New Gaming PC need Advice

lloydcars18

lloydcars18

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hi guys need a little help with a new build ive been out of the game for a while and was wondering if this system would be gd for gaming,video/picture editing

CPU-AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail [FD8350FRHKBOX] £179.99

MB-Asus Crosshair V Formula AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard [90-MIBFM0-G0EAY00Z] £183.98

RAM-Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10) [CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10] £89.99

il be overclocking it to about 4.5ghz with a Corsair h100 cpu liquid cooler

i allready have a psu and graphics card and will also be getting a Corsair Force GT 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CSSD-F120GBGT-BK) [CSSD-F120GBGT-BK] £105.98 in the near future.

Any advice would be much appreciated thanks.:)
 
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Do you need 16GB of RAM? 8GB is ample and you can always add more in the future. For gaming the i5 would be better. Look at this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £82.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £35.99
Total : £390.36 (includes shipping : £9.50).

 
Around £450 although i need a ROG mb because im doing a big case mod in a few months.

wt GPU do u think i should get another HD 5850 for Crossfire x or upgrade to a HD 7950 when i have the money.
 
lloydcars18 said:
Around £450 although i need a ROG mb because im doing a big case mod in a few months.

wt GPU do u think i should get another HD 5850 for Crossfire x or upgrade to a HD 7950 when i have the money.
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TTL review of the AMD 8350. If it has to be Asus ROG...........

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Z77 Maximus V Formula Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £249.98
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600Mhz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10R) £59.99
Total : £501.36 (includes shipping : £9.50).



or with a mATX mobo it works out cheaper (not ideal for dual GPUs to be fair)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Asus Z77 Maximus V Gene Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £154.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600Mhz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10R) £59.99
Total : £406.37 (includes shipping : £9.50).



if you think you will do a lot of video editing you could probably justify the i7K

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £259.99
1 x Asus Z77 Maximus V Gene Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £154.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600Mhz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10R) £59.99
Total : £486.37 (includes shipping : £9.50).



RAM choice is because you obviously intend to style the build. Are you sure it has to be an Asus ROG mobo? As Zak said we could do better with the budget if you are flexible over this
 
Thanks and yea has to be an ROG board as my mod is based on the black and red colour theme watch this space will be starting the project in feb. thanks for all your help guys i will be using a atx or e-atx mb as a gene will look small in my HAF 932.
 
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