Looking to spend upwards of $300 on a cpu and motherboard. It'll be paired with 16 gigs of ddr3 ram, 550w Seasonic PSU, and an asus 970.

The PC will be used for gaming like The Division, Black Desert, etc

I'm near a Microcenter, if that helps.

http://www.microcenter.com/product/445131/970_Gaming_AM3_ATX_AMD_Motherboard

http://www.microcenter.com/product/401795/FX_8350_4GHz_AM3_Black_Edition_Boxed_Processor

solid?

will be using a 212 evo to OC it


Newegg would be a bonus because I have $200 in gift cards to use..

This post was edited by roydotmp3 on Mar 14 2016 08:42pm

550w would be cutting it close me thinks.

Then again I use a 3570k/MSI 970.

Can't oc the gpu due to power constraints

it's the G series and gold rated.. I think it'll be fine. I won't be doing crazy overclocking, as it's for a novice user.

I won't be overclocking the GPU. Only CPU



I was thinking about snagging another 4690k but I don't think it's worth it. I would have rather gotten skylake/ddr4 and give my cpu/mobo to my brother

This post was edited by roydotmp3 on Mar 14 2016 10:22pm

Gold rated doesnt mean its going to let you use more than 550w

Its just how efficient the PSU is at converting it from 120v -> 12v.


550w is enough for a 970 setup, But when you start overclocking at all, it starts getting close to the limit of the PSU.

well it's not worth getting 8350 either,
and i picked 4690k cuz u mentioned u had ddr3
otherwise ya get skylake

This post was edited by Secksii on Mar 15 2016 12:27am

That's true, but if he already it

@op

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/K7qdrH



Op your choices are good too, I didn't see them before I posted.

This post was edited by FedOx on Mar 15 2016 07:32am

http://www.microcenter.com/site/brands/intel-processor-bundles.aspx

4690K and MSI Krait for under $300