You’ve got everything here—an SSD, a really solid power supply, an eight-core processor, a GPU that beats the R9 270X, and 8GB of RAM. You could probably even overclock the CPU a bit too.
You could probably put together a build like that for barely $667, and if you add a decent monitor on top, you’d likely be looking at less than $1167 total.
Just picked up a Dell Monitor. Just one Seagate Hard Drive, 500GB, 7200rpm, 32MB. Just one Akyga AKY309BK. Just one Corsair CX 430W power supply. It’s an ATX model with 80+ Bronze efficiency, though I think this might be the US version. I think I have one Nvidia Kepler available. One Zalman Case mouse, 1000DPI, Black. Just one Nvidia GeForce GTX 2GB bulk unit. Just one Kingston DDR3 stick (8GB, 1600MHz CL11). I guess there's one AMD Athlon available. I've got one MSI motherboard on the list—an ATX setup running an Intel Chipset with DDR3, SATA III, RAID, and both VGA and HDMI options. It also includes USB 3.0. One Genius KB-110X keyboard—black, spill-resistant, and uses USB.
Total: $1662+$166 Regarding the cards. futura-it.us
Free assembly and delivery, I guess...
EDIT: It looks like other cheaper shops don't offer American Express installment plans, so I guess that's that.
If you cut corners on the monitor and settle for 4GB of RAM, I guess you could probably squeeze in a better processor and a stronger graphics card.
One Seagate Hard Drive, 500GB, 7200rpm, 32MB. Just one Akyga AKY309BK case. Just one Corsair CX 430W power supply here. It’s an ATX unit with 80+ Bronze efficiency, and I believe this is the US version. I guess there's one Nvidia Kepler available. I guess I picked up a black Zalman Case mouse—it’s got 1000 DPI. Simple enough, I suppose. One Genius keyboard, spill-resistant, black, USB. Just one AOC LED 21.5" monitor, 5ms response time, with VGA and DVI ports. Just one Kingston DDR3 stick—4GB at 1600MHz (PC3-12800), CL11. Just one AMD FX-6300. Just one Nvidia GeForce GTX with 2GB of GDDR5. It’s the dual-fan version with Boost and OC, running at 920MHz (boosted to 945MHz) and 1400MHz. It's a 256-bit card that takes up two slots and features an active cooling setup. Lite version. One Gigabyte Motherboard, AM3, A970, D3, S3, USB 3.0, A.
You could probably go with the MSI gaming version; you get an extra year of warranty and I think the cooler is a bit better than the Dual-X OC Sapphireov.
Even if you decide to use a credit card, ordering from local shops with delivery would probably end up being cheaper overall. 😁
EDIT: By the way, I took a look at your shopping list: PSU : XFX 650W XTR MBO: GIGABYTE GA-970A-DS3P Cpu : AMD FX 6300 CPU COOLER : ARCTIC COOLING Freezer Xtreme MEM: GSKILL 8gb RIPJAW GPU : SAPPHIRE R7 265X 2GB ( COMING SOON ) HARD: SEAGATE 2TB CASE: COOLERMASTER CM690 III
It doesn't really make sense to buy from Best Buy, even with financing. And if you're going with the AMD Radeon R7 265, it pulls less power than a GTX 760 anyway... plus, that cooler isn't great, and the case seems kind of overkill.
Personally, I wouldn't bother with SLI. Your CPU will probably end up bottlenecking you, and you’d likely need to overclock it to 4.5GHz just to keep up. I'd honestly rather just grab a GTX 960 in about two years instead.😉
Yeah, you were looking through threads that are about three years old 😬
It’s not a bad CPU, I guess, but nowadays it gets outclassed by chips like the $83 (Intel Celeron G1610, G1620, or G1820). You might be able to squeeze a little more out of it with some overclocking...
The power supply seems solid enough for what you need. That GPU is decent, though I suppose it isn't a massive leap from what you're running now (especially since you've got that dual-GPU setup going). That Sapphire Radeon R7 260x OC I linked for about $267 is a killer deal, and it’s definitely going to outclass an R7 250.
You could probably grab the GPU and maybe the power supply too (if you can tell me the brand on that 400W unit—it should be on the sticker). Maybe an HDD if you're short on space.
So, these two:
I guess you might need to overclock the processor a bit to keep up with the graphics card, though you could probably hit 3.4 GHz even with the stock cooler.
Yeah, you can definitely run it at 1024x768 on medium settings 😬
I guess it just depends on what you're looking for. If you want higher resolution and better graphics, you might run into some low FPS issues while gaming.
If you decide to just buy everything brand new, it’ll probably cost you a decent chunk of change $833.
Besides, darkbadger12 already asked a few things above that you haven't really answered yet 😛.
The temps on your other components shouldn't have anything to do with the power supply. I guess you should try dusting them off if you haven't already... Is your CPU hitting around 60C just sitting idle?