Is this pc build good?

infinex

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I don't understand this build at all...

B250 is good, but you chose a really expensive board.

An i3? Really? Pentium G4560. It has HyperThreading and the same amount of cache as an i3. It pretty much is an i3 but it's cheaper bc it's called a Pentium.

1060 3GB? No. 6GB not only has another 3GB of VRAM, but it's also got plenty more cores so it's significantly more powerful for not much more money.

EVGA BQ? No. Corsair CX450M. The ones with the white label.

1TB HDD? Why no SSD?
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($62.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock - B250M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($62.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Patriot - 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($56.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Sandisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($83.36 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.44 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Video Card ($234.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair - SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($26.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $616.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-01 22:41 EDT-0400
 
Solution
If you have already bought the components, Yes it is. If not I urge you to consider the post above me, or this https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rJ7sFd I've thrown this together in a few minutes, being cheaper for around the same performance, No SSD you can throw one in if you need one, cheaper PSU, cheaper case (I've built in the spec o1, and can be a bit of a pain) . Controversial part here, I've added the 580 instead of a 1060, reason being in my experience AMD cards age over time much stronger than nvidia. Hope this helped, GL with the build!
 


While I don't usually recommend that power supply, it'll work for this build.

On another note, may I ask why you're using a 1x8GB kit of RAM? With only one channel, the CPU will likely have trouble running the game and feeding the graphics card at the same time. It's also known that, thanks to differences in architectures, AMD cards pull more data from the CPU than Nvidia cards do. This means that having good RAM is even more important when you have an AMD card.
 


But when you put two different sticks in the same system, there's no guarantee that they'll get along well enough to even boot.

Don't add to the existing RAM, just replace it with a higher capacity kit.
 


If I use your build would I have to get more case fans?

 


No. The components you're using do not make much heat. They'll be fine with one intake and one exhaust fan (included with case).
 


Still no way to guarantee it'll work right when configured that way.

Even two of the same sticks from the same manufacturer during the same batch on the same day may not be compatible. The only way to guarantee compatibility is to buy a kit because the manufacturer has already tested all the sticks to be compatible.

When memory is only experiencing slight compatibility issues, Windows may boot but you may start seeing seemingly random errors or issues that seem to happen at random times and just refuse to make sense.

When memory is completely incompatible, not only could Windows fail to boot, but the motherboard may also be unable to POST.

None of these issues are permanent. They will disappear when the problem stick(s) are removed from the system.
 

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