My first PC build

[DamianG182]

I just want to know what do you guys think about my future PC
Any comments would help a lot(;

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Pkntzy

[alex190304]

I would recommend a SSD for boot drive but apart from that perfect

[The Official Czex]

i5-4460, 380, XFX TS

[Tommy59375]

i5-4460, 380, XFX TS

 

The same, but I would add to use the cheapest B85 board you can find.

[The Official Czex]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($159.99 @ Micro Center) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($57.80 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($39.10 @ SuperBiiz) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  ($174.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: XFX TS 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $535.85

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-26 17:38 EST-0500

 

Throw in a SSD if you want. Crucial BX/MX, SanDisk, Samsung, etc... All great SSD brands. Just avoid Kingston SSDNow drives at all cost.

[DamianG182]

The same, but I would add to use the cheapest B85 board you can find.

Why do you recommend me the i5-4460??

The FX-6350 its faster and has two more cores than the i5

[Tommy59375]

Why do you recommend me the i5-4460??

The FX-6350 its faster and has two more cores than the i5

 

There is a bit more to it than simply clock speed multiplied by cores.

 

Intel CPUs can carry out many more instructions per cycle than AMD ones.. about double supposedly.  That means that a 4 core 4 GHz AMD chip will perform similarly to a 4 core 2 GHz Intel chip.. so even though you are sacrificing a little bit of clock speed with the 4460, single core performance is still better than the 6350.  Even when you overclock the 6350 this is true (can't overclock 4460).

 

In games single core performance is very very important.. and so the chip with the best single core performance is the best gaming CPU.. there is a reason that Intel chips are almost always the ones recommended for gaming.

 

But in something like 3D animation rendering the 6350 will most likely do a bit better because of 6 cores but games can't use all the 6 cores.