- Jul 17, 2008
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I built my computer back in the glory days of the Phenom II and it has gotten to the point where I can no longer avoid it. I'm sad that the days of AMD are kinda trailing but maybe when Zen rolls around it might start to catch up. Sadly, I can't wait till Christmas of 2016 to replace my unit.
My unit will primarily be used for gaming with game and mod development and programming. I also tend to run Firefox notoriously with over 100+ tabs. I could cannibalize parts from my older PC such as my 750w Corsair Power supply or my SSD/Hard drives but I'm tempted to keep it as a fall back. That and I'm not sure if I could transfer my copy of upgraded Win7 to 10 to this new PC. My initial budget was 1000. I'd like to keep as close to that as possible but realistically if I had to make some compromises to make valued purchases, I can understand fudging it.
The technicalities aside the main purpose of this was to show two builds I have wrestled together for both AMD and Intel. Overclocking is something I want to try and I'd love to fit it into that Corsair Air 540 case. So the main goal is to compare these builds and see what people recommend switching out, whether to push it closer to the budget of 1000 or making more cost effective selections of parts. I'm looking to order this and build the following week but will wait for some proper replies. Thanks again in advance.
Intel Build
AMD Build
My unit will primarily be used for gaming with game and mod development and programming. I also tend to run Firefox notoriously with over 100+ tabs. I could cannibalize parts from my older PC such as my 750w Corsair Power supply or my SSD/Hard drives but I'm tempted to keep it as a fall back. That and I'm not sure if I could transfer my copy of upgraded Win7 to 10 to this new PC. My initial budget was 1000. I'd like to keep as close to that as possible but realistically if I had to make some compromises to make valued purchases, I can understand fudging it.
The technicalities aside the main purpose of this was to show two builds I have wrestled together for both AMD and Intel. Overclocking is something I want to try and I'd love to fit it into that Corsair Air 540 case. So the main goal is to compare these builds and see what people recommend switching out, whether to push it closer to the budget of 1000 or making more cost effective selections of parts. I'm looking to order this and build the following week but will wait for some proper replies. Thanks again in advance.
Intel Build
AMD Build
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