Please rate my config

[Keeyra]

What makes sense, what does not?
I find the price to be a bit steep. What parts could I possibly downgrade?

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GIGABYTE GA-970-Gaming
CPU
AMD FX-6300 3.50GHz AM3+ BOX Black Edition
Graphics
GIGABYTE GV-RX460WF2OC-2GD RX 460 2GB GDDR5 Windforce OC PCIE
Memory
CORSAIR 8GB Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666MHz CL16 CMK8GX4M1A2666C16 * 2
HDD
WD Black 4TB 7200rpm 128MB SATA3 WD4004FZWX
Case
COOLERMASTER Silencio 550 black
Power Supply
COOLERMASTER G650M RS650-AMAAB1-EU

[Mythbredor]

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[Thunderball]

Please dont buy an FX no matter what you do if this setup is designed for gaming.

[Nellah]

Yeah, until the FX chips halve in price there's no market for them. A Pentium G4560, even though it has a third the cores and 2/3 the threads, will be competitive with that processor for about half the CPU and motherboard price.

Also you're using DDR4 on a DDR3 motherboard. I'd recommend using a service like PC Part Picker that can flag incompatible parts before mistakes are made.

$90 for a 650 watt Bronze PSU is a bit much. Also way overkill for this computer, though it does offer upgrade paths.

Look at the shipping cost for that case. Are you looking for a silent case?

Do you need a 4TB hard drive?

Here's an alternative for about what you look to be paying there:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI B150M BAZOOKA Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($99.97 @ Jet)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($129.99 @ Best Buy)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($92.48 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 480 8GB XXX OC Video Card ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Antec P100 ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($66.89 @ Newegg)
Total: $754.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-10 11:24 EST-0500

EDIT: Added a 3TB hard drive that doesn't cost $200

[hellhamster]

How is that XFX RX 480 XXX performance wise? I'm having pc advisor remorse opting for a Sapphire one for a friend.

[Nellah]

Usually even factory overclocks are "margin of error" as far as performance difference goes. I didn't realize that XFX I listed was under the stock cooler, but... it's not a 250-watt R9 290, and I've used an RX 480 with stock cooling and it's not loud at all. Still, the Powercolor 3-fan version is like $210, not a huge bump, and might allow higher overclocks.

It's mostly binning and silicon lottery anyway. You might get a nice chip that can sustain boost clocks undervolted and never hit its power cap, or you could have a dud chip that can't take an overclock because it's already capped out.

If you paid a bit more for one with a more advanced cooler, you did good. If you opted to save some money and go for a stock cooler, you also did good. All depends on what you wanted out of the card.

[Mythbredor]

How about we get a budget and an idea what he wants/needs from his PC before we suggest builds.

[chazus]

I would skip the entire system.

CPU is old, and very outdated. RAM isn't even compatible. You'd be better off getting an SDD and get more storage later if needed. The 460 is -very- budget GPU (but if the budget is like $500 then thats what it is), and Coolermaster has made meh PSU's lately unless they're higher end, and in that case too expensive. I'd follow the rubrick that was posted above to give us more info.

[Thunderball]

How about we get a budget and an idea what he wants/needs from his PC before we suggest builds.

Seconded.

@Nellah You can build a PC with the same performance for $500-550. Heavy overpricing on the storage, especially as OP already has a 4TB drive.

[Nellah]

Seconded.

@Nellah You can build a PC with the same performance for $500-550. Heavy overpricing on the storage, especially as OP already has a 4TB drive.

He didn't say he had those parts, I put that in under the assumption that because he had a 4TB drive that he needed lots of storage. Hence my question to him. If he's not prioritizing storage space that'll obviously change.