£300 combo spec

[dan958]

Hi,

My friend is looking for an upgrade with £300, CPU, Mobo, RAM. Already has a PSU, but an upgrade could be nice if the budget would allow it - but not necessary.


Already has everything else (keyboard, monitor OS etc- including;
lian li armorsuit p50r
Asus GTX 560TI

Any ideas?

 

[RJC]

A little over:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £188.99
1 x MSI Z97 PC Mate Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £64.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
Total : £323.57 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[dan958]

A little over:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £188.99
1 x MSI Z97 PC Mate Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £64.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
Total : £323.57 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Thanks for the help. Would going AMD help at all?

 

[RJC]

Nope

 

[pandem0nium]

Thanks for the help. Would going AMD help at all?

It'll help you get more for your money, yeah.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320E Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £109.99
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16001104G-2IR) - Red Light £53.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £50.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x BeQuiet! Pure Rock Cpu Cooler - 120mm £28.99
Total : £303.55 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[Snodge]

Both build suggestions are very good but I always feel as if Intel are just too superior in terms of performance and I found myself going budget with Amd before until I eventually had to upgrade again which sucked

 

[pandem0nium]

Is the I5 £80 better than the FX though? It's better on lightly threaded games like WOW and worse at highly threaded games like BF4. So it comes down to budget and usage.

 

[ShivP]

Don't forget you get an upgrade path with the Intel, dropping in an i7 in the future and overclocking it - with the AMD this isn't possible, AM3+ is in essence a dead socket.

8320 is an excellent CPU granted, but I would spend a little more for the "upgradeability." Good bang for buck with the 8320 though.

 

[stulid]

Is the I5 £80 better than the FX though? It's better on lightly threaded games like WOW and worse at highly threaded games like BF4. So it comes down to budget and usage.

Not really, an AMD FX 6 or 8 core is not a slow CPU.