How Is My Build?

[MDH]

This is my build in AUD. I'm planning to add a RX 480 so pretend the HD 5450 is a 480 which I've added a custom price of $300.

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/9smXLD

My questions are:

 - Could there be any improvments? (I'm looking to get the best possible price to performance PC)

 - It seems like the 7650K is really cheap for it's performance but is that including it's intergrated grpahics? (I compared it to my i5 4570 which costs sysnificantly more but it still won in overall performance)

Any replies would be greatly appreciated!

[Herman Mcpootis]

you can get this instead

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($255.00 @ Centre Com) 
Motherboard: Asus H110M-K Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($85.00 @ Umart) 
Memory: Kingston ValueRAM 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($39.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Storage: Toshiba 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($65.00 @ IJK) 
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($79.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSD1 DVD/CD Writer  ($19.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Other: Rx 480 ($300.00)
Total: $891.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-20 12:44 AEST+1000

[MDH]

3 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

you can get this instead

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($255.00 @ Centre Com) 
Motherboard: Asus H110M-K Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($85.00 @ Umart) 
Memory: Kingston ValueRAM 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($39.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Storage: Toshiba 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($65.00 @ IJK) 
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($79.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSD1 DVD/CD Writer  ($19.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Other: Rx 480 ($300.00)
Total: $891.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-20 12:44 AEST+1000

 

What do you think about the 7650K? It's really cheap and gets a really good score on CPUBoss. I really like your build btw

[Herman Mcpootis]

1 minute ago, MDH said:

What do you think about the 7650K? It's really cheap and gets a really good score on CPUBoss. I really like your build btw

it's fine for budget builds, but i think its gonna bottleneck the rx 480.

[EunSoo]

1 minute ago, MDH said:

What do you think about the 7650K? It's really cheap and gets a really good score on CPUBoss. I really like your build btw

An i5 will destroy an a8 any day.

[MDH]

2 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

it's fine for budget builds, but i think its gonna bottleneck the rx 480.

Do you use CPU Boss for comparing CPU's?

[HKZeroFive]

1 minute ago, MDH said:

Do you use CPU Boss for comparing CPU's?

CPUBoss is a misleading piece of crap website, and it's completely inaccurate in terms of performance. Should never be used for comparing various CPUs.

[MDH]

4 minutes ago, SCGazelle said:

An i5 will destroy an a8 any day.

Really? Because if you look at this http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i5-4570-vs-AMD-A8-7650K comparison the A8 processor does better in performance for half the price.

[Silencer]

Expect 480 to be ~330 in aus

[MDH]

2 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

CPUBoss is a misleading piece of crap website, and it's completely inaccurate in terms of performance. Should never be used for comparing various CPUs.

 

Really? I've always used it as a source of comparing CPUs and GPUs, what would you recommend instead?

[MDH]

2 minutes ago, Silencer said:

Expect 480 to be ~330 in aus

Well it's $200USD/$270AUD plus around $30 shipping right? That seems fair.

[Herman Mcpootis]

7 minutes ago, MDH said:

Really? I've always used it as a source of comparing CPUs and GPUs, what would you recommend instead?

go check professional reviews of cpus instead of using cpuboss.

[HKZeroFive]

14 minutes ago, MDH said:

Really? Because if you look at this http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i5-4570-vs-AMD-A8-7650K comparison the A8 processor does better in performance for half the price.

It does not. Look at third-party benchmarks from professional reviewers.

 

___Boss is usually regarded universally as a inaccurate source of information.

[MDH]

2 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

It does not. Look at third-party benchmarks from professional reviewers.

 

___Boss is usually regarded universally as a inaccurate source of information.

 

Which Benchmarking Tool in generally reliable for CPU's? Passmark?

[HKZeroFive]

7 minutes ago, MDH said:

Which Benchmarking Tool in generally reliable for CPU's? Passmark?

Passmark isn't all that reliable for comparing CPUs. Valid, yes. But incomplete.

[Suika]

6 minutes ago, MDH said:

Which Benchmarking Tool in generally reliable for CPU's? Passmark?

Passmark is highly multithreaded optimized, which isn't realistic for desktop and gaming usage.

 

Generally I use multiple sources, but I definitely prefer Anandtech as they get into the more technical details if you enjoy that kind of stuff, but they're also very thorough with processors. Here's a review on the 7600 and 7850k.

 

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7677/amd-kaveri-review-a8-7600-a10-7850k/11

 

They show multiple use case scenarios but shockingly don't have gaming tests with a proper dedicated GPU.

 

Anyway, here's my recommendation of the build. You can likely survive without an optical drive, if not harvest one from another machine.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($275.00 @ Centre Com) 
Motherboard: Asus H110M-K Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($85.00 @ Umart) 
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($42.90 @ Newegg Australia) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($68.00 @ CPL Online) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 5450 1GB Video Card  ($300.00) 
Case: Cooler Master N300 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($55.00 @ CPL Online) 
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($79.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Total: $904.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-20 13:23 AEST+1000

[Silencer]

38 minutes ago, MDH said:

Well it's $200USD/$270AUD plus around $30 shipping right? That seems fair.

Yeah plus tax which means us Aussies are screwed

[MDH]

42 minutes ago, Silencer said:

Yeah plus tax which means us Aussies are screwed

Really

[Silencer]

1 hour ago, MDH said:

Well it's $200USD/$270AUD plus around $30 shipping right? That seems fair.

Hopefully we won't get too screwed over so <$320 would be nice

[MDH]

26 minutes ago, Silencer said:

Hopefully we won't get too screwed over so <$320 would be nice

Yeah are you thinking about upgrading?

[Silencer]

16 minutes ago, MDH said:

Yeah are you thinking about upgrading?

Yeah I was thinking 480x sometime. Not rushing to upgrade though

[MDH]

3 minutes ago, Silencer said:

Yeah I was thinking 480x sometime. Not rushing to upgrade though

What card do you have currently?

[Silencer]

7 minutes ago, MDH said:

What card do you have currently?

960 SSC bought a while ago

[MDH]

3 minutes ago, Silencer said:

960 SSC bought a while ago

Oh right, 960's still a solid card. I've got a 660 and I'm only just thinking about upgrading.