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im building a £800 build for a friend now he says he has £800 to spend but would rather to be more around £750 .

 

the build i have at the minute is this :

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3BljF
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3BljF/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3BljF/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor  (£131.48 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.95 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£99.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£105.08 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£59.89 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card  (£149.99 @ Novatech)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£79.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£52.84 @ Amazon UK)
Other: Novatech nVision Life 22" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor V2 (£94.98)
Total: £800.19
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
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He only uses ASUS motherboards , only thing he does not want changed , but is going to be using this system for rendering youtube videos and playing battlefield 4 and other AAA titles .

also future proofing this build will help when he wants to upgrade this in the future. 

he needs one monitor around 20"-22" , also does not need a OS or any HDD's as he has 3 different HHD's . 

my question is do you think we could get a decent SSD in there maybe to speed this build up a bit?

regards.

Current Build : 

 
CASE: Fractal Design R4 w/Window CPU: Intel 4930K,  RAM: 16GB Ripjaws Z 2133Mhz  Cooling: H100i  MotherBoard: Asus P9x79 Pro , PSU: CS750M   Storage: 2x Samsung 840 Pro 256Gb , 1Tb Seagate Barracuda, 500GB WD Black,  Graphics: Gigabyte GTX 780 Windforce 3GB,  Monitors: AOC G2460PG ( G sync monitor), Edge10 24" 1080p , 24" 1680*1020p monitor ( LCD)  Microphone: Blue Yeti  Keyboard: Cougar 700k  Phone: Samsung Note 3  Headphones: Sennheiser HD598

Laptop:

 CPU: 
4710MQ  Ram: 8GB 1600MHz Storage:120Gb 840 Evo + 1Tb 5400Rpm HDD  Graphics: GTX 850M 2GB   Screen: 1080p IPS  
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Definately get an SSD, it will make his experience much better.

 

Heres my take on this.

 

 
CPU:  AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  (£104.39 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler:  be quiet! Shadow Rock 2 87.0 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler  (£33.42 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard:  Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£68.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory:  Kingston Beast 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£53.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage:  Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£55.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card:  MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (£239.72 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case:  Corsair Graphite Series 230T Black ATX Mid Tower Case  (£53.76 @ CCL Computers) 
Monitor:  Dell S2240L 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  (£127.37 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £781.42
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
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CPU: i9-13900k MOBO: Asus Strix Z790-E RAM: 64GB GSkill  CPU Cooler: Corsair H170i

GPU: Asus Strix RTX-4090 Case: Fractal Torrent PSU: Corsair HX-1000i Storage: 2TB Samsung 990 Pro

 

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PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3Bo4s
 
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: Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£116.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Mushkin Stealth 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£64.98 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£55.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (£219.99 @ Dabs) 
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 230T Black ATX Mid Tower Case  (£53.76 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£58.99 @ Dabs) 
Monitor: LG 22MP55HQ-P 60Hz 22.0" Monitor  (£99.30 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £798.85
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
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First of all i did put one of the best motherboard to the AM3+ platform you will be able to overclock your CPU like a charm.
Power supply is really nice and you will be able to upgrade in the future without changing the PSU again
The Monitor is an IPS monitor and is 22' inch so yeah for the price its awesome.
GPU its better then a 770 it have more VRAM and the memory bus its higher plus you have mantle.
I only put an 120gb SSD because if you were willing to go faster instead of going with the bigger cappacity ... its better in the long run (i think).
 

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First of all i did put one of the best motherboard to the AM3+ platform you will be able to overclock your CPU like a charm.

Power supply is really nice and you will be able to upgrade in the future without changing the PSU again

The Monitor is an IPS monitor and is 22' inch so yeah for the price its awesome.

GPU its better then a 770 it have more VRAM and the memory bus its higher plus you have mantle.

I only put an 120gb SSD because if you were willing to go faster instead of going with the bigger cappacity ... its better in the long run (i think).

 

 

You may wish to take another look at the GTX 770 vs the R9 280X...

 

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-280X-vs-GeForce-GTX-770

CPU: i9-13900k MOBO: Asus Strix Z790-E RAM: 64GB GSkill  CPU Cooler: Corsair H170i

GPU: Asus Strix RTX-4090 Case: Fractal Torrent PSU: Corsair HX-1000i Storage: 2TB Samsung 990 Pro

 

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You may wish to take another look at the GTX 770 vs the R9 280X...

 

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-280X-vs-GeForce-GTX-770

Later down the road the 280X is going to be better and the price to performance you cant deny the 280x is better ... 

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Later down the road the 280X is going to be better and the price to performance you cant deny the 280x is better ... 

 

The price to performance is better. However I don't agree that the 280X will out-preform a GTX 770 in the future. I think you are referring to software updates (like mantle) for the AMD cards. These updates have been improvements but you seem to be neglecting the driver updates that also go to Nvidia cards.

 

As for the VRAM and Bus width you mentioned previously, neither 280X or 770 can saturate their bus width, so that is a bit of a mute point. 

CPU: i9-13900k MOBO: Asus Strix Z790-E RAM: 64GB GSkill  CPU Cooler: Corsair H170i

GPU: Asus Strix RTX-4090 Case: Fractal Torrent PSU: Corsair HX-1000i Storage: 2TB Samsung 990 Pro

 

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im building a £800 build for a friend now he says he has £800 to spend but would rather to be more around £750 .

 

the build i have at the minute is this :

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3BljF

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3BljF/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3BljF/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor  (£131.48 @ Aria PC)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.95 @ Amazon UK)

Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£99.99 @ Amazon UK)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£105.08 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£59.89 @ Amazon UK)

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card  (£149.99 @ Novatech)

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£79.99 @ Amazon UK)

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

Other: Novatech nVision Life 22" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor V2 (£94.98)

Total: £800.19

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-30 16:45 BST+0100)

 

He only uses ASUS motherboards , only thing he does not want changed , but is going to be using this system for rendering youtube videos and playing battlefield 4 and other AAA titles .

also future proofing this build will help when he wants to upgrade this in the future. 

he needs one monitor around 20"-22" , also does not need a OS or any HDD's as he has 3 different HHD's . 

my question is do you think we could get a decent SSD in there maybe to speed this build up a bit?

regards.

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3Cxoe

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3Cxoe/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3Cxoe/benchmarks/

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: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£63.08 @ Ebuyer)

Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£50.08 @ CCL Computers)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£48.78 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card  (£316.36 @ Aria PC)

Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£32.93 @ CCL Computers)

Power Supply: Zalman 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£48.91 @ Amazon UK)

Monitor: LG 22MP55HQ-P 60Hz 22.0" Monitor  (£99.30 @ Aria PC)

Total: £789.28

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-02 16:29 BST+0100)

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why is everyone changing the 8350 for the 8320 , i can see it is a lot cheaper , is there actually any difference apart from the core clock or ?

Current Build : 

 
CASE: Fractal Design R4 w/Window CPU: Intel 4930K,  RAM: 16GB Ripjaws Z 2133Mhz  Cooling: H100i  MotherBoard: Asus P9x79 Pro , PSU: CS750M   Storage: 2x Samsung 840 Pro 256Gb , 1Tb Seagate Barracuda, 500GB WD Black,  Graphics: Gigabyte GTX 780 Windforce 3GB,  Monitors: AOC G2460PG ( G sync monitor), Edge10 24" 1080p , 24" 1680*1020p monitor ( LCD)  Microphone: Blue Yeti  Keyboard: Cougar 700k  Phone: Samsung Note 3  Headphones: Sennheiser HD598

Laptop:

 CPU: 
4710MQ  Ram: 8GB 1600MHz Storage:120Gb 840 Evo + 1Tb 5400Rpm HDD  Graphics: GTX 850M 2GB   Screen: 1080p IPS  
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why is everyone changing the 8350 for the 8320 , i can see it is a lot cheaper , is there actually any difference apart from the core clock or ?

When you overclock, the stock speeds are not as important.  If you don't plan to overclock, then you would want the 8350, or to go Intel.

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why is everyone changing the 8350 for the 8320 , i can see it is a lot cheaper , is there actually any difference apart from the core clock or ?

Nope, the only difference is the core clock. They are otherwise the same cpu.

 

Better: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3CVhN

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Nope, the only difference is the core clock. They are otherwise the same cpu.

 

Better: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3CVhN

nice :P , still think that Samsung SSD's will always be the king of SSD's though :P But apart from that looks like a nice build 

Current Build : 

 
CASE: Fractal Design R4 w/Window CPU: Intel 4930K,  RAM: 16GB Ripjaws Z 2133Mhz  Cooling: H100i  MotherBoard: Asus P9x79 Pro , PSU: CS750M   Storage: 2x Samsung 840 Pro 256Gb , 1Tb Seagate Barracuda, 500GB WD Black,  Graphics: Gigabyte GTX 780 Windforce 3GB,  Monitors: AOC G2460PG ( G sync monitor), Edge10 24" 1080p , 24" 1680*1020p monitor ( LCD)  Microphone: Blue Yeti  Keyboard: Cougar 700k  Phone: Samsung Note 3  Headphones: Sennheiser HD598

Laptop:

 CPU: 
4710MQ  Ram: 8GB 1600MHz Storage:120Gb 840 Evo + 1Tb 5400Rpm HDD  Graphics: GTX 850M 2GB   Screen: 1080p IPS  
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When you overclock, the stock speeds are not as important.  If you don't plan to overclock, then you would want the 8350, or to go Intel.

i would love to go intel but try to keep this under £800 and very good at GPU Horsepower for BF4 and some rendering for utube videos he will be making 

Current Build : 

 
CASE: Fractal Design R4 w/Window CPU: Intel 4930K,  RAM: 16GB Ripjaws Z 2133Mhz  Cooling: H100i  MotherBoard: Asus P9x79 Pro , PSU: CS750M   Storage: 2x Samsung 840 Pro 256Gb , 1Tb Seagate Barracuda, 500GB WD Black,  Graphics: Gigabyte GTX 780 Windforce 3GB,  Monitors: AOC G2460PG ( G sync monitor), Edge10 24" 1080p , 24" 1680*1020p monitor ( LCD)  Microphone: Blue Yeti  Keyboard: Cougar 700k  Phone: Samsung Note 3  Headphones: Sennheiser HD598

Laptop:

 CPU: 
4710MQ  Ram: 8GB 1600MHz Storage:120Gb 840 Evo + 1Tb 5400Rpm HDD  Graphics: GTX 850M 2GB   Screen: 1080p IPS  
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i would love to go intel but try to keep this under £800 and very good at GPU Horsepower for BF4 and some rendering for utube videos he will be making 

Intel is very feasible at your price point:

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3D2n5

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3D2n5/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3D2n5/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£161.99 @ Aria PC)

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

Motherboard: Asus Z87-K ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£89.84 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£58.98 @ CCL Computers)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£48.78 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card  (£216.98 @ Novatech)

Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£32.93 @ CCL Computers)

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

Monitor: LG 22MP55HQ-P 60Hz 22.0" Monitor  (£99.30 @ Aria PC)

Total: £787.09

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-03 12:10 BST+0100)

 

For rendering, the AMD will probably be better, but for gaming, Intel takes home gold.  The difference between the two builds are:

Intel + R9 280X

or

AMD + R9 290

 

You can't go wrong with either.

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