Looking for advice on a build!

[IMP055I8l3]

I'm putting together a gaming PC for a friend and wanted to know what more experienced people thought of this draft... http://pcpartpicker.com/p/X9RxkL
Thanks

Edit: he wants it to be about $850 or less so if you know any way of reducing the price that would help

 

[endeavour37a]

Your building a pretty good machine there for gaming, I would suggest going with an Intel CPU and ?97 MB (depending on if you want to OC the CPU and if later down the road you may add another 970). If another 970 may be in the future as an upgrade path then a Z97 and a 750W PSU.

 

[TheTechDude]

Your current list is:

CPU: AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor ($126.99 @ Best Buy)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($31.99 @ Directron)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($92.27 @ TigerDirect)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Directron)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ Directron)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($386.49 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Best Buy)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.98 @ Directron)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.89 @ Directron)
Total: $931.57


Right?

But, I suggest:

CPU: AMD FX6300 ------------------------ 6350 is waste of few bucks
CPU Cooler: CM Hyper 212 EVO ---------Still Great Cooler
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P--Great MOBO
Memory: G.Skills Ripjaw ------------------Nice RAM
Storage: 256GB Crucial MX100 SSD ---- About the SAME price but TWICE more Storage Space. I own one myself and its fantastic.
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD -- I prefer Seagate over WD
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 ------- NO Contest here.
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ---------------------It has USB 3.0 Header and still cheat and great case
Power Supply: Corsair CX600W ---------- Futureproof.
Optical Drive: LG shit ----------------------I Dunno


Hope it helped!

Good luck!

 

[Sig2525]

your build is good, but your processor is kinda on the middle tier compared to your 1st tier gtx 970, why not get a 4th gen k series i5 and a z97 mobo.

 

[TheTechDude]

your build is good, but your processor is kinda on the middle tier compared to your 1st tier gtx 970, why not get a 4th gen k series i5 and a z97 mobo.

LOOK AT HIS BUDGET!!

With 4th Generation Devil's Canyon i5 and Z97 Board, he wouldn't have enough money to spend on GPU and whatnot.

 

[Sig2525]

i5 4570k and b85 chip mobo?
i5 4460 and h81 chip mobo?

any of these two will be better then the fx 6350/6300

 

[TheTechDude]

i5 4570k and b85 chip mobo?
i5 4460 and h81 chip mobo?

any of these two will be better then the fx 6350/6300

Both of those cpu's are about 200 to 250. Decent Motherboard with LGA1150 are like 100 to 180. Let's say you have total about 350 for CPU and Mobo. What about ram? GPU? Case? total should be under 850 (including tax i assume) which leaves about 700 actual hardware. If it is gaming oriented, most of time people uses 1/3 of their budget on GPU. so 250 is about the sweet spot for the GPU. Then you got 600. for under 100, you can't get decent RAM/Case/HDD/SSD/PSU etc...

Calculate before you write bud.

 

[Sig2525]

the i5-4460 (189.99 dollars on newegg) and msi h81 mobo (44.99 dollars on newegg) = 234.98 dollars

now lets compare to the fx 6300 (109.99 on newegg) and fx 990 (129.99 about the cheapest i saw on newegg) = 239.98
or fx 970 (69.99 cheapest i saw on newegg) = 179.98 - 50 dollar difference

there i calculated.

for 50 dollars more you can get an i5-4460 which performs on par on some title and performs better on most games compared to an overclocked FX-8350 - except now you have to bear with the cheap mobo but it wont matter as it wont lessen the performance of the processor or any other components of your system.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFqQdrs5wEU

 

[TheTechDude]

the i5-4460 (189.99 dollars on newegg) and msi h81 mobo (44.99 dollars on newegg) = 234.98 dollars

now lets compare to the fx 6300 (109.99 on newegg) and fx 990 (129.99 about the cheapest i saw on newegg) = 239.98
or fx 970 (69.99 cheapest i saw on newegg) = 179.98 - 50 dollar difference

there i calculated.

for 50 dollars more you can get an i5-4460 which performs on par on some title and performs better on most games compared to an overclocked FX-8350 - except now you have to bear with the cheap mobo but it wont matter as it wont lessen the performance of the processor or any other components of your system.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFqQdrs5wEU

Are you seriously out of your mind?
First of all, i5-4460 does NOT outperform AMD FX-8350K and ONLY thing that actually outperforms FX by slight bit is the Single core performance but it does not matter because of most of the games or applications in the market nowadays supports Multi-Core application and even GPU support.

Secone, getting a cheap motherboard is NOT a good thing for Intel-based CPUs, because: first, the actual quality and the system is crap. Second, cheap motherboards tends to short-circuit mother components after awhile, and last: If you want some upgradability (rather to spend $200 later for better board) is better to have decent board now to have some headroom for upgradability.

 

[endeavour37a]

the i5-4460 (189.99 dollars on newegg) and msi h81 mobo (44.99 dollars on newegg) = 234.98 dollars

now lets compare to the fx 6300 (109.99 on newegg) and fx 990 (129.99 about the cheapest i saw on newegg) = 239.98
or fx 970 (69.99 cheapest i saw on newegg) = 179.98 - 50 dollar difference

there i calculated.

for 50 dollars more you can get an i5-4460 which performs on par on some title and performs better on most games compared to an overclocked FX-8350 - except now you have to bear with the cheap mobo but it wont matter as it wont lessen the performance of the processor or any other components of your system.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFqQdrs5wEU

Are you seriously out of your mind?
First of all, i5-4460 does NOT outperform AMD FX-8350K and ONLY thing that actually outperforms FX by slight bit is the Single core performance but it does not matter because of most of the games or applications in the market nowadays supports Multi-Core application and even GPU support.

Secone, getting a cheap motherboard is NOT a good thing for Intel-based CPUs, because: first, the actual quality and the system is crap. Second, cheap motherboards tends to short-circuit mother components after awhile, and last: If you want some upgradability (rather to spend $200 later for better board) is better to have decent board now to have some headroom for upgradability.

In terms of raw single-core performance the flagship AMD FX-8350 is lagging behind intel's processor line-up by over two generations. The PassMark Single Thread scores for the i5-2500K vs the FX-8350 are 1863 to 1520 which shows that in terms of raw per-core processing the FX-8350 is lagging the two year old i5 by 23%.

 

[Sig2525]

so if he goes am3+ he has upgradability? to what? another fx 8 core with a higher frequency which runs hotter and consumes more power? msi is not a cheap motherboard and they have surge protector, short circuits comes from crappy powersupply. atleast with a lga 1150 he can upgrade later to a i7, and fyi in terms of gaming the fx 8350 just matches that of an i3.