"Budget" gaming comp - What do you think? :)

syypher · Oct 17, 2011

Hi guys! I already purchased these parts but I wanted to know what you guys thought of my "budget" gaming computer.

The reason I put "budget" is because it still cost around $750 or so. Another reason is because the parts I chose were comparable to others but cheaper and they performed not as great. Though the performance comparison from the benchmarks I reviewed were very minimal so it should be able to do everything I want it to do as far as high-end games go these days.

Ex. Going Radeon 6870 vs Geforce 560 lt sort of choices. The price difference is about $70~ so I went with a lot more cost effective parts. (A lot of the things I bought combo'd for cheaper pricing as well)

Here is my build, please let me know what you think of it:

CD/DVD drive
CPU Cooler
AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition
Coolermaster HAF 915 case
700w Coolermaster PSU
Wester Digital 750gb 6gb/s HD
ASUS Motherboard M4A 6gb/s
Sapphire ATI Radeon 6870 1gb
G.Skill ripjaws 8gb (2x4gb)

SMOKEU · Oct 17, 2011

It seems good, the only thing I don't like about it is the PSU. I've heard too many people complaining about Cooler Master PSUs giving them problems. When you get some more cash you should put a SSD in there as well.

syypher · Oct 17, 2011

SMOKEU said:
It seems good, the only thing I don't like about it is the PSU. I've heard too many people complaining about Cooler Master PSUs giving them problems. When you get some more cash you should put a SSD in there as well.

I've been hearing that about the PSU ~_~

I wish I knew that before. I'll try to look on neweggs site and find out how good they are with returns. Hopefully I can return it and get my $ back for something with better remarks.

But...the specific Coolermaster PSU I got has really good ratings on newegg. Very few ppl having problems with this one specifically..

Knufire · Oct 17, 2011

Good for a budget, you just bought a dead socket motherboard though. AM3+ is already out, and it's backwards compatibly. If you're willing to pay the restocking fee, you can get a 970 chipset board and be able to upgrade to Bulldozer in the future...

Other then that, the PSU, which Smoke already mentioned.

syypher · Oct 17, 2011

Knufire said:
Good for a budget, you just bought a dead socket motherboard though. AM3+ is already out, and it's backwards compatibly. If you're willing to pay the restocking fee, you can get a 970 chipset board and be able to upgrade to Bulldozer in the future...

Other then that, the PSU, which Smoke already mentioned.

Is it just Coolermaster in general that so many ppl are saying that about my PSU I chose? I normally pick corsair but the price combo deal + the reviews I saw on newegg were really good. The one I chose had very few negatives about it out of almost 200 reviews.

Should I return the PSU?

Knufire · Oct 17, 2011

Actually, looks like that PSU is fine. Other CM PSU's, such as the GX line, are epic fails. Like on the list of PSUs to look out for fail.

However, the Silent Pro series seems to be fine:
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story5&reid=166
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story4&reid=134

Conumdrum · Oct 17, 2011

syypher said:
I've been hearing that about the PSU ~_~

I wish I knew that before. I'll try to look on neweggs site and find out how good they are with returns. Hopefully I can return it and get my $ back for something with better remarks.

But...the specific Coolermaster PSU I got has really good ratings on newegg. Very few ppl having problems with this one specifically..

Newegg reviews is like blind people with no fingers trying to explain what a rock is. :screwy:

Only 1 out of 100 is probably close to informed.

For PSU's we do have a sub forum with awesome stickies, take a look, you'll have a great PSU picked in 15 minutes.

syypher · Oct 17, 2011

Conumdrum said:
Newegg reviews is like blind people with no fingers trying to explain what a rock is. Only 1 out of 100 is probably close to informed.

For PSU's we do have a sub forum with awesome stickies, take a look, you'll have a great PSU picked in 15 minutes.

Do you guys think the 700w will be enough to go Xfire dual 6870's in the future?

Theocnoob · Oct 17, 2011

Yes, it only draws 150-200W peak.

syypher · Oct 17, 2011

Theocnoob said:
Yes, it only draws 150-200W peak.

Cool.

LOL @ the newegg reviews

I think I'm going to trust this PSU for now and in the future when I can save up more I will get another PSU.

Thanks~!

Knufire · Oct 17, 2011

Well remember, that's per card, plus the rest of your system. Even with that, total system at full load with dual 6870s is probably around 600W.

wingman99 · Oct 18, 2011

Conumdrum said:
Newegg reviews is like blind people with no fingers trying to explain what a rock is. Only 1 out of 100 is probably close to informed.

Some times Newegg shows the same problem with 1 product over and over like a motherboards with network connection failing on allot of boards.

syypher · Oct 18, 2011

So as far as the system I built is what I'm going to get except I might switch our the PSU.

As far as upgrades from suggestions goes they have been:
SSD hard drive
Possible upgrade to the Radeon 6970 GPU

For gaming...what do you guys thing in my system or the above suggestions would be the best to get first for upgrades?

Theocnoob · Oct 18, 2011

Have you built this thing yet? Are you in the US? Did you look at the $500 gaming computer sticky?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Image...et AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGMBOX

The first thing I'd do if you haven't built yet is swap CPUS to this. SAME cpu, different bin. Overclocked, the performance is the same.

syypher · Oct 18, 2011

Theocnoob said:
Have you built this thing yet? Are you in the US? Did you look at the $500 gaming computer sticky?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Image...et AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGMBOX

The first thing I'd do if you haven't built yet is swap CPUS to this. SAME cpu, different bin. Overclocked, the performance is the same.

Sadly I can't do that

It's already done! Thanks for the suggestion though

What would you guys suggest to up first in my build to see significant performance increase though? I'm thinking the GPU...but to what?

Theocnoob · Oct 18, 2011

Didn't you just build it?
Already you want to upgrade?

. An SSD helps.

syypher · Oct 18, 2011

Theocnoob said:
Didn't you just build it?
Already you want to upgrade? . An SSD helps.

LOL! Yes

But I'm just trying to think for the future. So I can start saving. I can't just buy things off like I use to...just got engaged

So for the SSD would I use it to install the games on there and OS on my 7200 WD 6gb/s HD? or vice versa? Or everything on the SSD? Their quite costly after 60gb sizes..

(thanks for ur continued help man)

wingman99 · Oct 18, 2011

The best purchase for gaming first, is the video card what do you have now.

syypher · Oct 18, 2011

wingman99 said:
The best purchase for gaming first, is the video card what do you have now.

I have it posted in my current built in the 1st post. I have a Sapphire Radeon 6870 1gb

wingman99 · Oct 18, 2011

syypher said:
I have it posted in my current built in the 1st post. I have a Sapphire Radeon 6870 1gb

That is a good choice, i would purchase that.

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