Thoughts and Advice (On My Build)

[HappyHambo]

I've been planning a budget build for quite a while now on PcPartPicker and this will be the first time I've build my own PC. I just wanted to know from some "More Experienced" PC builders what they thought of my build and what i should change about my build. I am trying to keep it at about £400 ($600) and I will mainly use it for gaming. Here is the part list - http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/GHcksY. By the way, the PCpartpicker list doesn't include a R9 280X which i will try to get pre-owned from somewhere like Ebay.

Any comments are appreciated! Thanks

 

[uthvag]

pretty decent. but i suggest a 600wm psu

 

[Bossyfins]

Get an i3. Should cost about the same. The i3 outperforms the 6300 in almost every test

 

[HappyHambo]

pretty decent. but i suggest a 600wm psu

Out of curiosity (and newbiness) why do you suggest a 600w instead?

 

[Bossyfins]

Whats the system for?

 

[uthvag]

pretty decent. but i suggest a 600wm psu

Out of curiosity (and newbiness) why do you suggest a 600w instead?

because of the 280x.i know it consumes less than that, but this provides a bit of headroom for mild OCs

PS- i would suggest that you stick with the fx. the i3 is strong in single hreaded apps, while limited by its no of cores, while the fx can do better in multithreaded apps ( most games are starting to use it )

 

[HappyHambo]

Whats the system for?

Mostly gaming

 

[Bossyfins]

You wont play many games without a GPU...

 

[HappyHambo]

You wont play many games without a GPU...

I said that I'll buy a pre-used R9 280X

 

[Bossyfins]

Oh, if you do. Make sure to stress test the GPU, and ask if it was used for mining