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For overclocking what wattage of power supply would you recommend for this CPU?

its highly unlikely that a cpus power draw has enough of an effect to determine a power supply, currently using my spare rig "retribution" with 5 hard drives in it im drawing about 100w at idle and about 350 under gaming load with a cx500w assuming 80% efficency the systems actually wanting about 280w so im about 56% load this is with a bulldozer 8 core overclocked and a 40nm xfx 6870....but id say get a 600w psu because its like an extra £4.....also semi modular=much cleaner build

 

Would you think this would do? http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/bLBdJx

I'm still thinking about what case and what cooler I am going to get.

replace the board with the msi 970 gaming, it has extra features like configurable ethernet crossfire and sli support and a more robust vrm, it also looks better imo. rest is good, dont know wether the £400 was meant to include the graphics card, any extra money saved should go to card an fx8 with a 760/280x is better than a 4460 with a 750ti/270, unless were talking single threaded mmo's in which case the fx can be overclocked to equal, but im guessing you want to use your pc, not 1 core at 100% (25%overall) and the gpu at 50% because of that.

(dear intel, please give me 2 pentium k's for £110 instead of the £170 you charge...) all the best im leaving it here.

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its highly unlikely that a cpus power draw has enough of an effect to determine a power supply, currently using my spare rig "retribution" with 5 hard drives in it im drawing about 100w at idle and about 350 under gaming load with a cx500w assuming 80% efficency the systems actually wanting about 280w so im about 56% load this is with a bulldozer 8 core overclocked and a 40nm xfx 6870....but id say get a 600w psu because its like an extra £4.....also semi modular=much cleaner build

replace the board with the msi 970 gaming, it has extra features like configurable ethernet crossfire and sli support and a more robust vrm, it also looks better imo. rest is good, dont know wether the £400 was meant to include the graphics card, any extra money saved should go to card an fx8 with a 760/280x is better than a 4460 with a 750ti/270, unless were talking single threaded mmo's in which case the fx can be overclocked to equal, but im guessing you want to use your pc, not 1 core at 100% (25%overall) and the gpu at 50% because of that.

(dear intel, please give me 2 pentium k's for £110 instead of the £170 you charge...) all the best im leaving it here.

thank you. Would the BIOS need updated on the MSI mobo? Also the £400 wasn't including a graphics card but I do intend to upgrade that with in next year. I am also going to get a SSD for boot and some games and programs I use a lot! (:
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thank you. Would the BIOS need updated on the MSI mobo? Also the £400 wasn't including a graphics card but I do intend to upgrade that with in next year. I am also going to get a SSD for boot and some games and programs I use a lot! (:

no update needed but prob a good idea anyway.

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Hello.

Lately I have been wanting to build a new system. I will be on a restricted budget of around the £400 mark. I will make upgrades in the future.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Hvvcyc This is what I have been thinking about building.

I will use my 750GB hard drive I have just now with my current PC.

Also I will use my ASUS GTX 750 Ti for the time being until I get more money.

I will be using the PC for gaming, streaming, photo editing, video editing etc...

I was just wanting second opinions before I spend any money!

Thanks!

I've just upgraded to the 8350, very impressed, I'm running mine on an MSI 970 Gaming mobo, I dropped mine down to 3.5 (someone asked me if an 8320 could run star citizen) and turned off turbo core and was surprised how well it ran even while recording game footage, only issue is my MSI 270 isn't man enough now.

My advice? 8320 should be fine just go for an ASUS 990FX board if you can, if you go stock fan cooler your gonna need to adjust the fan speed as it goes way to high, temps are fine mine never go over 56c.

nice one, here's mine if harrynowl is over budget:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£133.14 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£30.97 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£68.99 @ Aria PC)

Case: Cooler Master Storm Scout 2 Advanced ATX Mid Tower Case (£59.99 @ Scan.co.uk)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£49.93 @ CCL Computers)

Total: £343.02

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-19 01:59 BST+0100

Both of these will outperform an FX CPU, and as you can see intel is significantly cheaper.

Just be careful when quoting UK pc parts picker.

Aria shipping doesn't show on the site and Scans shipping isn't always correct until you get to payment.

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I've just upgraded to the 8350, very impressed, I'm running mine on an MSI 970 Gaming mobo, I dropped mine down to 3.5 (someone asked me if an 8320 could run star citizen) and turned off turbo core and was surprised how well it ran even while recording game footage, only issue is my MSI 270 isn't man enough now.

My advice? 8320 should be fine just go for an ASUS 990FX board if you can, if you go stock fan cooler your gonna need to adjust the fan speed as it goes way to high, temps are fine mine never go over 56c.

Just be careful when quoting UK pc parts picker.

Aria shipping doesn't show on the site and Scans shipping isn't always correct until you get to payment.

Do you think something like the MSI 990FXA-GD65 will do? Or will the Gigabite GA-990FXA-UD5 be a better choice?

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Since you claim to be on the LGA 1155 socket why not just go to i7 3770k? You would not have to buy a motherboard and would save. It is an older CPU yes but it is really good. I have one and it will render 1080p 30 fps with a 10mb bit-rate in about 130% real time

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Since you claim to be on the LGA 1155 socket why not just go to i7 3770k? You would not have to buy a motherboard and would save. It is an older CPU yes but it is really good. I have one and it will render 1080p 30 fps with a 10mb bit-rate in about 130% real time

That is still an option for me. I think it is a bit pricey just for a CPU but I will need to look further into the intel stuff

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Do you think something like the MSI 990FXA-GD65 will do? Or will the Gigabite GA-990FXA-UD5 be a better choice?

Both seem fine as long as the gd65 is a v2, personally I don't like Gigabyte but I would pick that over the MSI and I'm a MSI fan

You can get an Asus sabertooth for cheaper than the gigabyte though

Since you claim to be on the LGA 1155 socket why not just go to i7 3770k? You would not have to buy a motherboard and would save. It is an older CPU yes but it is really good. I have one and it will render 1080p 30 fps with a 10mb bit-rate in about 130% real time

That also makes sense
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That also makes sense

Yeah because then you get the high end processor while keeping the platform and I am pretty sure it beats all AMD out right now? Correct me if I am wrong.

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That is still an option for me. I think it is a bit pricey just for a CPU but I will need to look further into the intel stuff

What games do you play?

You should avoid AMD at all costs.

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Get this instead;

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Yeah because then you get the high end processor while keeping the platform and I am pretty sure it beats all AMD out right now? Correct me if I am wrong.

Actually looking at the prices, no, 8320 and a sabertooth is cheaper and a cross hair and 8320 is a little bit more than the Intel CPU itself alone.
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Actually looking at the prices, no, 8320 and a sabertooth is cheaper and a cross hair and 8320 is a little bit more than the Intel CPU itself alone.

Oh wow AMD is cheap.

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What games do you play?

You should avoid AMD at all costs.

I play Call of Duty games. I also want to play BF4 but I don't own it just now. I heard it is better on an AMD CPU.

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Oh wow AMD is cheap.

Cheap?

You can get the max out of this chip with this setup;

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£164.00 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£23.94 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£61.26 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £249.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-19 22:43 BST+0100

To get the max out of a 8320 you need a motherboard with good VRM and since it consumes so much power you'll be needing a expensive cooler as well;

 
CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  (£99.98 @ Novatech) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£78.88 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£119.50 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £298.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-19 22:43 BST+0100

Not really cheaper. Lets look at the performance difference in a 4 threaded game (i5=i7);

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That Intel offers a better price/performance ratio here is freaking clear.

 

 

My advice? 8320 should be fine just go for an ASUS 990FX board if you can, if you go stock fan cooler your gonna need to adjust the fan speed as it goes way to high, temps are fine mine never go over 56c.

It's not fine when it costs more and performs worse. 

 

 

I play Call of Duty games. I also want to play BF4 but I don't own it just now. I heard it is better on an AMD CPU.

Just avoid AMD, you already have a z77 motherboard just pair it with a 3570K and a cooler master evo 212 instead of paying 300£ for poor performance when you can get for half the price so much better performance.

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Actually looking at the prices, no, 8320 and a sabertooth is cheaper and a cross hair and 8320 is a little bit more than the Intel CPU itself alone.

Thats one of the main factors I want to try and stick to. I currently have no source of income but when I do the first thing I will get will be a PC. I know if I buy cheaper components that may effect the performance a little.

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Thats one of the main factors I want to try and stick to. I currently have no source of income but when I do the first thing I will get will be a PC. I know if I buy cheaper components that may effect the performance a little.

An 8320 will do you fine, a better motherboard just gives you more options.

My MSI 970 Gaming works fine just for me the software is a bit limiting compared to the ASUS sabertooth BUT it's £60 cheaper and seen people overclock to 4.8 on it

I play Call of Duty games. I also want to play BF4 but I don't own it just now. I heard it is better on an AMD CPU.

That's funny I've heard the oppisite

Oh wow AMD is cheap.

Yep and you can go cheaper
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*salestalk*

Quit this BS. OP already has a z77 board no freaking reasons to go with AMD at all. Apparently 300£ is cheaper than 250£ >.>

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Quit this BS. OP already has a z77 board no freaking reasons to go with AMD at all. Apparently 300£ is cheaper than 250£ >.>

Have you actually read my posts, at no point have I told him to buy only AMD

Your pricing is way off

And if he wants Intel that's fine but I suggest you go back and reread my posts

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Have you actually read my posts, at no point have I told him to buy only AMD Your pricing is way off And if he wants Intel that's fine but I suggest you go back and reread my posts

Don't tell him the 8320 is fine when he already owns a Z77 board and when it's performing horrible compared to a i5. 

 

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Don't tell him the 8320 is fine when he already owns a Z77 board and when it's performing horrible compared to a i5.

Your taking things out of context. Go back and reread the whole conversation again between me and OP.

In the meantime, I'm off to bed, you can PM me and I'll read it in the morning.

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