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Planned Build... Is this good for 1080p gaming on high and could i save money anywhere? 

budget is £400 ish

 
 
AMD FX8320
MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition
MSI GTX 960 Gaming 2G OC Edition
NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" SSD
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM
 
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Planned Build... Is this good for 1080p gaming on high and could i save money anywhere?

Nothing wrong with this build! :)

 

 

AMD FX8320

MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition

MSI GTX 960 Gaming 2G OC Edition

NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case

Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" SSD

Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/27Ks7P

CPU: Intel Core i5 4460 3.2 Ghz \\ Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX \\ RAM: Corsair 2x4 GB 1600 Mhz \\ GPU: Asus Strix GTX 970 4 GB DDR5 \\ Storage: WD Caviar Blue 1 TB, 7200 RPM and an external WD Elements 1 TB HDD \\ PSU: Corsair VS650W \\ Case: Cooler Master K350 \\ Optical drive: Samsung R/W 24x \\ OS: Windows 10 64-bit \\ Keyboard/Mouse: Both DELL \\ Display: Samsung 28-inch TV 1080p 60 Hz \\ Phone: Samsung Galaxy S5 Electric Blue 16 GB

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What's your budget? It helps us to help you, by changing the parts if necessary.

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Indonesia

CPU: i5-4690 | Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 | Memory: Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB | Power Supply: Corsair CX500 | Video Card: MSI GTX 970

Storage: Kingston V300 120GB & WD Blue 1TB | Network Card: ASUS PCE-AC56 | Peripherals: Microsoft Wired 600 & Logitech G29 + Shifter

 

Australia 

CPU: Ryzen 3 2200G | Motherboard: MSI - B450 Tomahawk | Memory: Mushkin - 8GB (1 x 8GB) | Storage: Mushkin 250GB & Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB
Video Card: GIGABYTE - RX 580 8GB | Case: Corsair - 100R ATX Mid Tower | Power Supply: Avolv 550W 80+ Gold

 

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Why the AMD cpu if you are only gaming then you would be better of with either an I3 (cheaper) or an I5 (same price).

An AMD cpu has no place in a solely gaming build, end of.

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Sweet Thanks 

You can switch the CPU if you want, like i5-4440 or 4460 (a bit more expensive but performs better in gaming). If you want cheaper option though, you can get like i3-4160 but I'd recommend i5.

Where I hang out: The Garage - Car Enthusiast Club

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Indonesia

CPU: i5-4690 | Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 | Memory: Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB | Power Supply: Corsair CX500 | Video Card: MSI GTX 970

Storage: Kingston V300 120GB & WD Blue 1TB | Network Card: ASUS PCE-AC56 | Peripherals: Microsoft Wired 600 & Logitech G29 + Shifter

 

Australia 

CPU: Ryzen 3 2200G | Motherboard: MSI - B450 Tomahawk | Memory: Mushkin - 8GB (1 x 8GB) | Storage: Mushkin 250GB & Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB
Video Card: GIGABYTE - RX 580 8GB | Case: Corsair - 100R ATX Mid Tower | Power Supply: Avolv 550W 80+ Gold

 

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Please get a different ssd. The samsung evo series is one of the best.

CPU: A10-6800k @ 4.7 Motherboard: Asus A88X-Plus RAM: Kingston HyperX 2 x 4 GB GPU: PNY GTX 660 Case: Corsair 450D Storage: 500 GB Samsung 850 Evo, 120 GB Samsung 840 Evo, 1 TB WD Blue PSU: Corsair HX750i Display(s): Asus VS248H-P Cooling: Noctua NH-D14 Keyboard: Amazon Special Mouse: Corsair Raptor M45 Sound: Amazon Special Operating System: Windows 7 Pro 64-bit

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£136.47 @ Ebuyer)

Motherboard: MSI B85-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£54.31 @ CCL Computers)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£32.06 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£38.99 @ Novatech)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.00 @ Amazon UK)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (£159.02 @ Amazon UK)

Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£55.20 @ Aria PC)

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.99 @ Aria PC)

Total: £560.04

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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If this is a gaming build the FX chip will not serve you well and won't serve you for long. The socket type is a dead end and if you wanna upgrade you gotta get a whole new motherboard. With this build you could easily upgrade to something like a i7-4790k in the future if you so desired. The reason this cost more is because of the PSU I picked.

 

 

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Yeah i was trying to equate for an i5 but i thought the 8320 would be good considering i was hoping to play games like bf4, has anyone used the K30, wondering if its any good?

Even in games like bf4 the i5s and even i3s come out on top. BF4 Will utilize more then four cores but it won't do it as good as it could.

 

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£136.47 @ Ebuyer)

Motherboard: MSI B85-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£54.31 @ CCL Computers)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£32.06 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£38.99 @ Novatech)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.00 @ Amazon UK)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (£159.02 @ Amazon UK)

Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£55.20 @ Aria PC)

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.99 @ Aria PC)

Total: £560.04

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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If this is a gaming build the FX chip will not serve you well and won't serve you for long. The socket type is a dead end and if you wanna upgrade you gotta get a whole new motherboard. With this build you could easily upgrade to something like a i7-4790k in the future if you so desired. The reason this cost more is because of the PSU I picked.

Looks good except that ssd.

An AMD cpu has no place in a solely gaming build, end of.

I3 4150, Intel HD graphics, corsair CX750M, 4gb ram, Asus H81M-E, corsair 230T, Intel stock cooler WD Green 2TB Gigabyte 550TI

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Yeah i was trying to equate for an i5 but i thought the 8320 would be good considering i was hoping to play games like bf4, has anyone used the K30, wondering if its any good?

Battlefield 4 runs good for both AMD and Intel though, but overall Intel is better for gaming.

Where I hang out: The Garage - Car Enthusiast Club

My cars: 2006 Mazda RX-8 (MT) | 2014 Mazda 6 (AT) | 2009 Honda Jazz (AT)

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Indonesia

CPU: i5-4690 | Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 | Memory: Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB | Power Supply: Corsair CX500 | Video Card: MSI GTX 970

Storage: Kingston V300 120GB & WD Blue 1TB | Network Card: ASUS PCE-AC56 | Peripherals: Microsoft Wired 600 & Logitech G29 + Shifter

 

Australia 

CPU: Ryzen 3 2200G | Motherboard: MSI - B450 Tomahawk | Memory: Mushkin - 8GB (1 x 8GB) | Storage: Mushkin 250GB & Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB
Video Card: GIGABYTE - RX 580 8GB | Case: Corsair - 100R ATX Mid Tower | Power Supply: Avolv 550W 80+ Gold

 

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More fps 

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£140.42 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£57.56 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£41.75 @ Ebuyer) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card  (£157.98 @ Dabs) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£55.20 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£36.98 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Total: £568.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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More fps 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£140.42 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£57.56 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£41.75 @ Ebuyer) 

Storage: Sandisk Solid State Drive 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£39.98 @ Aria PC) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.00 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card  (£157.98 @ Dabs) 

Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£55.20 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£36.98 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Total: £568.87

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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I like this much better then mine

 

 

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Planned Build... Is this good for 1080p gaming on high and could i save money anywhere?

 
 
AMD FX8320
MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition
MSI GTX 960 Gaming 2G OC Edition
NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" SSD
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM
 

 

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

No.

I always say going with Intel is better, but your budget is kinda short for Intel, so you might just be better off with AMD.

 

So you should get an AMD GPU.

I'm not that good with AMD GPUs, but I checked on PCPartPicker and R9 270 or an R9 370 look pretty promising (in the same price range).

A bit slower than a 960, but the R9 370 has 4 gigs of vram and STRIX cards can be easily OC.

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Nice one, but you should get other SSD though. Kingston has changed the flash, it's not like what it used to anymore....

You can switch it to Samsung (840/850) though, but it'll be more expensive....

Where I hang out: The Garage - Car Enthusiast Club

My cars: 2006 Mazda RX-8 (MT) | 2014 Mazda 6 (AT) | 2009 Honda Jazz (AT)

PC Specs

Indonesia

CPU: i5-4690 | Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 | Memory: Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB | Power Supply: Corsair CX500 | Video Card: MSI GTX 970

Storage: Kingston V300 120GB & WD Blue 1TB | Network Card: ASUS PCE-AC56 | Peripherals: Microsoft Wired 600 & Logitech G29 + Shifter

 

Australia 

CPU: Ryzen 3 2200G | Motherboard: MSI - B450 Tomahawk | Memory: Mushkin - 8GB (1 x 8GB) | Storage: Mushkin 250GB & Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB
Video Card: GIGABYTE - RX 580 8GB | Case: Corsair - 100R ATX Mid Tower | Power Supply: Avolv 550W 80+ Gold

 

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More fps 

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£140.42 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£57.56 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£41.75 @ Ebuyer) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card  (£157.98 @ Dabs) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£55.20 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£36.98 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Total: £568.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Get this one best performance.

An AMD cpu has no place in a solely gaming build, end of.

I3 4150, Intel HD graphics, corsair CX750M, 4gb ram, Asus H81M-E, corsair 230T, Intel stock cooler WD Green 2TB Gigabyte 550TI

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do you think its worth going for the i5 then? i just thought amd had the upper hand on certain games due to multi core threading like on bf4? but if I'm honest I'm pretty new to all this.

Intel is better then amd, but amd is NOT bad. That is a solid build with your budget.

Only downside is that you cant upgrade in the future, because amd isnt going to make any am3+ chips anymore :(

System: CPU - I5-6500 Motherboard - Asus B150M-A RAM - Crucial ballistix sport 2x4GB DDR4 @2400MHz GPU - RX 480 PSU - Seasonic S12II 520W Case - Aerocool Aero-800 HDD - Seagate 1TB SSD - PNY CS1311 120GB Monitor - AOC G2260VWQ6

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Planned Build... Is this good for 1080p gaming on high and could i save money anywhere? 

budget is £400 ish

 
 
AMD FX8320
MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition
MSI GTX 960 Gaming 2G OC Edition
NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" SSD
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM
 

 

 

Spend more, go Intel.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£140.42 @ Amazon UK)

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£88.76 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£32.06 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£38.99 @ Novatech)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.00 @ Amazon UK)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card  (£139.00)

Case: Zalman Z3 Plus White ATX Mid Tower Case  (£38.99 @ Aria PC)

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£63.31 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £580.53

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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And if you are going MSI white/black, this video card is a must.

 

http://www.newegg.com/global/uk/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127880

7800X3D - MSI B650 MAG Tomahawk - 32GB 6000mhz CL30 - Gigabyte 3080 TI - 2TB NVME - 1000w PSU - ID Cooling 240mm AIO

 

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do you think its worth going for the i5 then? i just thought amd had the upper hand on certain games due to multi core threading like on bf4? but if I'm honest I'm pretty new to all this.

I'd go with @ZetZet build. The fx8 came out 4 years ago and the arcitecture behind the card was devolped many years before that. Even sandy bridge i5s are beating the fx8 CPUs. The CPUs are a lost cause for the gamers.

 

 

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