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[mcmad358]

Im saving up for this build... 

 

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3Ihf1

 

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3Ihf1

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3Ihf1/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3Ihf1/benchmarks/

 

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($144.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Killer ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($124.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (Purchased For $55.00) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($79.99 @ Micro Center) 

Storage: Seagate Momentus 7200.4 250GB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For $0.00) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.43 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Vapor-X Video Card  ($456.13 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair 760T Black ATX Full Tower Case  ($159.99 @ Micro Center) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)  ($129.98 @ OutletPC) 

Other: Swiftech H220X ($149.99)

Other: Couger CFD120  (Purchased For $0.00)

Other: Fractal Design Integra R2 650W  (Purchased For $79.99)

Total: $1435.48

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-11 21:27 EDT-0400)

 

 

 

 

 

How does it look? Any thing i should fix? Im thinking it'll last me awhile. Im using the parts i have now to build a secondary system for fun also, comment if interested in that and ill post another link! Thanks

[nokturrduk84]

You need to replace that FX CPU & mobo with Intel & it's mobo. If you're only gaming i5 will be enough for that, if you do some video editing & 3d work then you need i7. Both will be overkill. AMD uses obsolete (32nm) architecture. It has weak cores & gonna bottleneck that R9 290 gpu.

[CoolBeans]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Amazon)

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($71.75 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($139.69 @ Amazon)

Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($74.98 @ OutletPC)

Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($119.69 @ Amazon)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.43 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($492.98 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($83.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $1357.49

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-11 21:43 EDT-0400)

[CoolBeans]

You need to replace that FX CPU & mobo with Intel & it's mobo. If you're only gaming i5 will be enough for that, if you do some video editing & 3d work then you need i7. Both will be overkill. AMD uses obsolete (32nm) architecture. It has weak cores & gonna bottleneck that R9 290 gpu.

I agree it has weak cores but it will not bottleneck a 290, maybe 2 290s

[ItsRetorical]

I have an upcoming build that was almost I dentical to that but I said screw that and decided instead of going for something like the 990 the 8320 and the killer to go with an 8350 a ASUS Crosshair formula and a 990x for just an extra 200-300 dollars cause I wanted more of an extreme computer at the highest tier I would go without it getting stupid. just a suggestion.

[i_build_nanosuits]

OP this is an amazing system the performances in games will be awesome, i run a similar system and i can assure you that it performs awesomly well in every games that i've tried so far

and i own a bunch of them...good job !

[mcmad358]

OP this is an amazing system the performances in games will be awesome, i run a similar system and i can assure you that it performs awesomly well in every games that i've tried so far

and i own a bunch of them...good job !

Thank you, very ressuring... any suggestions you can think of?

[jtrier1]

 

Im saving up for this build... 

 

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3Ihf1

 

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3Ihf1

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3Ihf1/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3Ihf1/benchmarks/

 

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($144.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Killer ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($124.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (Purchased For $55.00) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($79.99 @ Micro Center) 

Storage: Seagate Momentus 7200.4 250GB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For $0.00) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.43 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Vapor-X Video Card  ($456.13 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair 760T Black ATX Full Tower Case  ($159.99 @ Micro Center) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)  ($129.98 @ OutletPC) 

Other: Swiftech H220X ($149.99)

Other: Couger CFD120  (Purchased For $0.00)

Other: Fractal Design Integra R2 650W  (Purchased For $79.99)

Total: $1435.48

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-11 21:27 EDT-0400)

 

 

 

 

 

How does it look? Any thing i should fix? Im thinking it'll last me awhile. Im using the parts i have now to build a secondary system for fun also, comment if interested in that and ill post another link! Thanks

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3IiCZ

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

Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3IiCZ/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($181.98 @ SuperBiiz)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($27.99 @ NCIX US)

Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Killer ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($124.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (Purchased For $55.00)

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($79.99 @ Micro Center)

Storage: Seagate Momentus 7200.4 250GB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For $0.00)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.43 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Vapor-X Video Card  ($456.13 @ Newegg)

Case: Corsair 400R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Amazon)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)  ($129.98 @ OutletPC)

Case Fan: Corsair CO-9050016-RLED 52.2 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($16.79 @ Amazon)

Case Fan: Corsair CO-9050016-RLED 52.2 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($16.79 @ Amazon)

Case Fan: Corsair CO-9050016-RLED 52.2 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($16.79 @ Amazon)

Other: Swiftech H220X ($149.99)

Other: Couger CFD120  (Purchased For $0.00)

Other: Fractal Design Integra R2 650W  (Purchased For $79.99)

Total: $1480.83

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-11 22:02 EDT-0400)

[i_build_nanosuits]

Thank you, very ressuring... any suggestions you can think of?

Well, if you don't plan on going crossfire in the future you could look for this motherboard and save some bucks, it's the same build quality and feature of the higher end 990FX board but it's better priced, being a 970 chipset

the 2nd pcie slot is only 4x though, but that's the only downside, this board is full ATX, as an 8+2 digital power phase, heatsinked high quality vrm's and mosfets...USB3 sata 3 etc...

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128651

 

Also you need a CPU cooler, i would suggest a CM hyper 212 it cost about 30$..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099

 

Other than that it's perfect, and as i said if you think you might go crossfire in the future then go with the 990FX board, but you will need a better PSU for cfx on r9 290 anyway...

 

EDIT: ALSO, no point in going with an FX-8350 it is the same exact CPU only the 8320 has a lower stock clock speed, it's unlocked so just set a different multiplier in the bios and you upgrade for free to 4.2 or 4.4 GHZ in a breeze..

some (most) FX-8320 can go as high as 4.6 or 4.8ghz with more voltage.

[mcmad358]

Well, if you don't plan on going crossfire in the future you could look for this motherboard and save some bucks, it's the same build quality and feature of the higher end 990FX board but it's better priced, being a 970 chipset

the 2nd pcie slot is only 4x though, but that's the only downside, this board is full ATX, as an 8+2 digital power phase, heatsinked high quality vrm's and mosfets...USB3 sata 3 etc...

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128651

 

Also you need a CPU cooler, i would suggest a CM hyper 212 it cost about 30$..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099

 

Other than that it's perfect, and as i said if you think you might go crossfire in the future then go with the 990FX board, but you will need a better PSU for cfx on r9 290 anyway...

 

EDIT: ALSO, no point in going with an FX-8350 it is the same exact CPU only the 8320 has a lower stock clock speed, it's unlocked so just set a different multiplier in the bios and you upgrade for free to 4.2 or 4.4 GHZ in a breeze..

some (most) FX-8320 can go as high as 4.6 or 4.8ghz with more voltage.

im planning on getting the H220X. Youre a great LTT member, you seem to know about everything i ask!

[i_build_nanosuits]

im planning on getting the H220X. Youre a great LTT member, you seem to know about everything i ask!

Don't hesitate if you have any other questions or concerns. thanks!