New Gaming PC Build

[mrpcguy123]

OK, so here is my list of parts. All I need is for you to rate it on how good at gaming/multitasking it is, but I do have some extra questions!

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  AMD FX-8350 (I'm getting this because I don't want to go into overclocking like with 8320)
  970A-DS3P Gigabyte AM3+ ATX Motherboard
  XFX Radeon R9 280X Boost 3GB PCI Express
  POWER SUPPLY NOT PICKED YET (STILL WONDERING ABOUT WATTAGE)
  Corsair Carbide SPEC Series SPEC-01 Aggressive RED LED Mid Tower Gaming Case No PSU
  Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler
  Crucial MX100 256GB SATA III 6GB/s Solid State Drive SSD
  Windows 8.1 64Bit Operating System DVD English OEM International

My budget is £900, and this build has a total price of £687.96. Please recommend what wattage the PSU should have and make any suggestions about different parts if needed.

Thanks in advance!!!

 

[prit87]

Any good quality 600+ watt PSU would be fine for R9 280x but you have a good budget so i would recommend you this build.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£167.50 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.54 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-P ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£68.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£85.56 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£49.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.59 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£267.95 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case (£45.90 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.83 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (£10.79 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£72.35 @ Aria PC)
Total: £876.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-24 09:51 GMT+0000

 

[mrpcguy123]

Are you sure about intel? i think more cores equals better multitasking

 

[prit87]

Are you sure about intel? i think more cores equals better multitasking

Gaming Intel would be superior because of the stronger cores and in multitasking and editing stuff the AMD would be ahead due to more cores.

So if you want to swtich to AMD thats fine just get this instead.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£125.00 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£103.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £228.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-24 10:02 GMT+0000

 

[sora]

Are you sure about intel? i think more cores equals better multitasking

Intel is stronger per core.

 

[CTurbo]

This would be fantastic at everything.

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/mvGvNG
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/mvGvNG/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£185.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£61.72 @ More Computers)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£85.55 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£49.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.59 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£267.95 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case (£45.81 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.84 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (£10.79 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£72.35 @ Aria PC)
Total: £864.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-25 01:39 GMT+0000