New build, or.

[Jposey]

Hi everyone.
Im contemplating a new build. As it stands my system is kind of dated
Gigabyte 990 mobo fx 8350 captian water cooler. Saphire Radian 280 x oc
3g gddr5.
12 gigs crucial ballistics ddr3 or 4. Not sure i think its ddr3 @1600 mhz.
XFX 850 bronze rate 80 percent.
This is a first time build all AMD.
I have approx 1700 saved for a new build. I am confused on whether i should go intel or the zen cpu.
The only experience i have with intell has been store bought dell desktops. And my experience was horrible.
What would you do. Either way i would like it be all intel or all amd.
Thank you.
Old man Posey

 

[Karadjgne]

Intel. Zen is purportedly going to be about 40%better IPC than the current fx Cpus, which puts it up around the Intel Haswell cpus in performance. Skylake cpus are already beyond that.
Buying Dell means buying a proprietary system, hard to really upgrade and full of all the Dell bloatware and drivers as well as cut down versions of everything but the cpu. Buying your own parts means you get none of that and building Intel is exactly no different than amd. Still just a mobo, ram, cpu, cooler etc, just a different brand.

What needs defining is the boundaries. Do you need OS, monitor(s), is the pc strictly gaming or does it need production criteria too, any usable parts like ssd or hdd from the old system? New gpu? New cooler? New psu? New case?

As it stands for cheap, new cpu, mobo, ram. That's all that's visibly needed. The rest is usable, so up to you.

 

[gussrtk]

Assuming this is for gaming?

As a person who's had both AMD and INTEL PCs. Vote is INTEL 100% if you have the funds.

Today, Something like i5-6600k+z170 chipset motherboard+16gb(2x8gb sticks)+GTX1060-1070+600-700watt PSU is a pretty good build, and well in your range. Your build is... yes... struggling today, but you could try wait till the Kaby Lake CPU from intel (new gen) come out (although they are NOT significantly better than current Skylake). Watch youtube vids, build "models" in price range and test em out here on the forum and see what people think {meaning, you should build your own, it's real easy, don't worry}

 

[Jposey]

Intel. Zen is purportedly going to be about 40%better IPC than the current fx Cpus, which puts it up around the Intel Haswell cpus in performance. Skylake cpus are already beyond that.
Buying Dell means buying a proprietary system, hard to really upgrade and full of all the Dell bloatware and drivers as well as cut down versions of everything but the cpu. Buying your own parts means you get none of that and building Intel is exactly no different than amd. Still just a mobo, ram, cpu, cooler etc, just a different brand.

What needs defining is the boundaries. Do you need OS, monitor(s), is the pc strictly gaming or does it need production criteria too, any usable parts like ssd or hdd from the old system? New gpu? New cooler? New psu? New case?

As it stands for cheap, new cpu, mobo, ram. That's all that's visibly needed. The rest is usable, so up to you.

 

[Jposey]

I will be using the case I have. its a high end thermal take full size. I game only on pc. My wife streams her youtube make up channel also on the pc.
I have a eyefinity set up. Acer monitors 1 ms responce at 144 hz. I also have window 10. For my keyboard and mouse. I use Razor.
I also am going to be using my 2 250 gb ssd drive with a 1 tb caviar black hd.
So i will go intel. I built the amd rig myself. So i am confident in my abilities.
I dont want to over clock. However i would like the option for longevity.
What would you build with a 1700 max 1850.00 budget.
Also thank you for the help.
The amd build i have came from a user on this site and it still performes well.
. the main problem I have with my setup now is that i cant really enjoy the occulas rift vr headset I have.
18 yr in the infrantry. Now I just game and collect my 100 percent disability pay.
So thanks.
Old man Posey

 

[Jposey]

Intel. Zen is purportedly going to be about 40%better IPC than the current fx Cpus, which puts it up around the Intel Haswell cpus in performance. Skylake cpus are already beyond that.
Buying Dell means buying a proprietary system, hard to really upgrade and full of all the Dell bloatware and drivers as well as cut down versions of everything but the cpu. Buying your own parts means you get none of that and building Intel is exactly no different than amd. Still just a mobo, ram, cpu, cooler etc, just a different brand.

What needs defining is the boundaries. Do you need OS, monitor(s), is the pc strictly gaming or does it need production criteria too, any usable parts like ssd or hdd from the old system? New gpu? New cooler? New psu? New case?

As it stands for cheap, new cpu, mobo, ram. That's all that's visibly needed. The rest is usable, so up to you.

 

[Jposey]

Intel. Zen is purportedly going to be about 40%better IPC than the current fx Cpus, which puts it up around the Intel Haswell cpus in performance. Skylake cpus are already beyond that.
Buying Dell means buying a proprietary system, hard to really upgrade and full of all the Dell bloatware and drivers as well as cut down versions of everything but the cpu. Buying your own parts means you get none of that and building Intel is exactly no different than amd. Still just a mobo, ram, cpu, cooler etc, just a different brand.

What needs defining is the boundaries. Do you need OS, monitor(s), is the pc strictly gaming or does it need production criteria too, any usable parts like ssd or hdd from the old system? New gpu? New cooler? New psu? New case?

As it stands for cheap, new cpu, mobo, ram. That's all that's visibly needed. The rest is usable, so up to you.

 

[Karadjgne]

This is what I would do. Huge step up from what you have. I'd also reuse the cpu cooler unless you are just done with it, you can always change that.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($153.99 @ Jet)
Memory: Team Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 8GB STRIX Video Card ($639.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($84.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1277.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-03 01:31 EST-0500

Went with 2400 ram since it's pretty much a given that it'll be stable at stock clocks. That board will handle anything but sometimes it's necessary to OC to get the faster ram to be stable. If you were OK with some OC now, possibly, you could easily bump the ram to 3200 instead which can have some advantages in some few games.

Will be totally VR friendly.

 

[Karadjgne]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($153.99 @ Jet)
Memory: Team Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 8GB STRIX Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($639.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 8GB STRIX Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($639.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1832.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-03 01:43 EST-0500

Uber gamer option which will allow for maximum or very close settings using nvidia surround, gaming on all 3 screens at once instead of just the primary. Reuse the xfx 850 psu.

 

[Jposey]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($153.99 @ Jet)
Memory: Team Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 8GB STRIX Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($639.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 8GB STRIX Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($639.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1832.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-03 01:43 EST-0500

Uber gamer option which will allow for maximum or very close settings using nvidia surround, gaming on all 3 screens at once instead of just the primary. Reuse the xfx 850 psu.

 

[Jposey]

Okay. Im gonna build it. The sli intel build. I will post a vid of it. Thanl you

 

[Karadjgne]

Most welcome, that's going to rock those monitors lol. Happy gaming.