$700 Budget Gaming PC Advice

LColbolt on 24/01/2016 - 20:50
Last edited 25/01/2016 - 00:40

Hi, I'm a first time pc builder and am interested in building one for gaming and general school work [non intensive]. In terms of gaming I'm fine with playing modern games at medium setting on 1920 x 1080; I'm primarily interested in getting the most fps as possible on tf2.

My current budget is $800 max but I prefer to stay around the $700 mark since I haven't included a monitor; which I'm considering getting second hand. I'd like to know if any parts on my current build can be improved or downgraded in terms of price/performance, also any potential compatibility issues or cheaper deals I can find. Thanks in advance. I also have no plans on overclocking.

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/6r7zqs
Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/6r7zqs/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($159.00 @ CPL Online)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($95.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($65.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($68.00 @ Umart)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 370 2GB Video Card ($219.00 @ CPL Online)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case ($55.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Essential 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($58.00 @ IJK)
Wired Network Adapter: Asus NX1101 10/100/1000 Mbps PCI Network Adapter ($19.00 @ Umart)
Total: $738.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-24 20:26 AEDT+1100

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  • kywst on 24/01/2016 - 21:51
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    Motherboard has onboard NIC so no need to purchase Asus NX1101 10/100/1000 Mbps PCI Network Adapter. Save $19.00
    Antec VSK3-500 USB3.0 Micro-ATX Case with 500Watt PSU - $79.00 - Save $34.00
    Gigabyte R737WF2OC-2GD 2GB R7 370 WINDFORCE OC PCI-E VGA Card - $209.00 - Save $10.00
    AMD AM3+ x6 FX-6300 3.5Ghz/6Core/14M/95W Boxed CPU - $155.00 - Save $4.00
    Patriot Signature 8GB Single DDR3-1600 - $54.00 - Save $11.00

    Total saved - $78.00

    With savings purchase SSD for your operating system to save time and money when re/booting.

    Prices from www.msy.com.au

    I also have no plans on overclocking

    Pretty sure you'll have to if you want your RAM to perform to its specification. i.e. You'll have to modify the FSB to raise the RAM frequency else the RAM will run at 1333.

  • the-mal on 25/01/2016 - 07:28

    Also worth factoring in the cost of delay from getting parts from multiple stores that all require shipping. If one of the 4 or so merchants delays you for any reason you've got a useless incomplete system whilst you wait.

    For me I ended up choosing the merchant that had the single lowest overall price for my parts. One shipment, one customer service department, one return/warranty method.

    Just a consideration!

  • [Deactivated] on 25/01/2016 - 12:15

    See if you can get a secondhand 7870. AMD hasn't had any significant architectural changes since the 7xxx series, and the 7870 is equivalent to the R7 370, with lower stock clock speed (which you can tweak anyway). Or go NVIDIA, AMD's drivers are a pain in the arse

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