Help building first PC.

[Lando454]

I am building my first gaming PC and I want to know if these parts will work together fine:

EVGA - 400W Power Supply

AMD - A6-6420K 3.9GHz Processor - Black

Corsair Vengeance Blue 8 GB (2X4 GB) PC3-12800 1600mHz DDR3 240-Pin SDRAM Dual Channel Memory Kit CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B

GIGABYTE GA-B85M-GAMING 3 LGA 1150 Intel B85 HDMI SATA 3 USB 3 ATX Motherboard

DIYPC Solo-T1-R Black USB 3.0 ATX Mid Tower Gaming Computer Case with 2 x Red Fans

Thank for the help I am on a budget of under $300 so if you guys recomend any different parts keep in mind that it cant have a huge price tag.

 

[spirit]

No because you have chosen an Intel board and an AMD CPU. You either need a Socket FM2 board for that CPU, or an Intel LGA 1150 CPU to work with that board.

This build isn't going to cut it for gaming I'm afraid. If I were you I'd save a little more money and build something much better when you have about $500-600. I think you'd be disappointed if you built this and expected it to play games and then you'd end up spending money on upgrading it anyway, so you might as well wait until you have a decent amount of money to spend on it.

 

[Lando454]

No because you have chosen an Intel board and an AMD CPU. You either need a Socket FM2 board for that CPU, or an Intel LGA 1150 CPU to work with that board.

This build isn't going to cut it for gaming I'm afraid. If I were you I'd save a little more money and build something much better when you have about $500-600. I think you'd be disappointed if you built this and expected it to play games and then you'd end up spending money on upgrading it anyway, so you might as well wait until you have a decent amount of money to spend on it.

I will choose a different motherboard that works with the processer but this build would work alot better than my 1.8 ghz windows vista Gateway computer, right? I want to play games like TF2 and garrys mod and my pc only plays thoose games in 800x600p. With this build you dont think it would run games like far cry, crysis, or assasians creed?

 

[johnb35]

If you want to game, you need to invest in a dedicated video card. Onboard video isn't gonna cut it for decent gaming. Far Cry 4 recommended card would cost you over $300 alone and you would need a 600 watt power supply.

 

[beers]

If you're going the APU route you would want to at least stretch to something like a quad core Kaveri and FM2+ board. This would give you double the GPU (192->384) and double the CPU (dual->quad) resources at not much of a price premium.

As above, the integrated route isn't hugely amazing, but the APU side are much better than traditional offerings and should play the games you want.

Where are you trying to buy these from?

 

[spirit]

With this build you dont think it would run games like far cry, crysis, or assasians creed?

It can't run any of those titles without a decent graphics card.

 

[Lando454]

Ok I have a new build what do you think of theese items:
Corsair Vengeance Blue 8 GB (2X4 GB) PC3-12800 1600mHz DDR3 240-Pin SDRAM Dual Channel Memory Kit CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B

AMD FX-8300 Processor - 8-core, 3.3GHz, Soket AM3+, 8 MB - FD8300WMW8KHK

EVGA 500 W1 80+, 500W Continuous Power, 3 Year Warranty Power Supply 100-W1-0500-KR

Gigabyte AM3+ AMD DDR3 1333 760G HDMI USB 3.0 Micro ATX Motherboard GA-78LMT-USB3

Gigabyte AMD Radeon R7 240 GDDR3-2GB DVI-D/HDMI/D-SUB OC Video Card GV-R724OC-2GI REV2.0

Cougar Micro ATX Mid Tower Gaming Case - M/B Compatibility(Micro ATX, ATX), 2x 5.25" Ex Drive Bays, 6x 3.5" In Drive Bays, 1x 2.5" In Bays, 7x Expansion Slots, 1x USB 3.0, 1x USB 2.0 - MX200

 

[johnb35]

I wouldn't go microatx case. Get this one as I use it all the time for client builds, decent cable management as well.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811553006

I would actually go with a 970 series board unless you are trying to save a little money.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128627

fx8320 cpu - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113285&cm_re=fx8320-_-19-113-285-_-Product

As far as video card, wouldn't go any lower then a gtx 960 or R9 270x

If you have to save up more money, then do it. You'll regret it if you don't.

 

[Lando454]

the FX-8300 and the 8320 are just about the same besides the fact the 8320 cost $40 more and uses alot of wattage.

this is the graphics card running with way worse cpu and ram so this is a solid gpu mostly because I am only playing minor games.

 

[Lando454]

will this HDD work with my board
WD Blue 1TB Desktop 3.5 Inch SATA 6Gb/s 7200rpm Internal Hard Drive

 

[Darren]

the FX-8300 and the 8320 are just about the same besides the fact the 8320 cost $40 more and uses alot of wattage.

this is the graphics card running with way worse cpu and ram so this is a solid gpu mostly because I am only playing minor games.

Uhh. That's at all low settings at 720p and looks like garbage.

This is what it's supposed to look like.

If you're wanting to play anything like FarCry 4 or Assassin's Creed, you need to save your money or you're just wasting what you spend now.

 

[Lando454]

for the final time!!!! I am playing very minor games!! the vid was a example that it can run new games at least! I have a DX4200-09 GateWay computer!!! ANY part I buy is better than what is in this PC it has a dual core 1.8 ghz cpu and I am looking at a 8 core that is a huge upgrade from what I have. I am not wasting money my PC is like as old as the first xbox! like I said I want to play Team Fortess not far cry 4 or fall out 4 I have a xbox one for that stuff I just want basic PC games!! if you read above John said I would need a $300 gpu just to play farcry4 but yet the $70 gpu I want for VERY basic games runs it and that is why I showed the video.

 

[Lando454]

Uhh. That's at all low settings at 720p and looks like garbage.

This is what it's supposed to look like.

If you're wanting to play anything like FarCry 4 or Assassin's Creed, you need to save your money or you're just wasting what you spend now.

you never answered my question you only wanted to show all the cool stuff I cant afford and how I am "wasting money"

 

[Darren]

I took your comments earlier about asking if it could run FarCry 4 or Assassin's Creed as meaning that's what you played. For source games, this would do you fine. The APU has a graphics card and processor combined and is faster than the R7 240 you mentioned before. This is 294 without a hard drive. You could lower the APU, but if you can in anyway at all save some money to get it, I would.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113359
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231476
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139026
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157569
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147023

 

[Lando454]

is the FX-8300 a good cpu? it is a AM3+ socket so I figured it wold be better than any fm2 sockets. I can spend a little more on a graphics card but still dont think I can do over 100 dollars on one. if you guys could recomend the best graphics card around 100 that would be great if it wasnt for this site I would be ordering a intel MoBo and a amd cpu appreciate the help.

 

[spirit]

$110 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...54&cm_re=radeon_r7_360-_-14-202-154-_-Product

FX-8320 is a decent CPU (the FX-8350 is the one that is more expensive and not really worth buying), certainly a lot better than the CPU you were looking at!

My recommendation might actually be to get an FX-6300 and spend a little more on the graphics card. Perhaps you could get an R7 370 if you did that: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202152&cm_re=r7_370-_-14-202-152-_-Product

Make sure you get an AM3+ motherboard though. The 970 chipset boards are good if you're on a budget. If you're using an FX-6300 something like this would be a good board for you: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128602&cm_re=ga-970-_-13-128-602-_-Product

 

[Darren]

You said you had a budget of 300 bucks...? Give us a definite budget for all of your components and we'll work from there. If you change to an 8320 or similar, you'd change your motherboard to something more expensive and you'd need a graphics card which would be even more money and and end up doubling the amount your spending.

 

[Lando454]

I am going to save money and build slow like the friday after this upcoming friday I will buy some parts and alot of parts at christmas so in the end I around 500$ build. Alot more than what I was going to do but I was thinking just get $300 for christmas and do it all at once and I realized after reading what you guys say and looking at parts $500 is going to be the budget.

 

[Darren]

Well there's not a whole lot of point in getting your parts over time. Prices and availability change drastically so better to just save it all up and get it all at once.

 

[Lando454]

cant do that without knowing what parts are the best, can you recomend the best of the best products that will stay in a 500$ budget