This is my current part list:
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD FX-8370 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($193.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($114.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($129.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Mushkin Chronos 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($64.84 @ Amazon)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($190.11 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-AC68 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($94.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $962.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-25 08:20 EST-0
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As listed at title, will FX-8370 bottleneck GTX 960 or vice versa? Thanks.
Also, do you recommend me to change the CPU? I am trying to make it as cheap as possible but I have heard that some games have bad perfomance with AMD CPUs.
I will be doing heavy gaming and planning to learn some 3D modelling too. I do also plan to try out overclocking.
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD FX-8370 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($193.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($114.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($129.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Mushkin Chronos 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($64.84 @ Amazon)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($190.11 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-AC68 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($94.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $962.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-25 08:20 EST-0
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As listed at title, will FX-8370 bottleneck GTX 960 or vice versa? Thanks.
Also, do you recommend me to change the CPU? I am trying to make it as cheap as possible but I have heard that some games have bad perfomance with AMD CPUs.
I will be doing heavy gaming and planning to learn some 3D modelling too. I do also plan to try out overclocking.