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pinkmanbeyatch
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Hello again! Finally im 95% finished on my first ever pc rig, i just cant decide yet on my cpu and mobo..

I mostly play games like gtav, watchdogs, bf4, civ 5 and i don't use photoshop or any editing softwares, but i like to stream games (mostly dota 2) and since im not an pc expert i can't decide between the two:

*AMD FX-8350 and MSI 970 Gaming (292$)

or

*i5-4590 and ASRock b85m-hds (267$)

 

the rest:

GPU - SAPPHIRE R9 380 NITRO

RAM - GSKILL RIPJAW 2X4GB 1600

PSU - FSP RAIDER 650W 80+ SILVER

COOLER - CM HYPER 212X

SSD - SAMSUNG 120GB 850 EVO

CASE - CORSAIR SPEC-01

 

Thank you in advance guys.

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don't get an AMD cpu. go intel.

We can't Benchmark like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to shove more GPUs in your computer. Like the time I needed to NV-Link, because I needed a higher HeavenBench score, so I did an SLI, which is what they called NV-Link back in the day. So, I decided to put two GPUs in my computer, which was the style at the time. Now, to add another GPU to your computer, costs a new PSU. Now in those days PSUs said OCZ on them, "Gimme 750W OCZs for an SLI" you'd say. Now where were we? Oh yeah, the important thing was that I had two GPUs in my rig, which was the style at the time! They didn't have RGB PSUs at the time, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big green ones. 

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don't get an AMD cpu. go intel.

Well.. He's editing /streaming, gonna stress an i5.

 

Quick, somebody recommend that Xeon that everybody's buying. 

 

Seriously though, you're looking for a Xeon. That 8350 would last you a bit but you can't upgrade from there. 

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Well.. He's editing /streaming, gonna stress an i5.

 

Quick, somebody recommend that Zeon that everybody's buying. 

 

Seriously though, you're looking for a Zeon. That 8350 would last you a bit but you can't upgrade from there. 

A Xeon would actually fit into his budget. And remember that even at around 3GHz, a Xeon is better for gaming and streaming/editing than an FX 8350. And since the FX 8350 at times performs like a gimped quad core (having ALU share resources really isn't a good idea), its really not worth the price of the better motherboards that you'd need.

 

Edit:quad core Xeon with hyperthreading that is

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Specific model of Xeon? And i think Intel Xeon is hard to find in my country..

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A Xeon would actually fit into his budget. And remember that even at around 3GHz, a Xeon is better for gaming and streaming/editing than an FX 8350. And since the FX 8350 at times performs like a gimped quad core (having ALU share resources really isn't a good idea), its really not worth the price of the better motherboards that you'd need.

That's what I said.. Get a Xeon. Just forgot which one it is. 

 

HELP, KNOWLEDGABLE PEOPLE! 

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That's what I said.. Get a Xeon. Just forgot which one it is. 

 

HELP, KNOWLEDGABLE PEOPLE! 

Same here. I never really saw it on sale over here.

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Same here. I never really saw it on sale over here.

I think it's this one: https://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646e31231v3

 

That's the i7 for i5 price people recommend, right? 

 

OP, I'd look up to see if you can find Xeons wherever you're located. You can probably find them online. 

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I think it's this one: https://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646e31231v3

 

That's the i7 for i5 price people recommend, right? 

That's it, it has hyperthreading and runs at 3.4GHz. So its better for gaming , streaming and editing than a budget i5.

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The Xeon E3-1231V3 is what you want.

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The Xeon E3-1231V3 is what you want.

Ayy! I chose the right one! 

 

This one will be better for editing/streaming rather than that i5.

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I think it's this one: https://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646e31231v3

 

That's the i7 for i5 price people recommend, right? 

 

OP, I'd look up to see if you can find Xeons wherever you're located. You can probably find them online. 

 

 

That's it, it has hyperthreading and runs at 3.4GHz. So its better for gaming , streaming and editing than a budget i5.

 

 

The Xeon E3-1231V3 is what you want.

Thank you guys. I checked and they cost more than i7, but all of you guys suggested it so im opting on getting a Xeon now. And its compatible to my mobo right?

Any other components that i should change? 

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Any other components that i should change? 

Wait up. If it's more expensive than an i7, then buy the i7. The Xeon in the US is cheaper than i7s, if the i7 you're looking at is a 4790k or 4770k then buy those instead.

 

The Xeon E3-1231V3 is basically an i7 with no iGPU and it's locked. If you can get one of those i7s I listed for cheaper than buy those instead.

 

An i7 4xxx will be compatible with the motherboard you listed. 

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