My first ever build

[Sébastien Volckaert]

Hey guys, I am Sébastien ( not french )and I have been working during this vacation to build my very first desktop.

 

I have done alot of research but some things still seem to just bother me (more about that later, after parts list).

There is quite a large budget, $1.800,00 so I went with these parts:

 

 

                                                                                               ( http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1lyaU )

1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 770 SC w/ ACX Cooler (02G-P4-2774-KR)

1 x Corsair Vengeance pro 16 GB DDR3-1866 Kit

1 x samsung 840, 250GB

1 x Logitech G600 MMO

1 x Corsair ax760

1 x ASUS 24 L VG248QE

1 x AMD FX-6300^*

1 x ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0^*

1 x Corsair Graphite 600T

3 x Enermax UCCL12 Cluster

1 x IC diamond

1 x Noctua NH-D14

 

 

^*(the parts I am doubting about are underlined)

 

I went with this build cause I had to watch my money a little bit because this is my first pc that I'm building so I needed to buy some extras like the display and mouse (already have a keyboard).

So I saved a little bit on the processor so I would have more money for a good graphics card to run games at 1920x1080 on ultra settings.

I am very happy with my plan of going amd for CPU, so that is not the problem. I need the 16GB of RAM for video editing.

 

 

With this build there are 2problems for me:

• 6core VS 8core: I once heard someone say that the amd 8cores had a 8core but that it's not a actual 8-core, because amd would be using 6cores and than 4/6cores would be carrying half a extra core to simmulate 8cores. I found this to be very confusing and kinda felt scammed by amd because of this but I do not know if this is true.
  
  Games will utilise 8cores now because of the consoles going 8core so I would like to take up a 9370 if it will come out for sale or otherwise a 8350 but only if it actualy has 8cores and not what I stated above.

 

• PCIe compatible MOBO: if I chose to go with a am3+ socket motherboard than there are very few motherboards that support PCIe3.0, I did some research and the difference would be minor but I would like to get a motherboard that offers PCIe3.0 so I can take on a 800/900/9000/... series GPU in the future to switch with my 770 if I would chose to do so

 

 

 

So thank you for reading through this long text for me, if you have any suggestions be sure to comment them below they will be very appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance !

 

(sorry if english is bad, I had to learn english by myself)

[Volbet]

If i were you I would scale back to 8GB @1600MHz of RAM, unless you plan on doing some photo/video editing. Also the PSU could easily be a 550W or 600W. There is also no real reason to get IC Diamond thermal paste, since the thermal paste that comes with the NH-D14 is of really good quality.

And welcome to the forum

[LT Smith]

That FX-6300 processor will under perform in games that are not multi-threaded because AMD cores are usually not as powerful as an Intel core. I would suggest you look at an i5 4670k or a 3570k and 8gb of 1600mhz ram will be more than sufficient for a gaming build unless you multi-task like crazy. Also, you could save some money on the power supply if you are not planning on going SLI - take a look at the TX650 or a HX650 v2 if you want a modular power supply

[Guest GRRigger]

considering BF4 alpha benchmarks, you are able to play with 6300/.../8350 easily

 

can you post your basket?

[Sébastien Volckaert]

If i were you I would scale back to 8GB @1600MHz of RAM, unless you plan on doing some photo/video editing. Also the PSU could easily be a 550W or 600W. There is also no real reason to get IC Diamond thermal paste, since the thermal paste that comes with the NH-D14 is of really good quality.

And welcome to the forum

I am planning to do video and photo editing so I put that in the text above, thanks for reminding me of that

[Sébastien Volckaert]

considering BF4 alpha benchmarks, you are able to play with 6300/.../8350 easily

 

can you post your basket?

I'm sorry but what do you mean by basket?

[Guest GRRigger]

I'm sorry but what do you mean by basket?

pcpartpicker.com

link to your build, where you have all components

[PCBudgetSolutions]

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/39477-pc-budget-solutions-gaming-pc-planning-guide-ver-ii/

 

Check that guide out OP.  I'll break down the AMD design to better explain it.

 

Intel cores are as such:

L1+L2 cache is located separately on each core and the L3 cache is shared.  Each core has 1 floating integer so it can work with each and every core.

 

AMD's 8 core works as such:

Each core has L1 Cache separate but the design has 2 cores together on what is called a module.  An FX 8 core has 4 modules, 6 core has 3 and quad cores have 2.  Each module has shared L2 cache between 2 cores, but the kicker is, each module has 1 floating integer rather than each core.  This means the ability to work efficiently between cores is very bad and load PAST 50% you see a rapid decrease in performance in relation to an increase.  So you would get about 6 cores of power vs 8.  Also there are issues in AMD's CPU that make it less efficient than Intel's architecture, but at the price point it's not really important.

[tk421]

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/39477-pc-budget-solutions-gaming-pc-planning-guide-ver-ii/

 

Check that guide out OP.  I'll break down the AMD design to better explain it.

 

Intel cores are as such:

L1+L2 cache is located separately on each core and the L3 cache is shared.  Each core has 1 floating integer so it can work with each and every core.

 

AMD's 8 core works as such:

Each core has L1 Cache separate but the design has 2 cores together on what is called a module.  An FX 8 core has 4 modules, 6 core has 3 and quad cores have 2.  Each module has shared L2 cache between 2 cores, but the kicker is, each module has 1 floating integer rather than each core.  This means the ability to work efficiently between cores is very bad and load PAST 50% you see a rapid decrease in performance in relation to an increase.  So you would get about 6 cores of power vs 8.  Also there are issues in AMD's CPU that make it less efficient than Intel's architecture, but at the price point it's not really important.

 

The man is correct.  In that price range though, the FX-6300 is king and is a really great chip, all things considered.  Plus, the AM3+ platform is (can be) considerably cheaper, especially if you are overclocking.

 

To the OP, your English is quite good.