Semi- budget Build

[Thew2589]

So I am building a new gaming rig.

Wanted to keep it around $1500
Let me know what you think, or what I should do differently

Motherboard: Asus M5A99X Evo 2.0

CPU: AMD FX 9590

Ram: 16 GB Corsair vengeance 1866 ghz

Video Card: GTX 970 (will SLI when I have the money)

Power supply: rosewill 1300 watt lightning

Drive: Crucial M100 512 GB SSD, and 1 TB WD Blue

What are you thoughts!? Anything I should change to increase performance? (And keep it around the same price)

 

[Robertwhyte]

since you are in the "Video Games" Section im going to assume this is a gaming PC, in that case ditch the RAM, you dont need 16Gb, 8 is just fine, that PSU is overkill even for 3 way sli 970s, 750w psu will do fine. That CPU is just stupid (dont mean to be rude) its a massive power hog and it sucks! go for a cheaper 750w PSU (not so cheap, dont cheap out on the PSU) a Z97 motherboard (an MSI gaming 5 perhaps?) go for a 256GB SSD and get yourself an i7 4790K (the best high end gaming cpu on the market)

 

[ArchitSahu]

Might be a bit better..
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/7rKPhM
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/7rKPhM/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core OEM/Tray Processor ($219.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 93.3 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler ($89.90 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z97X Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($129.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Travelstar 7K1000 1TB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($86.27 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($406.13 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 ATX Mid Tower Case ($107.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Antec 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($91.98 @ Directron)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Professional (32/64-bit) ($170.99 @ Adorama)
Total: $1388.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-09 08:59 EST-0500

Hope it helps! 😀

 

[simon12]

Might be a bit better..
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/7rKPhM
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/7rKPhM/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core OEM/Tray Processor ($219.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 93.3 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler ($89.90 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z97X Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($129.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Travelstar 7K1000 1TB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($86.27 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($406.13 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 ATX Mid Tower Case ($107.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Antec 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($91.98 @ Directron)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Professional (32/64-bit) ($170.99 @ Adorama)
Total: $1388.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-09 08:59 EST-0500

Hope it helps! 😀

This looks good to me but you will want a 750W PSU if you want to SLi later and note there is no SSD. I suspect it will not be long until games want 16Gb RAM but its expensive at the moment so its worth leaving for an upgrade. You may want to research the cooler, I know nothing about it but based on the huge CFM I suspect its loud (despite the name).

 

[brik94]

With a $1500 budget I strongly suggest going Intel. Better performance! With that said, here is my AMD build. I believe the 8350 is the best AMD has to offer. the 9370 or whatever does suck, as another poster said. Way too much power draw, gets extremely hot. Waste of money.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($168.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($118.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($140.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($196.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ Directron)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($347.99 @ Directron)
Case: Corsair 230T Windowed-BLUE ATX Mid Tower Case ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($93.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0B DVD/CD Writer ($15.00 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($92.00 @ B&H)
Total: $1389.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-09 12:18 EST-0500

 

[Thew2589]

Thanks for the advice guys!!! ill update with pictures when i complete the build.