Is this a good PC build?

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AIV

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I'm buying a new PC in about 2 or 3 days. This is a configuration I made about an hour ago:

Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth 990FX;
Processor: AMD FX-8350;
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon™ HD 7770;
RAM: Kingston HyperX Genesis - 8GB Kit (2x4GB) - DDR3 1866MHz CL9 DIMM;
Sound Card: On-Board Sound;
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA 3 (6Gb/s);
Optical Drive: Asus 24x DVD-RW Lightscribe SATA (Black);
Case: Thermaltake Spacecraft VF-I;
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower 750W;

I'm not an ultimate gamer or something like that. I'd like to play CS:GO and LOL at highest settings and maybe I'll try BF3 or Crysis 3, but don't plan on playing them very much.
Is this a good configuration for me?
 
Spend less on the CPU and get an FX-6300 instead. You don't need 8 cores at all for those games, and the 6300 costs very little more than the 4300 (6300 = 6 core, 4300 = 4 core)
Use the money saved on a better GPU, the 7850 or 7870 instead. Much better cards, and your FPS in both games will increase a lot.
You don't need nearly that much power too, get a Corsair CX600M instead - unless you're planning to go for Crossfire later down the road.
I can't see for sure, but looks like the case isn't the best case for cable management.
It depends a lot on your taste, but I would recommend the Corsair 300R or the Fractal Design R4, both are great cases.
I would also recommend getting a 1TB HDD. Specifically the Seagate Barracuda 1TB, since I know it uses 1TB platters, which makes a notably difference.
They don't cost much more than 500GBs.

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If you're going for a budget-ish build, I'd downgrade the AMD to a 6-core or a 4-core. If all you're going to do is game and not edit or render, I'd go with a 4-core because you really wouldn't need 8 cores for that. Also, knock the PSU down to 600/620/650 Watts, you won't need 750W unless you run Sli or Crossfire. Use the money you saved from those changes to get a better GPU, such as a Radeon 7950 or 7970, and to buy a different case. For the case I would suggest taking a look at the Zalman Z11 Plus. Also, don't settle for less than 750GB of HDD space, and don't settle for anything slower than 7,200rpms.

That's what I would do if you want to stay on a budget, but if price isn't a huge concern, then personally I'd recommend a 1155 socket Intel CPU and a supported motherboard along with a NVIDIA GPU, but it's obviously all up to you. Hope I was of some help.
 
AIV said:
I'm buying a new PC in about 2 or 3 days. This is a configuration I made about an hour ago:

Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth 990FX;
Processor: AMD FX-8350;
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon™ HD 7770;
RAM: Kingston HyperX Genesis - 8GB Kit (2x4GB) - DDR3 1866MHz CL9 DIMM;
Sound Card: On-Board Sound;
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA 3 (6Gb/s);
Optical Drive: Asus 24x DVD-RW Lightscribe SATA (Black);
Case: Thermaltake Spacecraft VF-I;
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower 750W;

I'm not an ultimate gamer or something like that. I'd like to play CS:GO and LOL at highest settings and maybe I'll try BF3 or Crysis 3, but don't plan on playing them very much.
Is this a good configuration for me?
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Change the FX 8350 to the FX 8320 Both are unlocked and the 8320 can clock just about as good. Save you like 20 bucks.

Change the board to a Gigabyte GA 990FX UD3. Will save you 30 bucks.

Change the power supply to Seasonic M12II 620W, probably save you 50 bucks

With the bucks you saved get a HD7870 or HD7950
 
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Well, actually, I forgot to mention that I frequently use SolidWorks and SolidCam, and Visual Studio, that's why I chose 8-core processor.
 
Alright, then go for the 8320 instead. Same chip, just clocked differently.
I've also heard some bad things about AM3+ Sabertooth. In Denmark the Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 is really cheap, but very good - so I would suggest that too.
But the Sabertooth is probably going to be fine tho.
 
Yeah, then definitely go with the 8320. And I would recommend just about any Gigabyte motherboard with your socket on it. They're really solid, and like Jiniix said, the Sabertooth has had some problems, so personally I'd just change it to a Gigabyte motherboard instead. Once again, up to you.
 
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