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Are these good specs for a gaming PC?

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TheComputer

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Is this good or terrible?

CPU: AMD FD8320FRHKBOX FX-8320 FX-Series 8-Core Black Edition

Graphics Card:EVGA GeForce GTX760 SuperClocked w/EVGA ACX Cooler 2GB

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 MHz

Power Supply: Corsair Builder Series CX 600 Watt ATX/EPS 80 PLUS (CX600)

Hard Drive: WD Blue 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache

MotherBoard: MSI ATX DDR3 2600 LGA 1150 Motherboards H9

Case: NZXT S340 Mid Tower Cases CA-S340W-B1

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mfenn
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If I were to build now, then 16GB would be more of a priority. And I would go with a small SSD first for the OS and then a storage drive. And I would go for a better GPU, either top 2 AMD cards or the 970 would be a good match to the rest of the config, do whatever you have to in order to increase the budget because that 760 is a bad choice at this point. And a good CPU cooler makes even more sense now that CPU architecture gains have become so incremental, a 25% overclock will keep pace with the architecture that's ahead. Also, if the price difference is more than negligible, a Z87 board would work too. Other than that, nice build. With a good OC across the board, this config is opening up the option of 1440p gaming too down the road, more so with R9 290/GTX 970 successors under dx12.
 
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Rick James Astley said:
If I were to build now, then 16GB would be more of a priority. And I would go with a small SSD first for the OS and then a storage drive. And I would go for a better GPU, either top 2 AMD cards or the 970 would be a good match to the rest of the config, do whatever you have to in order to increase the budget because that 760 is a bad choice at this point. And a good CPU cooler makes even more sense now that CPU architecture gains have become so incremental, a 25% overclock will keep pace with the architecture that's ahead. Also, if the price difference is more than negligible, a Z87 board would work too. Other than that, nice build. With a good OC across the board, this config is opening up the option of 1440p gaming too down the road, more so with R9 290/GTX 970 successors.
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Yeah, but you just doubled the cost of the machine.
 
TheComputer said:
Is this good or terrible?

CPU: AMD FD8320FRHKBOX FX-8320 FX-Series 8-Core Black Edition

Graphics Card:EVGA GeForce GTX760 SuperClocked w/EVGA ACX Cooler 2GB

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 MHz

Power Supply: Corsair Builder Series CX 600 Watt ATX/EPS 80 PLUS (CX600)

Hard Drive: WD Blue 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache

MotherBoard: MSI ATX DDR3 2600 LGA 1150 Motherboards H9

Case: NZXT S340 Mid Tower Cases CA-S340W-B1
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instead of that CPU and GPU

get and INtel K series cpu, it has decent onboard video

use that for awhile and then save up for a 4gb gpu
 
Rakehellion said:
Yeah, but you just doubled the cost of the machine.
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Have I? If he goes for a cheaper case, a cheaper mobo, hunts discounts & FS/T forums, it's definitely not doubling the cost.

We are little more 2 weeks away from 2015, the "8GB RAM/Sandy Bridge is fine" aged notion made it to 2015 which is when it will finally die, 2016 and beyond will sing a different tune.
 
Intel processors are faster than AMD processors. Even when you compare prices. Only in the bugdet-segment (aka low-performance) AMD can compete. For any gamer, an Intel CPU is strongly recommended.

Intel CPUs are relatively cool. Therefor there's no need to spend money on a custom cooler or fan.

The GPU is by far the most important part of any gamer's CPUs. Any money you can save from not buying over-expensive parts, you can, and you should invest in your graphics card. The GPU determines for 95% what framerates you will get. (CPU is a lot less important, but if you buy a CPU that is too slow, it might impact all games. Motherboards have zero impact on framerates. More RAM doesn't help a bit. HDD or SDD only help loadtimes).

16GB is still overkill. 4GB is not enough for a few games. 8GB is still the sweet spot. It won't be until a few years when 16GB will be the sweet spot. Buy 8GB now (2x4GB). You can always add 2x4GB later. Invest the $50 you saved in a faster videocard.

SSDs are very nice. I recommend them to all my friends and family that want to buy a new general-purpose machine. However, if you are a gamer, and you have a limited budget, then all extra money should go into your videocard. I'm not saying you shouldn't buy a SSD. But if it makes the difference between a good videocard and an even better one you can't afford otherwise, I'd go without the SSD. Just buy an HDD and put everything on it. You can always (6 months, 12 months, 24 months, whenever) buy a SSD and put it in yourself. Only drawback is that you probably will need to reinstall Windows (and all your games and applications). If you buy a SSD at the start, and a cheaper videocard, then if you later want to replace your videocard, all the money you invested in your first videocard will be lost.

If you are limited in budget, focus on 1080p gaming. 1080p is still a very nice resolution for gaming. Only a few percent of gamers play at higher than 1080p. Higher resolutions are nice for people who do photo-editing and other static stuff. But for gamers the improvement is minimal. And higher resolutions will bring down your framerates (by significant factors, like it will half your framerates or worse). I wouldn't use a 1440p monitor for gaming if I got one for free.
 
TheComputer said:
Is this good or terrible?

CPU: AMD FD8320FRHKBOX FX-8320 FX-Series 8-Core Black Edition

Graphics Card:EVGA GeForce GTX760 SuperClocked w/EVGA ACX Cooler 2GB

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 MHz

Power Supply: Corsair Builder Series CX 600 Watt ATX/EPS 80 PLUS (CX600)

Hard Drive: WD Blue 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache

MotherBoard: MSI ATX DDR3 2600 LGA 1150 Motherboards H9

Case: NZXT S340 Mid Tower Cases CA-S340W-B1
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You need to go to general hardware and start a thread with answers to the questions in the sticky. That is what that section is all about.
 
Rick James Astley said:
🙄 Sure, I can already picture you frantically tearing the packaging.
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No, really, I wouldn't.

1920x1080 = 2073600 pixels. 2560x1440 = 3686400 pixels. Suppose the performance is completely dictated by how many pixels can be rendered per second, then the fps of 60 at 1080p will drop down to 33.75 fps at 1440p.

1440p will have a more detailed picture. But more choppy too. Anti-aliasing will give a smoother picture too. Techniques like SMAA will only cost a few percent of fps. So 1080p with AA will be less choppy. While increasing resultion costs 45% of fps. On top of that, even with 1440p, you still want AA. So unless you have an overpowered videocard, you will need to cut eyecandy for the same fps. I like eyecandy. Not worth it, imho.

I was thinking of buying a Asus PG278Q. They are available in my country, without a shortage. But I decided to not buy one. I want G-Sync, I want ULMB. I love the 10bits colordepth of the PG278Q. I won't buy a monitor under 27" anymore. I just don't like the fact it is a 1440p monitor. I want eyecandy, I want reasonable framerates. The 1440p feature is not a feature for me, it's a reason not buy it. I'm still waiting for a 10bit GSync/ULMB 1080p 27" monitor. There are none yet.
 
There are a lot of questions that I'd want answered from the op before I propose a build and make recommendations, the most important of them being budget. I'd recommend the op read & update his post by answering the questions in this thread. I've also asked for this thread to be moved to the General Hardware forum as I believe it would be better served there.
 
nsafreak said:
There are a lot of questions that I'd want answered from the op before I propose a build and make recommendations, the most important of them being budget. I'd recommend the op read & update his post by answering the questions in this thread. I've also asked for this thread to be moved to the General Hardware forum as I believe it would be better served there.
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ketchup79 said:
You need to go to general hardware and start a thread with answers to the questions in the sticky. That is what that section is all about.
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Agree with both of these.

Other than the objectively incompatible motherboard and CPU choice, it's hard to say whether or not your machine is good without context.
 
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Gryz said:
If you are limited in budget, focus on 1080p gaming. 1080p is still a very nice resolution for gaming. Only a few percent of gamers play at higher than 1080p. Higher resolutions are nice for people who do photo-editing and other static stuff. But for gamers the improvement is minimal. And higher resolutions will bring down your framerates (by significant factors, like it will half your framerates or worse). I wouldn't use a 1440p monitor for gaming if I got one for free.
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Flat out wrong. Most gamers are playing at 1080p because its readily available. 1440p looks definitively better. I've never seen any of my games experience a halving of the frame rate between 1080p and 1440p; its usually more like a 15% drop. Been gaming at 1440p since 2012 and there's no way I could go back to 1080p.

Still, 1440p never really got popular, and like you said, the Steam Hardware Survey has a very low percentage of people using the. The transition is going to be directly from 1080p to 2160p displays; 1440/1600p really kinda ended up being interim, stop gap solutions.
 
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