Boson 3.0

SouthCountyDude

SouthCountyDude

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Thinking about building the Boson 3.0

AMD Athlon X4 860K: http://amzn.to/22DTC4c
XFX Radeon R7 360: http://amzn.to/1pQdtfh
Gigabyte A68H: http://amzn.to/1Rtbrs4
Rosewill R363: http://amzn.to/1VOpzSg
8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport: http://amzn.to/1XVAecj x2
240GB ADATA SP550: http://amzn.to/1Rm1AaZ
Molex to PCIe Adapter: http://amzn.to/1pDtQuU

OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64 Bit System Builder OEM

What does everyone think? Anything you would recommend changing? Any help is appreciated. Goal is to be able to play GTA 5. Budget is $600.00

Thanks for the input.
 
Buy a case without a power supply and get a better unit. The psu's that come with cases are underpowered. Look at getting the corsair cx500. I don't think the 360 will play gta5 very well. Maybe get the 370 or 380.
 
Per the video the 360 only gets 30-40 FPS on Medium (also being limited by the CPU). You'd likely be satisfied with a higher end build instead.
 
If you think this build will give me more problems than its worth, do you have a recommendation on a different build? Range is around $500 but will not go over $600 and it must include Windows OS. Also the video card must be for a 2 screen set up. Other than that, I will look into anything. It will be my primary computer and must be able to play GTA 5.
 
It's actually stupid to go with AM3+ build since its like going on 6 years old and new AMD socket coming out later this year. Go Intel at this point.

Any particular reason why you want windows 10 pro when windows 10 home would probably suffice? I would actually go with the motherboard I recommended earlier B150m-d3h and get 2x8gb ram for 16gb total. Do you really need 2tb of storage? Could drop down to 1tb.
 
Austin Evans is a tool. His builds are always terrible and poorly thought out. Do not build one of his machines. They're jokes. He also burned his house down and killed 2 dogs.
 
What I would do is this.

1. Drop down to the 6500 cpu
2. Get the R9 380/380x video card. Either card requires a 550 watt psu.
3. Get the EVGA 600 watt psu
4. Get the Coolermaster Hyper 212 evo cpu cooler or similar such as the tx3
5. Get a midtower case instead of a microatx case so your video card will fit.

The bottom line is you don't want to be throwing your money away on terrible parts. Get stuff that will last you. If you don't have enough money then save up more. You will be better off in the long run.

So basically this minus your case and add a better one.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/gscypb
 
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