FX-8320 Budget Gaming Motherboard

[declang1505]

Hi all,

I'm new to this forum and have a noob question.
I'm building my first gaming/workstation pc, i'm doing it on a budget so I have decided to use an AMD fx-8320 (or maybe fx-8350 without overclocking) and I need a motherboard for it.

I don't need a fancy motherboard, just a good quality ATX motherboard with crossfire that will supply enough power to an fx-8320. I would also prefer it to have at least 4 ram slots for future expansion.

(preferably AMD 990 chipset so I don't have to upgrade the bios, but 970 might work)

If anyone has any ideas for a decent am3+ gaming motherboard under £100 (british pounds) on newegg, please tell me.

P.S I'm also looking for a budget PSU, I will be paiting the fx 8320 with an rx 480 4gb card.

Sorry for the poor formatting, thanks.

 

[LucoTF]

Absolutely no reason to buy FX processors in 2017

For strictly gaming, buy intel

For gaming / workstation, get ryzen

 

[declang1505]

Absolutely no reason to buy FX processors in 2017

For strictly gaming, buy intel

For gaming / workstation, get ryzen

I know its an outdated cpu, but I'm not looking for max performance.
I'm probably going to be playing;
cs:go
arma 3(low settings)
assetto corsa
rfactor + rfactor 2

 

[LucoTF]

It's not about max performance, it's about cost effectiveness. You can buy a £55 CPU that will kick the £100 8320 in gaming

 

[declang1505]

It's not about max performance, it's about cost effectiveness. You can buy a £55 CPU that will kick the £100 8320 in gaming

Fair enough, do you have a suggestion for a cheaper cpu, preferably not dual core. One that wont bottleneck an rx480

 

[LucoTF]

Depending on budget your best options would be

G4560 (£55) - it's basically an i3 but cheaper
i5-7500 (£174)
Or maybe an AMD ryzen 5 (£170ish)

The g4560 goes toe-to-toe with the 8320 in games, the i5 smashes it out of the water. AMD's new ryzen 5 only came out this week but from reviews it seems to perform very similar to Intel's i5 for a similar price

G4560 vs 8320: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFLkZknytAg

 

[spdragoo]

Do you already have some of the parts, or do you need a full build? Also, what's your overall budget?

 

[declang1505]

Depending on budget your best options would be

G4560 (£55) - it's basically an i3 but cheaper
i5-7500 (£174)
Or maybe an AMD ryzen 5 (£170ish)

The g4560 goes toe-to-toe with the 8320 in games, the i5 smashes it out of the water. AMD's new ryzen 5 only came out this week but from reviews it seems to perform very similar to Intel's i5 for a similar price

G4560 vs 8320: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFLkZknytAg

i was looking at the i5, it looks like a good option. The ryzen might also be an option, although I thought it was more expensive. thanks

 

[declang1505]

Do you already have some of the parts, or do you need a full build? Also, what's your overall budget?

My overall budget is about £750, I will include my pcpartpicker list below.
Please feel free to pick apart my list and make suggestions, for instance, will I need such an expensive wireless card?

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/declangyt/saved/cKXGXL

if you can make any improvements to my list or can suggest cheaper, but decent alternatives to any component, please do not hesitate.

P.S all custom prices on my list are from newegg.

 

[LucoTF]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£173.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£74.50 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£83.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£43.54 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 480 8GB Dual OC Video Card (£186.00 @ Aria PC)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case (£64.17 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£64.85 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter (£26.73 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £755.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-13 19:13 BST+0100