FX 8350+Asus M5A99FX PRO+HD 7950 3d pc build

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hi. i will build my 1st pc build this month. im wondering if my build is already enough or good for my use. and im also planning to OVERCLOCK.

i will be using Autocad, Revit, 3ds max, Sketchup and Vray. i usually do floor plans and 3d modeling of structures. Also rendering

what are your suggestions.

by the way. before i made this build. i research every best part. i just can't conclude.

i hope that someone can help me.

here is my build:
[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PvWzXL) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PvWzXL/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-fd8350frhkbox) | $179.98 @ OutletPC
**CPU Cooler** | [Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-cpu-cooler-h60cw9060007ww) | $49.99 @ Micro Center
**Motherboard** | [Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a99fxpror20) | $114.99 @ Newegg
**Memory** | [G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f312800cl10d16gbxl) | $149.99 @ Newegg
**Storage** | [Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/kingston-internal-hard-drive-sv300s37a120g) | $59.99 @ Micro Center
**Storage** | [Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st1000dm003) | $51.98 @ OutletPC
**Video Card** | [Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-1003523l) | $212.98 @ Newegg
**Case** | [Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-200r) | $57.99 @ Micro Center
**Power Supply** | [Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx600m) | $67.99 @ Micro Center
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available | $945.88
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-14 06:24 EDT-0400 |
 
I'd change the SSD as well as the power supply. Those Kingston ones are now using slow nand chips. Try and get a Crucial MX100 or M500 or Sandisk Ultra Plus as they will perform better at a similar price. There are also some nice 620W Seasonic PSU's out there that would be a good choice.
 
There you go, I tweaked it a bit. The Capstone is a really great PSU and is gold rated.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($179.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($57.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($134.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($72.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.92 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.19 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $632.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-14 06:35 EDT-0400

*Edit, it didn't seem to have a price for the HD 7950, they're discontinued now but the Asus R9 280 Direct CUII would be a great swap at $224 http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-r9280dc2t3gd5

The RAM didn't come up either but another 2x8Gb set at CL9 1600Mhz should be a similar price around $145
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($149.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($61.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($142.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($104.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card ($212.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 330R ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $994.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-14 07:13 EDT-0400


Important notes:

cpu is 8320 and not 8350, will save around $30 and they both overclock equally anyway.
cpu cooler is Noctua's U14S, one of the best air cooling solutions that rivals top of the line water cooling (needless to say, much better and a lot quieter than the H60).
SSD is 256GB, you'd think 128GB is enough because everyone's saying that, but 256GB is not much more expensive and you'll thank me later for the extra capacity.
For a few more bucks you get gold, semi modular power supply with higher wattage.
200R was strangely not on the list when I made this, so I chose the supposedly silent 330R. I have the 200R and highly recommend it though.
 


#the build quality of the CS is barely better than the CX series. For more power this is better and cheaper http://pcpartpicker.com/part/rosewill-power-supply-capstone650m

It's modular, gold rated and has all Japanese caps
 
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zMbTZL
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zMbTZL/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($128.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($142.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($104.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card ($212.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 330R ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1256.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-14 07:21 EDT-0400
 
thanks for the replies guys. how high i can oc 8350/ 8320?

ill see what i can get for your suggested psu.

for the gpu. i've search alot for this. here is the gpu's for my budget.
price is based on my country. i also rank them from highest to lowest.

r9 280x $219
gtx 680 $219
hd 7970 $219
gtx 670 $195
gtx 580 $182
gtx 760 $207
hd 7950 $170
gtx 660ti $170
r9 270x $158
hd 7870 $134
gtx 560ti $110
r7 260x $110

for you what the best card?
 
The HD 7970 performs slightly better than the R9 280X and is definitely a better performer than the GTX 760 so that would be my choice. Is this 3D modelling buld a completely different machine? What's your budget for it?

*EDIT The build you already have is perfect for 3D modelling with lots of processor threads and 16Gb of RAM. A beefy GPU is all it would need. If money is tight an R9 270X would be a acceptable choice too
 
You can usually get around 4.3-4.8ghz on the cpu, depends on ambient temp and luck of the draw. 4.5ghz is pretty common.

Regarding gpu, although I would personally go for AMD even for workstation software, you may still get more benefits by going for Nvidia, since some vendors used to implement most of the hardware acceleration with CUDA which is proprietary Nvidia code. Some other software companies also first optimized OpenCL for Nvidia first, but may or may not have finished optimizing it for AMD as well.

This may have changed already since OpenCL matured and AMD rolled out their very successful performance and price wise FirePro series around 1-2 years ago so they get more of the workstation market.

In any way, for myself I would probably get the hd 7950 for its price / performance, but for others I would recommend the GTX 580 just to be on the safe side.
Note that the GTX 580 has lower performance in gaming and higher power than the GTX 680 but has much better compute than the 680 and is still a great option for gaming. See this:
http://forum.lumion3d.com/general-discussion/gtx580-3gb-vs-gtx680-4gb-and-the-winner-is/
 
[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/NcM4ZL) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/NcM4ZL/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-fd8320frhkbox) | $149.95 @ SuperBiiz
**CPU Cooler** | [Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/noctua-cpu-cooler-nhd14) | $69.99 @ Newegg
**Motherboard** | [Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a99fxpror20) | $114.99 @ Newegg
**Memory** | [Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-memory-bls8g3d1609ds1s00) | $76.99 @ Newegg
**Storage** | [Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sandisk-internal-hard-drive-sdssdhp128gg25) | $65.98 @ Newegg
**Storage** | [Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st1000dm003) | $51.98 @ OutletPC
**Video Card** | [XFX Radeon R9 270X 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-r9270xcdfc) | $159.99 @ Newegg
**Case** | [Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-200r) | $57.99 @ Micro Center
**Power Supply** | [SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-ssr550rm) | $85.98 @ SuperBiiz
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available | $818.84
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-14 09:27 EDT-0400 |

CHEAPEST I CAN DO.
 
You don't need that expensive Noctua cooler. The Hyper 212 Plus will do just fine and allows you to have a better GPU

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($149.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($74.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X Video Card ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($57.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($85.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $811.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-14 09:31 EDT-0400
 
You'll severly hamper your pc performance by not going dual channel in the RAM, i.e. getting 1x8gb is much worse than getting 2x4gb. So I say you should either go for 2x4gb or invest in 2x8gb right now.

I think you're considering getting 1x8gb now and getting the second 1x8gb later, but keep in mind that the performance loss isn't worth it, and also warranty wise, if you get 2 sticks of ram in a kit you'll get the same warranty for both, so if one goes bad the 2 sticks are replaced to an equivalent performing kit instead of just one being replaced to a model that may not work ideally with your 2nd stick.

For your use case I dare say 128gb isn't enough or is barely and inconveniently enough. I say get the Crucial MX100 256GB which sells for 105$ and you'll get a much better experience.

For $10 more you can get a Tahiti-based 7950 instead of the Pitcairn based 270x so I say go for the 7950.
 


I agree with the RAM. You could also get 2x 4Gb now so still running dual channel and then buy another 2x 4Gb later. After all, the motherboard has 4 slots, use 'em! The R9 280 and the 7950 are basically the same thing so get whichever is cheapest
 


is the cm hyper enough for oc up to 4.5ghz?
 
[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vRzhvK) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vRzhvK/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-fd8320frhkbox) | $149.95 @ SuperBiiz
**CPU Cooler** | [Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr212e20pkr2) | $24.99 @ Newegg
**Motherboard** | [Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a97r20) | $84.99 @ Amazon
**Memory** | [Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-memory-bls2kit8g3d1609ds1s00) | $144.99 @ Amazon
**Storage** | [Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sandisk-internal-hard-drive-sdssdhp128gg25) | $65.98 @ Newegg
**Storage** | [Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st1000dm003) | $51.98 @ OutletPC
**Video Card** | [Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Dual-X Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-100363l) | $239.99 @ Newegg
**Case** | [Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-200r) | $57.99 @ Micro Center
**Power Supply** | [SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-ssr550rm) | $85.98 @ SuperBiiz
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available | $906.84
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-14 09:53 EDT-0400 |


HOW ABOUT THIS?
 
There are more factors at play than just the cooler, it depends on the processor chip too, some overclock better than others. You might get 4-4.5 on the Hyper 212+ but a better budget option would be the Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo which is just a little bit more expensive than the 212+.

These do not perform like the Noctua and if you're really wanting a super heavy OC then the Noctua is probably the best choice on air as it performs like the Corsait H100i.

It depends what's more important to you, an extra 200-300 Mhz on the processor or a better GPU with a wide bus.
 


Now you'll have issues with the VRM's on that 970 board. The 990 boards cope with the 83xx FX chips better so you'll get a better overclock on a 990FX. My build with the R9 280 AND the Hyper Evo 212 might be the best balance
 
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