I'm fairly new at this and this is what I got after a week of research.
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Chinedu/saved/2bsD
TOTAL $630
Extras ( If I can get the parts above <$600)
I'm wondering if there is a way that I can lower the cost by about $100-$150 (trying to stay within the $550-$650 range) without hitting the performance a lot because I need a monitor to go with it (the one I have my eyes on Asus VN247H-P 23.6" Monitor). If there is a place I can get a better monitor for less please tell me and possibly get a Cherry red or black mechanical keyboard for less than $50.
This pc is mainly for gaming and regular web browsing. The games I'm going to play mostly are COD, Minecraft, DOTA 2, Skyrim, BF3 (and 4 if possible), League of Legends, Soldier Front, and use this as a Ps4 in the future.
Can you offer a better alternative if something I have listed is bad, will bottleneck the system, or if the system won't work to its fullest capability because I'm fairly new at this. I don't really want a whole new build just spoon fed to me, but I want to know alternative options and why so I can expand my knowledge. Also I don't know which brands offer the best performance/are the best built so if the ones I picked are untrustworthy pl;ease notify me.
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: I've decided to get the fx 6350 and overclock it. Now my question is is my fan able to handle overclocking and are the parts I picked going to run smoothly?
Ditch the optical drive. Chances are you wont need it. Also, you need to change your power supply. You should never get a power supply thats not 80+ certified. Other than that its a good build and I dont think you should change it. Maybe a different brand of 760, but thats optional. btw soldier front 1>soldier front 2.
maybe you should get a full atx motherboard, and try to get a 900 series motherboard.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1ub85 its a little over budget, but it will preform much better.
Isn't that how you burn cd's/dvd's? I need it to install my windows 7 OS unless there is another way. The brands on the 760 I know nothing about so could you recommend one? And yeah I love SF1, but i wanted to try SF2 but my video card wasn't up to date.
I've changed to the Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 that was in your build. Same/better performance for about $40 less and comes with free games :)
but what's the difference between a full atx motherboard and a micro atx one?
Micro ATX is smaller, has less expansion ports, but offers better airflow, and are usually cheaper than their full-size brothers.
also, there are no 9 series micro atx motherboards that i know of.
So would the full size motherboards give me better performance?
And whats special about 9 series?
Sorry if I sound like a noob.
9 series is an overall better board. Will give you some more overclocking room, expansion, etc. And a 7950 for $200 bucks is an absolute steal. Echos has a good build there. You can also install windows 7 from a use drive and then use your activation code. Don't bother with sf2 if you're looking for sf1 game play. Jumpspraying is gone, the psg sucks now, headshots now kill in 1 hit from ar's, ads ruined the whole point of sf and the overpowered lmg spam is ridiculous. I stopped after like 3 hours
Man i wish i could have spent that much money on a monitor..I settled with this just because i had no money..http://3btech.net/hphepaell221.html..and yes it is probably slow response time..But it beats the 41 inch tv i was playing on..when i played..I will come back to you games when I have some real time to play..
Well if you dont have it installed there would be no way for you to burn a cd/dvd in the first place but you will need one to install windows i just keep my optical drive just in case i need it, its not a waste of money and wont save you much if you ditch it.
THE ONE THING U NEED IS A BETTER PSU. you want to run the PSUs at 60-80%. at 100% the PSU will not work as well
newegg has the Corsair CX600 PSU with $20 rebate (37.99 after rebates)
here is the computer i recommended to someone to wanting to play BF4*.
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/c9870/saved/2d70
u could switch out the case and add a DVD drive.4GB is good enough for gaming.
* i compared BF4 to the current Crysis 3 as far as performance needed to play.
Medium settings getting 74fps isn't that bad. High settings averaging above 30 is good too.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/piledriver-k10-cpu-overclocking,3584-10.html
Ok. I understand the PSU part. Wasn't paying attention to the wattage my computer was using.
So from what I see on your build, I should downgrade to the fx 6350 and overclock it, correct?
I want to try and get 8 gb because I've heard that the ps4 uses 8gb of ram and because my parents are buying this, $30 extra won't hurt :P
I would like a nice monitor, but as the price increases my parents start jumping off board. At worst, I could use my current monitor and play games (but then I can't use my old pc) or get a crt monitor for $5-$15. I heard that those were terrific for gaming or do they mean the +$100 ones?
So you're telling me no more bunny hopping with my uzi and such and an AR user can just camp and 1 shot me as if they have a sniper rifle? Already sounds bad. THEN they mess up the psg? The game sounds horrid now. I was looking forward to play it :(
On topic:
I didn't know you could install windows 7 from a usb drive. I guess I don't need the optical drives then. And I'll look for a better motherboard and update my list shortly.
it should give you better preformance, because the 9 series chipset was designed for the fx processors, although it may not be that noticable, but the FX-8320 should definitely be on a 9 series, because it also usually gives you more expansion, like 2 pci-e 2.0, even if they may be not both X16 they still could be used for pci-e ssds and other decent expansion capabilities.
I think I have a 9 series motherboard now. I'll be back on the site in a couple of hours. Got to take care of some things.
Just looking at the list there only the mobo bothers me (Asus M5A97 LE ) spend the little extra for the none LE vershon.
And this is why the LE vershon dosent have a heatsink on the mosfets and you are going to install a tower cooler if you stayed with a standard cooler the cooler will blow air over the mobo and the mosfets but a tower cooler will not this will lead to them overheating and can then start throttling your cpu (especially when you have a hot 7950 running in the rig allso)
My advice is, drop the 6350 for a 6300, WIch is the Exact same chip except "overclocked" by 400Mhz, drop the 7950 for a 7870 2gb card, drop the OD, and get a full size ATX mobo (Preferably Asus)and an ssd (only for winders, so like 60Gb drive will do fine). Check this out. And for installing winders without an OD. LINK