see any problems with this ?

doran1801 · 15 Dec 2011 at 09:46

AMD Bulldozer FX-4 Quad Core 4100 Black Edition 3.60Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99

Asus M5A97 PRO AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard Asus M5A97 PRO AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard

Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX)

I wanted the bundle that was on last weeks deal buy the price has just went up. So I though i would put this together

any better ideas? dont want to spend more than 3250 really if i can manage it

IvanDobskey · 15 Dec 2011 at 10:11

Looks decent for the money. Someone will be along to diss bulldozer shortly though

[TW]Sponge · 15 Dec 2011 at 11:29

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £179.99

Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98

Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £17.99 - today only.

£327.96 and a hell of a lot better than that AMD rig you put together. Of course you have put your budget at 3250 so I'm not sure if you mean £325 or £250

beejjacobs · 15 Dec 2011 at 13:13

Assuming "3250" was "£250" then consider:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £95.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.95
Total : £227.32 (includes shipping : £9.50).

The bulldozer is similar to the phenoms:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/362?vs=289

And this gives a much better upgrade path as you can add an i5 when you can afford it, or if its just for gaming the i3 will do well anyway