1.4K BUDGET GAMING RIG

[hsm1user]

Hi all

Wish to build a gaming rig that can at least last me few years. Haven decide what games i will be playing. Just wish to maximise the rig using the budget.

I planned a sketch below but haven decide on the CPU Cooler yet, need some advice. Feel free to suggest what i can change or add. I will prefer to build an AMD system because of my budget.

Case: Corsair 300R Mid Tower Case

Mobo and CPU: ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0 with AMD FX 6300 6 Core

PSU: Corsair CX 600 Bronze 80+

GPU: Sapphire R9 270X 2gb Dual X

Ram: G Skill 1600mhz 8gb

SSD: Samsung EVO 840 250gb

Windows 7 Home premium

 

[GeForce]

Case - Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 $139
CPU + MB - i5 4460 + MSI H97 PC Mate $363
RAM - Avexir 1600Mhz Blue LED 4GB x2 (8GB) $122
GPU - MSI GeForce GTX 970 $579
PSU - FSP Aurum S 500W $89
SSD - OCZ Vertex 4 120GB $99
HDD - Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB $72
ODD - Samsung 24x $25
OS - Win 7 Home Premium

 

[Jian19]

$1.4k

i5-4460 + Msi b85m g43 ~ $335
Crucial 8gb ddr3 ~ $100
Plextor m6s 128gb ssd ~ $104
Wd blue 1tb ~ $68
Zotac gtx970 ~ $490
Lg dvd rom ~ $21
Superflower hx 600w ~ $108
Sharkoon bd28 ~ $73
Win 7 64 oem ~ $115

$1414 buy and DIY @ tradepac ask for discount. Can consider getting ssd from amazon if u wan 256gb size, slightly cheaper for some brand

 

[hsm1user]

Case - Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 $139
CPU + MB - i5 4460 + MSI H97 PC Mate $363
RAM - Avexir 1600Mhz Blue LED 4GB x2 (8GB) $122
GPU - MSI GeForce GTX 970 $579
PSU - FSP Aurum S 500W $89
SSD - OCZ Vertex 4 120GB $99
HDD - Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB $72
ODD - Samsung 24x $25
OS - Win 7 Home Premium

Looks decent, but without adding the OS is already $1488, what about cooler etc?

 

[hsm1user]

$1.4k

i5-4460 + Msi b85m g43 ~ $335
Crucial 8gb ddr3 ~ $100
Plextor m6s 128gb ssd ~ $104
Wd blue 1tb ~ $68
Zotac gtx970 ~ $490
Lg dvd rom ~ $21
Superflower hx 600w ~ $108
Sharkoon bd28 ~ $73
Win 7 64 oem ~ $115

$1414 buy and DIY @ tradepac ask for discount. Can consider getting ssd from amazon if u wan 256gb size, slightly cheaper for some brand

What about CPU cooler?

 

[Jian19]

Stock will do since u not overclocking, intel chip unlike amd is pretty cool even when gaming