Which build(if ether)?

SupaMesican · April 3, 2014, 5:11am

My bro's gaming laptop looks like its dead. Gonna try to convert him to a desktop user like a real man.

So far, thanks to reddit and my modifying their builds(http://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/wiki/builds#wiki_the_.22next-gen.22_crusher) I have come up with these

**CPU** | [AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-ad760kwohlbox) | $81.99 @ Newegg

**CPU Cooler** | [Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr910htx3g1) | $20.98 @ NCIX US

**Motherboard** | [ASRock FM2A55M-VG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-fm2a55mvg3) | $42.99 @ Newegg

**Memory** | [Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-memory-cml8gx3m2a1600c9) | $79.99 @ Newegg

**Storage** | [Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/hitachi-internal-hard-drive-hua721010kla330) |-

**Video Card** | [Club 3D Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/club-3d-video-card-cgaxr927x614) | $179.99 @ NCIX US

**Case** | [Rosewill REDBONE ATX Mid Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/rosewill-case-redbone) | $39.99 @ Amazon

http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/

Now for the second one since we live near a microcenter(thank you based Gaben) he'd get $40 off of a motherboard with the purchase of an fx cpu.

**CPU** | [AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-fd6300wmhkbox) | $109.99 @ Amazon

**CPU Cooler** | [Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr910htx3g1) | $20.98 @ NCIX US

**Motherboard** | [Biostar TA970 ATX AM3+ Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/biostar-motherboard-ta970) | $79.98 @ OutletPC

**Memory** | [Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-memory-cml8gx3m2a1600c9) | $79.99 @ Newegg

**Storage** | [Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/hitachi-internal-hard-drive-hua721010kla330) |-

**Video Card** | [PNY GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/pny-video-card-vcggtx7602xpb) | $235.66 @ Newegg

**Case** | [Rosewill REDBONE ATX Mid Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/rosewill-case-redbone) | $39.99 @ Amazon

**Power Supply** | [Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx600m) | $44.99 @ Newegg

| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. | $611.58

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3l9BM

I guess also I could add the 760 from the 2nd build to the first too if need be.

deejeta · April 3, 2014, 6:58am

If the titles your bro plays aren't all that cpu intensive then build 1 + a gtx760 would be my choice.

You can get away with a smaller psu >>> RM450, even a CX430 will suffice. Also a change to the NZXT Source 210 case would be my recommendation. HDD wise - the 1tb WD Black and Blue drives are on special at the moment, maybe grab one of them if you can.

Some_Tech_Noob · April 3, 2014, 7:12am

+1 on WD Blue and Blacks. The Hitachi Ultrastar line is low quality and has a high failure rate.

The second build looks nice. However, try not to overclock or put an 8 core CPU in that biostar board due to a weak 4+1 power phase design.

SupaMesican · April 3, 2014, 2:41pm

Skyrim, and probably gonna get crysis 3 soon he says.

the 2nd one wouldn't be overclocked ever because of the crappy board, heck the first one may not even be since its a fairly low end board too, well maybe just the extra .2ghz to make it to 4, someone knows of a decent board that can handle it for cheap. I just got the after market cooler because I don't trust stock ones.

Some_Tech_Noob · April 3, 2014, 3:49pm

In that price range, not really.