AMD FX 8320 or Intel i5 4440?

[Mr gir]

In the summer I'm planning to build a PC for gaming,  live streaming and making YouTube videos. I want to organise what parts I should get now so I don't waste any time when the time comes to order the parts. I will be gaming at 1080p and playing games like Titanfall, Arma 3, Next car game,  Splinter cell blacklist and Thief. I want to be able to play these games at high/ ultra settings which the GPU can handle (I think). However I don't know what CPU to use for the build. I'm thinking of an AMD FX 8320 or an Intel i5 4440. I'm on a budget so I can't go crazy and buy an i7 or an fx 9000 series cpu.  What cpu is better for what I want to do? If it is possible can you please link me some gaming benchmarks with these two CPUs. Thanks

Here are the parts I'm thinking of buying http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3wmnk 

 

[ewok93]

The 8320 is great for streaming. It's a very capable CPU, and is even better with a bit of overclocking. That build is great, but I would get the non- LE version of the motherboard. It allows for better overclocks and has other features, as the LE doesn't have the VRM heatsinks as the normal one. I would also drop the SSD or spend a little more and get a cooler like a Hyper 212 Evo and overclock a bit. That will give you a good performance boost. Also, please do not spend that much on RAM. There is no noticeable difference when gaming between that and 1333mhz.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3xDvt Build with the changes I mentioned.

 

[lowriderflow]

you want to be on the newer chipset... not on the old 970.
So for motherboard, look at the asus m5a99x or m5a99fx

no reason for that RAM... that motherboard doesn't even support ram that fast!
make sure you check your motherboard specs and see what the highest speed ram it can run.
ddr3 1600 is all you need... in a budget gaming system, you'll see no increase by using faster ram.

the rest of it is fine. i'd go with a 120gb SSD so you can fit your operating system and your 3 or 4 most played games on it.
if you think you'd ever considering adding a second GPU for crossfire, it'd be better to step up to a 700 or 750watt PSU now, rather than having to upgrade it later.

 

[logainofhades]

There is nothing wrong with the 970 chipset. The 970a-UD3p is an excellent board for those only going to use a single GPU. Here are the changes I would make.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£104.39 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£64.79 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£54.62 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£52.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card (£149.99 @ Novatech)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£45.90 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£45.74 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.69 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£82.70 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £648.74
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-24 16:03 BST+0100)


I like this build better though.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£179.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI B85M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£54.62 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card (£149.99 @ Novatech)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£45.90 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£45.74 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.69 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£82.70 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £656.56
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-24 16:07 BST+0100)

 

[Mr gir]

Is the Intel xeon good for gaming? I thought you would only use them in a workstation pc.

 

[logainofhades]

That particular one is nothing more than an i7 without IGP and a couple added features. It will perform similar to an i7 4770.

 

[ewok93]

The e3 1230 benchmarks almost exactly the same as the 3770. It is slightly (5% or so) slower than the 4770. It is a great processor for gaming.

 

[logainofhades]

I doubt it is even 5% slower. There is only 100mhz between them. The 1230v3 is haswell, btw. The 1230v2 is ivy like the 3770.

 

[ewok93]

I thought I saw V2, sorry. The V3 is probably within 2% of the 4770.

 

[paitjsu sadff]

two great choices here, the OP is in good hands!
I second, the gigabyte 970A-UD3P is as good as it gets if you are going to use only one GPU, it will save you a bunch without compromising in quality or overclocking capability. it's the one i'm using and it's purely awesome for the price.

 

[ewok93]

There's really not much of a point to a 990 if you're not using crossfire or SLI, a good motherboard will be a good motherboard, regardless of chipset.

 

[Mr gir]

Thank you for your help. I will probably go with that Intel xeon because It's basically an i7 4770 without the igpu (a feature I wouldn't be using). It's funny because I didn't even consider It before posting this but now I'm sold on it. Can't wait to get these parts. Thank you once again.

 

[paitjsu sadff]

Good decision you won't regret it! have fun !
If you do a lot of gaming at 1080p and you have some more budget you might want to consider upgrading the GPU to a r9 280x or GTX 770, but the r9 270x is a great GPU too...