Hello all.
I'm trying to build my first gaming pc, been doing research and looking around at costs and such. I'm trying to limit the budget to around $550, i live in the south eastern US, and i hope to possible get into overclocking the cpu in the near future.
Are there any improvements that i can make to this list? is this a potato or will this actually work?
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DB2ZrH
Thank you
Dalekhunter
Looks good. It's pretty easy to get the second gen AMD FX up to 4-4.5 GHz with good airflow just try to keep the voltage down so it doesn't get too hot.
Not with that motherboard, no.
Better motherboard is needed for these 8 core CPUs, especially if you want to overclock. Grab a Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P or MSI 970 Gaming if you're on a budget.
Derp! I should have looked at the specs a little better, the power phase isn't very nice. I can def recommend the Gigabyte though as that's what I'm using right now, and it's done really well for the last year that I've had it.