Is this a good $650 build?

poggi

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Sep 6, 2013
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Hi everyone,
I am building my first computer this week and have put together this build after a little bit of research. BUILD
So I just wanted to post and ask the community if there is any better deals out there for the similar parts I am getting? I would be using my computer for a decent amount of gaming at 1080p on medium to high settings on games that really don't take a lot of gpu power (league of legends, minecraft, archeage, some random steam games) Would appreciate any input that people have on my build!
 
Solution
PSU is poor quality. Change for Antec, XFX, Seasonic.

for the games you listed, an i3 would be FAR superior. Get an i3 and an h97 board.

Get low profile RAM.
You should change things up completely, that build is not the best you can get for that price point. I've put together one with a processor that is easily good enough from medium to heavy games (even better than the FX-6350) and also a more powerful graphics card aswell as overall reliable components and an IPS monitor for accurate coloring.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($108.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock B85M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($61.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card ($169.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: LG 23MP47HQ 60Hz 23.0" Monitor ($119.70 @ Newegg)
Total: $662.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-13 17:42 EDT-0400
 


Why micro itx tho