Which build is best?

[Donimater2]

I have a strict £900 MAX budget and ive put together these two builds, I will buy the mouse at a later date.

 

AMD:

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CPU:  AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  (£104.39 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£74.66 @ CCL Computers) 

Memory:  Kingston Beast 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  (£49.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£59.94 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£40.09 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card:  MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (£227.14 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case:  Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£69.65 @ Dabs) 

Power Supply:  Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£52.84 @ Amazon UK) 

Optical Drive:  Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£11.52 @ CCL Computers) 

Keyboard:  Cherry G80-3850LYBGB-2 Wired Standard Keyboard  (£52.49 @ Amazon UK) 

Mouse:  Perixx MX-2000 Wired Laser Mouse  (£23.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Other: Acer 23" UM.VH6EE.001 H6 (£121.48)

Total: £913.63

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Intel:

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CPU:  Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£155.99 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Motherboard:  ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£85.95 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory:  Kingston Beast 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  (£49.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£59.94 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£40.09 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card:  MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (£169.98 @ Ebuyer) 

Case:  Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£69.65 @ Dabs) 

Power Supply:  Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£52.84 @ Amazon UK) 

Optical Drive:  Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer  (£11.69 @ CCL Computers) 

Monitor:  Acer H236HLBmjd 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  (£121.48 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Keyboard:  Cherry G80-3850LYBGB-2 Wired Standard Keyboard  (£52.49 @ Amazon UK) 

Mouse:  Perixx MX-2000 Wired Laser Mouse  (£23.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £919.53

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

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[Thecrazyswede]

Depends, are you going to use any other programs that might take advantage of the added cores on the 8350 ?

[Cacao]

Gaming performance wise, the first one is better. 

[Donimater2]

Depends, are you going to use any other programs that might take advantage of the added cores on the 8350 ?

 

 

Gaming performance wise, the first one is better. 

Ill be playing a wide range of different games like, FPS, MMORPG (WoW) and RPGs like Borderlands 2 and Skyrim with lots of mods

[FizzyFantom]

If your'e gaming then the first offers a better graphics card, but the Intel CPU would perform better in single threaded loads, such as games. However I'm running an FX 8320 and I don't think its bottlenecking my games, and will still perform well in most games. For video rendering I certainly suggest the FX 8320 as it is an 8 core CPU. The first build is probably better overall, as the GPU is better so will boost performace in games

[Donimater2]

If your'e gaming then the first offers a better graphics card, but the Intel CPU would perform better in single threaded loads, such as games. However I'm running an FX 8320 and I don't think its bottlenecking my games, and will still perform well in most games. For video rendering I certainly suggest the FX 8320 as it is an 8 core CPU. The first build is probably better overall, as the GPU is better so will boost performace in games

Do you play and MMOs or RPGs like Skyrim? My main concern is that the 8320 won't run well on these CPU intensive games.

[Izaya Orihara]

Do you play and MMOs or RPGs like Skyrim? My main concern is that the 8320 won't run well on these CPU intensive games.

Nah you're good. 

[Donimater2]

Nah you're good. 

Next concern is that when i upgrade in the future i will be limited due to AMD not having an equivalent I7 proccessor, have they announced any plans to include a system like Hyperthreading in the next gen of AMD CPUs?

[Gachr]

Yes, the first one will be performing better because of better GPU but I've got another suggestion.

You could go with non-OC Intel CPU and save some money on CPU itself, motherboard and also CPU cooler, I don't think that you could make better OC with this one.

Pick the exact parts yourself, but I would do something like this:

 

CPU:  Intel Core i5 non-OC (for example 4570)

CPU Cooler:  Cheap quiet cooler, you could even go with box.

Motherboard:  A simple H/B chipset motherboard

Memory:  8GB of RAM.

Storage:  120GB SSD

Storage:  1TB HDD

Video Card:  Take a card from the rest of the money

Case:  Just an ATX case, could be something cheaper than Arc.

Power Supply:  Just a bronze 500-600W PSU, nothing more to add.

Optical Drive:  

Monitor:  Simple 1080p monitor

Keyboard:  Whatever you want

Mouse:  Whatever you want

[Donimater2]

 

Yes, the first one will be performing better because of better GPU but I've got another suggestion.

You could go with non-OC Intel CPU and save some money on CPU itself, motherboard and also CPU cooler, I don't think that you could make better OC with this one.

Pick the exact parts yourself, but I would do something like this:

 

CPU:  Intel Core i5 non-OC (for example 4570)

CPU Cooler:  Cheap quiet cooler, you could even go with box.

Motherboard:  A simple H/B chipset motherboard

Memory:  8GB of RAM.

Storage:  120GB SSD

Storage:  1TB HDD

Video Card:  Take a card from the rest of the money

Case:  Just an ATX case, could be something cheaper than Arc.

Power Supply:  Just a bronze 500-600W PSU, nothing more to add.

Optical Drive:  

Monitor:  Simple 1080p monitor

Keyboard:  Whatever you want

Mouse:  Whatever you want

 

Cheers man, ive put this together ATM and i managed too fit in the 4670k!

Now choosing what aftermarket R9 280x i want as the Sapphire is £20 cheaper than the MSI but i like the MSI preset boost.

 

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CPU:  Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£155.99 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Motherboard:  MSI B85-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£53.44 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory:  Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£52.10 @ CCL Computers) 

Storage:  Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£52.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£40.09 @ Aria PC) 

Case:  Thermaltake Urban S31 Window ATX Mid Tower Case  (£55.73 @ CCL Computers) 

Power Supply:  Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£52.84 @ Amazon UK) 

Optical Drive:  Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer  (£11.69 @ CCL Computers) 

Monitor:  Acer H236HLBmjd 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  (£121.48 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Keyboard:  Cherry G80-3850LYBGB-2 Wired Standard Keyboard  (£52.49 @ Amazon UK) 

Mouse:  Perixx MX-2000 Wired Laser Mouse  (£23.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £698.27

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

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[Gachr]

Looks great to me

Taking 4670K will only give you only higher clocks in this case which won't make a difference really, you pay a lot for the overclocking ability which you won't use on a motherboard that you can't make OC on. 4670 has got the same clocks like 4670K but it's without overclocking, 4570 has got 200mhz lower clocks but it's cheaper and IMO it's the best performance/price ratio and I bought it myself.

MSI and Sapphire are both great manufacturers, I myself have a rule that if I take MSI motherboard I take MSI card, if I take ASUS motherboard I take ASUS card - in most cases it's just estethical but I heard that in case of Gigabyte cards you can't make some things if you don't have Gigabyte motherboard but I just heard about it, I'm not sure of it.