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I will be harvesting a storage drive, monitor and OS from a previous build.
I put this system together, but I have reservations. I usually go with intel and nvidia, but this time I want to try AMD.
The pc will mostly be used to play WoW raiding, Wildstar raiding, Smite and similar games. I know these are not the most graphic intensive games, so I went a little low end on the GPU, but I'm nervous that the card won't be able to play these games on high settings, let alone future games.
Any feedback on any part of the build is appreciated.
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Maybe go with something like this-
A quad core CPU instead of an 8 core, you wont need 8 cores to raid in WoW or Wildstar,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113287
With the $80 you save buy something like this GPU. A better GPU will greatly help in WoW/ WS raids.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121660 or this if your willing to spend a few dollars more.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202050
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1043?vs=1039
Go with the 270X.
Read the reviews on the motherboard you selected. Plenty of people claim to receive DOA motherboards or have other issues. Some say the BIOS is not compatible with the 83xx processors.
ASRock seems to have quality issues. Sometimes their product works great and sometimes it has minor issues. Occasionally, it won't work at all. If you want to take the chance and deal with Newegg's horrible RMA process (you pay shipping) that is up to you. Don't be surprised if Newegg tries to claim you bent pins on your CPU or broke something on your motherboard when you RMA it.
With a combo deal, you can effectively get faster memory for cheaper:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1579538
Normally I'd agree with jdnewell that an 8 core CPU costs too much, but this does bring down the effective price premium you pay significantly.
Getting a 990FX motherboard basically means you're paying a bunch of extra money for the option to use CrossFire later. That's a waste of money. Save some money by giving up CrossFire and get a good motherboard for much cheaper:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131873
Buying a small case with not enough fans and then buying fans separately usually ends up being too expensive. If you want more fans (and you do want more than one case fan for a gaming rig), get a case with more fans rather than buying fans separately:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147160
Do you really need a Blu-Ray drive? If you do, then have at it, but for most people, it's a waste of money, as you can get a DVD burner for much cheaper.
So should I keep the 8 core cpu, or drop down to the quad core and go with a cheaper mobo and then bump up the gpu?
Now that I look at prices, I'd probably go with a 6-core CPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113286
That's only $10 more than a quad core.
Depending on how much storage space you need, you might be able to go with just an SSD and no hard drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148694
240 GB is enough for some people and not others. And if you decide you need more space in a couple of years, it's easy to buy a hard drive and add it then.
http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/
I updated my build. Went with a better video card, but had to lower the cpu/mobo and ram in order to compensate. My budget is $700 btw.
Is the ram ok? I really need to keep the price down on that.
That's a generic link to the site, not a particular build.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3baRb
Sorry.
You need two memory modules. Otherwise, you're leaving a memory channel vacant, and that cuts your memory bandwidth in half. It's not worth saving a few dollars to do that.
You don't need an aftermarket CPU cooler, though. AMD ships decent coolers with their FX-series processors.
And again, do you really need a Blu-Ray drive? If you're going to watch Blu-Ray movies on your computer, then you do, but don't buy one just thinking that it's vaguely better.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3bdu3
I adjusted the ram and dropped the fan. I will probably do a small overclock, but I will give the stock fan a shot before I order something aftermarket.
The bluray player will be used to watch movies, so it is necessary in this case.