New System... is this a good spec

[blademansw]

Hi all

Finally get my annual bonus tomorrow

I already have a Gigabyte GTX660 gfx card.

I have selected the following, which comes to around £550 inc delivery.

Any thoughts on whether this system should perform quite nicely?

And does anyone know if Saturday delivery costs more? TIA

1x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor
1x ASRock 990FX Extreme3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
1x Corsair Vengeance Pro Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY8GX3M2A1600C9B)
1x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK)
1x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD
1x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black
1x Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp - OEM
1x Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2)
1x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
2x Akasa SATA-III 50cm Rounded DAYGLO Blue Data Cable (Right-Angle Connectors) (AK-CBSA01-05BV)
1x Thermalright Chill Factor 3 Tube (4g) Thermal Paste

 

[zakblood]

many will say buy an i5, but for me yes it's a good spec for the budget.

psu is ok as it's a good make, never used the cpu cooler though

 

[olivier renault]

I'd up the PSU, something with true 550W power.

And also the cooler. I'd get a Nero3 / True Spirit 120, Matterhorn Pure depending on budget.

Also, I'd get some high performance, low profile memory.

Maybe drop the Xonar till later to fit all that in budget.

Dunno about the motherboard. Looks light on overclocking power. I'd probably pick a 990FXA-UD3 out of the bunch.

And drop the extraneous things, like the SATA cable and the paste. Although good, it's an extra £10 that isn't critical.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £149.99
1 x Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £109.99
1 x Adata XPG Xtreme v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C10 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AX3U2133XC4G10-2X) £69.95
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £49.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £47.99
1 x Akasa AK-CC4013EP01 Nero 3 V2 Premier CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £25.99
1 x Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp - OEM £20.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £557.87 (includes shipping : £12.50).



YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £194.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £47.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £47.99
1 x Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp - OEM £20.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £554.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).



YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £194.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £47.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £47.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £563.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 

[scottmorley]

i have the same chip and it's been fine for me, runs all my games very nicely indeed.
i'd say maybe get a 650w psu and i'd 100% say get a better heatsink as i can almost guarantee that will not keep it cool when playing games. not sure what i'd recommend as i've only used the corsair h80i with it and i've never seen it go above 60degrees

perhaps a different motherboard but i'm sure that'll be fine if it's all your budget will allow.

 

[snips86x]

i have the same chip and it's been fine for me, runs all my games very nicely indeed.
i'd say maybe get a 650w psu and i'd 100% say get a better heatsink as i can almost guarantee that will not keep it cool when playing games. not sure what i'd recommend as i've only used the corsair h80i with it and i've never seen it go above 60degrees

perhaps a different motherboard but i'm sure that'll be fine if it's all your budget will allow.

I think that is an issue with most AMD chips.

Go for Haswell, you will most certainly not be disappointed.