Is this any good? I'm new to PC's and need a little help.

[JackDonoghue]

This is what I have setup so far:

Case - NZXT Phantom 240
Additional Case Fans - No Additional Fans
Noise Reduction - No Noise Reduction
Internal Lighting - Dual Blue Cathodes
AMD Processor - AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz (Quad Core) W/ R7 Graphics
CPU Cooling - Standard Heatsink
Thermal Compound - Standard Thermal Compound
Liquid Coolant Refill Bottle - None
PC Liquid Coolant - *Requires Iron Tundra Liquid Cooling Systems
Liquid Cooling Tubing Color - *Requires Iron Tundra Liquid Cooling Systems
AMD Motherboard - ASUS A88X-Plus [DVI HDMI VGA] {4 DDR3 Slots}
Overclocking Processor - Stock Speed
Overclocking Graphics Card - Stock Speed
Memory - 8GB (1x8GB) DDR3 1866MHz
Primary Hard Drive - 1TB 7200 RPM
Secondary Hard Drive - None
Optical Drive - DVD Writer
Graphics Card - AMD Radeon R7 250X 1GB (Min. 400 Watt Power Supply)
Graphics Card Cooling - Stock GPU Cooler
Power Supply - Corsair Builder Series CX600 600 Watt 80 Plus
Operating System - Windows 10 64 Bit
Networking - Internal Wireless N 300Mbps

 

[utroz]

What are you planning on using this system for?

 

[JackDonoghue]

What are you planning on using this system for?

Games like CSGO and Call of duty.

 

[utroz]

Well to be honest it is not really a great gaming machine but if you only play older games it could work. Have you already bought it? Both the Igpu on the 7850K and the dedicated R7-250X are both fairly slow and only usable at 720p or lower. You could get the 860K instead and buy a better dedicated gpu but in the end Intel cpu's are currently far better for gaming. Also if you did build this system I would get a pair of ram sticks so that you can use dual channel memory which in theory doubles your system ram bandwidth.

 

[JackDonoghue]

Well to be honest it is not really a great gaming machine but if you only play older games it could work. Have you already bought it? Both the Igpu on the 7850K and the dedicated R7-250X are both fairly slow and only usable at 720p or lower. You could get the 860K instead and buy a better dedicated gpu but in the end Intel cpu's are currently far better for gaming. Also if you did build this system I would get a pair of ram sticks so that you can use dual channel memory which in theory doubles your system ram bandwidth.

Is this better:

Case - NZXT Phantom 240
Processor - Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz (Quad Core)
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-H110M-A [Max 16GB Memory]
Memory - 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 2400Mhz
Primary Hard Drive - 1TB 7200 RPM
Optical Drive - DVD Writer
Graphics Card - Nvidia Geforce GTX 750 1GB (Min. 400 Watt Power Supply)
Power Supply - Corsair Builder Series CX600 600 Watt 80 Plus
Operating System - Windows 10 64 Bit
Networking - Internal Wireless G 54Mbps

 

[utroz]

The cpu is much better, the video card is still kinda weak but much better, the wireless card is kinda slow. The motherboard only has 2 slots for memory so if you ever wanted more you would have to take out the 2x 4GB kit. Anyone else have thoughts on this?

 

[JackDonoghue]

The cpu is much better, the video card is still kinda weak but much better, the wireless card is kinda slow. The motherboard only has 2 slots for memory so if you ever wanted more you would have to take out the 2x 4GB kit. Anyone else have thoughts on this?

I only have budget enough to change the wireless card to 300Mbps. with that, how does this setup look? If I ever need more ram in the future, Ill just manage by replacing the sticks. Do you think the Video card is good enough? If not, I will have to move to an intel I3 processor with 2 cores, so that I have enough budget room to get a better Graphic card. What would you suggest, better graphics card for not as good processor, or processor before graphic card.

 

[utroz]

The better wifi card is a must if you are not going to use a wired connection. As long as you know up front about the RAM upgrade issue then it is all good. I would not skimp on the CPU by going with a i3, better to have a decent cpu and a weaker gpu and upgrade the gpu in the future. Maybe look into a 2GB 750Ti as a 1GB 750 just doesn't have the VRAM neede for modern gaming. I understand that money is an issue so you always just build the system without a gpu for now and use the built in Igpu on the CPU till you can afford a better dedicated gpu. Funny thing is it is almost as fast as the 250X you were thinking about in your first build...

 

[JackDonoghue]

The better wifi card is a must if you are not going to use a wired connection. As long as you know up front about the RAM upgrade issue then it is all good. I would not skimp on the CPU by going with a i3, better to have a decent cpu and a weaker gpu and upgrade the gpu in the future. Maybe look into a 2GB 750Ti as a 1GB 750 just doesn't have the VRAM neede for modern gaming. I understand that money is an issue so you always just build the system without a gpu for now and use the built in Igpu on the CPU till you can afford a better dedicated gpu. Funny thing is it is almost as fast as the 250X you were thinking about in your first build...

So, do you think this setup is ready to order?

 

[utroz]

Yeah I think you have a pretty good setup listed.

 

[bastienroy]

Well to be honest it is not really a great gaming machine but if you only play older games it could work. Have you already bought it? Both the Igpu on the 7850K and the dedicated R7-250X are both fairly slow and only usable at 720p or lower. You could get the 860K instead and buy a better dedicated gpu but in the end Intel cpu's are currently far better for gaming. Also if you did build this system I would get a pair of ram sticks so that you can use dual channel memory which in theory doubles your system ram bandwidth.

Is this better:

Case - NZXT Phantom 240
Processor - Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz (Quad Core)
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-H110M-A [Max 16GB Memory]
Memory - 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 2400Mhz
Primary Hard Drive - 1TB 7200 RPM
Optical Drive - DVD Writer
Graphics Card - Nvidia Geforce GTX 750 1GB (Min. 400 Watt Power Supply)
Power Supply - Corsair Builder Series CX600 600 Watt 80 Plus
Operating System - Windows 10 64 Bit
Networking - Internal Wireless G 54Mbps

Are you sure that your motherboard is compatible with 2400mhz ddr4 ram?