AMD Build

[Diablalex]

Hey Folks, were about a month before i buy the parts for my pc, and i still want to be sure about it before buying.
I'm located in Canada and most parts will be buy from Newegg.ca or NCIX.ca. The use of this PC will mostly (as
most people i guess) Is gaming, but some music creation and it will also be used as a Technical information search
PC for me and friend.
Will be overclocked.
another thing to note, i want a very reliable PC and ''Future Proof'' for gaming
Budget +/- 2500$ including peripherals (EDIT: AFTER Taxes (15%) and Shipping)

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/ydBqGX

CPU: AMD FX-8350
CPU Cooler: Corsair H105
Motherboard: MSI 970 Gaming Atx
Memory: Kingston Hyper x fury 16gb DDR3-1860
Storage: Main Drive : Samsung Evo 500gb SSD
              Sec Drive: 3x Western Digital RED 1tb  RAID5
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB
Case: Fractal Design R5 Black Windowed (Already bought)
Case Fan: Corsair AF120 (Already Bought)
PSU: EVGA Supernova Nex 650w Gold
Optical Drive: LG Bluray reader, Cd w/r
Monitor: Acer GN246HL 144hz 24'' 1ms. 
Operating System: Win10
Keyboard: Logitech G710+ (Already Bought)
Mice: Logitech G502 Proteus Core (already bought)
Gaming mat: Logitech Hard Gaming Mat (Got it free with mice)

Still need sugestion for 5.1 speaker. 

Before you ask, h105 cpu cooler because i can and i think it look fucking awesome. a good air cooler couldve done it
and i'd like to have your opinion about this build AND mostly the raid 5 WD red drive, i've been told that for ''mass'' safe
storage those drive would be the best i could get. (will use this 2tb storage as a ''mini-nas'') 


Thank you, Alex

[Coaxialgamer]

I would use an i5 instead and h97

 

Hey Folks, were about a month before i buy the parts for my pc, and i still want to be sure about it before buying.
I'm located in Canada and most parts will be buy from Newegg.ca or NCIX.ca. The use of this PC will mostly (as
most people i guess) Is gaming, but some music creation and it will also be used as a Technical information search
PC for me and friend.
Will be overclocked.
another thing to note, i want a very reliable PC and ''Future Proof'' for gaming
Budget +/- 2500$ including peripherals

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/ydBqGX

CPU: AMD FX-8350
CPU Cooler: Corsair H105
Motherboard: MSI 970 Gaming Atx
Memory: Kingston Hyper x fury 16gb DDR3-1860
Storage: Main Drive : Samsung Evo 500gb SSD
              Sec Drive: 3x Western Digital RED 1tb  RAID5
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB
Case: Fractal Design R5 Black Windowed (Already bought)
Case Fan: Corsair AF120 (Already Bought)
PSU: EVGA Supernova Nex 650w Gold
Optical Drive: LG Bluray reader, Cd w/r
Monitor: Acer GN246HL 144hz 24'' 1ms. 
Operating System: Win10
Keyboard: Logitech G710+ (Already Bought)
Mice: Logitech G502 Proteus Core (already bought)
Gaming mat: Logitech Hard Gaming Mat (Got it free with mice)

Still need sugestion for 5.1 speaker. 

Before you ask, h105 cpu cooler because i can and i think it look fucking awesome. a good air cooler couldve done it
and i'd like to have your opinion about this build AND mostly the raid 5 WD red drive, i've been told that for ''mass'' safe
storage those drive would be the best i could get. (will use this 2tb storage as a ''mini-nas'') 


Thank you, Alex

[stealth80]

Why not intel incoming

[Djole123]

Go for Intel, or wait until Zen platform comes out.

[CoolBeans72]

You seem to have everything under control, so I can't recommend anything. As for the speaker, I find using a pair of high end headphones are better. Especially if there are people in your house who you don't want to bother.  

[Coaxialgamer]

Hey Folks, were about a month before i buy the parts for my pc, and i still want to be sure about it before buying.

I'm located in Canada and most parts will be buy from Newegg.ca or NCIX.ca. The use of this PC will mostly (as

most people i guess) Is gaming, but some music creation and it will also be used as a Technical information search

PC for me and friend.

Will be overclocked.

another thing to note, i want a very reliable PC and ''Future Proof'' for gaming

Budget +/- 2500$ including peripherals

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/ydBqGX

CPU: AMD FX-8350

CPU Cooler: Corsair H105

Motherboard: MSI 970 Gaming Atx

Memory: Kingston Hyper x fury 16gb DDR3-1860

Storage: Main Drive : Samsung Evo 500gb SSD

              Sec Drive: 3x Western Digital RED 1tb  RAID5

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB

Case: Fractal Design R5 Black Windowed (Already bought)

Case Fan: Corsair AF120 (Already Bought)

PSU: EVGA Supernova Nex 650w Gold

Optical Drive: LG Bluray reader, Cd w/r

Monitor: Acer GN246HL 144hz 24'' 1ms. 

Operating System: Win10

Keyboard: Logitech G710+ (Already Bought)

Mice: Logitech G502 Proteus Core (already bought)

Gaming mat: Logitech Hard Gaming Mat (Got it free with mice)

Still need sugestion for 5.1 speaker. 

Before you ask, h105 cpu cooler because i can and i think it look fucking awesome. a good air cooler couldve done it

and i'd like to have your opinion about this build AND mostly the raid 5 WD red drive, i've been told that for ''mass'' safe

storage those drive would be the best i could get. (will use this 2tb storage as a ''mini-nas'') 

Thank you, Alex

This is a build i made for someone else that should fit

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/jdYBMp

Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/jdYBMp/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($353.29 @ Vuugo)

CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($233.98 @ Newegg Canada)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($125.98 @ Newegg Canada)

Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($61.29 @ Vuugo)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($56.29 @ Vuugo)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card  ($868.50 @ Vuugo)

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($75.29 @ Vuugo)

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($79.90 @ shopRBC)

Monitor: Acer G257HU smidpx 60Hz 25.0" Monitor  ($362.98 @ Newegg Canada)

Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm QuickFire TK Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($109.00 @ Vuugo)

Mouse: Corsair Raptor M45 Wired Optical Mouse  ($52.98 @ Newegg Canada)

Headphones: Logitech G430 7.1 Channel Headset  ($72.98 @ DirectCanada)

Total: $2452.46

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-03 11:41 EST-0500

 

 

EDIT : feel free to remove the parts you have

[manikyath]

"future proof" "AMD FX"

"reliable" "EVGA NEX"

yeah..no...

 

get yourself a skylake i5 or i7. and get a tower cooler instead of the watercooler, you'll think about me when you decide to get the watercooler anyways and if it breaks and kills your system 3 years down the road.

[stealth80]

 

 

  

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($353.29 @ Vuugo)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($124.99 @ NCIX)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($211.75 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($114.99 @ Canada Computers)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($199.29 @ Vuugo)
Storage: Western Digital Red 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($78.95 @ Vuugo)
Storage: Western Digital Red 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($78.95 @ Vuugo)
Storage: Western Digital Red 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($78.95 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($435.00 @ Canada Computers)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($154.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($97.80 @ DirectCanada)
Optical Drive: LG UH12NS30 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer  ($60.39 @ DirectCanada)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($123.00 @ shopRBC)
Monitor: Acer GN246HL 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($273.63 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $2385.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-03 11:43 EST-0500

[FuzzyYellow]

This is a build i made for someone else that should fit

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/jdYBMp

Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/jdYBMp/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($353.29 @ Vuugo)

CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($233.98 @ Newegg Canada)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($125.98 @ Newegg Canada)

Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($61.29 @ Vuugo)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($56.29 @ Vuugo)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card  ($868.50 @ Vuugo)

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($75.29 @ Vuugo)

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($79.90 @ shopRBC)

Monitor: Acer G257HU smidpx 60Hz 25.0" Monitor  ($362.98 @ Newegg Canada)

Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm QuickFire TK Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($109.00 @ Vuugo)

Mouse: Corsair Raptor M45 Wired Optical Mouse  ($52.98 @ Newegg Canada)

Headphones: Logitech G430 7.1 Channel Headset  ($72.98 @ DirectCanada)

Total: $2452.46

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-03 11:41 EST-0500

 

 

EDIT : feel free to remove the parts you have

 

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[Enderman]

you should DEFINITELY NOT get a 8350 with that huge budget if you want "future proof"

[TheRandomness]

If you really want to stick with AMD:
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
 
CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($214.75 @ Vuugo) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GTX 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($139.99 @ NCIX) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 R5 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($149.50 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($110.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($199.29 @ Vuugo) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($86.28 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($86.28 @ DirectCanada) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($435.00 @ Canada Computers) 
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($154.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($122.92 @ DirectCanada) 
Optical Drive: LG UH12NS30 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer  ($60.39 @ DirectCanada) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($123.00 @ shopRBC) 
Monitor: Acer GN246HL 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($273.63 @ DirectCanada) 
Total: $2156.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-03 11:52 EST-0500
 
If you don't:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($354.00 @ shopRBC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GTX 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($139.99 @ NCIX) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($188.50 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($120.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($199.29 @ Vuugo) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($86.28 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($86.28 @ DirectCanada) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($435.00 @ Canada Computers) 
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($154.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($122.92 @ DirectCanada) 
Optical Drive: LG UH12NS30 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer  ($60.39 @ DirectCanada) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($123.00 @ shopRBC) 
Monitor: Acer GN246HL 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($273.63 @ DirectCanada) 
Total: $2345.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-03 11:55 EST-0500

[Guest]

Change the fx 8350 to whatever intel cpu build that gets most likes

Change the powersupply to a unit from either Tier 1 or 2 from this list http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/406160-psu-ranking-and-tiers/

[jimakos234]

980 ti and intel would be better in that price range

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($280.00 @ Canada Computers)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($124.99 @ NCIX)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($154.98 @ NCIX)
Memory: G.Skill Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  ($128.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($105.29 @ Vuugo)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($155.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB FTW ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($859.99 @ NCIX)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro M ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.98 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($122.92 @ DirectCanada)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer  ($19.05 @ Amazon Canada)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($123.00 @ shopRBC)
Monitor: Acer K272HULbmiidp 60Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($329.00 @ Canada Computers)
Total: $2504.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-03 12:12 EST-0500

[Diablalex]

Go for Intel, or wait until Zen platform comes out.

Do you have a release date or approx for Zen platform?

 

You seem to have everything under control, so I can't recommend anything. As for the speaker, I find using a pair of high end headphones are better. Especially if there are people in your house who you don't want to bother.  

 

already have a good pair of Sennheiser and Marshalls, i really want speakers lol

 

"future proof" "AMD FX"

"reliable" "EVGA NEX"

yeah..no...

 

get yourself a skylake i5 or i7. and get a tower cooler instead of the watercooler, you'll think about me when you decide to get the watercooler anyways and if it breaks and kills your system 3 years down the road.

AMD Fx. why do everyone here hate it that much? on like 4forum no one said a bad thing about it, exepct here its intel or die? why would i change this AMD cpu to a intel (consider the price too)

Also Towercooler? what do you mean? 

(Edit its 2500$ AFTER taxes and shipping. so you need to add a 15% to the price) 

[Diablalex]

PSU Changed to a EVGA Supernova GS 650w 

[kameshss]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($353.29 @ Vuugo) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($26.29 @ Vuugo) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($188.50 @ Vuugo) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($99.99 @ Canada Computers) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($105.29 @ Vuugo) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.29 @ Vuugo) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($874.98 @ Newegg Canada) 

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($75.29 @ Vuugo) 

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($144.99 @ NCIX) 

Monitor: Acer G257HU smidpx 60Hz 25.0" Monitor  ($362.98 @ Newegg Canada) 

Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm QuickFire TK Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($109.00 @ Vuugo) 

Mouse: Corsair Raptor M45 Wired Optical Mouse  ($52.98 @ Newegg Canada) 

Total: $2451.87

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-03 12:26 EST-0500

[manikyath]

Do you have a release date or approx for Zen platform?

 

 

already have a good pair of Sennheiser and Marshalls, i really want speakers lol

 

AMD Fx. why do everyone here hate it that much? on like 4forum no one said a bad thing about it, exepct here its intel or die? why would i change this AMD cpu to a intel (consider the price too)

Also Towercooler? what do you mean? 

(Edit its 2500$ AFTER taxes and shipping. so you need to add a 15% to the price) 

because amd FX's IPC (instructions per cycle) are an absolute joke compared to intel's recent offerings. with the added heat, and less than fantastic "8 cores" (which is honestly just 4 times 1.5 cores ducktaped together) its just not a futureproof platform.

 

it honestly worries me that a quad core 4690k can blow an fx8350 out the water in terms of encoding...

 

EDIT: ps, i should add, i'm not an intel fanboy in the slightest, i'm actually waiting on what zen is going to be, hoping it'll be my goto platform to build my new home server.

[Diablalex]

because amd FX's IPC (instructions per cycle) are an absolute joke compared to intel's recent offerings. with the added heat, and less than fantastic "8 cores" (which is honestly just 4 times 1.5 cores ducktaped together) its just not a futureproof platform.

 

it honestly worries me that a quad core 4690k can blow an fx8350 out the water in terms of encoding...

 

EDIT: ps, i should add, i'm not an intel fanboy in the slightest, i'm actually waiting on what zen is going to be, hoping it'll be my goto platform to build my new home server.

btw will that zen platform still on the same socket and same compatibility or totaly new stuff?

[Jordaneer]

Do you have a release date or approx for Zen platform?

Zen is supposedly supposed to be out this fall. If you want to wait that long. I wouldn't.

already have a good pair of Sennheiser and Marshalls, i really want speakers lol

AMD Fx. why do everyone here hate it that much? on like 4forum no one said a bad thing about it, exepct here its intel or die? why would i change this AMD cpu to a intel (consider the price too)

Also Towercooler? what do you mean?

(Edit its 2500$ AFTER taxes and shipping. so you need to add a 15% to the price)

[manikyath]

btw will that zen platform still on the same socket and same compatibility or totaly new stuff?

it'll be a new everything, see it as a fresh start for amd.

it'll be a fundamentally different chip in design, it'll use DDR4, it'll bring all the latest fancies to the amd platform, it'll be more energy efficient, and so on.

[Djole123]

Do you have a release date or approx for Zen platform?

Late 2016