Should I swap out I5 4670k for FX 6300 to afford and SSD in my $1000 budget

[FukieBukie]

Will there be any major performance drops in gaming if I choose to get the FX 6300? The GPU will be the Radeon 7950.

[IMA UNICORN]

an ssd is well worth the processor swap. what will the other components in the build be?? and what ssd are you looking at?

[Drunk Muffin]

if you're really that budget constrained, I think it's a good call. However, I would urge you to look at some discounted ivy bridge i5s, as you may be able to pick one of those up for cheap, or maybe stretch a little for a FX 8320.

[TheSLSAMG]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($219.99 @ Newegg) 

CPU Cooler:  Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard:  MSI Z87-G43 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($115.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory:  Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage:  Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($92.99 @ NCIX US) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.98 @ Outlet PC) 

Video Card:  Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card  ($199.99 @ Newegg) 

Case:  Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.99 @ Microcenter) 

Power Supply:  Corsair CX 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply  ($57.99 @ Microcenter) 

Operating System:  Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($83.88 @ Outlet PC) 

Total: $1015.78

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

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[CoolBeans]

I would go 8350/7970 and then get a SSD, I prefer an FPS boost over loading times

[BlackOutCrisis]

I personally would never cheap out on a CPU for a SSD, I know everybody loves to get bent over a table for a SSD but they aren't that big a deal to me. It will also not give you any better fps in games even if you install the game to it which in most cases you don't.

[TheSLSAMG]

I personally would never cheap out on a CPU for a SSD, I know everybody loves to get bent over a table for a SSD but they aren't that big a deal to me. It will also not give you any better fps in games even if you install the game to it which in most cases you don't.

+1 to this.

[JoshM]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($219.99 @ Newegg) 

CPU Cooler:  Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard:  MSI Z87-G43 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($115.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory:  Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage:  Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($92.99 @ NCIX US) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.98 @ Outlet PC) 

Video Card:  Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card  ($199.99 @ Newegg) 

Case:  Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.99 @ Microcenter) 

Power Supply:  Corsair CX 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply  ($57.99 @ Microcenter) 

Operating System:  Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($83.88 @ Outlet PC) 

Total: $1015.78

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-31 01:05 EDT-0400)

 

This^

[Kuzma]

I personally would never cheap out on a CPU for a SSD, I know everybody loves to get bent over a table for a SSD but they aren't that big a deal to me. It will also not give you any better fps in games even if you install the game to it which in most cases you don't.

Thank you >_> someone gets me; I honestly don't mind the extra few minutes waiting because tbh once you get into the game those minutes are going to be minute; the only place I really see an SSD being viable is in a workstation because productivity is usually constrained by time.

[ttam]

Get the best foundation you can get.

SSD in my eyes is a luxury that is mainly to say Hey I can boot into windows in 7 seconds. You can always add an SSD later down the road. That $100 could be put into a much better video card for example.

[WoodenMarker]

Get the best foundation you can get.

SSD in my eyes is a luxury that is mainly to say Hey I can boot into windows in 7 seconds. You can always add an SSD later down the road. That $100 could be put into a much better video card for example.

It's not all about boot times for me. Sure, it's nifty but a ssd makes everything snappier including programs and browsers. It's a more noticeable improvement than the jump from a 6300 to a 4670k.

[Humbug]

It's not all about boot times for me. Sure, it's nifty but a ssd makes everything snappier including programs and browsers. It's a more noticeable improvement than the jump from a 6300 to a 4670k.

exactly! You can spend thousands of dollars on fancy hardware but your pc will never feel fast and responsive without a Good SSD. Otherwise the rest of your system spends a lot of time waiting on data from a legacy mechanical HDD. On the other hand if You don't really care about having a fast balanced system and framerates are all that matters to You then You can forego the SSD. For me although i am building a gaming system i also want it to be fast and snappy- helps to justify all the money spent and feel better to use than a normal pc/laptop.