HELP! New pc budget build plz look!

[jordanrox96]

Ok so im upgrading from an Asus laptop cause i want to get into pc gaming. I play Minecraft mostly and League of Legends but im looking to get a pc that can play BF3, Skyrim, Diablo III and so on. I want a really nice running pc that i can play most games on medium to high settings with no/little lag. I have a friend who helped me a little, but i dont know much about all the specs i need and what parts are compatible together.

Here is my cart so far on Newegg, plz tell me if anything is bad/good and any changes i can make. PS im on a budget, trying to keep it between 600$-700$ at most

Case: APEVIA X-TROOPER Series X-TRP-GN Black / Green Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Because it looks cool and has good air flow

HDD : Western Digital RE4 WD5003ABYX 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Motherboard: ASUS F1A75-V PRO FM1 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Video card: HIS H675F1GD Radeon HD 6750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity

Power supply: CORSAIR Gaming Series GS500 500W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS Certified High Performance Gaming Power Supply

Keyboard: Microsoft SIDEWINDER X4 Keyboard (i have a mouse)

RAM: (will probly upgrade to 2x4gb later) AMD Performance Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model AP34G1608U1K

Processor: AMD Phenom II X2 560 Black Edition Callisto 3.3GHz Socket AM3 80W Dual-Core Desktop Processor HDZ560WFGMBOX I heard you can unlock the other 2 cores easily, so i have a possibility to get 4 cores for the price of 2

So please, tell me what you think, any feedback is wanted!!!
THANK U!

 

[lehtv]

Welcome to AT!

Case Apevia is a pretty crappy brand. For a cheap case, I'd consider Cooler Master, NZXT and Antec. E.g. CM Elite 430, NZXT Source 210, Tempest 210, Antec 300, Antec One.

HDD That's out of stock on newegg. Seagate ST500DM002 $80 or Seagate ST1000DM003 $100

Mobo You can't combine FM1 socket with a Phenom II. Anyway, I'd recommend Intel, it's just better. Asrock H61M/U3S3 $60

GPU What's your gaming resolution? GTX 560 $170 (versus 6750) or HD7850 2GB $250 (versus GTX560), depending on your gaming resolution and how much you want to spend

PSU Seasonic M12II 520W $60 (it's better quality, higher efficiency, modular and cheaper)

KB Decent I suppose

RAM 2x4GB 1333MHz G.Skill $40

CPU i3-2100 $125 (versus X2 560)

DVD Samsung SH222BB $15

= ~$600-700

You already have a monitor and Windows 7?

 

[jordanrox96]

I was trying to lean more towards amd, not intel

 

[nsafreak]

I was trying to lean more towards amd, not intel

Well, folks tend to recommend the better bang for the buck on these forums and right now Intel is quite dominant. The i3 build that lehtv put together would perform much better than the AMD that you're looking at even if you did manage to unlock the two extra cores.

Here's how it benches with just the two cores compared to Intel:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/289?vs=187

Now, let's say you did manage to unlock the two extra cores, you'd have something roughly the speed of a Phenom II x4 940

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/289?vs=187

The AMD processor competes better but still gets outperformed most of the time by the Intel i3 especially in gaming.

 

[krnmastersgt]

Well if you're enough of an AMD fanboy to go with their products that fine, but I don't think anyone here would suggest that for a gaming system as modern games can tax CPUs quite heavily, and having 4 cores doesn't matter for most games.

Not to mention that with really well designed architectures, fewer cores can compute more raw numbers, meaning they'll beat out older/higher cored units at most tests/applications. While more physical cores is necessary for some tasks, gaming is not one of them.

 

[lehtv]

What's your monitor resolution?

I was trying to lean more towards amd, not intel

Yes, you were.

 

[denis280]

Processor: AMD Phenom II X2 560 Black Edition Callisto 3.3GHz Socket AM3 80W Dual-Core Desktop Processor HDZ560WFGMBOX I heard you can unlock the other 2 cores easily, so i have a possibility to get 4 cores for the price of 2

You don't want to do this.first you will need a better heatsink.and you will make the cpu life shorter.

 

[DSF]

I was trying to lean more towards amd, not intel

Any particular reason?