First PC Build

Batt3n · 2 Feb 2015 at 19:34

Hey guys I'm building my first PC and was wondering if anyone could give me some pointers. I was thinking of getting an AMD FX 8350 CPU or an Intel I5 of sorts but I'm not sure what one to go for? What graphics card would you guys recommend getting and what motherboard would be ideal for these components? I know this forum has a lot of very knowledgable people on. I don't know much about specs and benchmarks.

Any feedback would be most appreciated,

Cheers.

stulid · 2 Feb 2015 at 19:37

Hi,

To make it simple.

What is the budget?

What parts do you need (tower, OS, keyboard etc)

What do you use this for?

Batt3n · 2 Feb 2015 at 20:16

I am looking for a tower PC, I want to be able to game in 1080p. the PC excluding peripherals and windows and stuff I will spend around £500 on. I will upgrade over time but this is just to get me up and running.

stulid · 2 Feb 2015 at 20:21

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £52.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £52.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
1 x Xigmatek Mach Midi-Tower Black £22.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £9.49
Total : £493.02 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Or go for a Z97 board and a weaker CPU now and swap the CPU out later for a i5 or i7 K chip etc, also a larger SSD on its own that should hold the OS and some games just fine, add a HDD later on for extra storage.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £57.59
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £53.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £52.99
1 x Xigmatek Mach Midi-Tower Black £22.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £9.49
Total : £498.62 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Batt3n · 2 Feb 2015 at 20:50

Thanks a lot! That's a big help, would it be worth buying a Intel Core i5 4440 3.10GHz Socket 1150 6MB and spending slightly over £500 although it's got less Ghz than the cheaper AMD and it has less cores. Surely isn't that what you look for in a CPU? More cores and more Ghz?

Doomedspeed · 2 Feb 2015 at 20:57

Batt3n said:
Thanks a lot! That's a big help, would it be worth buying a Intel Core i5 4440 3.10GHz Socket 1150 6MB and spending slightly over £500 although it's got less Ghz than the cheaper AMD and it has less cores. Surely isn't that what you look for in a CPU? More cores and more Ghz?

Well, that's the hard bit.

AMD and Intel have completely different arcitechtures in a way that isn't really compatible by that method.

Its well worth taking a look on review/benchmarks sites. The i5 is a better option.

I'm sure stulid will explain why and how, it takes ages to type on my phone.

stulid · 2 Feb 2015 at 21:03

Batt3n said:
Thanks a lot! That's a big help, would it be worth buying a Intel Core i5 4440 3.10GHz Socket 1150 6MB and spending slightly over £500 although it's got less Ghz than the cheaper AMD and it has less cores. Surely isn't that what you look for in a CPU? More cores and more Ghz?

Doomspeed said it, you cant compare cores and GHz when comparing performance between rival CPUS.

An i5 is good if you want to spend more.

Batt3n · 2 Feb 2015 at 21:13

Okay guys thanks a lot, 3.1Ghz is sufficient anyways right?

stulid · 2 Feb 2015 at 21:18

More than likely if its an i5 or FX cpu etc.

You could spend the extra on an R9 290 and nicer quality case,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £52.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £52.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £9.49
Total : £559.98 (includes shipping : £8.00).

handsomejesus · 2 Feb 2015 at 22:27

You don't really need a DVD player these days if you're tight.