Building first Gaming pc All help appreciated!

That memory is fine. Modular PSUs let you plug in the cables you need, so it's tidier. I've never used that cooler but most around £30 are good, you'll find reviews for most.
 
sorry but which memory is fine@? and in your opiniojn is modular worth it ? and those refurbed corsair 100h is it worth it...or a cmaster 412s better
 
final build i think what do you think
cpu - amd 8320
gpu - powercolor radeon 7870 2gb
mobo- gigabyte 990 fx ud3
cooler - cm hyper 412s
ram- corsair 2*4 gb vengence
psu- corsair 600w 80+ bronze
case - got one but have to double check

Is anything wrong with this as without the case comes to about £570 and is it compatible thanks
 
I think the lack of help your getting is due to the lack of attention your paying to the advice giving.

4 people (including myself) have offered advice, 3 of us said and proved you could get a 3570k within budget, the fact it's a better chip should sell that alone..

Here a comparison of the two chips, look at the last 4 results (the gaming ones) these are the most important as its being used in a gaming rig..

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/698?vs=701

A big difference..

I would understand your reservations if it was £50-£70 more, but you can get it (from here) for only £25 more than your spec above:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £185.99
1 x MSI HD 7870 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R7870-2GD5T) £167.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CML8GX3M2B1600C11) £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Thermaltake Smart 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £45.95
1 x Silverstone Argon SST-AR01 CPU Cooler - 120mm (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1150 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £28.99
Total : £594.89 (includes shipping : £10.00).



I think the AR01 is a little gem: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cooling/2013/05/02/silverstone-argon-ar01-review/2

Though the 412s is very good also.. :)

High profile Vengeance RAM, Really? I'd go for some low profile stuff.
 
sa1f said:
final build i think what do you think
cpu - amd 8320
gpu - powercolor radeon 7870 2gb
mobo- gigabyte 990 fx ud3
cooler - cm hyper 412s
ram- corsair 2*4 gb vengence
psu- corsair 600w 80+ bronze
case - got one but have to double check

Is anything wrong with this as without the case comes to about £570 and is it compatible thanks
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Also, the 8320 is not the best chip, the 8350 is better value for money. You would be crazy to not go Intel. They are quicker, more efficient, run cooler and overclock better than any AMD chip. You'd be wasting your money!!
 
snips86x said:
Also, the 8320 is not the best chip, the 8350 is better value for money. You would be crazy to not go Intel. They are quicker, more efficient, run cooler and overclock better than any AMD chip. You'd be wasting your money!!
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It`s his money, let him waste it. All but one member has advised him to go Intel and he still insists on AMD. Some people, just have to learn the hard way and at some expense. :(
 
Time to chuck my weight behide the call for the op to go Intel, clock for clock the Intel line up of chips shame anything AMD has in the same price range.
 
World of Warcraft and Starcraft II are two of the absolute worst performing games for an FX processor and are the exceptions, most will perform as well or close enough that it doesn't matter, making the 8320 a great gaming CPU for the money. Plenty of gaming systems are run on FX 8320/8350s (OCUK's ones have had awards).

A couple of results:

http://www.legitreviews.com/images/reviews/2055/battlefield-3-results.jpg

http://www.techspot.com/review/586-amd-fx-8350-fx-6300/page6.html

I'm not advising AMD over Intel, but if he wants AMD because of the reduced cost, it's a perfectly reasonable choice and depending on game choice, may make no difference at all.
 
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Thanks for your input :)
i know i might seem stubburn to stay amd but is there a problem if i buy a £50 motherboard.,..compared to a £100 when i plan to overclock? and i wanted a 8320 just because ive read it is good for it price and performance and would is bottleneck my gpu if i oc to about 4.4ghz?
 
The Gigabyte board specced on the Intel builds is a excellent board, for the price you cant go wrong.
 
erm £50? maybe but id be more happy for best as value as if i oc , im sure i need decent airspace and i head the 412s is big
 
You'll want to read up a bit more before you start this build :)

Cases take different sized motherboards, ATX, Micro ATX and Mini ITX. ATX boards are the biggest.
 
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