What do you think of this budget setup

[hamelthv]

Building a budget gaming PC for Dad. Using some parts from build of the month as well as some suggested items here. Looking to play basically most Blizzard Games...WoW, OverWatch, Diablo 3, Hearthstone. Budget was 600 bucks, but went a bit over.

SSD:Kingston Digital 120GB
HDD:WD Black 1TB
CASE:Thermaltake Versa N21
MEMORY: Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB
OPTICAL:Asus 24x DVD-RW
PS: EVGA 600 B1, 80+ BRONZE 600W
GPU: Asus GeForce 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5
MB: ASUS H110M-A LGA 1151 Intel H110
CPU:Intel Boxed Core I5-6500

pcpartpicker. com/list/jMxY9W

[chazus]

Can you provide the specific pcpartpicker link? Just put a space in to break it up.

[hamelthv]

added link. remove space from . com

[HumbleDuck]

I would cut back on the SSD, and buy a better card, probably R9-380, mainly because of Vram. Games have become much more demanding on the VRam recently, 2GB cards are practically obsolete these days.

[chazus]

I know this is over-budget still, but it's the same price as your previous setup, but optimized for much better performance. Main points of note is a faster i3, and dropping the HDD entirely for a 500gb SSD which should be enough space for everything

PCPartPicker part list

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($30.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($128.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 470 4GB HS Triple X Video Card ($209.99 @ B&H)
Case: Thermaltake Versa N21 ATX Mid Tower Case ($52.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.88 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($88.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $726.67

[Vash The Stampede]

Here's some small changes that'll help in a big way. Notice Windows 10 missing? That's cause you can buy Windows 10 for $27 at G2Play.net.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($204.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston FURY 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($38.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($42.78 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.00 @ B&H)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 470 4GB Video Card ($204.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Thermaltake Versa N21 ATX Mid Tower Case ($52.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.16 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $719.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-25 03:29 EDT-0400

[glo]

Here's some small changes that'll help in a big way. Notice Windows 10 missing? That's cause you can buy Windows 10 for $27 at G2Play.net.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($204.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston FURY 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($38.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($42.78 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.00 @ B&H)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 470 4GB Video Card ($204.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Thermaltake Versa N21 ATX Mid Tower Case ($52.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.16 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $719.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-25 03:29 EDT-0400

Never a good idea to buy Windows keys from shady resellers, they tend to get flagged when their stolen volume licensing (or other means) gets deactivated.

[Vash The Stampede]

Never a good idea to buy Windows keys from shady resellers, they tend to get flagged when their stolen volume licensing (or other means) gets deactivated.

There's already a thread about this.

http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/...s-from-Kinguin

People have bought keys from them without any problems.

[glo]

There's already a thread about this.

http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/...s-from-Kinguin

People have bought keys from them without any problems.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anecdotal_evidence

[Tomservo]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anecdotal_evidence

Without a heaping amount of evidence from either end of this, isn't it all anecdotal evidence?

[Vash The Stampede]

Without a heaping amount of evidence from either end of this, isn't it all anecdotal evidence?

Exactly. You're taking a risk anyway when you buy things. And if you have credit cards, like most people, you can always dispute charges later when things go wrong. PayPal does this as well. All you're losing is your time when things go wrong. If things go well, you could save $70 on a copy of Windows. I'll take my chances.