So, for christmas I want a new gaming PC (i'll be buildin' it :))

Video:

Specs:

HDD: 1TB Seagate Barracuda @ SATA III @ 7200 RPM

CPU: AMD FX 6300 3.5 Ghz (4.10 Ghz turbo) 6-core

RAM: DDR3 1600Mhz 8GB (2x4GB) Crucial Ballistix Sport.

GPU: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2048 MB :D

MOBO: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

PSU: EVGA 500Watt 80 Plus PSU

HEATSINK: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo

Thermal Paste: Arctic Cooling MX-4 Compund

TP-Link PCI-E Wireless card

What are your opinions on this build? Its it good? Enough processsing power for LCPDFR + 10 other scripts? Enough GPU for HD High textures + Car Pack + CryENB V3 Ultra Preset?

Thanks for your opinions. :)

P.S I may add in an SSD.

Edited December 4, 201411 yr by cheesedude

I never bothered to learn about AMD products, I always had a grudge against them so I can't even comment on the main performance parts of your system (CPU+GPU). 

 

I can say thermal paste doesn't matter, WiFi sucks for gaming (Singleplayer is not affected), and don't cheap out on the PSU. I'd recommend a Modular, 750W PSU. I also recommend both an SSD and a HDD. 

Not a bad build. Bump up to something more powerful for the psu, but don't get something all the way to 750 unless you are about to add some more heavy power to your pc. get something thats 600w.  I also learned that what takes to run an hd car pack is memory/ram. I wouldn't put your head high on the HD textures, Car Pack, and CryENB v3 on ultra. You can run hd textures, and the car pack at most, but I wouldn't say about cryenb though. I had that card before i replaced it with 2 R9 280x and it wouldn't run cryenb for its life. Too laggy. I'll give you my specs, only thing that changed when i had that 270x is the card.

 

SPECS:

Intel i7 3770k

AsRock z77 Extreme 4

16 GB RAM (2133)

Two AMD R9 280x by MSI

1000w PSU

256 GB SSD for OS (Samsung 850 Pro Series)

4 TB hdd (Seagate)

 

And finally the most important peice, LED Lighting strips!

Not a bad build. Bump up to something more powerful for the psu, but don't get something all the way to 750 unless you are about to add some more heavy power to your pc. get something thats 600w.  I also learned that what takes to run an hd car pack is memory/ram. I wouldn't put your head high on the HD textures, Car Pack, and CryENB v3 on ultra. You can run hd textures, and the car pack at most, but I wouldn't say about cryenb though. I had that card before i replaced it with 2 R9 280x and it wouldn't run cryenb for its life. Too laggy. I'll give you my specs, only thing that changed when i had that 270x is the card.

 

SPECS:

Intel i7 3770k

AsRock z77 Extreme 4

16 GB RAM (2133)

Two AMD R9 280x by MSI

1000w PSU

256 GB SSD for OS (Samsung 850 Pro Series)

4 TB hdd (Seagate)

 

And finally the most important peice, LED Lighting strips!

WOW. unfortunatly my budget is £400 - 500 right now :( GR8 PC BTW! Thanks for the advice on cryenb.

I'm gonna upgrade to an SSD, get a better PSU, (750 watt) and I have alreaddy changed the GPU to a GTX 750Ti (I could get the 780, but it exceeds my budget lol)

I'm gonna upgrade to an SSD, get a better PSU, (750 watt) and I have alreaddy changed the GPU to a GTX 750Ti (I could get the 780, but it exceeds my budget lol)

How about a 660 instead of 750 ti. It's slightly better but only like $20 more.

How about a 660 instead of 750 ti. It's slightly better but only like $20 more.

Wow, thanks or the advice!!! I really didn't think the 750Ti would be slower than a 600 series one! Thanks pal!

Changed the PSU to a 600 Watt corsair builder series, changed the GPU to a GTX 660, changed the RAM to Kingston HyperX beast 8GB. That should do. Also I am getting the cooler master hyper TX3 EVO as the custom heatsink.

Edited December 9, 201411 yr by cheesedude