first time buyer questions ?

broxy bear · 18 Aug 2013 at 02:01

hey people .

:-)

i shall apologize now if any questions i ask are amateurish or obviously simple but i am someone with limited knowledge selecting pc components.

so , i am on a tight budget of £950 inc delivery and would like to get a gaming pc to play the latest games ( tomb raider , far cry 3 , battlefield 3) and similar games of the future. i only need the base unit as already own keyboard , mouse , 1080p monitor and speakers .

i am not confident enough to buy all the components separate

so far i have came up with this build and would grateful appreciate if anyone could suggest any changes to maximizes my gaming experience but staying within my budget

"AMD X8 Defender" AMD FX-8 8350 3.5GHz (4.0GHz Turbo) Eight Core Gaming PC

8gb 1600 mhz ddr3
windows 8 64 bit
sapphire hd 7950 boost 3072mb
toshiiba 60 gb ssd
barracuda 1tb hdd

broxy bear · 18 Aug 2013 at 02:05

should be fixed now . also i would like the option of adding a 2nd gfx card at a later date and not sure if this motherboard supports crossfire

broxy bear · 18 Aug 2013 at 02:32

to be honest i am tempted as want to get the best gaming pc for my money . my only issue is that i have never done it before and with a lot of money on the line i dont want to buy parts which aren't compatible

broxy bear · 18 Aug 2013 at 02:40

Potty27 said:
Parts is no problem, people here will "spec" you.

how would i go about getting someone to do a "spec" for me , am a new member to overclockers

broxy bear · 18 Aug 2013 at 02:46

ok cheers , thanks for taking time out your life to assist me

broxy bear · 18 Aug 2013 at 03:03

thanks you potty27 and teppic for your help. with those two builds will i be good to play the latests games with high settings . No doubt you will hear more from me when i make my final decisions as will most likely need more assistance when my gear arrives

broxy bear · 18 Aug 2013 at 17:40

as much as i thank you all for your suggestions i think i shall be going with the AMD as most of my friends that i have spoke to today prefer them over Intel for performance for price.

i noticed that the 2 amd build suggestions have the AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor
while having a quick look around the latest deal i saw AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) was also on special offer. Would this cpu be worse the extra £30 and at the same time, keeping the rest of the components that you guys have suggested the same

broxy bear · 18 Aug 2013 at 18:03

teppic said:
The 8350 isn't worth paying the extra for, because it's identical to an 8320 but with a slightly higher clock speed. I've never heard of an 8320 unable to clock the same speed as a stock 8350 (4GHz).

thanks for the info , now to go and spend my savings :-)