AMD FX-9590 vs alternatives

[OllyKV]

I've recently been planning to build my first computer and I'm rather inexperience in the field (not totally incompetent though). I mainly intend to use it for editing (very minimal) and rendering videos using Sony Movie Studio. After some research I've found that the AMD FX-9590 is the probably the most powerful CPU I could afford (if this is wrong please tell me). So if anyone knows of any alternatives that are cheaper or CPU's that suit my computing needs better I would much appreciate any feed back and if you could recommend any GPU, RAM and Hard disk that would compliment the CPU that would be great. Along with a cooling system as I've read the FX-9590 has a heat problem.

Thank you

PS My ideal budget would be around £300 (I realise that may not be possible) but can be pushed to around 350

 

[madmatt30]

If you can manage with 240gb then absolutely 100% yes mate without a doubt.

The setup will be sparse inside a full matx case so a smaller ,neater build would be this.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£140.47 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI H97M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£59.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£29.99 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£64.90 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£28.38 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£36.40 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £360.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-11 22:58 BST+0100

 

[OllyKV]

Would two 1tb internal hard disks be as good one SSD or are their cheaper SSD's around?

 

[madmatt30]

the general snappiness in windows of all apps stored on ssd is worth the money imo.
you could go 120gb ssd for around 40 quid but that makes the 240gb models a lot better value comparitively
if 240gb proves to not be enough you can always add another drive in the future.

an ssd to me ultimately is the difference between a fast system & a very fast system - If youve never used an ssd you wouldnt know the difference,if you have used an ssd before then going back to a traditional platter drive for windows & installed apps is like walking through treacle in comparison.

 

[madmatt30]

the crucial is about the best price to performance ratio drive there is at the moment imo- I would not have recommended it otherwise.

 

[OllyKV]

the crucial is about the best price to performance ratio drive there is at the moment imo- I would not have recommended it otherwise.

Would this storage combination work?

 

[madmatt30]

^ what storage combination??

 

[OllyKV]

^ what storage combination??

Forgot to link it sorry http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/92XVzy

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£142.12 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI B85M-E45 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£47.50 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£39.49 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£30.98 @ Aria PC)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£28.38 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£29.95 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£9.38 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £357.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-12 15:06 BST+0100

 

[OllyKV]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£142.12 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI B85M-E45 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£47.50 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£39.49 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£30.98 @ Aria PC)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£28.38 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£29.95 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£9.38 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £357.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-12 15:06 BST+0100

What does this mean ----> 'Some Intel B85 chipset motherboards may need a BIOS update prior to using Haswell Refresh CPUs.'

 

[madmatt30]

It means exactly what it says - personally I would stick with a h97 series board & remove that worry from the equation.

& to answer your previous question yes a 120gb ssd is fine for general use - as I said though an extra 50% (£20) gives you 100% more storage with a 240gb.

 

[mlga91]

If you want to use a cheaper H81/B85 motherboard stick with non-haswell refresh CPUs, like the 4440.

 

[sora]

Thanks for all your recommendations guys I do really appreciate it. What would be the best i5 I feel as if most of those are of a good price range and I'm leaning towards Intel on the cpu

The i5-4590k is a great CPU if you want to overclock.