Is this a good first time build? (FX-6350, GTX 970, 16gb...)

[Zaweri]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4wCnYJ
I will maybe consider a slight overclock once I replace the cooler.
Anyways, is it a good build? Planning to put 2 fans on front 1 on the back.
It will also have a 250GB SSD, but I did not include it for cost purposes.

 

[Killer MO]

No. It that price go with an i3 6100, gtx960 or 970, a good Asus z170 mobo, a decent cpu cooler and it will be better. Than fx will bottleneck the gtx 970.

 

[Zaweri]

No. It that price go with an i3 6100, gtx960 or 970, a good Asus z170 mobo, a decent cpu cooler and it will be better. Than fx will bottleneck the gtx 970.

I'd preferably not go with Skylake, seeing as I need to use DDR4 RAM. Also the EVO is a good enough cooler. Why is TH so biased towards Intel?

 

[Killer MO]

Intel especially skylake series consumes extremely low power. That i3 can show more performance than any fx so think a while. Ddr4 isn' show expensive. It shows in gaming same as ddr3, but faster in rendering. If you don't want ddr4 you can go with ddr3l which is supported by skylake. If you want and based I'll recommended you waiting for zen

 

[PatrioticPickle]

An i3 6100, beats out a FX 6300 in just about everything https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4dUCeF2jnU.

If you are going with such a high end card as the GTX 970, I would'nt pick anything else but an Intel i5 (preferably a 'k' series that can be overclocked), otherwise you wouldnt be letting the card reach its full potential. Plus AMD CPU's stutter a lot and struggle in many games that are CPU intensive like GTA 5 and ARMA 3.

Save your money and get an i5, you won't be dissappointed. An i5 outperforms a FX 8350, and an FX 8350 outperforms a FX 6300

Btw: I'm an FX 8350 owner who recently changed out to an i5 3570k and saw a huge performance increase in games. We are not biased towards intel, its just that AMD hasn't even released any new high end CPU's since 2011!! The FX series is 4-5 years old now! Plus their single core performance is just shocking, there is literally no competition between Intel and AMD anymore.


Something like this is better I believe: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wmVrTW Only an extra $130 on top of what you had and you are getting a much better processor!

Your quite lucky in the US, the i5 isn't that expensive. In my country (Australia) the 4690k is $370 and GTX 970 is $500!