Thought's on this AMD Gaming build

thenameDS

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So my mate wants me to build him a gaming rig, which is great! Bad part is he WANTS amd he will not listen to me when I say Intel is much better for gaming and even every day use. I have given up trying to argue with him so I just gave in and came up with this.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £269.99
1 x Benq XL2411T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £239.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD250BW) £135.98
1 x Gigabyte F2A85X-UP4 AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £101.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £99.98
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £97.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black £94.98
1 x XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £61.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £49.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,283.99 (includes shipping : £20.10).



He does not need a keyboard, mouse and OS. Don't know if I should get this generation CPU or the Piledriver. His budget is £1,350.
 
If hes going to go AMD absolutley and doesnt understand its not a good move for gaming then grab a FX-8320 a decent AM3+ board with good VRM's.
 
Sigh..managed to even go over budget with a AMD build. Not sure if this board is any good but I've always had good experience with Gigabyte boards.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £269.99
1 x Benq XL2411T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £239.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD250BW) £135.98
1 x Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £113.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £99.98
1 x Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black £94.98
1 x XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £61.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £49.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,377.98 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 
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Seems like a solid build then, will have a final chat with him tonight before placing the order tomorrow morning. Hopefully I get him to go the intel route.. *fingers crossed*
 
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £269.99
1 x Benq XL2411T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £239.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD250BW) £135.98
1 x Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black £94.98
1 x XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £89.99
1 x ASRock 990FX Extreme3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £83.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775 LGA1155 LGA1156 LGA1366 LGA2011 AM2 AM3) £69.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £53.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £49.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,269.98 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 
thenameDS said:
Sigh..managed to even go over budget with a AMD build. Not sure if this board is any good but I've always had good experience with Gigabyte boards.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £269.99
1 x Benq XL2411T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £239.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD250BW) £135.98
1 x Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £113.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £99.98
1 x Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black £94.98
1 x XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £61.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £49.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,377.98 (includes shipping : £20.10).

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Change the card for this one as it is £30 cheaper and you still get a 3 year warranty.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £239.99
Total : £250.79 (includes shipping : £9.00).

 
Have you showed your friend some benchmarks ? it's his money i guess but why not get the best you can with what you have, i use to only buy AMD, but i chose Intel this time for obvious reason's
 
Well after much talking and persuasion he still opted for AMD. Going to order it tomorrow for him and build it over the weekend (if OCuk provide saturday delivery).

Only changed the CPU to the 8320 and the motherboard to the ASRock suggested to keep everything under budget. Thanks guys..:D
 
You can fit an 8350 in if you tweak it.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Benq XL2411T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £239.99
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £239.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 256GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5P) £185.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £136.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black £94.98
1 x XFX Pro Series 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £84.98
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £35.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,347.98 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 
No point in having the 8350 the 8320 is the same cpu just underclocked for 40 quid cheaper and as there's an aftermarket cooler in that list overclocking it will be a no brainer, save some money on the case and get a corsair 300R and a 550watt xfx psu would be more than sufficient for that rig

YOUR BASKET
1 x Benq XL2411T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £239.99
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £239.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £189.95
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x ASRock 990FX Extreme3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £83.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £69.98
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £35.99
1 x Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £35.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,179.95 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 
A 550W psu might be good for a single card, but if the op decides he want's to crossfire then it's new psu time. It all depends on what the op's requirements are.
Fair play regarding the cpu though.
 
That's a fair point actually if the Op does go crossfire a 750 watt would be needed. Only the OP can tell us if his mate might go crossfire later.
 
I just stuck with what I said was going to be ordered, he wanted the gigabyte 7950 and the h100i so couldn't change that anyways. Just a shame he spent this much on a AMD build, but it's his money.

Ohh and the psu he said in a year he might want to add another 7950 so I stuck with the 750w, which will hopefully be enough for crossfire.
 
thenameDS said:
I just stuck with what I said was going to be ordered, he wanted the gigabyte 7950 and the h100i so couldn't change that anyways. Just a shame he spent this much on a AMD build, but it's his money.

Ohh and the psu he said in a year he might want to add another 7950 so I stuck with the 750w, which will hopefully be enough for crossfire.
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So you stuck with the APU? did you select faster RAM instead?

Trinity APU's love fast RAM, even if you are disabling the IGP and using the 7950 I would up the RAM to something like 2133MHz stuff.

Or is it the 8320K and board you swapped over?
 
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