Is this a good PC build? (R9 270)

[Ohlordy]

First off, I am a first time builder. My budget was originally 400, but then I realized i couldn't do anything with that. I have looked at parts over the last month deciding, and argued with people on questions. Well here I do believe I have actually accomplished something. I will be buying all the parts from Newegg, hopefully if it all works, by Wensday. Here's my part list-

-AMD FX-4300 quad Core am3

-MSI 970A-G43 AM3+

-MSI R9 270 GAMING 2GB 256-Bit

-HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866

-RAIDMAX RX-535AP 535W ATX 12V v2.3

-Western Digital WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB

And finally, all to put it in a
-Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed.
Total-$654

 

[MaXimus421]

Ditch that PSU. It's junk and will endanger the rest of your hardware. I doubt it will even really output 535 watts.

Get this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207013

The rest looks good. Happy building.

 

[ferooxidan]

with $600 u can get an i3-4130+H81+R9 270+Corsair CX 500+2x4GB DDR3+1TB HDD and a case.

how's the price difference between R9-270 and R9-270X there? might as well get the R9-270X

 

[MaXimus421]

with $600 u can get an i3-4130+H81+R9 270+Corsair CX 500+2x4GB DDR3+1TB HDD and a case.

how's the price difference between R9-270 and R9-270X there? might as well get the R9-270X

I would not trade in a quad core FX chip (that you can overclock) for a dual core i3 (that you cannot overclock)

And the CX series power supplies are not high enough quality for a machine that is used for gaming.

 

[Nicolay Setre]

with $600 u can get an i3-4130+H81+R9 270+Corsair CX 500+2x4GB DDR3+1TB HDD and a case.

how's the price difference between R9-270 and R9-270X there? might as well get the R9-270X

I would not trade in a quad core FX chip (that you can overclock) for a dual core i3 (that you cannot overclock)

And the CX series power supplies are not high enough quality for a machine that is used for gaming.

Guessing you base that on the amp on the rails. But to take an example, a factory overclocked Gainward Gtx 770 Phantom 4gb, have no issues running on a CX600M psu.
And the 770 is on par with R9 280x series.

So a CX500 will have no trouble running a R9 270 or a R9 270x. Please don't misslead others if you aren't sure that what you state is true mate. ^^

Not that i usually recommend buying anything other that 80+ gold or platinum, but its fully understandable if you have a slighty tight budget.

 

[filippi]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($79.79 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($239.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Antec GX500 ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $659.72
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-24 23:01 EDT-0400)

 

[3Dns]

with $600 u can get an i3-4130+H81+R9 270+Corsair CX 500+2x4GB DDR3+1TB HDD and a case.

how's the price difference between R9-270 and R9-270X there? might as well get the R9-270X

I would not trade in a quad core FX chip (that you can overclock) for a dual core i3 (that you cannot overclock)

And the CX series power supplies are not high enough quality for a machine that is used for gaming.

No matter if this CPU is Quad Core you will have better gaming perfomance with an I3 trust me.
Intel CPUs have 9.9/10 single core perfomance and amd have 8/10. And I5 cpu from intel is better from any amd cpu even a FX-9590 octa-core. Think about it.

 

[Nicolay Setre]

Complete build at 650$'ish price point:

Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R
Mobo: ASUS M5A97 R2.0 AM3+
Cpu: AMD FX-6300 Vishera 6-core, 3.5GHz (4.1GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+
Psu: CORSAIR CX series CX500
Gpu: MSI OC GeForce GTX 660 2GB
Ram: Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
Hdd: Western Digital WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb


Then try and save up for a cpu cooler for overclocking, and a SSD disk for you OS.

Cheap and good (quiet) cpu cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
SSD: I recommend a Samsung 840 evo.