Building my First AMD Gaming Rig. and I have questions!

[Psycho_Squirrel]

Hey Guy's and Gal's,

So I am building my first AMD Gaming computer, I have build Intel computer's before, most of them were frankensteins and restorations.
I have a small Clue of what I am doing but not that much. 

My parts list is as follows:

Motherboard: Biostar TA970 Ver. 5-3,

CPU: AMD FX-6300 Vishera 6-Core 3.5 GHz

CPU Cooler: CORSAIR Hydro Series H55 Quiet Edition Water / Liquid CPU Cooler 120mm

RAM: Team Vulcan 16gb (2x8gb)

PSU: CORSAIR RMx RM750X 750W 
Boot Drive: Corsair Force LS 2.5 SSD

Storage Drive: Seagate 1TB HHD

Case: Cooler Master Elite 431 Plus

 

My Questions are; 
What graphics cards should I be looking at?
GTX 1070? Radeon 480? 
Or should I look at something else? 

I've always used hand me down parts so looking for new equipment is very unnerving because I have no clue what I am doing to be honest. 

 

Thanks alot, and Thank you for reading

~ The Psychopathic Squirrel.  

[Electronics Wizardy]

Don't buy a amd cpu now. Buy a i5/i7 or wait for zen and see it performs. 

The 6300 is crap comparted to intel and is about the same as a pentium. 

[raystriker98]

 

Choosing between the GTX 1070 and the RX480 really depends on how much grunt you need.

Have the money? I don't see why you shouldn't get the 1070.

[rattacko123]

12 minutes ago, raystriker98 said:

 

I don't see why you shouldn't get the 1070.

I dont think 1070 is suitable for a fx 6300

[Psycho_Squirrel]

6 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Don't buy a amd cpu now. Buy a i5/i7 or wait for zen and see it performs. 

The 6300 is crap comparted to intel and is about the same as a pentium. 

I already have a I5 Rig, I'm trying out AMD for a while to see the real difference. and it has a 780ti in it.

6 minutes ago, raystriker98 said:

 

Choosing between the GTX 1070 and the RX480 really depends on how much grunt you need.

Have the money? I don't see why you shouldn't get the 1070.

I don't really have alot of money. the GTX 1070 is a really good looker is maybe gonna drop in price. I'm not buying at the the parts at once. I just ordered a few parts at a time. 

[raystriker98]

3 minutes ago, rattacko123 said:

I dont think 1070 is suitable for a fx 6300

I meant it as a continuation to Electronics Wizardly's post.

Of  course the FX6300 would bottleneck the GTX 1070 big time.

[Skiiwee29]

AMD is not good for gaming. If your looking to budget game, get a low end i5 like a 6400 and build off that, you will get much better performance than with AMD. 

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 hour ago, Psycho_Squirrel said:

I already have a I5 Rig, I'm trying out AMD for a while to see the real difference. and it has a 780ti in it.

I don't really have alot of money. the GTX 1070 is a really good looker is maybe gonna drop in price. I'm not buying at the the parts at once. I just ordered a few parts at a time. 

Buddy your wasitng your money. The new rig will be slower. Just waint for a newer zen cpu. The amd cpu's are crap.

[Psycho_Squirrel]

10 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Buddy your wasitng your money. The new rig will be slower. Just waint for a newer zen cpu. The amd cpu's are crap.

For their power and price AMD make a better option than intel's price. The cheapest i5 Quad core is $179 and is only 2.8GHz. But for $105 I can get a FX-6300 6-Core 3.5GHz. for the bang for the buck the I5 loses. And I already have a I5-4430.