AMD FX 8300 and MSI Gaming MOBO $160 shpd AR $20

[Macgyversite]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Combo...ist=Combo.2922004&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc

Pretty good deal if you need an INEXPENSIVE decent gaming system.

 

[Justinbaileyman]

This is a killer deal and people should be hoping on this before its gone.Last week I got this same deal but with the Asus 970 Gaming motherboard.Set the muti in the bios for the fx8300 to x21 on stock volts and its been running perfect ever since.These can easily do x23-25 with more juice but at 2.2GHz, its fast enough for me for now.I was thinking of getting a spare mobo for a back up in case my setup runs into any problems but for $160 maybe I should just grab an entire combo??Awesome find Op!!

 

[Fanatical Meat]

This is a killer deal and people should be hoping on this before its gone.Last week I got this same deal but with the Asus 970 Gaming motherboard.Set the muti in the bios for the fx8300 to x21 on stock volts and its been running perfect ever since.These can easily do x23-25 with more juice but at 2.2GHz, its fast enough for me for now.I was thinking of getting a spare mobo for a back up in case my setup runs into any problems but for $160 maybe I should just grab an entire combo??Awesome find Op!!

I'm not trying to thread cap so forgive me. I've had 3 various failures on 3 different amd boards. Getting a low cost back-up is a good plan.
Given the low cost if I were building a mid range system I would consider this.

 

[Macgyversite]

Any electronic deal is a crap shoot. I build only AMD and cant tell you the last time I had a board, cpu, memory, or Vcard fail.

ALL STUFF FAILS including Intel and Intel based boards.

Now power supplies. I have had name brand well priced and cheap priced units fail.

 

[funboy6942]

You can get that mobo and pair it with a 8320E for around the same price!

http://www.portatech.com/products/p...c&utm_term=AMD+FD832EWMHKBOX&utm_campaign=CPU



Granted maybe no rebate, but a better cpu IMO, I can get my sons cpu up to 4.6 with a crappy cooler.

 

[Lyfer]

I have some old 1.65v ddr3 laying around. Would this work that mobo?

 

[Macgyversite]

Yep

 

[Macgyversite]

You can get that mobo and pair it with a 8320E for around the same price!

http://www.portatech.com/products/p...c&utm_term=AMD+FD832EWMHKBOX&utm_campaign=CPU



Granted maybe no rebate, but a better cpu IMO, I can get my sons cpu up to 4.6 with a crappy cooler.

I dont see how the $100-mobo + Your $120-cpu = $220 is a better deal. The CPU difference is negligible.

When you take the money saved and put that into the Video card. That is what makes a budget gaming build shine. That $60 saved(w/ rebate) vs your suggestion can mean the difference between a GTX960 and a GTX970 or even a SDD. I would take the videocard first tho. The 970 is still the best sweet spot in gaming when it comes to budget gaming because of the power supply requirements and case cooling vs AMD based GPU's.

 

[funboy6942]

After looking at some specs on the 8300 you are right, they are pretty neck to neck in performance, I didnt know that, and in seeing that, this is a HELL of a deal indeed!