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AMD FX6300 OR INTEL i5?

How much do you want to spend? I'd definitely get the i5 4690k for starters

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
Total : £177.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).



as for an R9 290, these are the budget options

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99
1 x XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Black Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-290A-EDBD) £281.99
Total : £591.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).



More expensive, premium options (the PCS+ cooler is excellent anyway ^ )

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Vapor-X OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-04-40G) £329.99
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 OC WindForce 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-R929OC-4GD) £311.99
Total : £651.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).




My money would be on the Sapphire Vapor-X or the PCS+ Powercolour, depending how much you want to spend
 
Shivy011 said:
How much do you want to spend? I'd definitely get the i5 4690k for starters

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
Total : £177.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).



as for an R9 290, these are the budget options

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99
1 x XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Black Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-290A-EDBD) £281.99
Total : £591.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).



More expensive, premium options (the PCS+ cooler is excellent anyway ^ )

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Vapor-X OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-04-40G) £329.99
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 OC WindForce 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-R929OC-4GD) £311.99
Total : £651.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).




My money would be on the Sapphire Vapor-X or the PCS+ Powercolour, depending how much you want to spend
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Cheers for all that! I'm gonna steer clear of XFX though, my current card is xfx and I've had nothing but problems with them. When do I get free delivery because I've made 100 posts and it's coming to nearly a year now?
Also, is the custom builds by overclockers UK good because I'm going to have to do a full overhaul of the main components now anyway!
 
You'll have to wait until September, or get yourself to 250 posts ASAP :D It's 250 posts & 60 days or something and 100 posts & a year. OcUK custom builds are top notch from what I've heard
 
100 posts in a couple of hours? Doable ;-) I have a choice now, only get a new mobo, cpu and gpu, or do a full refit, but with my current rig there is a definite underlying problem but me and 2 ict specialists don't know what it is for sure...
 
Well a new mobo, cpu and gpu is basically a full refit. If it's still broken after, replace the PSU. If still broken, replace RAM. Go for the cheaper option and then if required build it up :)
 
Shivy011 said:
Lol, are they actually "ICT Specialists" or "money-grabbers"
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One is my dad's friend who fixes computers on a daily basis but I'm not sure what he would be called, hence the possible miss titlement who did the work for free, who suggested a new mobo, which worked for a week until the old problems came back. The other was a pc world guy who looked it over and tested it and came to no real conclusion. I
 
Your dad's friend probably knows what he is talking about, the PC world guy? Prooobably not so much
 
Shivy011 said:
Your dad's friend probably knows what he is talking about, the PC world guy? Prooobably not so much
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And now I've got a local shop checking it over! I may just sell the stuff I do have, the ram cpu hdd etc and put that towards an i5 build. The pc world guy did look a bit lost when I was trying to explain what stuff I had put into the pc!
 
Shivy011 said:
Go for it, though the buyer may not be pleased if they find they have a faulty item!
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That's true! I'll see what the shop says, if they say it's the gpu and mobo messing up then that's okay, I can return them for what I originally payed but then it's a bit more difficult for the other parts to make any decent return on.
Are there any good second hand computer component shops that I could use?
 
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Definitely wouldn't be putting a 290 anywhere near a 6300, OP, were it me and the money was there, i'd get yourself a i5 or i7 bundle and a 290-780, depending on what you prefer.
 
I've recently built a budget rig for my nephew and I've put an FX 8320 + 280x in it. The FX has been running at 4ghz, low temps, no issues (I've also used a cheap ~£25 cooler for it) and this setup runs every game I've tested at 60+ FPS on 1080p, max or very close to max details.

I was quite suprised by the performance of the system, particulary when I see everyone throw £500+ on CPU + GPU, even if they don't game at higher resolutions.
 
Depends what games you're playing or testing though.

Ignoring the CPU I already have games that an R9 290 at 1080p wouldn't be maxing at 60 FPS.
 
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