gaming pc

[bruceso94]

hi i am going to be building a new gaming pc for myself in the next few weeks and was wanting people opinions on it

the parts are

MOBO: Asus M5A95 R2.0
CASE: Fractal design define r4
CPU: AMD fx 6300
GPU: XFX radeon 7950 3gb
RAM: 8gb of 1600mhz crucial ballistix ram
PSU: Corsair builder series CX500M
HDD: WD caviar blue 500gb
SSD: 128gb sandisk SDSSDP-128G-G25

 

[looz]

You should take the i3 route instead for gaming, AMD isn't too good at the moment.

 

[bruceso94]

i was going amd because of the 6 cores and i am wanting to do light video editing

 

[looz]

You can take advantage of your GPU with OpenCL. The 6 cores don't matter that much compared to i3's superior single core performance.

 

[bruceso94]

if i went with the i3 i think i would regret it

 

[NeverBackDown]

In bf4 a 6 core fx chip(also a 4 core) is on par with an i3 3220. As newer games will use more cores i see no reason why a 6 core fx chip won't do well. Though for the little increase in price i would recommend getting the 8320.

For the GPU i would go with these cards. 280x>7970ghz>7950. In the US i can find all 3 of those cards for $300. No brainer to be honest to get the 280x. If you can find those cards for about the same price then make the upgrade. 280x/7970ghz have quite a big performance boost.

Side note: I use a 7950 and it eats everything up except total war rome 2.. struggles with that game. Benchmarks show quite a big difference in that game if you play it all.

PSU: CX series are ok. Not great but my expeirence with them is terrible. Bought one for my brother and it has faulty connections. So for me i would not get them. Try higher end PSUs. PSU should be invested well in. If that dies it can take a whole rig with it so best to buy a quality one.

Everything else looks good

 

[Sir-Weasel]

here are some psu's that i recommend

-XFX Core Edition PRO550W or the Sea Sonic S12II (they are internaly the same)

-Be quiet! Pure Power L8-500W

-Sea Sonic M12II-520 (modular option)

i've used the be quiet and the xfx and there absolutely dead silent especialy the be quiet.
and they have recieved a lott of good reviews. and they have a real quality feel

review xfx:
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story3&reid=225
review be quiet:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/beQuiet/PurePower_L8_500W/11.html

From these two (or 3 if you count in the S12II) i would take the one you can find the cheapest
I recommend the M12II because it is a seasonic psu and you can't go wrong with them.
but the only down side is that it's a bit noise (only under full load)

Btw the rest of your build seams verry good to me and i too would take the fx 8320
over the fx 6300 for the tinny difference in price.
and try to go with the ASUS M5A97 EVO r2.0 as a mobo it's quiet a bit better according to a lott of
reviews and from my personal experience (better io, build quality, angled sata, powerfase design (=> better overclocks),color pcb,.....

 

[WYP]

go for the 6300 over an i3, games are supporting more and more cores now and you will definitely benefit from 4 or more cores.

if you could afford a 8320 over a 6300 go for it, why not.