Is this a good budget pc gaming built? (I'm new to pc gaming)

john950

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Hello, I am new to PC gaming and I would like to know if these specs are good.
Also is there any good games this build can run? Thanks!

Also can any of you guys can tell me if any of these parts will bottleneck.

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7 ghz
Quad-Core Processor

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 2GB

Motherboard: MSI A78M-E35 Micro ATX FM2+

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Power Supple: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply

Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case

In all $500
 
Solution
awesome build no problems at all but just get the 750 ti instead of 750 also the 750 ti also has beaten ps4 in call of duty advanced warfare

hope i helped now end the thread because no more problems in the build

also the athlon processor you choosed has steamroller architecture and that is a very good one

best of luck with your pc no problem in this build
All components are Best except the Graphics card. It is good but not the best. If you are going tight budget then look for 750ti or AMD Radeon R9 280 or 285 which cheap available. Rest all are good. PSU is best. CPU, mobo is good. NO bottlenecking at all. Best luck.
CB :sol:
 
awesome build no problems at all but just get the 750 ti instead of 750 also the 750 ti also has beaten ps4 in call of duty advanced warfare

hope i helped now end the thread because no more problems in the build

also the athlon processor you choosed has steamroller architecture and that is a very good one

best of luck with your pc no problem in this build
 
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To a XFX Radeon R9 270 2GB Core Edition Video Card?

Also i got a notification that says "Some AMD A78 chipset motherboards may need a BIOS update prior to using Kaveri CPUs."
Should i be worried?
 
Yes, You are correct. Some A78 chipset motherboards needs a BIOS update. You can check it on pcpartpicker. Add the CPU and mobo and the site will tell you that you need to update bios or not according to latest updates from the manufacturer. If you have update the BIOS then yes, you must need to update the bios, otherwise the pc will malfunction and will not work well. XFX Radeon R9 270 is good graphics card. Overclock it to 100-150mhz more and you basically got the R9 270x. I will recommend to put a little bit extra money and get R9 280 or R9 285. But if you are on tight budget then it is great. best Luck.
CB :sol:
 


How do I do the BIOS update?

 
1) first you have to know your current bios that you have pre installed from factory. Download CPU-Z and check your current BIOS.
2) check whether any BIOS updates are available on this motherboards page on Manufacturer website. Here is it:
http://us.msi.com/support/mb/A78ME35.html#down-bios
3) I'd you have the latest bios that is version 30.6 then no need to upgrade, and of go have older than this then download that file.
4) This step is very important: do not sit of your system when bios updating progress is going on, we will recommend to use the UPS. If the computer shuts of by any reason the updating process will fail and the computer will do malfunctioning.
To update the bios, close all other programs. Then extract all the files from the compressed file that you had downloaded from msi website. Run the bios flashing tool came with it. Just see the instructions and click on next. At last they will restart the computer and do bios flashing. DON'T TURN OFF COMPUTER AT THIS TIME, NOT EVEN WHEN THE PROCESS TAKES LONG TIME . When the bios updating will complete than you will go in your os and a message will pop up "bios updated successfully" or such like that.
That means you Jane successfully updated bios. If the message days the updating failed, then you will need to do this process again.
Now you have updated your bios. Best luck.
CB :sol: