Need help please. Fx 8320 or I5 4690k

[alex1888]

I am building a gaming pc for my sons xmas, which would be better an fx 8320 with r9 290 or i5 4690k and gtx 760 ? It will just be used for gaming

[Archangel1994]

What's the budget for the build? We can most likely fit in both an R9 290 and a 4690k (Which would be the best option)

[OriginalPromise]

Budget, location, requirements?

Do you need the OS/peripherals?

Also, if you currently have a PCPartPicker link, it could save some time too.

Lastly, welcome to the forums!

[alex1888]

Sorry I live in the UK and my budget is roughly £600. I don't need a monitor or OS. I have priced both builds and they cost about the same. Just unsure which to choose 

[EzioSan]

if your gaming mainly i would go with the r9 290 and a i5 4460. 

[laxer]

4690k without a doubt, as for graphics if you know what games he plays look up some comparison charts and grab the best in your budget.

 

Regardless, the 760 is a pretty strong card and will play any game out right now. (although not on the highest settings)

[Mush Brain]

I would i5 and R9 285.

[alex1888]

Because its so close to Christmas my budget is very tight so its a straight choice between the 8320 and r9 290 or i5 4690k and gtx 760. He wants to play COD, Battlefield, Assassins creed, Watch dogs, Far Cry 4

[harrynowl]

How about this?

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/PJdBxr

 

let me know if I missed something

[alex1888]

I thought a r9 290 needed a 750 watt psu

[harrynowl]

I thought a r9 290 needed a 750 watt psu

No chance, they'll over rate as a lot of people still buy really crappy PSUs.

 

I guarantee that EVGA 500W will run perfect with a 290 and a Haswell i5.

 

Also quote someone when you reply to them, just means we get notified you've replied

[alex1888]

Sorry you will have to forgive a newbie

So I wont need a 750 psu even if I try to overclock

[Faceman]

Sorry you will have to forgive a newbie

So I wont need a 750 psu even if I try to overclock

Nope. At full load a system with a 4770k and GTX780Ti both overclocked to the max is only pulling 425W.

A locked i5 + R9 290 is going to be the absolute best performance you can get for the money you have to spend.

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/pm9Vbv

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/pm9Vbv/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£130.74 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard: Asus H81M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£39.37 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£57.47 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£41.52 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.59 @ Amazon UK)

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB PCS+ Video Card (£219.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)

Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case (£27.76 @ CCL Computers)

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.83 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £600.87

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-22 14:15 GMT+0000

[deathjester]

Nope. At full load a system with a 4770k and GTX780Ti both overclocked to the max is only pulling 425W.

A locked i5 + R9 290 is going to be the absolute best performance you can get for the money you have to spend.

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/pm9Vbv

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/pm9Vbv/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£130.74 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard: Asus H81M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£39.37 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£57.47 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£41.52 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.59 @ Amazon UK)

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB PCS+ Video Card (£219.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)

Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case (£27.76 @ CCL Computers)

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.83 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £600.87

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-22 14:15 GMT+0000

 

 

^ Pretty much that. Also the Power Color PCS + is about as good as it gets on a R9 290. I have a 4770k and r9 290 on a OC and my CPU uses quite a bit more power than the I5 and I have a 600 watt and it runs fine. Load is probably like 490 watts or something. 

 

That R9 290 will trade blows with a GTX 980 depending on the game, AA, resolution you are running. Heat is not a factor on that model or the Sapphire Vapor-x/Tri-x. Those companies simply did the Hawaii chipset right. They will outperform many brand R9 290x's,

 

Also more and more games want more than 2 gigs of VRAM. I would not touch a 2 GIG card right now on a new build. I would go r9 280 3GB> and the next three cards are very close. Good brand R9 290/High end GTX 970 like the Gigabyte G1/GTX980. All the cards in between are horrible price/performance. the R9 280's are so close in price to the the R9 270 here in the U.S. that it makes the R9 270 pointless, GTX 760 pointless, and the 770 is a ripoff vs the R9 290 even if you do opt for 4 gigs of VRAM. 285 only has 2 gigs of VRAM.

 

In addition the R9 290 is Freesync ready. Meaning you could buy the kid a cheaper monitor now (or use an old one) and upgrade to a nice Freesync next year. You are simply getting a ton of bang for the buck.

 

For gaming GPU should be the most expensive part on the PC and I would much rather have a R9 290 than a lower card and an overclocked I5 unless I was specifically playing like Guild Wars 2 and that game will be better on the locked Intel I5 than a AMD CPU.