Good Mid-High range gaming PC

[Santac]

So This is going to be my very first Gaming PC ever, right now I'm playing on an imac with a GTX 745 1 gb xD.

So I decided to make my budget around 800$. Therefore, I will be building an AMD Gaming PC. I am not going to be one of those Crysis 3/BF4 Ultra settings Over-clocked gamers. No, I will be a very casual gamer. I will use all the stock settings for everything. Games I will be playing - CS:GO, TF2, Dota 2, L.O.L., LFD 2, Rust, Gmod, and Battlefield 3, Arma 3, Black Ops 2, MW3, Killing Floor, etc. I want to be able to play all these games on high-ultra settings, even though that won't require much.

So, I have this build I've been putting together on PC part Picker. Will this be a good PC for my needs? **CPU** | [AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor](http/pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-fd8350frhkbox) | $179.99 @ Newegg
**CPU Cooler** | [Cooler Master Seidon 120M 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler](http/pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rls12m24pkr1) | $44.99 @ Newegg
**Motherboard** | [Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard](http/pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a97ler20) | $68.23 @ OutletPC
**Memory** | [Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http/pcpartpicker.com/part/kingston-memory-hx316c10fb8) | $69.99 @ Amazon
**Storage** | [Seagate 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive](http/pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st1000dx001) | $78.23 @ OutletPC
**Video Card** | [Asus Radeon R9 280X 3GB DirectCU II Video Card](http/pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-r9280xdc2t3gd5) | $239.99 @ Newegg
**Case** | [NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case](http/pcpartpicker.com/part/nzxt-case-s210001) | $33.04 @ Mwave
**Power Supply** | [Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply](http/pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx600m) | $59.99 @ Newegg
**Optical Drive** | [Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer](http/pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-optical-drive-drw24f1st) | $14.99 @ Amazon
NOTE: I want it to AT LEAST be able to play BF4 or Crysis at medium-high settings, just in case I ever decide to buy it (I'm getting Crysis 3 for my B-day )

Thanks!!!

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Sure you want to go AMD? Intel would be fine for $800, you could get in an I5.

 

[Santac]

Sure you want to go AMD? Intel would be fine for $800, you could get in an I5.

Read it again, I put all the part list up.

 

[filippi]

"I will use all the stock settings for everything." "I want to be able to play all these games on high-ultra settings"
Will this be a good PC for my needs?
Not really. Stock is not a word you want to ear when talking about an amd gaming build now a days.

Now here a great gaming build for your budget:


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($197.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-D PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($44.49 @ Newegg)
Memory: Mushkin Blackline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.95 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PNY GeForce GTX 970 4GB XLR8 Video Card ($329.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($38.98 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $799.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-28 19:06 EDT-0400

 

[Santac]

"I will use all the stock settings for everything." "I want to be able to play all these games on high-ultra settings"
Will this be a good PC for my needs?
Not really. Stock is not a word you want to ear when talking about an amd gaming build now a days.

Now here a great gaming build for your budget:


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($197.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-D PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($44.49 @ Newegg)
Memory: Mushkin Blackline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.95 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PNY GeForce GTX 970 4GB XLR8 Video Card ($329.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($38.98 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $799.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-28 19:06 EDT-0400

Again, I want to make my build and AMD one, so I still want to go with the Octa core AMD CPU.

Yes, I know what You're thinking. Intel's Haswell architecture is significantly faster than AMD's Vishera, but AMD has more over-clock ability. I did state however, that I would not be overclocking as I am casual gaming, but there is a high chance I will do it in the future. So I may get that 970 you have suggested, but then stick with the Octa core AMD CPU, only because Overlocking is one of my future predicted actions. This includes overclocking my GPU as well as my CPU.

 

[filippi]

8-core AMD processors are like 4-core processors as far as games are concerned: FX-8350 has only 4 FPU's.
But its your money

Anyway as long as overclocking is a possibility you could achieve great performance gains w/ FX-8320.
However in order to overclock well you really need to choose wisely your motherboard:
Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P, MSI 970 GAMING, Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0, Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0, Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 are good options. Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5, ASRock 990FX Extreme9, Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7, Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 are even better options.

 

[Santac]

8-core AMD processors are like 4-core processors as far as games are concerned: FX-8350 has only 4 FPU's.
But its your money

Anyway as long as overclocking is a possibility you could achieve great performance gains w/ FX-8320.
However in order to overclock well you really need to choose wisely your motherboard:
Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P, MSI 970 GAMING, Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0, Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0, Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 are good options. Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5, ASRock 990FX Extreme9, Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7, Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 are even better options.

Ok. An AMD FX-8350 and an Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 Mobo, it would run well with a gtx 970? I've hear that running an AMD CPU with an AMD GPU will run much faster than an AMD CPU with an nvidia GPU. Is this a false myth?

 

[filippi]

Last time i saw nvidia GPUs (700 series / 900 series) are working fine w/ AMD CPUs.
Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 is a bad option for FX-8350. Good budget mobo: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P.
Asus M5A97 EVO/PRO are good though.

 

[Santac]

Last time i saw nvidia GPUs (700 series / 900 series) are working fine w/ AMD CPUs.
Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 is a bad option for FX-8350. Good budget mobo: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P.

how about the ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0?

 

[filippi]

Last time i saw nvidia GPUs (700 series / 900 series) are working fine w/ AMD CPUs.
Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 is a bad option for FX-8350. Good budget mobo: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P.

how about the ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0?

ASRock 970 Extreme3 will throttle on overclocked FX 8-core but ASRock 990FX Extreme4 is a great mobo.

 

[filippi]

PS. Do you live in USA?

http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128651&cm_re=Gigabyte_GA-970A-UD3P-_-13-128-651-_-Product

 

[BlueFireZ]

Just going to notify you that this is the Home Audio section, next time the hardware area is the best place to go, which means more people to help you.