AMD gaming rig

[c19lck]

Hi guys can somebody help me out & give me a parts list around the AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor & the Asus GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphic....

Thanks a lot chris

 

[teppic]

Do you have the CPU and card already? What's your budget?

 

[Martini1991]

With a 670, you're probably better off going with an i5 4670K build, unless you've got the FX8350 already.

 

[c19lck]

Do you have the CPU and card already? What's your budget?

No mate I just wanted the best cpu AMD do, am I correct in thinking that's the best at the moment??? As for the GPU I don't really want to spend more than £250 , I suppose I can spend up to £900 be nice to get it for less if possible

Thanks for your reply buddy

 

[Martini1991]

That's not the best CPU AMD do, although it's the best series.

If you haven't got the GPU already, you should look at getting the AMD Radeon 7950 for 175.00.

Any reason for wanting to go AMD over Intel on the CPU front?

 

[teppic]

No mate I just wanted the best cpu AMD do, am I correct in thinking that's the best at the moment??? As for the GPU I don't really want to spend more than £250 , I suppose I can spend up to £900 be nice to get it for less if possible

Thanks for your reply buddy

The 8320 is the best AMD CPU to get, but if you're playing older games or RTS games the 4670K will be a better bet. People can spec you both systems for £900 if you'd like.

 

[c19lck]

That's not the best CPU AMD do, although it's the best series.

If you haven't got the GPU already, you should look at getting the AMD Radeon 7950 for 175.00.

Any reason for wanting to go AMD over Intel on the CPU front?

At the beginning I was going to go down the intel i7 route but after playing my friends AMD gaming pc that cost nearly half the price it kind of made me think twice as the games looked awesome.

I don't want a super computer I just want a rig that will be better than the XBOXONE & PS4 if possible & something I can store and watch movies on, as it will be in my living room & taking over from my XBOX.

 

[Martini1991]

You don't need an i7 though, an i5 is a lot cheaper, and in the vast majority of games offers the same gaming performance.

Would you be overclocking? If you're not you could get the Haswell Xeon which is an i7, but at the i5 4670k's price.

For 900 pound, it's very likely that an i5 4670K and Radeon 7950 will be the way to go.

 

[teppic]

This is the kind of AMD system I'd get for around £800-£900.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7970 GHz Twin FrozR OC BE 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE GAMES £259.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £104.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £47.95
1 x Silverstone Argon SST-AR01 CPU Cooler - 120mm £28.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £848.36 (includes shipping : £11.25).



With the 7950:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** with FREE GAMES £189.95
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £104.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £47.95
1 x Silverstone Argon SST-AR01 CPU Cooler - 120mm £28.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £779.82 (includes shipping : £12.50).



And the 7950 with an i5 4670K:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** with FREE GAMES £189.95
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £131.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £47.95
1 x Silverstone Argon SST-AR01 CPU Cooler - 120mm £28.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £883.92 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 

[c19lck]

You don't need an i7 though, an i5 is a lot cheaper, and in the vast majority of games offers the same gaming performance.

Would you be overclocking? If you're not you could get the Haswell Xeon which is an i7, but at the i5 4670k's price.

For 900 pound, it's very likely that an i5 4670K and Radeon 7950 will be the way to go.

I'm a total novice to the pc world so over clocking isn't a thing I will be looking into until I know and have more experience
This will be my first venture into the pc world, apart from my laptop lol

 

[c19lck]

This is the kind of AMD system I'd get for around £800-£900.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7970 GHz Twin FrozR OC BE 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE GAMES £259.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £104.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £47.95
1 x Silverstone Argon SST-AR01 CPU Cooler - 120mm £28.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £848.36 (includes shipping : £11.25).



With the 7950:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** with FREE GAMES £189.95
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £104.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £47.95
1 x Silverstone Argon SST-AR01 CPU Cooler - 120mm £28.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £779.82 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Thanks buddy, I totally forgot to mention I need a motherboard with a wi fi connection is that possible??

 

[teppic]

Thanks buddy, I totally forgot to mention I need a motherboard with a wi fi connection is that possible??

You can just add on a wifi PCI-E wifi card like this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-043-AS

 

[c19lck]

You can just add on a wifi PCI-E wifi card like this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-043-AS

oh happy days cheers

 

[Martini1991]

If you're not overclocking, the Xeon with a B85 board will be pretty impressive, and attainable at cheaper than a 4670K and overclocking board, won't require a cooler either.

Definitely the route I'd take.

 

[Potty27]

Teppic's first spec looks good

 

[c19lck]

Teppic's first spec looks good

At a very good price too I must add is it possible to go down the mini-itx route the the AMD cpu as I don't want the wife to moan about a massive tower in the living room lol

 

[teppic]

The Corsair case is small for a tower case. If you want mini-ITX, then there's no AMD option at this budget, it'd be Intel with the 7950.

 

[c19lck]

The Corsair case is small for a tower case. If you want mini-ITX, then there's no AMD option at this budget, it'd be Intel with the 7950.

teppic could you be a gentleman and price me up a mini itx rig with the intel chip please with the BitFenix Prodigy case thanks a lot

 

[teppic]

Here you go:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** with FREE GAMES £189.95
1 x Gigabyte Z87N-WIFI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £116.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £76.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £69.95
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Noctua NH-L9i CPU Cooler Low Profile - 92mm £34.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £915.34 (includes shipping : £17.10).

 

[Martini1991]

There's no ITX option for AM3+ in any budget, IIRC it doesn't exist?