Any recommendations for my new build?

SGTFulmer · May 11, 2014

So, I have just built my first computer, and I would love it if some guru's told me where I went wrong, or the best way to get more performance out of it. I have not gotten a ssd, thinking about getting a 240gb soon, but what else should I do to mke the system better?

AMD FX 6300 with stock cooler
12 gb of corsair vengeance RAM at 1600
750 W gold rated EVGA PSU
500gb toshiba HD at 7400 RPM
AMD 970 motherboard
HIS r9 280x as main GPU
Sapphire dual x R9 280x in crossfire
4 additional case fans
Azza mid tower case

MxPhenom 216 · May 11, 2014

SGTFulmer said:
So, I have just built my first computer, and I would love it if some guru's told me where I went wrong, or the best way to get more performance out of it. I have not gotten a ssd, thinking about getting a 240gb soon, but what else should I do to mke the system better?

AMD FX 6300 with stock cooler
12 gb of corsair vengeance RAM at 1600
750 W gold rated EVGA PSU
500gb toshiba HD at 7400 RPM
AMD 970 motherboard
HIS r9 280x as main GPU
Sapphire dual x R9 280x in crossfire
4 additional case fans
Azza mid tower case

12GB of ram? Hows that working? 8GB kit + 4GB kit?

Not really much to do. Just enjoy it and play some games. Maybe get a cooler and overclock in the future.

SGTFulmer · May 11, 2014

yeah, 8 plus 4. I saw a good deal and snagged a 2x2 corsair vengeance set for 25 bucks, so I took it.

Fourstaff · May 11, 2014

Looks fine, if you like playing strategy games I would like to point you towards Intel processors, the single threaded performance is much appreciated.

legion1capone · May 11, 2014

What is the reason for wanting to upgrade your system? What is it not doing for you now? I would definitely vote for an ssd and CPU cooler. Since you are wanting more performance, are you talking gaming performance or computing performance? Also maybe a better case? They're some great new cases to choose from this year. Take a look at the new thermaltake urban v 71 or 81, phantek enthoo pro, corsair 450d...

System Name	SGT Fulmers Machine
Processor	AMD FX 6300 OC'd to 4.0 GHz
Motherboard	MSi 990 MB
Cooling	2 120mm Alpines, 2 120mm Coolermasters, Red LED's all around
Memory	12 GB Corsair Vengeance Series @ 1600
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon HIS R9 280x OC Crossfire with Sapphire dual x r9 280x
Storage	500mb Toshiba
Display(s)	Vizio 40 inch Smart TV at 1080p & 120hz refresh
Case	Azza Gaming Chassis
Power Supply	750 W EVGA Gold rated PSU
Software	Windows 8.1
Benchmark Scores	1708 Heaven Benchmark

System Name	Ryzen Reflection
Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 5900x
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570S Aorus Master
Cooling	2x EK PE360 \| TechN AM4 AMD Block Black \| EK Quantum Vector Trinity GPU Nickel + Plexi
Memory	Teamgroup T-Force Xtreem 2x16GB B-Die 3600 @ 14-14-14-28-42-288-2T 1.45v
Video Card(s)	Zotac AMP HoloBlack RTX 3080Ti 12G \| 950mV 1950Mhz
Storage	WD SN850 500GB (OS) \| Samsung 980 Pro 1TB (Games_1) \| Samsung 970 Evo 1TB (Games_2)
Display(s)	Asus XG27AQM 240Hz G-Sync Fast-IPS \| Gigabyte M27Q-P 165Hz 1440P IPS \| Asus 24" IPS (portrait mode)
Case	Lian Li PC-011D XL \| Custom cables by Cablemodz
Audio Device(s)	FiiO K7 \| Sennheiser HD650 + Beyerdynamic FOX Mic
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime Ultra Platinum 850
Mouse	Razer Viper v2 Pro
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman Tournament Edition
Software	Windows 11 Pro 64-Bit

System Name	SGT Fulmers Machine
Processor	AMD FX 6300 OC'd to 4.0 GHz
Motherboard	MSi 990 MB
Cooling	2 120mm Alpines, 2 120mm Coolermasters, Red LED's all around
Memory	12 GB Corsair Vengeance Series @ 1600
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon HIS R9 280x OC Crossfire with Sapphire dual x r9 280x
Storage	500mb Toshiba
Display(s)	Vizio 40 inch Smart TV at 1080p & 120hz refresh
Case	Azza Gaming Chassis
Power Supply	750 W EVGA Gold rated PSU
Software	Windows 8.1
Benchmark Scores	1708 Heaven Benchmark

System Name	Orange! // ItchyHands
Processor	3570K // 10400F
Motherboard	ASRock z77 Extreme4 // TUF Gaming B460M-Plus
Cooling	Stock // Stock
Memory	2x4Gb 1600Mhz CL9 Corsair XMS3 // 2x8Gb 3200 Mhz XPG D41
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Nitro+ RX 570 // Asus TUF RTX 2070
Storage	Samsung 840 250Gb // SX8200 480GB
Display(s)	LG 22EA53VQ // Philips 275M QHD
Case	NZXT Phantom 410 Black/Orange // Tecware Forge M
Power Supply	Corsair CXM500w // CM MWE 600w

System Name	Function over Form
Processor	i5 3570K
Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-V pro
Cooling	Coolermaster hyper 212 evo + with one 140mm BitFenix Spectre pro
Memory	G Skill 8gb of ram 7-8-8-24
Video Card(s)	Asus strix OC 1080 ti
Storage	Corsair neutron GTX SSD boot drive and WD black 1tb
Display(s)	Asus PA248Q 1920X1200 IPS and LG 24GM77 1920x1080 144hz TN
Case	Rosewill THOR V2
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite 2i2, schiit magni 2 uber headphone amp, Hifiman HE400i headphones, M Audio AV40 speakers
Power Supply	Rosewill Tachyon 1000w
Software	Windows 10 64 bit

Any recommendations for my new build?

SGTFulmer

MxPhenom 216

ASIC Engineer

SGTFulmer

Fourstaff

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legion1capone