Build review please.

fresheire

CPU - AMD FX6300
MOBO - ASUS Sabertooth 990fx R2.0
RAM - 16GB (2x8) 1600 DDR3
These parts I already have, the rest of the build is as follows:

GPU - ASUS R9 270X DirectCU II TOP OC
PSU - Corsair CX500 80 Plus Bronze
SSD - Sandisk 64GB Ultra Plus

Don't have the case picked yet, nor the optical drive.

On it will be just windows and bf3/4 COD:G MOH:W.

BloodBath

You don't need 16gb of ram for gaming. 8 is more than enough. You won't get any extra performance with 16. The mainboard is total overkill as well. Spending more on the board than you do on the processor is just ridiculous.

You could have got a far superior 4670k with a decent cheap z87 board and 8gb of ram for the same money.

fresheire

Well as I said I have these things already (they came from my friends computer and at a good price).

BloodBath

Ah that's ok then. As long as you didn't buy them new.

The rest of the parts look ok. Go for the best price on the card. As long as the cooler is good. There's loads of good coolers though.

omri

BloodBath wrote: »

Ah that's ok then. As long as you didn't buy them new.

The rest of the parts look ok. Go for the best price on the card. As long as the cooler is good. There's loads of good coolers though.

I was looking at saphire toxic myself (think its bit faster than asys) but in tests it seems to be v loud. And i would pick the asus as OPs its fast and quiet comparing to saphire.

They all come at around same price mark so pick the parameters that suit the most.

BloodBath

You can overclock the cards anyway so I wouldn't pay much attention to their stock performance. Noise levels aren't always a good indication either. The cards will run at different rpm's, different voltages and in different environments.

You can't really go wrong with any of the dual fan coolers from Sapphire, Asus or Msi.

The Asus and Msi probably have the best overall ones.

Gumbi

I've read of the MSI 280xs having VRM cooling problems, though the cooler itself is definitely sound.