Looking for a second opinion on a budget PC

[Nonpossible]

Hi guys and gals, to make a short story real short, I couldn't afford to build the PC I wanted so I pieced together a budget gaming PC that I think will perform well.

I was just wondering if someone could look over my parts list and give me any further advice, recommendations or corrections on my build. (Also, it is worth noting that I do not have an optical drive on this list because I'm getting one for free from a friend.)

Edit: I don't see the image I uploaded, so here is a typed list of parts and prices:

CPU: AMD FX-8350 128.99
MOBO: MSI 970 ATX 97.99
GPU: MSI R7 370 4G Graphics 164.99
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 750w GOLD 103.19
CASE: Rosewell Black Midtower 49.99
SSD: Samsung EVO 250GB 2.5inch 96.37
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16Gb (2x8) 2400Mhz 87.99
TOTAL: 729.51

 

[getochkn]

No link or parts list.

 

[Nonpossible]

No link or parts list.

I updated. For some reason the post was not displaying the URL I included.

 

[getochkn]

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2865148/build-poll-750.html

Look there, any of those build would be solid I like SR-71s

 

[Nonpossible]

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2865148/build-poll-750.html

Look there, any of those build would be solid I like SR-71s

Thanks, I was really just looking for a critique of the parts that I already listed. I will sift through those other ones, though. I appreciate the input.

 

[getochkn]

A skylake will do better than an AMD FX hands down. I own a FX and wish I could have afforded Intel, as their per-core performance blows anything AMD has away. Here in Canada when I built, budget wise it was a 8320 or dual core i3 2xxx series, so I went with the intel. If I could have gotten i5 or i7 for that price, I would have been all over it. Intel was stupidly priced here compared to AMD.

 

[Nonpossible]

A skylake will do better than an AMD FX hands down. I own a FX and wish I could have afforded Intel, as their per-core performance blows anything AMD has away. Here in Canada when I built, budget wise it was a 8320 or dual core i3 2xxx series, so I went with the intel. If I could have gotten i5 or i7 for that price, I would have been all over it. Intel was stupidly priced here compared to AMD.

So most of my budget should go toward an i5/i7 processor and a good graphics card and I shouldn't worry as much about the MOBO or RAM? That's the feeling I am getting from most of the budget builds I have seen so far.

 

[getochkn]

For the most part, RAM is RAM. A good brand name is good and without benchmarks for some theoretical gain, you're not going to see any difference in gaming between a low end g-skills set and a top of the line, except a ding in the pocket book. Doing a $2500 build, sure, go for the best. $750 build, RAM and MB that don't have a zillion bells and whistles will be fine. And a good PSU is also important, very important. It's like the heart of your PC. Doesn't matter how smart the brain is or how big the muscles are, if the heart sucks, nothing else works right.

Any of those builds have good components, even if they seem a bit budget. Many, many people made submissions for the contest, but only the best few from each category were selected and they weren't selected because they had crappy parts. If a cheap PSU was included, it didn't make a the list.

 

[Nonpossible]

For the most part, RAM is RAM. A good brand name is good and without benchmarks for some theoretical gain, you're not going to see any difference in gaming between a low end g-skills set and a top of the line, except a ding in the pocket book. Doing a $2500 build, sure, go for the best. $750 build, RAM and MB that don't have a zillion bells and whistles will be fine. And a good PSU is also important, very important. It's like the heart of your PC. Doesn't matter how smart the brain is or how big the muscles are, if the heart sucks, nothing else works right.

Any of those builds have good components, even if they seem a bit budget. Many, many people made submissions for the contest, but only the best few from each category were selected and they weren't selected because they had crappy parts. If a cheap PSU was included, it didn't make a the list.

Awesome! Thanks for your guidance. I'm gaining quite a few new tools from this website to keep in my brain-housing area.