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Can someone please link the best gaming pc build you can get for 600-1000 quid made from AMD?

for a friend

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if youre building a PC based on manufacturer instead of performance youre going to end up with a bad rig and wasted money

instead of fanboying about one brand or another, pick the parts that perform the best

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Why were you thinking of going with AMD at this price point?

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if youre building a PC based on manufacturer instead of performance youre going to end up with a bad rig and wasted money

instead of fanboying about one brand or another, pick the parts that perform the best

There's a price bracket where AMD > Intel+Nvidia actually make a good rig for the money, and you're actually saving.

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There's a price bracket where AMD > Intel+Nvidia actually make a good rig for the money, and you're actually saving.

so? there are intel+amd builds that will perform better than the two options you listed above

especially since he has a $1k budget

 

theres no reason why he should build a PC with only AMD because AMD is love and AMD is life fanboy crap

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There's a price bracket where AMD > Intel+Nvidia actually make a good rig for the money, and you're actually saving.

 

900-1500 dollar builds you a nice i5 system... He said quid, meaning GBP.

It's a really weird budget though. What is it OP, 900 or 1500 dollar? ;/

 

Also, brandbias right off the bat is just plain stupid. Regardless of which brand it is.

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slightly over $1k, but very good, wont need to worry over upgrades for quite some time :)

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£184.66 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£24.98 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£79.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£54.10 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£84.51 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£42.95 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card  (£461.94 @ Aria PC)
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£57.98 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£89.99 @ Novatech)
Total: £1081.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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4690K // 212 EVO // Z97-PRO // Vengeance 16GB // GTX 770 GTX 970 // MX100 128GB // Toshiba 1TB // Air 540 // HX650

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Can someone please link the best gaming pc build you can get for 600-1000 quid made from AMD?

for a friend

For that price bracket, Intel makes better CPUs for gaming then Intel, but AMD has the price-to-performance upper hand for GPUs.

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£142.46 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£59.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£48.95 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£62.21 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  (£227.15 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  (£227.15 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Total: £980.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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so? there are intel+amd builds that will perform better than the two options you listed above

especially since he has a $1k budget

 

theres no reason why he should build a PC with only AMD because AMD is love and AMD is life fanboy crap

What two options did I list? Also I said for some price ranges, I didn't say OP's budget specifically. Should read thoroughly before replying. For AAA gaming for example, 860K over G3258 any day.

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900-1500 dollar builds you a nice i5 system... 

Again never said OP's budget specifically. 

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No...

y

4690K // 212 EVO // Z97-PRO // Vengeance 16GB // GTX 770 GTX 970 // MX100 128GB // Toshiba 1TB // Air 540 // HX650

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AMDs last GAMING CPU was Phenom. The FX are not gaming CPUs and do very poorly in gaming, they are meant for video editing and server hosting. This would be amazing for $1k: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3BmMdC Wrong currency sorry. Go with an intel i3 or intel i5 for gaming (Not sure of your budget sorry! I'm not familiar with that currency)

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damn :S

hold on fam ill put in a different one :P i thought all the evga psu's were like super heavenly good, what'd i miss?

4690K // 212 EVO // Z97-PRO // Vengeance 16GB // GTX 770 GTX 970 // MX100 128GB // Toshiba 1TB // Air 540 // HX650

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damn :S

hold on fam ill put in a different one :P i thought all the evga psu's were like super heavenly good, what'd i miss?

In that case, a LOT of things. The only EVGA PSUs worth buying are the G2 and B2, for some reason because of these two, everyone started worshipping EVGA and all of their PSUs for god knows why, especially the G1 which is mediocre at best but people think are godly. :o

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In that case, a LOT of things. The only EVGA PSUs worth buying are the G2 and B2, for some reason because of these two, everyone started worshipping EVGA and all of their PSUs for god knows why, especially the G1 which is mediocre at best but people think are godly. :o

the G1 i heard is really bad compared to the G2

i would never know, i fan over the corsair PSU's lol :P

guess i just mixed em up

4690K // 212 EVO // Z97-PRO // Vengeance 16GB // GTX 770 GTX 970 // MX100 128GB // Toshiba 1TB // Air 540 // HX650

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Intel is the way to go: 
 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£92.52 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£89.99 @ Novatech) 
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£75.29 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290X 4GB Direct CU II Video Card  (£239.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  (£85.93 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: XFX XTR 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£93.94 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £952.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-25 22:52 BST+0100
 
Or, select a cheaper cooler, select a lower capacity SSD, select a cheaper case, swap to a cheaper PSU(less needed for Nvidia GPU's), and up the GPU to a GTX-980:
 
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£89.99 @ Novatech) 
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£45.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card  (£442.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: BitFenix Neos White ATX Mid Tower Case  (£29.51 @ Aria PC) 
Case Fan: BitFenix Spectre PWM 51.3 CFM 120mm  Fan  (£7.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case Fan: BitFenix Spectre PWM 51.3 CFM 120mm  Fan  (£7.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £992.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-25 23:02 BST+0100
 
There's really no point in going for an AMD CPU, I mean the price difference does not weigh out the performance lost. But if you insist:

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor  (£127.00 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£92.52 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£96.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£75.29 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290X 4GB Direct CU II Video Card  (£239.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  (£85.93 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: XFX XTR 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£93.94 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £901.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-25 22:54 BST+0100

CPU: Intel i5-4690k                                                               RAM: 16gb Corsair Vengance Pro DDR3-2400                                                                     Case: NZXT S340

Cooler: CM Hyper 212 Evo                                                  Storage: Intel 730 SSD                                                                                                            PSU: EVGA 850G2

Mobo: Asus Z97-A 3.1                                                          GPU: 980ti G1                                                                                                                          OS: Windows 10 Pro

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the G1 i heard is really bad compared to the G2

i would never know, i fan over the corsair PSU's lol :P

guess i just mixed em up

That build could be under 1k btw :P

 

 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£79.96 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£54.10 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Storage: OCZ ARC 100 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£64.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 980 4GB Super JetStream Video Card  (£426.55 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£57.98 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £988.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£184.66 @ Ebuyer) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£92.52 @ Aria PC) 

A bit overkill for gaming, OCing a 4690K won't make as big of a difference in games as opposed to getting a cheaper cooler and putting that money towards more powerful graphics. 

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Nowadays, it's silly to go AMD as they simply aren't competitive with Quad cores from Intel downright creaming them in all loads.  The only Fast AMD is a super Overclocked chip at 220W TDP with a 4.7Ghz clock.

It's slower than an i7.

Choose from here for something to fit your range:  It goes from $130-$1500 and ought to cover you.  At $600 I fit a GTX 960 and a i5. 

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Weak1ings/saved/

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A bit overkill for gaming, OCing a 4690K won't make as big of a difference in games as opposed to getting a cheaper cooler and putting that money towards more powerful graphics. 

 

http://pclab.pl/zdjecia/artykuly/chaostheory/2015/04/gtav/charts5/gtav_vhigh_cpu.png

 

That's with one card, suffering from diminishing returns as the framerate got higher.

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A bit overkill for gaming, OCing a 4690K won't make as big of a difference in games as opposed to getting a cheaper cooler and putting that money towards more powerful graphics. 

You never let me finish my edits. ;)

 

Look at my previous post: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/354976-amd-gaming-pc/#entry4821563

CPU: Intel i5-4690k                                                               RAM: 16gb Corsair Vengance Pro DDR3-2400                                                                     Case: NZXT S340

Cooler: CM Hyper 212 Evo                                                  Storage: Intel 730 SSD                                                                                                            PSU: EVGA 850G2

Mobo: Asus Z97-A 3.1                                                          GPU: 980ti G1                                                                                                                          OS: Windows 10 Pro

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http://pclab.pl/zdjecia/artykuly/chaostheory/2015/04/gtav/charts5/gtav_vhigh_cpu.png

 

That's with one card, suffering from diminishing returns as the framerate got higher.

A better GPU still makes a bigger difference, show the full story as opposed to just replying towards the first part of what I said. http://pclab.pl/zdjecia/artykuly/chaostheory/2015/04/gtav/charts5/gtav_vhigh_cpu2.png

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A better GPU still makes a bigger difference, show the full story as opposed to just replying towards the first part of what I said. http://pclab.pl/zdjecia/artykuly/chaostheory/2015/04/gtav/charts5/gtav_vhigh_cpu2.png

He'll still be able to get 4.0-4.4ghz with a CM Hyper 212 Evo. An AIO is just a bit better at cooling... and in the end, preferential.

 

So I agree with you, for once... I'd opt for a CM Hyper 212 Evo and a better GPU like the 980.

 

As I posted on the last page:

 
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£89.99 @ Novatech) 
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£45.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card  (£442.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: BitFenix Neos White ATX Mid Tower Case  (£29.51 @ Aria PC) 
Case Fan: BitFenix Spectre PWM 51.3 CFM 120mm  Fan  (£7.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case Fan: BitFenix Spectre PWM 51.3 CFM 120mm  Fan  (£7.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £992.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-25 23:13 BST+0100

CPU: Intel i5-4690k                                                               RAM: 16gb Corsair Vengance Pro DDR3-2400                                                                     Case: NZXT S340

Cooler: CM Hyper 212 Evo                                                  Storage: Intel 730 SSD                                                                                                            PSU: EVGA 850G2

Mobo: Asus Z97-A 3.1                                                          GPU: 980ti G1                                                                                                                          OS: Windows 10 Pro

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