Any changes you would make?

[Hanszch]

Hi, i have a build here. I just want you guys to look at it and change it if you dont like it.

case: nsxt s340
proc: 8350 Black edition
Ram: hyperxfury 8gb
card: msi gtx 970
Storage: 1tb wd blue+ samsung 850 ssd
Cooling: cm hyper 212 Evo 250 GB
Motherboard: msi 970 gaming
PSU: vs550

Will the ram (8gb) suffice for gaming or should i buy 16gb's?.
I know the psu isnt very good but it will hold up?
Thanks in advance

 

[RobCrezz]

Yeah I wouldnt do a build now with a 8350. Can you stretch the budget to a i5 6500/DDR4/H170?

 

[th3p00r]

Also, you should get 16gb of RAM. Hanszh's an AMD guy, don't try to convert him to Intel, come on now.

 

[RobCrezz]

How do you know he is a AMD guy?

not trying to convert, just trying to stop him wasting his money buying a old platform.

 

[Isokolon]

would definitely go for an i5, even an i3
or wait for AMD ZEN and see what it has to offer
but the FX8000 series is old and pretty much dead

16GB RAM would be nice
the PSU is lower quality you might have to change it down the line
if you don't have it already, definitely change it

 

[sizzling]

Well my opinion is AMD is a bad investment, that CPU even overclocked is beaten by a basic i3 6100 in most or possibly all games. The i3 also has upgrade options of going to an i5 or i7 later and uses DDR4 which will be reusable in future builds unlike DDR3 which is end of life.

Also that VS PSU should be nowhere near a gaming build, very low quality unit.

 

[Kjeld_]

i would go for i5 get 16gb of ram go for a msi nvidia gtx 1060/1070 depents on budget and lose 1 ssd its better to have 1 hdd and 1 big ssd then 1hdd and 2ssd u have right know and maybe make hte 550watt psu to 600

 

[Hanszch]

Yeah I wouldnt do a build now with a 8350. Can you stretch the budget to a i5 6500/DDR4/H170?

Nah, its just for gaming and the amd is much cheaper. Indeed the platform is old, but they both run games equally as good. I see no reason to put 100 extra euros into it for the i5 6500. Also, i will need a more expensive mobo, as u mentioned. The i5 isnt oc either

 

[maxalge]

Yeah I wouldnt do a build now with a 8350. Can you stretch the budget to a i5 6500/DDR4/H170?

Nah, its just for gaming and the amd is much cheaper. Indeed the platform is old, but they both run games equally as good. I see no reason to put 100 extra euros into it for the i5 6500. Also, i will need a more expensive mobo, as u mentioned. The i5 isnt oc either

no they dont, the 8350 is slow, i3's usually beat it in gaming

specifically for gaming an intel cpu would be a LOT better, that i5 even with no overclock EASILY beats a 5ghz 8350



i really suggest you make a new post with your budget and ask for help getting a gaming setup


you have some outdated information

 

[RobCrezz]

Yeah I wouldnt do a build now with a 8350. Can you stretch the budget to a i5 6500/DDR4/H170?

Nah, its just for gaming and the amd is much cheaper. Indeed the platform is old, but they both run games equally as good. I see no reason to put 100 extra euros into it for the i5 6500. Also, i will need a more expensive mobo, as u mentioned. The i5 isnt oc either

Thats not true (I actually have a 8350 in another computer), but good luck anyway.

 

[Isokolon]

the i5 doesn't need to be OC'd
an i3-6300 outperforms a FX8350 in games by a long shot
but yes, it's marginally more expensive and doesn't sound as good (8 threads, 4,2 GHz WOW) although being far superior