Is this a good gaming build?

[Daniel_189]

ASUS A88XM - Plus Motherboard

MSI GeForce GTX 970 OC 4GB

AMD FX 6300 Processor

8GB 1333MHz Ram

Corsair 600 watt 80 Bronze PSU

1tb HDD

Zalman Z11 Plus Case

 

[CTurbo]

The cpu and motherboard are not compatible. The psu is not very good. The GTX970 is likely too expensive for your budget.

It's best to give us your budget and let us throw some ideas at you.

 

[kalvinkaz]

The 970 seems to be out of place from the rest of your hardware. as CTurbo said, the cpu and mobo won't go together. Power supplies are not an area to cut corners for your budget (I learned that the hard way).

 

[mohitakundi]

You 6300 will bottleneck your 970 and 600W psu is fine but I would not suggest taking chances.Don't even think of getting the VS series.
1333Mhz ram again is not good enough.
Get an i5, 1600Mhz Ram and a good psu (Like Seasonic 750W)
Or simply get a 960 if all of that is out of budget.

Oh.The Mobo is also not compatible with FX processor

 

[Mac070]

Corsair power supplies are poor quality
Cx series should be avoided
Mothebroard and processor aren't compatiable
Make sure the socket works with the processor
Bottleneck
The FX 6300 will hold you graphics card back causing you to h3 bad performance and low fps...
What's your budget ?

 

[mohitakundi]

Corsair power supplies are poor quality
Cx series should be avoided
Mothebroard and processor aren't compatiable
Make sure the socket works with the processor
Bottleneck
The FX 6300 will hold you graphics card back causing you to h3 bad performance and low fps...
What's your budget ?

Yes.We can suggest if you give the budget

 

[Daniel_189]

Hi sorry I took to so long to reply!

Thanks for all the answers feel like an idiot with the motherboard and cpu not being compatible haha,

I have around 800-900 budget so what would you guys suggest?

Thanks!

 

[Mac070]

Do you need any peripherals to be included lien a keyboard or monitor ? Would you need a Windows copy?

 

[John699]

The 970 seems to be out of place from the rest of your hardware. as CTurbo said, the cpu and mobo won't go together. Power supplies are not an area to cut corners for your budget (I learned that the hard way).

Man the more I read the more worried I'm about my power supply as a week ago I build my rig and here it goes

i5 6500
H110 mobo
Corsair 2400 ddr4
Corsair 450 psu

My case has 5 120 mm fan,hd6850 gpu

The only reason I bought 450 w was because I saw in on Linux cuz Skylake needs way too less power so 450 w was efficient for my build

 

[Daniel_189]

I have a keyboard and what not, just require the parts ☺

 

[Daniel_189]

I was thinking maybe going for the AMD r9 390? Maplin are selling one for £250, so a bit cheaper than the GTX 970 but apparently just as powerful

 

[CTurbo]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£186.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock H170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£74.51 @ More Computers)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£29.99 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£67.98 @ Novatech)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.48 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card (£259.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£53.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Super Flower Golden Green HX 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£63.48 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) (£74.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £852.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-21 20:20 GMT+0000

 

[mohitakundi]

You will need an i5 6400 at minimum to utilise the 970.
Also, the R9 380 is a pretty good card but i wouldn't suggest it unless you get it at a nice discount.It runs hotter than nvidia card and gtx 970 supports VR (You may try it in the future)
and it's a POWER HOG considering your PSU unless you get the one mentioned above ^

Where do you live and what online stores are you planning to get from ??

 

[Daniel_189]

I'm buying everything today this is the list of what I'm getting, can you please let me know if it's okay,

AMD FX 8350 Unlocked
AMD R9 380 4GB
Corsair 1X8GB 1600MHz DDR3
1TB 7200k HDD
Gigabyte AM3 78LMT - Motherboard
Corsair 600w PSU

 

[CTurbo]

It's not ok. The psu and motherboard are terrible. It's worse than the build I proposed above in every way.

 

[mohitakundi]

OMG NO
DO NOT GET THAT
The FX8350 and R9 380 are power hogs and will roast your PSU
The FX8350 costs the same as the i5 6400-I can't see ANY point in going with it
Having super high clock rates or cores doesn't make a cpu more powerfull - The i5 is light years ahead and you can upgrade to kaby lake in future
Overclocking would also require a better motherboard.
Go with CTurbo's build and Get the i5 6400/6500 and put the saved cash on gtx970 as many games are nvidia optimised

 

[John699]

OMG NO
DO NOT GET THAT
The FX8350 and R9 380 are power hogs and will roast your PSU
The FX8350 costs the same as the i5 6400-I can't see ANY point in going with it
Having super high clock rates or cores doesn't make a cpu more powerfull - The i5 is light years ahead and you can upgrade to kaby lake in future
Overclocking would also require a better motherboard.
Go with CTurbo's build and Get the i5 6400/6500 and put the saved cash on gtx970 as many games are nvidia optimised

I say go for i5 6500 which I bought a week ago and yeah it's much better then any amd processor can ever be....going after amd is a bad choice

About the gpu I'm also confused either to go with r9 390 or gtx 970 but I think I will settle down for r9 390 but do know that if you that gpu you need at least 600W psu but I'm stuck with 450 w cuz I listened to Linux and now I will have to pay as just a month ago I bought all these and yet I have to buy again the psu as 450 w wouldn't power r9 390 also it's corsair and now I'm gonna go for seasonic 620W

For the mobo buy the cheapest like I did with h110 as mobo doesn't do much if your buying a locked i5

 

[mohitakundi]

The R9 380 is good for 1080p but requires more power
The gtx970 is better for 4K or 2K, consumes less power, it's VR ready
Many games are nvidia optimised and gtx 970 runs a lot cooler
For the advantages, i think the 970 is worth it
P.S you are saving on electricity bills

 

[mohitakundi]

Well. The i5 6400 is simply a downclocked 6500. You can make it out looking at the clock rate of 2.7Ghz to 3.3boost(6400)
3.2-3.6(6500) (Difference=0.3GHz)
Pretty close, so if you want, you can save some cash.
Both are excellent in any way, so it's personal choice