Help building pc!!!

[Joestat99]

Hey im building a pc for the first time. Im looking to play minecraft, and some steam games like gmod. Also maybe some video editing. I have about $550 and need advice for some parts. This is what I came up with:

Cpu: Amd athlon quad core richland 760k 3.8 ghz ($78)
Ram: 8gb G.skill ripjaws ram ($68)
Gpu: Sapphire radeon r9 270x ($160)
Storage: 1 tb western digital ($51)
Psu: 500w Evga certified power supply ($39.99)
Motherboard: MSI A78M-E35 FM2+ / FM2 AMD A78 (Bolton D3) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard (59.99)
Os: windows 8.1 ($80)
Drive: Samsung 5 star dvdr drive ($25)
Wifi: Asus
ASUS(PCE-N15) maximum performance Wireless-N Network Adapter ($28)

Is this a good build? Thanks for the input

 

[dave_the_nerd]

According the last set of reviews I read, the Pentium G3258 will have a bit of an edge over the 760k, on average. Should cost about the same (just change the motherboard and CPU.)

Otherwise, I don't see anything wrong with the build. If you can swing a few extra bucks, you won't regret getting an i3 though.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Something like this with your Windows license and wifi adapter would be under $550.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/XQ9dJx

 

[Joestat99]

I was thinking about getting the pentium but didnt want to get a dual core if I could get a quad core. Is the EVGA geforce gtx 750 ti better than the sapphire radeon I mentioned? Thanks

 

[dave_the_nerd]

I was thinking about getting the pentium but didnt want to get a dual core if I could get a quad core. Is the EVGA geforce gtx 750 ti better than the sapphire radeon I mentioned? Thanks

Not all cores are created equal. The two pentium cores are about equivalent to the four AMD cores.

The 750 Ti is slower. But it's certainly up to playing MineCraft. It also uses less power.

 

[mfenn]

Hey im building a pc for the first time. Im looking to play minecraft, and some steam games like gmod. Also maybe some video editing. I have about $550 and need advice for some parts. This is what I came up with:

Cpu: Amd athlon quad core richland 760k 3.8 ghz ($78)
Ram: 8gb G.skill ripjaws ram ($68)
Gpu: Sapphire radeon r9 270x ($160)
Storage: 1 tb western digital ($51)
Psu: 500w Evga certified power supply ($39.99)
Motherboard: MSI A78M-E35 FM2+ / FM2 AMD A78 (Bolton D3) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard (59.99)
Os: windows 8.1 ($80)
Drive: Samsung 5 star dvdr drive ($25)
Wifi: Asus
ASUS(PCE-N15) maximum performance Wireless-N Network Adapter ($28)

Is this a good build? Thanks for the input

You can do a lot better than that for $550. Start with Ken's $500 i3-4150 build, swap the GPU to this ASUS R9 270X for +$20 and then add your Wi-fi adapter for +$28.