I need help figuring out of these parts are going to give me a working pc that can handle any game at a high setting. if anyone has suggestions on different hardware, please let me know. I have a small budget of around 650$ (including the case).
CPU- AMD FX-4300
MOBO- Asus LE R2.0 ATX AM3+
RAM- Kingston Fury Red Series 8GB (2x4GB)
HDD- WD Caviar Blue 1TB
GPU- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 2GB
ATX Case- ???????????
PSU- Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze
Windows 7 or 8 btw?
Thanks.
Not worth it going with AM3+ at this budget. Also, "any game at high setting" is going to be pretty tough at this budget.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2nG6qs
Thanks for replying. I think that having AM3+ is worth it though only for future improvements. Finding great hardware for my kind of budget is possible, but hard. That link shows a small amount of possibilities and doesnt look like the most i can get with 650$ ( although i do like the case ) I am trying to make this worth every penny.
I was thinking of more on the lines of http://pcpartpicker.com/p/k6qXYJ
There's more to the motherboard than just the socket.
The Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 has little to no cooling, and also lacks the power delivery to go to anything higher than a 6 core CPU. Even with a 6 core CPU, overclocking will be difficult as the chokes and capacitors that regulate power to the CPU get hot. There have been a couple of people that have put 8 core CPUs into these relatively inexpensive motherboards, only to experience throttling(due to the motherboard trying to keep cool) or completely frying the motherboard itself. Intel, on the other hand, is much more power efficient, and doesn't require as much attention to the cooling capabilities as AMD.
A FX-4300 is pretty weak(about on par with a Athlon X4 760k) as well. An i3 is around the same when gaming. Also, an R9 270 is much, much better than a GTX 750.