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Jimbobsey

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Hi, I am looking to pretty much build a fresh machine ithe coming weeks/ months and wanted everyone's opinion on the parts I have looked at so far.

The machine will be mainly used for gaming/photoshop and media.

Ok here we go.....

Corsair CX750 PSU
Asus M5a78l MoBo
AMD FX6300 Black Edition 6 core
8GB Corsair Vengence
1TB WD 10000rpm hdd
120gb Samsung 840 series ssd
Gigabyte 7950 3gb gpu

I will also be adding my old hard drive to the system too as an extra little bit of backup storage.

If anyone has an opinion or spot any potential disaster areas please let me know it will be much appreciated.

Thanks
 
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SamGriffiths

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PSU is overkill, motherboard is out of date, you don't need a 10k RPM HDD, I would drop the SSD and get a better GPU, you also need a case. Where are you from? Do you need a monitor? Do you need an OS?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor ($139.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.74 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($62.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 680 4GB Video Card ($479.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $1111.64
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-25 16:43 EDT-0400)
 
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airborn824

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i would not buy a GTX680. far too expensive and Radeon out performs Nvidia by a large margin. the 7970 is unstoppable by anything in todays standards. i would go for the 8350 and a Gigabyte 990fx w/ 16g of ram. the motherboard is the most important part of a build. dollar for dollar AMD is the best, unless you just want bragging rights.
 
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airborn824

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GTX680 is not worth the price tag with the AMD solutions out there and much more powerful
 
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SamGriffiths

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@airborn824 I don't see much point in getting a 990fx motherboard unless you're doing stupid overclocking.

Well we can find you a build that will run games for £350, but the more money you spend the higher FPS you'll get, that logic is true in all cases except Intel CPUs. The build can easily be fitted to the budget, but it would be nice to know what it is. Wait, when you say "I've already got monitors" how meny are you talking about? Are you planning on running Eyefinity? What's there resolution?

I would say water cooling but your case doesn't have the double 120mm or 140mm fan mounts, this air cooler is almost as good as the double 120mm water cooling kits, and a lot better than the single 120mm kits.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£146.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£62.95 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£71.98 @ Dabs)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£56.98 @ Dabs)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£49.99 @ Dabs)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB Video Card (£343.30 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£71.98 @ Dabs)
Total: £804.17
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-25 22:07 BST+0100)
 
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Jimbobsey

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Im looking to spend no more than about £700.

I've already got a OS, antec 300 case and a cooler master evo that I can use.

I've got two monitors and im not looking to run eyefinity.
 
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SamGriffiths

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Okay thanks, would have been nice to know from the start but what ever =P

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£146.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£71.98 @ Dabs)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£56.98 @ Dabs)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£49.99 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£71.98 @ Dabs)
Other: Sapphire HD 7950 Vapor-X - With a free shitty mouse =P (£258.93)
Total: £656.85
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-25 22:29 BST+0100)
 
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