Is this a good gaming build

[Rminum]

I've written two other posts now and nobody has answered so I realized, and did the research and figured I'd made a massive mistake in my previous build. So I'm going to strip it and sell it for parts to help fund this new build I have, now I did some research but I wanted to get an opinion of people who know what their talking about, so what do you guys think of this rig?

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/HbBhxr

I'm still sticking with AMD as it's budget friendly and tbh I just prefer them. Decided on a MSI gaming mobo, though i didn't read into any sli or crossfire, because I intend to run one graphics card so that doesn't really interest me, I chose the R7 260x instead of an R9 because it's just that little bit cheaper and in comparison on Gamedebate, it doesn't really seem worth the extra. I am cheaping out on the ram but I'll probably add more at a later date but for now this is my build. What do you think?

 

[Bossyfins]

If you rather have AMD,

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£79.19 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 45.0 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler (£14.95 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£77.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£55.65 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Core Edition Video Card (£86.71 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case (£27.72 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.79 @ Aria PC)
Monitor: BenQ GL2250HM 60Hz 21.5" Monitor (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: Zalman ZM-K400G Wired Gaming Keyboard (£16.67 @ Aria PC)
Mouse: Cobra cobra II Wired Optical Mouse (£13.77 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £545.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-03 08:43 GMT+0000


- Added better PSU
- Cheaper Ram
- WIth most amd builds, i recommend an aftermarket cooler.


However, an i3 will beat a 6300 in some games.

This is a good beginner build on the intel side.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor (£87.56 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK AIDOS 48.6 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£15.12 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£60.17 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£55.65 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Core Edition Video Card (£86.71 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case (£27.72 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.79 @ Aria PC)
Monitor: BenQ GL2250HM 60Hz 21.5" Monitor (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: Zalman ZM-K400G Wired Gaming Keyboard (£16.67 @ Aria PC)
Mouse: Cobra cobra II Wired Optical Mouse (£13.77 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £536.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-03 08:45 GMT+0000

 

[Rminum]

On the intel side then, would it be a better gaming build overall or would it just be on par and excel in some places, or does the AMD win apart from some games? thank you for taking the time to answer

 

[LucoTF]

I like that i3 build, very nice price to performance ratio there

EDIT: although the aftermarket cooler isn't needed

 

[LucoTF]

On the intel side then, would it be a better gaming build overall or would it just be on par and excel in some places, or does the AMD win apart from some games? thank you for taking the time to answer

The i3 beats the FX in many games to be honest, it's a great little budget gaming CPU.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i3-4340-4330-4130_5.html#sect0


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor (£89.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DGS R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£35.03 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£54.00 @ Kustom PCs)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.97 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card (£129.98 @ Novatech)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£26.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.79 @ Aria PC)
Monitor: BenQ GL2250HM 60Hz 21.5" Monitor (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse (£24.32 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £540.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-03 09:04 GMT+0000

The 270x is a good 50% faster than the 260x and the Asus DirectCUii overclocks like a champ
1tb storage for almost the same price as 500gb
That zalman case has 4 fans built in plus a fan controller on the front

 

[Bossyfins]

I put in aftermarket cooler just so the comparison against the 6300 was as accurate as possible. 😛