help would be very appreciated.
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($131.07 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($163.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro M ATX Mid Tower Case ($67.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($83.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $707.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-26 19:22 EDT-0400


Decent build here is the price of the parts alone for price comparison. You didnt mention price
 
I wouldn't recommend the 4-year-old AMD FX setups for anything
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($297.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock B150M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: GeIL EVO POTENZA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($29.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB DD XXX OC Video Card ($189.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill Galaxy-03 ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($43.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $767.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-26 20:34 EDT-0400

the extra cost is all in teh SSD, and you could lop[ $100 off teh cost with an i5-6500 instead
 
Solution
Here is the build

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($51.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($26.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($259.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Raidmax Horus ATX Mid Tower Case ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($43.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $699.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-26 22:53 EDT-0400