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leekeene

leekeene

leekeene

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so i am looking to build a new PC. i haent built a PC in over 10 years infact the last one i built i ordered from here when XP was still in Beta

with the help of a user on here Mick Woods

i mainly game on a PS4 but i want to get in to PC gaming and mainly racing sims.

Here is the PC i have currently spec'd out

ASRock 990FX Extreme9 Motherboard
AMD Piledriver FX 9590
Raijintek Triton AIO Water Cooler
MSI Radeon R9 390
Kingston HyperX Beast 16gb DDR3 2133mhz ram
Crucial BX100 250gb SSD
Fractal Design Newton 800w PSU
Cougar Volant 2 midi tower
couple of extra 120mm fans


i guess my questions are these

1) is this spec of machine AMD vs Intel to mind a good setup with a little future proofing? i understand the intel processor is more efficient. but with DX12 around the corner will the AMD come to life so to speak?

2) is 800w PSU enough?

3) is it worth buy 32gb of ram instead of 16gb?

4) my next logical upgrade in a few months will be to add another R9 390 is 2 of these enough or just over kill? and if the 800w PSU is good enough now will it still be good enough to cope with 2 r9 390's?

any help greatly appreciated

lee
 
Hi and welcome.

1) Go Intel, it's faster and newer tech and the boards have more features and more modern tech.

2) 800W is enough even if you wanted to add a 2nd card.

3) For mainly gaming 8GB is plenty.

4) See 2

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What is your total budget?

Do you just need a tower without OS, keyboard, monitor etc?

Can you build a PC or does it need building for you?
 
so my budget is about £900 i can go more although i dont really want to. i have a screen and keyboard so i just need the unit. i already have windows 8 and office etc

i can build it my self shouldnt be a problem :)

cheers for answering my questions. there spec above comes in at £889 (using some B-Grade stuff) but if i build it with this bundle

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-008-GI

then its £998.

is the intel £110 faster. i have to admit i have no idea on CPU's at present a lot has changed since my Athlon Days of old. :)
 
I built something very similar to this the other day for a friends new PC,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI - Intel Core i5 6600K Bundle **£20 Saving** £303.97
1 x MSI Radeon R9 390 Gaming Edition 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £269.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex Platinum 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - Black £112.99
1 x NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - Black / Red £89.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £69.95
1 x Kingston Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C15 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX426C15FBK2/8) £50.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Black CPU Cooler £39.95
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache HDD - OEM (DT01ACA100) £35.99
Total : £973.81 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).



Is that too much over budget?


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI - Intel Core i5 6600K Bundle **£20 Saving** £303.97
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 390 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (AXR9 390 8GBD5-PPDHE) £239.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova B2 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Hybrid Modular Power Supply (110-B2-0850-V3) £95.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £69.95
1 x NZXT Source 340 Midi-Tower Case - Red Window £59.99
1 x Kingston Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C15 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX426C15FBK2/8) £50.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache HDD - OEM (DT01ACA100) £35.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
Total : £876.85 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).

 
how did you do that with links?

like i said i can get the money so thats not a real issue but just wanted to keep the costs down

is the i5 6600k better than the i7 4970k that is in that mega bundle?
 
cheers ill take a look in a min :)

so basically keep away from the AMD 9590? i thought from what little reading i did do that with dx12 it might come to life is that not the case?
 
sorry been in a meeting all afternoon

hmm ok now im stumped lol i was ready to order the AMD stuff this morning i was hoping you were all going to say yep great spec off you go.

shame i cant get that chrome plugin to work so i can share some of the specs i have
 
leekeene said:
sorry been in a meeting all afternoon

hmm ok now im stumped lol i was ready to order the AMD stuff this morning i was hoping you were all going to say yep great spec off you go.

shame i cant get that chrome plugin to work so i can share some of the specs i have
Click to expand...

You can use the other plugin made by Pho on chrome. The Chrome plugin doesn't seem to work anymore for some reason.
 
cheers that works perfectly

so im down to these options

opt1

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 390 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (AXR9 390 8GBD5-PPDHE) £239.99
1 x **B Grade** AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 9590 Black Edition 4.70GHz (5.00GHz Turbo) (Socket AM3+) Processor - OEM £149.99
1 x **B Grade** ASRock 990FX Extreme9 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX (MB-121-AK) £120.00
1 x Cougar GX V3 800W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED316G2400HC11CDC01) £79.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £69.95
1 x Raijintek Triton AIO Water Cooling Solution £69.95
1 x Cougar Army Force Midi-Tower Gaming Case - Army Green £29.99
2 x XSPC Xinrulian 120mm 1200RPM Fan £4.80 (£9.60)
Total : £849.44 .




opt2

YOUR BASKET
1 x EPIC BUNDLE: Intel 4790K, Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7, Kingston 16GB 2400MHz Kit and Superflower 750W PSU **£50 SAVING** £545.93
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 390 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (AXR9 390 8GBD5-PPDHE) £239.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £69.95
1 x Raijintek Triton AIO Water Cooling Solution £69.95
1 x Cougar Army Force Midi-Tower Gaming Case - Army Green £29.99
2 x XSPC Xinrulian 120mm 1200RPM Fan £4.80 (£9.60)
Total : £965.40 .




im still drawn to the AMD as its sooo much cheaper. im likely to playing project cars, assetto corsa and probably knights of the old republic
 
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As it stands I'm about to place my order for the amd system. I can't see the i7 being worth the extra £120 but can any of you suggest other options that might be quicker for he same price ?
 
 
Cheers lee. I didn't order anything last night as I fell asleep.

How does the skylark i5 6600k compare to both fx9590 and the older i7 4970k?
 
The i7 4790k smashes everything AMD can bring at any price level. It's more than worth the extra if you want something that's going to run faster, cooler and last longer before you feel the need to upgrade again. And that's coming from someone who's got an FX8320 running at 5ghz :p
 
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