First PC build ever!

[Twizzy]

Hello everyone!

I'm so excited to be building my first pc. I used to play wow up until 3 years ago and I want to start playing it again along with some of the newer games coming out. I always played on a crappy laptop on low graphics and want to see the game at its most beautiful. I'm no expert by any means but I have done some serious research on this build. I was hoping that I can get some feedback on my build. Your help would be greatly appreciated. I am going with an AMD build for now and will possibly upgrade once their new CPUs are released.

AMD fx 6300
hyper 212 evo cooler
MSi R9 380 4gb video card
Msi 970 gaming Mobo
8 gb g. Skillz ripjaws ram
Evga 600b 600 watt power supply
WD caviar blue 1 TB HD
Phanteks enthoo pro case

[Deleted]

Good job of doing it yourself.

I dont really have any feedback on your parts as im no expert aswell..
Althought I would suggest spending some money on an SSD, it will change your life.

This one is pretty solid and not that expensive, it will let you have your OS + couple games on it.
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-2-5-In.../dp/B00OAJ412U

Keep an HDD for music, photos, documents etc.

[Twizzy]

Thanks! I will definitely look into an ssd down the road when I get some extra cash

[Deleted]

Hello there, fill up the forums sticky quoted below to help you more.

Include the following information when posting a request.

Budget
Resolution
Games / Settings Desired
Any other intensive software or special things you do (Frequent video encoding, 3D modeling, etc)
Country
Parts that can be reused
Do you need an OS?
Do you need peripherals (e.g. monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers, etc)?

Ideally include a list of parts, we see the same request almost every day. There are other topics that have parts lists that you can copy and modify.

[Kolvarg]

Agree on the ssd, I got one in my recent build I don't regret it one bit x)

If you're tight on money, even a 50$ish 120GB one is worth it imho. The one I got is a 120GB from Kingston, I got Win10, WoW, HotS and most other software on it and still have some 40GB free I believe. The loading screens in WoW are amazing xD Boot time (from click to fully loaded startup software) is about 30 seconds at most.

But if you can spare the money for sure go for at least a 250GB one or more, it's not "necessary", but it's certainly a great quality of (computing) life improvement

[Twizzy]

Include the following information when posting a request.

Budget- well my birthday just passed and as a gift I received the case for free. My wife is buying my graphics card next week so that is not coming out my funds as well. So the rest is basically as cheap as i can get it for now.
Resolution- 1080p
Games / Settings Desired- wow, the division, far cry primal
Any other intensive software or special things you do (Frequent video encoding, 3D modeling, etc)- none
Country- USA
Parts that can be reused- none
Do you need an OS?- yes windows 10
Do you need peripherals (e.g. monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers, etc)? I need a monitor

[Deleted]

The case is a good one but your probably seen that since you have it already
Just to take this off to start with forget amd cpu's if you want to play any cpu intensive games like wow. Performance is night a day apart even compared to an intel 2core.
Now depending how much you want to invest you can go for an i3 or i5.

1st option and the best if you can afford it, can overlock and you can always get an ssd like the samsung 850evo, just get a 250/256gb one cause 120gb is too small nowadays.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($244.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H5 Universal 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($46.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($133.49 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($37.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($283.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($71.00 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 60Hz 23.0" Monitor ($120.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $989.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-12 04:51 EST-0500


i5 no overclock:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($215.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H170A-X1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($37.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($283.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($71.00 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 60Hz 23.0" Monitor ($120.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $858.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-12 04:53 EST-0500


i3 setup:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($124.69 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H170A-X1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($37.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($159.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 60Hz 23.0" Monitor ($120.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $637.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-12 04:49 EST-0500


edit: To either of the builds above you should add 90bucks for o/s i forgot to have it listed.

[Twizzy]

So as of now, I have my phanteks enthoo pro case, 8 gb g. Skillz ripjaws ram, and evga supernova nex650 g1 80+ gold

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Also my wife will be buying my gpu. I plan on going for the r9 380 because the 970 is out of my price range. I was looking at the sapphire nitro version and the msi gaming version. Any recommendations for which one?

[Twizzy]

Ok thank you. I'll probably go with the msi gaming since it will match the board and ram lol