Hello ladies and gentlemen,
I hope that you are all doing well and enjoying the day. As the title states, I am going to conduct my first computer build and I would greatly appreciate any advice or feedback. Listed below, you will see the components that will be apart of this build. I am specifically carrying this build out in order to play FS9 (Flight Simulator 2004) on max settings with add-ons. Also, I would like to say hello in general to everyone here, as I am a new member here at techPowerUp.
-CPU: AMD FX 6300 rated at 3.5 Ghz ($124.53)
-GPU: EVGA Geforce GTX 650 1GB ($94.97) or should I get a EVGA 650ti ($139.97) instead or go up a level and just get the GTX 660?)
-Hard Drive: WD 500GB at 6 Mb/s ($49.94)
-CD drive: Already taken care of, going to salvage this off my old desktop
-Case: Cool Master Elite 430 Mid Tower ATX case ($49.97)
-Motherboard: MSI 760GM-P34 ($49.97) or the Asus M5A78L-M LX Plus AMD 760G ($59.97)
-RAM: Kingston 4GB 1866Mhz CL 9 ($51.99)
-PSU: Ultra 650 Watts ($49.97)
There you go, that is my first build list. As stated earlier, I welcome any kind of advice as it would be greatly appreciated! I would also like to add that these prices are before taxes and the tax rate where I live is 13% (I hate the HST). I am looking to spend no more than $650 total. Thank you in advance for the help, I look forward to the replies.
I hope that you are all doing well and enjoying the day. As the title states, I am going to conduct my first computer build and I would greatly appreciate any advice or feedback. Listed below, you will see the components that will be apart of this build. I am specifically carrying this build out in order to play FS9 (Flight Simulator 2004) on max settings with add-ons. Also, I would like to say hello in general to everyone here, as I am a new member here at techPowerUp.
-CPU: AMD FX 6300 rated at 3.5 Ghz ($124.53)
-GPU: EVGA Geforce GTX 650 1GB ($94.97) or should I get a EVGA 650ti ($139.97) instead or go up a level and just get the GTX 660?)
-Hard Drive: WD 500GB at 6 Mb/s ($49.94)
-CD drive: Already taken care of, going to salvage this off my old desktop
-Case: Cool Master Elite 430 Mid Tower ATX case ($49.97)
-Motherboard: MSI 760GM-P34 ($49.97) or the Asus M5A78L-M LX Plus AMD 760G ($59.97)
-RAM: Kingston 4GB 1866Mhz CL 9 ($51.99)
-PSU: Ultra 650 Watts ($49.97)
There you go, that is my first build list. As stated earlier, I welcome any kind of advice as it would be greatly appreciated! I would also like to add that these prices are before taxes and the tax rate where I live is 13% (I hate the HST). I am looking to spend no more than $650 total. Thank you in advance for the help, I look forward to the replies.