First Gaming PC Build

[Guest]

Hi Guys,

I am going to be building a new computer soon and I wanted to know your opinions/thoughts on this list of parts.

 

I am going to be gaming in 1080p (but would like to upgrade my monitor to 1440p/4k in the near future) and my Budget is about £650

I am also going to get an SSD after I've build it.

 

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

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

 

CPU: AMD FX-4350 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£73.54 @ Ebuyer) 

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£63.65 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£57.53 @ Ebuyer) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  (£272.99 @ Ebuyer) 

Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  (£39.95 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: Zalman 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£41.79 @ Amazon UK) 

Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer  (£11.12 @ Ebuyer) 

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN3800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£19.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Other: Windows (£40.00)

Total: £660.54

 

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-20 23:23 GMT+0000

[jnmbhj]

Holy crap for 660 you can build a system with a gtx 970.

But just keep in mind that 4350 is going to bottleneck the 970 pretty hard

[Johannes_Lazor]

Id lower the 970 to a R9 280x and up the CPU to a FX 6300, It would be a better balanced machine and you will get a steadier framerate.

[Guest]

But just keep in mind that 4350 is going to bottleneck the 970 pretty hard

 

Would a FX-8350 make things any better?

[Johannes_Lazor]

Would a FX-8350 make things any better?

The 4300, 6300 and 8320/50 has about the same core performance, The 8350 is pretty much a amped 8320 with more overclockability.

It would make thing about twice as good, Atleast your framerate in games that uses all 8 cores.

But it also depends on what game you are playing.

Most games would bottleneck the gtx 970 with a FX 8350 But some games will be perfect.

Id suggest you wait for the GTX 960 and choose that one instead even if you go with the 8350 since it will give you a steadier framerate.

[jnmbhj]

Would a FX-8350 make things any better?

I little BUT I do not recommend you getting the 8350. 

It is outdated and it might bottleneck the 970. But keep in mind it has no upgradeblity. So your stuck with an old system. An i5 4690k would be a much better option unless your doing heavy multitasking and streaming then the 8350 wins. 

[Devastion]

Go for FX-6300?