Really nice build and the red LEDs look awesome. Can I ask whether you had to update the BIOS on the mobo because I'm planning to use the same mobo with an FX-6300, and on my pcpartpicker list, it says some AMD 970 chipsets need a BIOS update prior to using vishera CPUs. Sorry to annoy you,I'm new to PC building...

Looking at the CPU temp you have under load and the CPU cooler, I say overclock to 4.6 or even higher. Great build though, I'm almost ready to build an FX-6300/GTX 950 build, pretty hype. Also, I highly recommend adding an SSD for the OS and games for a much faster load time than the HDD. :)

Very nice build, six cores will come in handy with some light streaming and what not. As for gaming though, it really needs an overclock to push it's unlocked potential. Other than that, great build. It's amazing what this amount of money can get you nowadays versus what I first spent on my computer six months ago.

OC that beast of CPU!!

+1

Claims a blower style cooler is cool, and bottlenecks his CPU

I would've went with a core i5, and a combo mobo, and probably a 960 to even up the price.

For an AMD build i guess it's decent, should really look at Corsair parts before you buy next time, they are lovely and most of the time cheaper in price/better in quality.

Are you saving for a SSD? Because it would increase speed on this rig a pretty good amount.

Great build, How's the reference edition of the 480?

I like this build besides the overclock I think you should used a stock processor cooler, but other than that it a great build!

look at CPU clock rate it is over 3.5

Very nice! Can I ask what kind of LEDs you bought? I got the Satechi LED kit but the 4 pin molex doesn't fit into my Gs 650. Could be something stupid that I'm over looking.

Great build for the money, I was actually going to get an RX-480 for my FX-6300 build as well but gave in to my impatience and got an R9 390 lol.

Unfortunately, based on my own experience, the MSI 970 isn't the best at overclocking, you can still overclock but it may or may not be as much as you expect (every chipset is different of course).

I got mine on a 4.4 GHz OC under 1.45V with a Corsair H100i v2, temps are good but I should be getting a much better OC than that, going any higher than that and my voltage will skyrocket in order to get it stable and I recommend not going over 1.5V, that's the danger zone for overclocking on most boards.

thank you, thank you, thank you. You have shown me how well a budget build can be.

Nice build for a small budget!

Hey bro no offense and i cant speak for the time when you where building but man... $880 dollars and u only have a fx 6300?? I mean you can build something sub 700 dollars witih a 6600k which has triple the performance and is on a new socket... You kinda ****** Yourself with that cpu dead platform... And 80 dollars for a 1 tb hdd?? Not worth it...

Imo, AMD CPU is a bad choice, I live Phenom II. It's slow and the heat is uncomfortable. even i3 outperforms it.