I don't know which CPU is best for me!

[BeN00bly101]

Hi, I am planning to build a decent gaming PC in the next few weeks and I still am not sure on the CPU I want because I'm confused. I am 16 and I grew up with AMD Processors and for the past 4 years I have lived with the AMD FX-4100 Quad Core 3.5ghz and its been awesome for then. I will show you the parts I have planned and it will hopefully give you an idea of what I am going for:

CPU:
https://www.pccasegear.com/products/35354/amd-fx-6350-6-core-processor-with-wraith-cooler

Mother Board:
https://www.pccasegear.com/products/29674/msi-970-gaming-motherboard

RAM:
https://www.pccasegear.com/products/27412/kingston-hyperx-fury-hx318c10frk2-16-16gb-2x8gb-red

Graphics Card:
https://www.pccasegear.com/products/36598/msi-radeon-rx-480-gaming-x-4gb

Power Supply:
https://www.pccasegear.com/products/35428/evga-supernova-g2-gold-650w-power-supply

Solid State Drive:
https://www.pccasegear.com/products/27943/kingston-hyperx-fury-120gb-ssd

Case:
http://www.umart.com.au/newsite/goods.php?id=29263

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I was going to get the GTX 960 but I did more research and found out the Radeon RX 480 is better for the money.
Now I already know the comments I'm going to get about how Intel is better and everyone solemnly swears by it and everything. I don't know Intel CPU's let alone AMD's so basically I'm looking for a really good CPU that can still be as good or better then the AMD FX-6350 maybe and also still have the total build price around $1200.
TO give you an idea. I do a lot of gaming with many many different types of games, I love GTA 5 though. I also do some not that heavy video editing and rendering so my CPU I have now gets it done the best it can but I want something more fast, strong and reliable.
So please go easy on me haha and please maybe suggest some CPU that is the same as FX-6350 or even better and that doesn't break the budget because I know the FX-6350 is out dated by like 3 years. Hopefully this will finally make my decision!

PS: I know how to build computers, I know how to make sure everything is compatible and everything, I'm just scared to go near the Intel's...


Thanks!

 

[CTurbo]

$1200 is MORE than enough for an amazing gaming system. The FX6350 is not as good as an i3 6100 for gaming.



PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($272.00 @ Centre Com)
Motherboard: MSI B150M BAZOOKA Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($114.40 @ Skycomp Technology)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($58.30 @ Newegg Australia)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($99.00 @ PLE Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($65.00 @ IJK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 480 4GB NITRO+ 4G Video Card ($359.00 @ CPL Online)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($60.50 @ Skycomp Technology)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($31.00 @ CPL Online)
Total: $1059.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-28 11:47 AEST+1000

 

[BeN00bly101]

$1200 is MORE than enough for an amazing gaming system. The FX6350 is not as good as an i3 6100 for gaming.



PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($272.00 @ Centre Com)
Motherboard: MSI B150M BAZOOKA Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($114.40 @ Skycomp Technology)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($58.30 @ Newegg Australia)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($99.00 @ PLE Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($65.00 @ IJK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 480 4GB NITRO+ 4G Video Card ($359.00 @ CPL Online)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($60.50 @ Skycomp Technology)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($31.00 @ CPL Online)
Total: $1059.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-28 11:47 AEST+1000

i3 6100 is only dual core though

 

[CTurbo]

i3 6100 is only dual core though

Well that's why I recommended the quad core i5.

I was just trying to let you know where the FX6350 stood when compared to the current Intel cpus. The dual core i3 6100 beats the 8 core FX8350 in most games.

 

[BeN00bly101]

i3 6100 is only dual core though

Well that's why I recommended the quad core i5.

I was just trying to let you know where the FX6350 stood when compared to the current Intel cpus. The dual core i3 6100 beats the 8 core FX8350 in most games.

Wow really? Well, I have got an Intel plan that I made a couple days ago, How's a Core i5 6600k with a Gigabyte h110m H Motherboard? Also I do video editing and rendering as well.

 

[Zebbakei007]

The i5 6600k is the best bang for your buck cpu. I'd get a good air cooler, OC it to probably 4.4 - 4.6(w/e is rock solid) and a gtx 1070. That should be a solid build for 5+ years. An i7 will mainly benefit if rendering and stuff, not gaming. So i5 if gaming; i7 if gaming/rendering--if you can afford it.

 

[CTurbo]

The 6600k is meant for overclocking. The H110 is the bottom line budget board that does not support overclocking and really lacks in features. If you want a 6600k, you also want a Z170 motherboard, and you would also need a decent after market cooler.

For your uses, you would benefit more from an i7.

You could realistically afford an i7 with your $1200 budget.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($422.00 @ Shopping Express)
Motherboard: MSI B150M BAZOOKA Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($114.40 @ Skycomp Technology)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($58.30 @ Newegg Australia)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($99.00 @ PLE Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($65.00 @ IJK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 480 4GB NITRO+ 4G Video Card ($359.00 @ CPL Online)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($60.50 @ Skycomp Technology)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($31.00 @ CPL Online)
Total: $1209.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-28 12:32 AEST+1000

 

[CTurbo]

The i5 6600k is the best bang for your buck cpu. I'd get a good air cooler, OC it to probably 4.4 - 4.6(w/e is rock solid) and a gtx 1070. That should be a solid build for 5+ years. An i7 will mainly benefit if rendering and stuff, not gaming. So i5 if gaming; i7 if gaming/rendering--if you can afford it.

The i5 is almost as good as the i7 in gaming, but the i7 is better for your other uses.

The i5 6600k is EASILY the WORST bang for buck. Overclocking is NOT that useful and you pay a LOT extra to be able to do it.

Lets do some comparisons.

$536 gets you an i7 6700 that comes with it's own cooler.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($422.00 @ Shopping Express)
Motherboard: MSI B150M BAZOOKA Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($114.40 @ Skycomp Technology)
Total: $536.40

You actually pay $40 more for a reasonable overclocking setup. The 6600k does not come with a cooler so you're forced to buy one.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($322.00 @ Shopping Express)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($55.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($199.71 @ Skycomp Technology)
Total: $576.71


Of course, for $160 less, this would offer 95-99% of the performance of the overclocking setup.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($299.00 @ Shopping Express)
Motherboard: MSI B150M BAZOOKA Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($114.40 @ Skycomp Technology)
Total: $413.40




My best advice- skip the overclocking and get an i7.

 

[BeN00bly101]

Okay so now I have:
CPU: Intel Core i7 6700 3.4Ghz Quad Core

MOBO: MSI B150M Bazooka (Does this support CPU Overclocking?)

RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16Gbs 2133Mhz

GPU: MSI Radeon RX 480 Gaming X 4GB

SSD: Corsair Force LE 240GB SSD

PSU: Antec High Current Gamer 620W Modular

CASE: Thermaltake Core V31

I already have a 1TB HDD and all this comes to $1,369

 

[Zebbakei007]

This is my personal build(5820k and 1070). The cheapest 1070 in pcpartspicker is crap. You can get a full-sized gigabyte 1070 at jet.com for 360ish, shaving price to barely over 1200 and it gives you a 6 core/12 thread monster and an air cooler which should allow for a great OC. Should beat the i7 6700k handily in multithread applications and very close in single.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/xXHQd6
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/xXHQd6/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($368.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($66.49 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme4 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($189.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: GeIL EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($56.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: PNY Optima 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($110.69 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Mini ITX OC Video Card ($397.00 @ Amazon)
Case: Thermaltake Commander MS-I Epic Edition (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($48.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($56.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1296.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-27 23:49 EDT-0400

 

[BeN00bly101]

I should also mention that I want it to be either from PC Case Gear or Umart as I live in Australia and those are the two that I know and trust.

 

[BeN00bly101]

The i5 6600k is the best bang for your buck cpu. I'd get a good air cooler, OC it to probably 4.4 - 4.6(w/e is rock solid) and a gtx 1070. That should be a solid build for 5+ years. An i7 will mainly benefit if rendering and stuff, not gaming. So i5 if gaming; i7 if gaming/rendering--if you can afford it.

The i5 is almost as good as the i7 in gaming, but the i7 is better for your other uses.

The i5 6600k is EASILY the WORST bang for buck. Overclocking is NOT that useful and you pay a LOT extra to be able to do it.

Lets do some comparisons.

$536 gets you an i7 6700 that comes with it's own cooler.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($422.00 @ Shopping Express)
Motherboard: MSI B150M BAZOOKA Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($114.40 @ Skycomp Technology)
Total: $536.40

You actually pay $40 more for a reasonable overclocking setup. The 6600k does not come with a cooler so you're forced to buy one.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($322.00 @ Shopping Express)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($55.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($199.71 @ Skycomp Technology)
Total: $576.71


Of course, for $160 less, this would offer 95-99% of the performance of the overclocking setup.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($299.00 @ Shopping Express)
Motherboard: MSI B150M BAZOOKA Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($114.40 @ Skycomp Technology)
Total: $413.40




My best advice- skip the overclocking and get an i7.

Okay so now I have:
CPU: Intel Core i7 6700 3.4Ghz Quad Core

MOBO: MSI B150M Bazooka (Does this support CPU Overclocking?)

RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16Gbs 2133Mhz

GPU: MSI Radeon RX 480 Gaming X 4GB

SSD: Corsair Force LE 240GB SSD

PSU: Antec High Current Gamer 620W Modular

CASE: Thermaltake Core V31

I already have a 1TB HDD and all this comes to $1,369
How is this now?

 

[CTurbo]

Really good build and no cpu overclocking.

 

[theonerm2]

The i5 6600k is the best bang for your buck cpu. I'd get a good air cooler, OC it to probably 4.4 - 4.6(w/e is rock solid) and a gtx 1070. That should be a solid build for 5+ years. An i7 will mainly benefit if rendering and stuff, not gaming. So i5 if gaming; i7 if gaming/rendering--if you can afford it.

The i5 is almost as good as the i7 in gaming, but the i7 is better for your other uses.

The i5 6600k is EASILY the WORST bang for buck. Overclocking is NOT that useful and you pay a LOT extra to be able to do it.

Lets do some comparisons.

$536 gets you an i7 6700 that comes with it's own cooler.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($422.00 @ Shopping Express)
Motherboard: MSI B150M BAZOOKA Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($114.40 @ Skycomp Technology)
Total: $536.40

You actually pay $40 more for a reasonable overclocking setup. The 6600k does not come with a cooler so you're forced to buy one.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($322.00 @ Shopping Express)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($55.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($199.71 @ Skycomp Technology)
Total: $576.71


Of course, for $160 less, this would offer 95-99% of the performance of the overclocking setup.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($299.00 @ Shopping Express)
Motherboard: MSI B150M BAZOOKA Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($114.40 @ Skycomp Technology)
Total: $413.40




My best advice- skip the overclocking and get an i7.

Okay so now I have:
CPU: Intel Core i7 6700 3.4Ghz Quad Core

MOBO: MSI B150M Bazooka (Does this support CPU Overclocking?)

RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16Gbs 2133Mhz

GPU: MSI Radeon RX 480 Gaming X 4GB

SSD: Corsair Force LE 240GB SSD

PSU: Antec High Current Gamer 620W Modular

CASE: Thermaltake Core V31

I already have a 1TB HDD and all this comes to $1,369
How is this now?

Do you plan on doing a lot of video editing and rendering? If so you have the right setup there. If not then focus more on the graphics card and less on the CPU. If you play games at 1080p an RX 480 is about perfect though and there isn't much need to go higher.

 

[BeN00bly101]

Thanks guys so much, I've been battling myself about this for like two whole weeks trying to decide what I wanted to do! I finally have an answer! I just hope I have enough money left over for an aftermarket CPU cooler or more pc fans haha Thanks again everyone!

 

[BeN00bly101]

Really good build and no cpu overclocking.

Thanks for all your help with selecting the right CPU