First Time Build Help

[thuwarakan]

Hey guys,

After months of research and reading reviews i have made 2 builds (intel & amd). I plan on buying the parts once i finish saving up, hopefully this summer. My current budget is $2000 max including tax/warranty etc. Please let me know if my build selections are good enough for gaming (Bf3, blackops2, crysis 3 etc.) and also editing (photoshop, adobe premier, adobe effects etc.). All the prices are taken from amazon, newegg, ncix and canada computers.

Intel Build: Parts List

Fractal Design R4 $109

Intel i7 3770k $320

Asus P8Z77-V $190

Evga Geforce GTX 650 Ti Boost SC $180

Bequiet Dark Rock 2 $75

Kingston HyperX Blu 8gb $70

Samsung 840 Pro 128 SSD $130

WD Black 1TB $95

Corsair HX Series HX850 $140

Asus Optical Drive $20

Windows 7 Professional $120

AMD Build: Parts List

Corsair 650d $145

AMD FX8350 $200

Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z $239

Asus Geforce Gtx 660 $199

Bequiet Dark Rock 2 $75

Gskills Ripjaws 8gb $70

Samsung 850 Pro 128 SSD $130

WD Black 1TB $95

Corsair AX860i $230

Asus Optical Drive $20

Windows 7 Professional $120

Should i go with the Intel Build or AMD Build? Please provide comments, suggestions and advice.

Thanks

[Str_Mape]

My main piece of advice would be to drop from a 3770K to a 3570k and upgrade the graphics card to something more gaming worthy.

[iTonyy]

Actually since he will be doing video editing and etc, the 3770k will perform better with those applications since it has hyperthreading

But I do agree that getting a better gpu will greatly improve gaming performance, go amd for better driver optimization and game bundles

and since you have room in your budget, consider going crossfire for even better gaming performance

You don't need that expensive of a motherboard since you won't even know let alone use half the features it has, something like the asrock extreme 4 will be just fine

For video editing, you should get at least 16gb of ram but don't bother with more than 1600mhz as it just isn't worth it

Don't buy caviars especially black because the small performance isnt worth it, instead go barracuda 1tb or 1.5tb

You really don't need such a premium psu, a 550W will be enough to power a single gpu system (650 for crossfire if you wanted)

As for the case, I like the 650D but that is just a personal taste preference

But if you wanted a bit more savings, you could get the 8350 but do not buy a ROG board as it is just wasted money on wasted potential

[s3ns3]

drop from the PSU,Mboard and get better gpu