Amd based pc

[splitpea123]

Would you guys recommend this build. I've got a £600 limit on the pc. All ideas welcome. Once I get enough money I will be getting a i7. This set up is for my first pc.

Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P AMD 970 ATX Motherboard

AMD FX 8320e 3.5Ghz 8 core

MSI Radeon R9 270x 2 GB

1x8gb DDR3

Cooler Master TX3 Evo

1tb Seagate barracuda

64gb SDD (for operating system)

600w corsair builder series modular

Fractal Design 2500 Midi tower case.

IM using ariapc for buying parts

UPDATE:

I'm swapping the 270x 2gb to a 280 3gb and swapping the ram for 2x4gb corsair vengeance.

[yannickverc]

if on a budget, AMD is the smartest thing to choose.

[OnekillWalter]

Welcome to the forums!

 

don't forget to tell us what you will do with this computer. it helps us to help you.

[Wirbelfeld]

As long as you don't play any games on it it is fine. If u play any games you definitely need to use Intel.

@splitpea123

[Kherm]

If on a budget, I'd reccomend a Core i3

[DimasRMDO]

It's okay, but what are you going to do the most with the PC? Gaming? Editing?

[ShadowCaptain]

SNIP

 

Honestly I wouldnt bother with a 64gb SSD, and would instead spend it the money on an i3 or i5 for better performance

 

save up for a 128gb or bigger SSD so you can load some programs and games on it too

[zappian]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£143.99 @ Ebuyer) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£78.56 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£23.06 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£23.06 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£42.98 @ CCL Computers) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (£149.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£56.81 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£54.78 @ Aria PC) 

Total: £573.23

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-25 12:26 GMT+0000

 

Please dont buy an AMD CPU in 2015

[Anarchyz11]

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This is the correct answer, OP.

[XrayCy]

 

 

Please dont buy an AMD CPU in 2015

 

why my friend is not like they are gonna release an cpu close and you dont like in general amd or you have a secret evil  plan ?

[Ertman]

What is your intended use of the PC? Zappian provides a good build.

if on a budget, AMD is the smartest thing to choose.

Not the AM3+ platform. Maybe 2 years ago, but not now.

[ObilvionNizer]

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/7fRzRB
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/7fRzRB/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£172.98 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.31 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-D2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£38.17 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£47.24 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£42.98 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card  (£170.00 @cexWM)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  (£46.39 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£56.99 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £600.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-25 12:43 GMT+0000

[KemoKa]

 

 

Please dont buy an AMD CPU in 2015

 

^this.

@splitpea123 I'm sorry, but the Piledriver architecture is dead. AMD CPUs are better served for things like PFSense routers and virtual machines. If you want to get some real work done, they're a joke. you would be better served by a Core 2 Quad. Yes. You heard me. Or a Core 2 Extreme if you want to overclock. The Core 2 series has greater single-threaded performance than the FX series, and similar performance in games. Watch the Scrapyard wars that LTT did. The machine they made from a Core 2 Quad and an R9 290 was ridiculously powerful.

[zappian]

why my friend is not like they are gonna release an cpu close and you dont like in general amd or you have a secret evil  plan ?

 

I will explain you why really quick.

An i3 wins against a 9590 in a disturbing amount of games.

 

So if even the i3 wins against amds flagship cpu , its easy to see why.

[KemoKa]

why my friend is not like they are gonna release an cpu close and you dont like in general amd or you have a secret evil  plan ?

AMD GPUs are awesome, but their CPUs are based on an architecture that is well on its way to its 3rd birthday. They're too old. They've been outdated by three generations of Intel processors and put to shame by six of them. And you say close(soon) but it's going to be an entire year before they release the Zen architecture, and there's no guarantee that it's even going to be able to be viable if Skylake is worth a damn.

 

AMD CPUs are not worth it anymore, even with the massive price cuts.

[bmspendley]

Would you guys recommend this build. I've got a £600 limit on the pc. All ideas welcome.

 

Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P AMD 970 ATX Motherboard

AMD FX 8320e 3.5Ghz 8 core

MSI Radeon R9 270x 2 GB

1x8gb DDR3

Cooler Master TX3 Evo

1tb Seagate barracuda

64gb SDD (for operating system)

600w corsair builder series modular

Fractal Design 2500 Midi tower case.

 

IM using ariapc for buying parts

Go with a pentium g3258, a good cooler, and a gtx 960. That is a way better combo.

[DimasRMDO]

Go with a pentium g3258, a good cooler, and a gtx 960. That is a way better combo.

Overclocked G3258 is awesome (Gaming). Performance for (let's say) editing would be still bad, if you're more to gaming then G3258 is fine.

[david cassar]

This is much much better.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£143.99 @ Ebuyer) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£35.78 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£47.24 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.34 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB PCS+ Video Card  (£221.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  (£37.91 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£50.19 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £575.44

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-25 13:08 GMT+0000

[ObilvionNizer]

Would you guys recommend this build. I've got a £600 limit on the pc. All ideas welcome.

 

Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P AMD 970 ATX Motherboard

AMD FX 8320e 3.5Ghz 8 core

MSI Radeon R9 270x 2 GB

1x8gb DDR3

Cooler Master TX3 Evo

1tb Seagate barracuda

64gb SDD (for operating system)

600w corsair builder series modular

Fractal Design 2500 Midi tower case.

 

IM using ariapc for buying parts

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/7fRzRB

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/7fRzRB/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£172.98 @ Ebuyer)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.31 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-D2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£38.17 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£47.24 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£42.98 @ CCL Computers)

Video Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card  (£170.00 @cexWM)

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  (£46.39 @ Aria PC)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£56.99 @ CCL Computers)

Total: £600.06

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-25 12:43 GMT+0000

 

 

 

This is much much better.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£143.99 @ Ebuyer) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£35.78 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£47.24 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.34 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB PCS+ Video Card  (£221.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  (£37.91 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£50.19 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £575.44

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-25 13:08 GMT+0000

 

With the nVidia GTX 770 being equal in benchmarks he could go for the build below. The 770 would be second hand but cant argue with its price. it means he could get a K series CPU and a z97 board then if he wants to he can and extra on for a CPU cooler or wait a while to get it.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/h3kjCJ

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/h3kjCJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£173.00 @ Amazon UK)

Motherboard: ASRock Z97M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£77.96 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£47.24 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.34 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card  (£170.00 @ CeX(UK) )

Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  (£37.91 @ Aria PC)

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£50.19 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £594.64

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-25 13:58 GMT+0000

[david cassar]

With the nVidia GTX 770 being equal in benchmarks he could go for the build below. The 770 would be second hand but cant argue with its price. it means he could get a K series CPU and a z97 board then if he wants to he can and extra on for a CPU cooler or wait a while to get it.

 

 

An r9 290 is about 40% faster than the 770. The i5 4440 is basically the same cpu as the i5 4690k with the differences being clock speed and one being unlocked. Thus the i5 4440 + r9 290 will perform better than the i5 4690k + 770 in literally every game. Not to mention that the 290 has twice the vram of the 770.