First Build

[MachoTaco24]

I've been wanting to move from console to PC for a while now. For my first build I used these parts:

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor

CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X31 69.5 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+ Motherboard

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card

Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black/Orange) ATX Mid Tower Case

PSU: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer

OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)

Fans: NZXT Air Flow Series 59.1 CFM 120mm Fan Red LED

NZXT Air Flow Series 83.6 CFM 140mm Fan Red LED

I would really like some feedback and tips and such so that I can get the best gaming and browsing experience I can get.

This is the fan setup I will try and use.

Sorry about the low res:p

Green= GPU

[MachoTaco24]

Photo was supposed to go up D:

[JustAnotherhippo]

If I were you I would save some money in things like the speed of ram go with 1600 or 1866 and get a slightly smaller ssd because you can always get more later and the price keeps going down instead get an i5 cpu.

[SImoHayha]

I've been wanting to move from console to PC for a while now. For my first build I used these parts:

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor

CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X31 69.5 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+ Motherboard

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card

Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black/Orange) ATX Mid Tower Case

PSU: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer

OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)

Fans: NZXT Air Flow Series 59.1 CFM 120mm Fan Red LED

NZXT Air Flow Series 83.6 CFM 140mm Fan Red LED

I would really like some feedback and tips and such so that I can get the best gaming and browsing experience I can get.

This is the fan setup I will try and use.

Sorry about the low res:p

Green= GPU

what is your entire budget ? it seem well but go with intel its much more powerful

[ZerueLX11]

Do you want overclock? 

 

The 8350 is good cpu but how do you feel about an intel i5? Im just saying thing but I feel that AM3+ is just too old of a platform.

[pinksnowmanshandle]

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Budget, location, purpose?

[MachoTaco24]

what is your entire budget ? it seem well but go with intel its much more powerful

The computer is about $1,500, plus the $300 of accessories. Intel would be fine for me.

[MachoTaco24]

Budget, location, purpose?

Just wanting to game and record video, plus a bit of browsing.

[MachoTaco24]

Do you want overclock? 

 

The 8350 is good cpu but how do you feel about an intel i5? Im just saying thing but I feel that AM3+ is just too old of a platform.

As long as Intel can get some good editing and recording, I'm fine.

[pinksnowmanshandle]

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 PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($139.95 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 93.3 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($89.90 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M EXTREME4+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($74.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($66.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($53.99 @ NCIX US) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($154.95 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R7 250 1GB Video Card  ($87.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: be quiet! Silent Base 800 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($119.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $933.72

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  ($554.99 @ NCIX US) 

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 93.3 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($89.90 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: ASRock X79 Extreme4 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard  ($198.90 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($66.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($53.99 @ NCIX US) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($154.95 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card  ($239.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case: BitFenix Shadow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $1583.67

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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[Noxxx]

that amd cpu is only useful for very heavily threaded applications, so if this is just a normal casual gaming PC, intel i5 would be better

[MachoTaco24]

that amd cpu is only useful for very heavily threaded applications, so if this is just a normal casual gaming PC, intel i5 would be better

it's exactly what I need, just worried about the chipset. Intel I know doesn't perform as well with editing, but than again, my min porpoise is to play games at max 1080p.

[pinksnowmanshandle]

it's exactly what I need, just worried about the chipset. Intel I know doesn't perform as well with editing, but than again, my min porpoise is to play games at max 1080p.

X99 is good for content creation that's what I plan on building my first and future build on. , but it would be really hard to get X99 on your budget.

 

Or maybe not...

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($299.99 @ Micro Center) 

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 93.3 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($89.90 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme3 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($175.78 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($129.98 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Western Digital Green 1.5TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($104.94 @ Adorama) 

Video Card: PNY GeForce GTX 970 4GB XLR8 Video Card  ($329.00 @ Amazon) 

Case: BitFenix Shadow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $1483.53

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-16 00:43 EST-0500

[MachoTaco24]

Well, seems like everyone's suggesting Intel. Which one should I get?

[MachoTaco24]

X99 is good for content creation that's what I plan on building my first and future build on but it would be really hard to get X99 on your budget.

Well, seems like everyone's suggesting Intel. Which one should I get?

X99 is good for content creation that's what I plan on building my first and future build on but it would be really hard to get X99 on your budget.

Yeah, definitely not fitting the budget. Do you know what kind of I5 or 7 that can get decent editing performance?

[pinksnowmanshandle]

Yeah, definitely not fitting the budget. Do you know what kind of I5 or 7 that can get decent editing performance?

I made an X99 build that was cheaper than the X79 build. 

Though if you want something different or you want it to be more extravagant, X99 is out of the question for your budget the best current Z97 (Haswell/Devils Canyon i5 and i7 are:) 

i5 4690K

i7 4790K

 Though Intel is close to releasing Broadwell-K CPUs. 

[MachoTaco24]

I made an X99 build that was cheaper than the X79 build.

Though if you want something different or you want it to be more extravagant, X99 is out of the question for your budget the best current Z97 (Haswell/Devils Canyon i5 and i7 are:)

i5 4690K

i7 4790K

Though Intel is close to releasing Broadwell-K CPUs.

I made an X99 build that was cheaper than the X79 build.

Though if you want something different or you want it to be more extravagant, X99 is out of the question for your budget the best current Z97 (Haswell/Devils Canyon i5 and i7 are:)

i5 4690K

i7 4790K

Though Intel is close to releasing Broadwell-K CPUs.

I think I'm going to wait for the broadwell-k's. I'm moving soon anyway, and I'd rather wait to get some better gaming and editing performance. That and gta 5 pc comes out:)

Thanks a lot!

BTW, changing the ssd to Samsung evo 500 GBP.

[MachoTaco24]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LxDJP6

This will hopefully be the final version of the build. Special thanks to wcreek for helping me out.

[asim1999]

 

 PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($139.95 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 93.3 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($89.90 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M EXTREME4+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($74.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($66.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($53.99 @ NCIX US) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($154.95 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R7 250 1GB Video Card  ($87.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: be quiet! Silent Base 800 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($119.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $933.72

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-16 00:29 EST-0500

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  ($554.99 @ NCIX US) 

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 93.3 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($89.90 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: ASRock X79 Extreme4 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard  ($198.90 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($66.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($53.99 @ NCIX US) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($154.95 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card  ($239.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case: BitFenix Shadow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $1583.67

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-16 00:34 EST-0500

 

Y not 5820K?

[pinksnowmanshandle]

Y not 5820K?

Well I did modify the AMD and X79 build to a X99 build that wasn't as extravagant as a Z97 Haswell/Devils Canyon (K) or Broadwell-K build could be and only because DDR4 and X99 mobos cost more than Z97 Mobos and DDR3.

[asim1999]

Well I did modify the AMD and X79 build to a X99 build that wasn't as extravagant as a Z97 Haswell/Devils Canyon (K) or Broadwell-K build could be and only because DDR4 and X99 mobos cost more than Z97 Mobos and DDR3.

True, the mobos arent that bad but the DDR4 is expensive 

[Sandvich]

Go with z97 and i5 4690k.