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ninjabubbles3

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Just had some last minutes questions. Are there parts all compatible? Its my first build, and I have a strict budget of 350$. This is would be used as a light gaming computer for league of legends mainly, preferably on high.
MSI A78M-E35 FM2+ / FM2 AMD A78 (Bolton D3) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD A-8 6600K CPU
HyperX Fury 4GB 1600
Corsair CX500
Seagate Barracuda 1TB
DIYPC Solar-M1-R
 
I understand that my ram is a bit slow for an apu, but can it run league of legends on high? Main priority. Could I get quality ram for like ten twenty bucks cheaper? Could I reduce the wattage on the PSU, I plan to add an r7 260x at around christmas
 
You really don't want an FM2+ build if you are going to be gaming. You should get an AM3+ build. 1600mhz ram is fine and I wouldn't go any lower then the corsair cx500 psu especially if your going to be adding the 260 or even something better. Can you save up some more money? You would be disappointed in the performance if you stayed with the FM2+ build.
 
Like said, just do a AM3+ build. To game much at all your really going to need a video card. For built in video the APU is ok, but to do any kind of semi serious gaming you need a card. That in my opinion makes the APU pointless.
 
No dedicated video card and only 4GB of RAM? That's not going to work very well as a gaming PC...
 
If you're going to add a card later down the line just wait and save for an AM3+ build.
 
My parents just need to know that I can do it, later around Christmas I plan to swap the mobo and get an fx-4300 with an r7 260x. Its a first build, but the most graphically intense game that I will play is league of legends. I don't play AAA titles like BF4, Crysis
 
LoL can easily be played on the built in GPU of a 6600. An AM3+ build would cost a bit more than $350.
But if you intend to do a swap later, I would recommend just waiting until you can do the swap and get a 6300 instead of the 4300. You would have to reinstall Windows anyway.
 
What order should my upgrades go in? I'm thinking an r7 260x, then 8 gigs of ram, then new mobo and CPU. I'm trying to make this an ongoing project.
 
It sounds like a waste of time/money to get FM2+ parts and then swap over to a FX4300.

If all you do is play LoL then an FM2+ would be alright. Just make sure you get at least two sticks of RAM, otherwise you'd choke the iGPU even harder for bandwidth.

In all honesty you may be better off using a cheap G3258 + Z97 processor and board combo which are usually around $100 and buying the 260x up front. That would at least give you an upgrade path through 1150 socket i5 or i7 down the road.

It would help a lot if you lived near a Micro Center.
 
I would do a AM3+ build with a really cheap video card and decent power supply. Then later all you would need to update is the video card.
 
im now looking at this
DIYPC Solar-M1-G Black/Green SECC ATX Mid Tower USB 3.0 Gaming Computer Case w/ 2 x 120mm Green Fans
Western Digital WD Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive - OEM
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL
MSI H81M-P33 LGA 1150 Intel H81 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Pentium G3258 Haswell Dual-Core 3.2GHz LGA 1150 Desktop Processor BX80646G3258
GIGABYTE GV-R725XOC-2GI Radeon R7 250X 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready Video Card

Its already a bit overbudget, so could i get the 240 or lower, and get the 260x(my dream card) around Christmas/birthday. I really dont want to wait, because my computer right now is repeatedly dying on me. The power cables broke, and it cant even play League on low settings.
 
Don't buy MSI H81. Get ASUS.
ASUS has done a bit of cheatsydoodles and enabled overclocking the G3258 on all 1150 chipsets (H81, B85, H97 as far as I know) - which normally isn't possible.
 
ninjabubbles3 said:
im now looking at this
DIYPC Solar-M1-G Black/Green SECC ATX Mid Tower USB 3.0 Gaming Computer Case w/ 2 x 120mm Green Fans
Western Digital WD Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive - OEM
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL
MSI H81M-P33 LGA 1150 Intel H81 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Pentium G3258 Haswell Dual-Core 3.2GHz LGA 1150 Desktop Processor BX80646G3258
GIGABYTE GV-R725XOC-2GI Radeon R7 250X 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready Video Card

Its already a bit overbudget, so could i get the 240 or lower, and get the 260x(my dream card) around Christmas/birthday. I really dont want to wait, because my computer right now is repeatedly dying on me. The power cables broke, and it cant even play League on low settings.
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I suggest you do wait for R7 260X.
RAM - most people get 2 x 4GB now. If you after 2 x 2GB, you should check secondhand.
 
Jiniix said:
Don't buy MSI H81. Get ASUS.
ASUS has done a bit of cheatsydoodles and enabled overclocking the G3258 on all 1150 chipsets (H81, B85, H97 as far as I know) - which normally isn't possible.
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Asus, gigabyte, MSI, Asrock all allow overclock on G3258.
I remember reading a thread at anandtech forum about this
 
Cisco001 said:
I suggest you do wait for R7 260X.
RAM - most people get 2 x 4GB now. If you after 2 x 2GB, you should check secondhand.
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I'm getting the 4gb kit because it suites my needs well enough, and I just said I really can't wait three months to play any sort of game other than hearthstone.
 
I've bumped it up to 8 gigs of gskill ripjaws memory, but cut back on graphics card, I'd rather invest in a better RAM now, cuz itll last a while. Immediate upgrades need to be done to processor, and video card
 
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