£500 budget

[ragingdrxp]

On the virtualisation front, the 8320 would be by far the best choice at this budget. On the gaming front, it depends on the games. If it's mostly FPS then there's no question AMD's the most suitable here, if it's full-time WoW then an i5 with a cheaper graphics card.

Apologies for the double post.

I play the odd bit of Counter-Strike and some MMOs such as Path of Exile, Risk Your Life and Myth of Soma.

 

[Potty27]

Yes sadly people do go OTT. If you look on the anandtech GPU benchmarks even with a single high end GPU the total system draw for the rig rarely hits even 400W.

a lot of the PSUs are just rebadged. That OCZ is made by HEC iirc, while not utter rubbish they aren't great either. Seasonic is arguably the best makers of PSUs. As the XFX 450W is made by seasonic for £40 it makes for a good basic PSU, it has better efficiency as it's bronze rated too

They are by HEC.

My main reason for recommending it here is due to the price and it does have more amps on the +12v rail. Also the reviews by people who own one are good.

Were the XFX the same price I'd have picked that, but personally I'd save the £5

 

[ragingdrxp]

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1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £124.99
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AMD build.

Just to bump this thread as it's getting closer to pay day for me so i'm going to be buying it soon.

Would this be the best build for what I want to do? Small amount of gaming and mainly virtualisation?

Thanks

 

[Potty27]

Personally I think so, assuming your virtualisation software makes use of more cores.

 

[Potty27]

You can change that ram to this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-068-PA&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

It's the cheaper of the 2 now due to the offers changing.

 

[Idleman]

I would look at getting a better Psu than the CoreXtreme. It would be ideal for an office PC but not for a gaming rig, especially if you are OCing as well. Pay a little extra and get a Bronze rated unit, as has already been suggested.

http://www.kitguru.net/components/power-supplies/zardon/ocz-power-supply-roundup/6/

 

[Potty27]

That's the worst review I've seen for that PSU, most seem to be good, but the points raised will be non-issues to most people.

Basically it's not pretty but does the job, it is 80 Plus, but not Bronze, but does deliver the stated wattage and is quiet. I'd be happy to use one anyway, but if the OP feels it's worthwhile there is nothing wrong with spending the extra £15+ for a Bronze rated one.