Will this pc work? Will it be able to game?

[jucabear]

Hi! I am building my first pc soon! Will all these parts work together? Am I missing anything? Will it be able to game on medium-high settings? Here are the parts
CPU: AMD FX-6300 Hexa-core (6 Core) 3.50 GHz Processor - Socket AM3+
MOBO: Gigabyte AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gbps USB 3.0 ATX AM3+ Socket DDR3 1600 Motherboards (GA-970A-DS3P)
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB SSC GAMING, Silent Cooling Graphics Card 02G-P4-2957-KR
PSU: EVGA 500 W1, 80+ WHITE 500W, 3 Year Warranty, Power Supply 100-W1-0500-KR
CASE: Zalman ATX Mid Tower PC Case Z1 Neo
RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB Single DDR3 1600 MT/s PC3-12800 CL9 1.5V UDIMM 240-Pin Memory (BLS8G3D1609DS1S00)

Thank you so much!

 

[NextGear]

jucabear,

Your selection is a good start up. You have a good CPU and motherboard gives you room for upgrades.
(Not to be rude), your GTX 950 is not consider standard anymore. You have the GTX 1060 & RX 480 to thank for that mess.
Next, I strongly recommend a PSU with a minimal 750 watt.

 

[jucabear]

jucabear,

Your selection is a good start up. You have a good CPU and motherboard gives you room for upgrades.
(Not to be rude), your GTX 950 is not consider standard anymore. You have the GTX 1060 & RX 480 to thank for that mess.
Next, I strongly recommend a PSU with a minimal 750 watt.

Awesome! I know that it's sort of outdated, and I do plan to upgrade the gpu eventually, but it does have good reviews so I think I'll still be going with that one until I can upgrade (unless you know of a better one in the price range). The "power calculator" thing said that i would only need 350 watts, and recommended the 500w one.

 

[Corwin65]

jucabear,

Your selection is a good start up. You have a good CPU and motherboard gives you room for upgrades.
(Not to be rude), your GTX 950 is not consider standard anymore. You have the GTX 1060 & RX 480 to thank for that mess.
Next, I strongly recommend a PSU with a minimal 750 watt.

I strongly disagree regarding the CPU for a new build. That is a dead platform. If you were to upgrade down the road, you would be upgrading a dead platform with a CPU that is not as good as the current batch of CPU's from Intel. I'm not an Intel fanboy, I'm just disappointed that the offerings currently available from AMD don't match up well.

I'd look at an i3 Skylake platform. That would allow you true upgradability in the future and a better lower power supply.

The 950 while good in it's time, unless you get an incredible deal, is just not worth it with the new GPU offerings available.

 

[NextGear]

I'm not an Intel fanboy, I'm just disappointed that the offerings currently available from AMD don't match up well.

my chest hurts from laughing.. thanks I need a good laugh this morning :lol:

 

[Corwin65]

I'm not an Intel fanboy, I'm just disappointed that the offerings currently available from AMD don't match up well.

my chest hurts from laughing.. thanks I need a good laugh this morning :lol:

Glad I was able to make your day.

 

[capt_taco]

Agree, if you have the budget, an i5-6600k or something along those lines will be far better and last longer. If overclocked, an FX-6300 can just about keep up with Intel CPUs from two generations ago. It will do OK at gaming, but not great.

For a long time, AMD has been good for the budget-conscious because they have maintained good backward compatibility with their sockets (I recently upgraded an Athlon II x3 machine that I built in like 2010 to an FX-8300 gaming rig, only cost ~$100 for the CPU itself), but it looks like the next socket is going to be a break from that, so you will be at a dead end and any further upgrades will basically involve replacing most of the system.

Not that Intel is any better in that respect; they switch to a new (non-compatible) socket roughly every 18 months, so replacing the CPU is not going to really be an option with Intel either. They are just more powerful CPUs right now and will remain ahead of the gaming curve for much longer.

 

[Corwin65]

My point was that if you are going with a fully new build, the i3 would be a better place to start, today, than on an FX-6300.

 

[NextGear]

My point was that if you are going with a fully new build, the i3 would be a better place to start, today, than on an FX-6300.

Corwin65,

Don't worry about it, if you not planning to super overclock or put on a NASA space shuttle or build a time machine with it.

I built plenty of AMD/Intel rigs in my life time for games and daily PC stuff. Never had any problems