First Time AMD Rig on a budget of £1000

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Hi would love some advice

Looking to build a gaming pc to play games such as GTA 5 ETS 2 PLANET COASTER
would rather have a AMD cpu than intel but willing to have either
im looking to have something that will run smooth while gaming
i have a budget of max £1000 and need everything
also....trying to future proof which i know isnt easy


This is what i have in my wish list so far

Gigabyte 990x sli amd 990x socket am3 ddr3 motherboard
FX-8 Eight core 8350 black edition 4.00 GHZ am3+
Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-EXPRESS GRAFFICS CARD
Aerocool PC - 71 MID TOWER CASE
Aerocool X-Predator 650W 80 plus Gold Modular power supply
HyperX Fury Red 16GB DDR3 PC3 1866MHZ RAM

is there anything that would be a better choice ?
would the razen cpu be a better choice,but its all down to cost

also need a monitor as large size as possible depending on budget of course

thanks for reading and any advice offered cheers!!
 
Welocome to the forums.

I wouldn't get an AM3 format - it's a dead socket. Ryzen would be logical choice for longevity and far faster.

This is just a a build to give you an idea of what you could get for approx £1000 - could easily be refined to get under £1000, lesser monitor, less memory, even a R5 1400 - you could even lose the SSD but not recommended (but haven't got time to go back and edit basket):

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £1,072.49
(includes shipping: £19.62)



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The only thing i didn't account for was an OS - but that can be picked up cheaply if you shop around - plus keyboard and mouse - again get a cheap logitech set (still good) until you can afford a quality set.
 
Its that monitor, its not really "gaming" grade, perhaps ignore size and go for the AOC 24" freesync one.

And a 450W PSU will power that lot, could possibly then get a Samsung EVO m.2 drive as that one above aint any faster than a SATAIII SSD.

Maybe there might be change left over to get a MegaBite (basically a chicken in a bun with extra hash brown+cheese)
 
stulid said:
Its that monitor, its not really "gaming" grade, perhaps ignore size and go for the AOC 24" freesync one.
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Yeah, agreed, I searched for a 27" freesync and came to same conclusion - but I do like that monitor for multipurpose.

stulid said:
And a 450W PSU will power that lot, could possibly then get a Samsung EVO m.2 drive as that one above aint any faster than a SATAIII SSD
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Not sure he would be aware of any difference - whatever he gets is going to be fast - and the SSD is the cherry on top :)

stulid said:
Maybe there might be change left over to get a MegaBite (basically a chicken in a bun with extra hash brown+cheese)
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Slacking - no ice cold premium beer.

You caused me 'slight' hangover this morning - i had stopped until you opened your fridge. :)
 
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its a pc for my son who wants LED fans and LED strip lights in the case i been looking at a 650w PSU as want something that is more than needed as dont want to be upgrading agian in a couple of years
as for monitors he just likes bigger lol but also wants the best screen image too

do you guys think go quad core or go 8 core??
 
My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £1,015.53
(includes shipping: £14.70)



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ExoMale said:
My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £1,015.53
(includes shipping: £14.70)



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That psu isn't the greatest. Also you can't overclock on that chipset.
 
I am 100% sure that the PSU is perfectly fine for the system he specced, its barely going to be drawing 200W'ish.
 
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