About my specs... what do you think?

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#1 Blazepanzer24
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Here's the rough specs.

Windows 10 OS

CPU: AMD FX-6350 3.9 GHZ

Motherboard: ECS A960M-MV

Ram: 2X8GB (16GB) DDR3 1600 MHZ

GPU: Radon RX560 2 GB DDR5

2 X2TB HDD for storage (4 TB total)

1X Roswell micro ATX Case FBM-01

1X CD ROM

1X 500 watt PSU, 80+ bronze. I think it's a Thermaltake brand but I'm not sure.

Now, for some context, I had the CPU and motherboard for about four years, but only used them for about six months before my old graphics card died out. Around that time my mobile home needed some TCL, namely half a dozen trees moved, ductwork replacements, and a complete retro-fit of the water system, so I never really got around to fixing the gaming PC until recently as it cost a lot to complete the work on my home, as well as other things coming up and I don't exactly have a lot of money to work with, herence why I decided to reuse the FX and ECS processor and motherboard. I also reused the PSU after making sure it worked fine.

I previously had 8 GB of DDR3 1300 MHZ, but I wanted faster ram and twice the amount. While I could have gotten DDR3 1866 MHZ, I decided to save a bit of money and go with the 1600 MHZ ram.

As for the hard drives, I wanted to have two of them, one for a Steam hard drive, (Which was slightly used,) and one for the main hard drive/ other PC games. (This one was compleatly new BTW)

I just wanted a simple Mirco AXT tower. There wasn't really much other reason for the case, except maybe for a bit of nostalgia.

I will admit that the Radeon RX560 was probably a tad overkill given I'm using an older FX processor, But my thinking process was (Hey, this is a pretty powerful GUP at $150 and my motherboard supports it, so let's buy this one.

So...what do you all think?

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#2 BassMan
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I will try to say this as nice as possible as you seem like a decent guy who has his priorities straight with putting money into your home first... It would not be an acceptable build for my needs, but as long as you are happy with it, that is what matters.

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#3  Edited By 04dcarraher
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Its an ok entry gaming pc. As long as it does the job and it pleases you, that is what matters

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#4 Gaming-Planet
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Pretty entry level. Don't expect much, and consider to feel left behind with current gen and more so with next gen.

If all you play is like Overwatch, LoL and some older games, you should be fine.

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#5 PfizersaurusRex
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You'd be a lot happier with a Ryzen or an i5 setup. RX 560 is not a great GPU but you can always turn down the video settings to get smooth performance, but with a week CPU there's no trick that would work.

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#6 Blazepanzer24
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I kinda figured it'd be a bit anemic when I built it, but I wanted to get some input from other people. Thank you all who took time to give me your opinions on the rig.

At 720p (Because I currently use a 24" TV as a monitor for the time being), I'm able to max out Fallout 4 and Elder Scrolls skyrim SE, while I can max out Ryse Son of Rome aside from Super sampling. Son of Rome I'm able to keep at 60 FPS, While Fallout 4 hovers between 52 and 60 FPS and Skyrim sways between 48 and 60 FPS. However, with Halo wars 2 and Forza Motersports 7, I had to go down to medium settings at about 2-4X antialising, but they do work well enough, and I think those two are going to be the most intense games I'm looking at. And if my rig can't play it well, I'll just buy the game on my stock PS4. As long as it the console port isn't as bad as the Fallout games on PS3 was that is.

To be honest I had considered switching to an Intel motherboard and a Core I5. The main reason I didn't is because my previous DDR3 ram sticks are about seven years old, and I wasn't exactly keen on buying all that and more ram. That's also one of the reasons I didn't switch to a Ryzen processor. Also while I was willing to reuse my old motherboard and FX chip, I'm the kinda of guy who's pretty weary about buying used parts, so I wasn't exactly willing to buy used in this case.

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#7 TalonGaming211
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@blazepanzer24: Pretty good entry level pc, if you are gaming on it I suggest and i5 7600k (just my preference).