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Hi, I have been making this build for a while. I have a Budget of $500 so I went with AMD I got A 6300 and Radeon 7850, 4GB ram (I will plan to upgrade)
So is this a good build?
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Its nice, now im no computer magician like root or buxty, but i think you should get another 4gb ram. other than that I think its a decent build for the money, I would recomend upgrading the graphics card later on, and idk about the processer i have yet to understand those.
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No hard drive or Operating System? I hope you didn't accidentally leave them out. Anyway, this looks like a decent build for the price.
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Here's a build i made for you [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

This build has 500GB of storage, better GPU and double the RAM. Most games don't utilize more than 4GB of RAM but it's always good to have the extra RAM if you can.

The CPU isn't as good as the FX 6300 but it's still a fairly decent CPU and will get the job done. By downgrading the CPU you have been able to upgrade the RAM, GPU and HDD. Fair deal?
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M249 wrote Here's a build i made for you [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

This build has 500GB of storage, better GPU and double the RAM. Most games don't utilize more than 4GB of RAM but it's always good to have the extra RAM if you can.

The CPU isn't as good as the FX 6300 but it's still a fairly decent CPU and will get the job done. By downgrading the CPU you have been able to upgrade the RAM, GPU and HDD. Fair deal?


Not comfortable agreeing with recommending this build as that card will likely draw more than that power supply can provide. I know i recommend this processor alot but heres my solution.

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NV_Lobbys wrote No hard drive or Operating System? I hope you didn't accidentally leave them out. Anyway, this looks like a decent build for the price.

I already have a hard drive and operating system.
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Buxtyy wrote
M249 wrote Here's a build i made for you [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

This build has 500GB of storage, better GPU and double the RAM. Most games don't utilize more than 4GB of RAM but it's always good to have the extra RAM if you can.

The CPU isn't as good as the FX 6300 but it's still a fairly decent CPU and will get the job done. By downgrading the CPU you have been able to upgrade the RAM, GPU and HDD. Fair deal?


Not comfortable agreeing with recommending this build as that card will likely draw more than that power supply can provide. I know i recommend this processor alot but heres my solution.

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That was my first choice but the 965 is Discontinued


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M249 wrote Here's a build i made for you [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

This build has 500GB of storage, better GPU and double the RAM. Most games don't utilize more than 4GB of RAM but it's always good to have the extra RAM if you can.

The CPU isn't as good as the FX 6300 but it's still a fairly decent CPU and will get the job done. By downgrading the CPU you have been able to upgrade the RAM, GPU and HDD. Fair deal?

Thanks but the reason I went with a AM3+ CPU is to upgrade to a bulldozer CPU in the future like an 8120.
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Apologies, updated build there for you. Skip Bulldozer, and go for Vishera instead. FX4300, Fx6300, FX83x0 are all Vishera processors and perform better than their Bulldozer counterparts.
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Buxtyy wrote [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

Apologies, updated build there for you. Skip Bulldozer, and go for Vishera instead. FX4300, Fx6300, FX83x0 are all Vishera processors and perform better than their Bulldozer counterparts.

Hm I'm a little worried about that ram, will it do fine?
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