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Which Processor Would be better for my budget?

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May 14, 2013 3:54:55 AM

Hi I am almost finished with looking for parts for a computer and ready to buy, but I have a question I need answering before I do: For my budget, £750-800 which CPU would be better for my build?

AMD A10-5800K Quad Core APU (3.8GHz) & Radeon HD 7660D Graphics
(ASUS® F2A85-M: (M-ATX, DDR3, USB 3.0, 6Gb/s)

OR

Intel® Core i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570 (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
(ASUS® P8H77-M: M-ATX, DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0Gb/s, CrossFireX)

With the AMD I would get a free copy of Sim City (Which is a game I want to play) and with my budget with the AMD I can afford the nVidia GTX 660 TI while with the i5 3570 I could only afford the GTX 660. Both builds would use 8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 X 4GB) with a 450w PSU.

I will be playing games in 1920x1080 so which would be better for my computer? :) 

P.S. Would the AMD CPU bottleneck the 660 TI? (I am new to this so I'm not too sure)

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May 14, 2013 4:02:20 AM

Are you sure that's the budget? You should be able to get plenty better with that budget.

Anyway, I'd rather go with a FX 6300 because it is AM3 + and you can go on to upgrade to the next FX chips.

But for the sake of answering the question, you're better off with the AMD/660ti
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May 14, 2013 4:07:19 AM

ismaeljrp said:
Are you sure that's the budget? You should be able to get plenty better with that budget.


Sorry typo on budget, (£750-800) changed on OP :) 

AMD FX-6350 Six Core CPU (4.2/3.9GHZ - 8MB CACHE/AM3+)
(ASUS® M5A97 R2.0(DDR3, USB3.0, 6Gb/s)

would be as good as the i5? with this I would have to go with the gtx 660 non-TI
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May 14, 2013 4:11:22 AM

Totes said:
ismaeljrp said:
Are you sure that's the budget? You should be able to get plenty better with that budget.


Sorry typo on budget, (£750-800) changed on OP :) 

AMD FX-6350 Six Core CPU (4.2/3.9GHZ - 8MB CACHE/AM3+)
(ASUS® M5A97 R2.0(DDR3, USB3.0, 6Gb/s)

would be as good as the i5? with this I would have to go with the gtx 660 non-TI


The i5 is better, although at 1080p not by much. I think you should prioritize the GPU. Go with the 660 TI and then choose the best CPU you could get, the AMD 5800k is a very good CPU and brings one of the best values among all CPUs currently on the market.
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May 14, 2013 4:14:22 AM

i will suggest i5-3350p with b75 motherboard
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May 14, 2013 4:26:00 AM

ismaeljrp said:

Go with the 660 TI and then choose the best CPU you could get, the AMD 5800k is a very good CPU and brings one of the best values among all CPUs currently on the market.


Ok that sounds good, but would the AMD 5800K bottleneck the 660 TI?



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May 14, 2013 4:30:34 AM

It will not bottleneck the 660 TI, you'd probably need 680 SLI's to bottleneck it.
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