I'm currently saving money to buy a gaming pc, and I had some questions about it.
First of all I don't really know what CPU to get, at first I wanted a AMD FX 6350 due it's great performance and price, but then I saw the FX 8320, which has 8 cores, but is running on a lower clockspeed. Which is faster? Which one will give me more performance, less loading speeds etc.
I don't want to get the FX 8350 altough it's a great cpu the price difference is kinda too much. (fx 6350=€100 fx 8350=€150)
And also, AM3+ sockets don't support PCI 3.0 slots, so my gpu would be running at PCI 2.0 (x16)
Is that a problem? Do you know any other good CPU's for that price range? (Check tweakers.net if you want to see what CPU's cost here, if interested)
Cuz' I don't feel like AMD's quad core's will satisfy me, and intel's cpu's cost a lot. ._.
i5's start at €150, 170 for a decent one, is it worth the wait? (I get only €80/90 a month and I'm currently at 230, I've been 'saving money' since february.. idk it didn't went well..) :l
Talkin' about price I had a kinda strange idea for my PC build, I thought, if I'm gonna' save money for my pc I'll be waiting pretty long for a decent gaming pc, and the single most expensive part for my pc will be the GPU, and the pc can also run without dedicated gpu, so if I would kinda like, get the GPU later, it would allow me to use my pc while still saving money, does that make sense?
Maybe it does if I'll tel you that I'm currently using an intel atom cpu with only 1gb of ram.. I could probably play minecraft that way which would be awesome for the few months I'd be saving money, I guess..
Oh and yes for the parts I'm planning on getting (might change before I make my final decision)
AMD FX 6350 (or 8320)
8GB Crucial balistix 1600MHz RAM
Corsair CX600
AMD R9 280X
1TB Seagate HDD
ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0
for the case I'm not sure, I could get a cheap case since I'd rather get more performance for my money rather than a good looking case, however I do care a lot about the look of my PC, and cooling, since cheap cases don't have the best cooling, so I'd get a Zalman Z11 Plus or a Aerocool V3X.
So eh what do you guys think?
If you could give me any advice about choosing parts, or building a pc, that'd be appreciated, since it'll be my first pc build.
Thanks.
First of all I don't really know what CPU to get, at first I wanted a AMD FX 6350 due it's great performance and price, but then I saw the FX 8320, which has 8 cores, but is running on a lower clockspeed. Which is faster? Which one will give me more performance, less loading speeds etc.
I don't want to get the FX 8350 altough it's a great cpu the price difference is kinda too much. (fx 6350=€100 fx 8350=€150)
And also, AM3+ sockets don't support PCI 3.0 slots, so my gpu would be running at PCI 2.0 (x16)
Is that a problem? Do you know any other good CPU's for that price range? (Check tweakers.net if you want to see what CPU's cost here, if interested)
Cuz' I don't feel like AMD's quad core's will satisfy me, and intel's cpu's cost a lot. ._.
i5's start at €150, 170 for a decent one, is it worth the wait? (I get only €80/90 a month and I'm currently at 230, I've been 'saving money' since february.. idk it didn't went well..) :l
Talkin' about price I had a kinda strange idea for my PC build, I thought, if I'm gonna' save money for my pc I'll be waiting pretty long for a decent gaming pc, and the single most expensive part for my pc will be the GPU, and the pc can also run without dedicated gpu, so if I would kinda like, get the GPU later, it would allow me to use my pc while still saving money, does that make sense?
Maybe it does if I'll tel you that I'm currently using an intel atom cpu with only 1gb of ram.. I could probably play minecraft that way which would be awesome for the few months I'd be saving money, I guess..
Oh and yes for the parts I'm planning on getting (might change before I make my final decision)
AMD FX 6350 (or 8320)
8GB Crucial balistix 1600MHz RAM
Corsair CX600
AMD R9 280X
1TB Seagate HDD
ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0
for the case I'm not sure, I could get a cheap case since I'd rather get more performance for my money rather than a good looking case, however I do care a lot about the look of my PC, and cooling, since cheap cases don't have the best cooling, so I'd get a Zalman Z11 Plus or a Aerocool V3X.
So eh what do you guys think?
If you could give me any advice about choosing parts, or building a pc, that'd be appreciated, since it'll be my first pc build.
Thanks.