Intel or AMD Build For £700-£650

cardiffcitydylan

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Hello

I was wondering weather I should go with AMD or Intel on my budget (£700-650), I was thinking should I go with AMD and put the money saved money on a better graphics card or should I pay a bit more and go with Inter for better quality with a downgraded graphic card and also this is my first build so I'm not sure what to expect but I heard building a custom desktop is easy and better value so I decided build one this time rather than buy a per built system.


Information....

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming ,Video rendering , Heavy Programs Eg. Photoshop SonyVagas , Running servers.

Are you buying a monitor: No

Parts to Upgrade: Gpu and Ram

Do I need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) Don't care as long as the website are cheep with high standers

Location:United Kingdom:SouthWales

Parts Preferences: Don't mind.

Overclocking: Maybe.

SLI or Crossfire:Maybe in a few years I,m not sure though.

My Monitor Resolution: Resolution 1920 x 1080 40"inch, I might upgrade to a monitor with 2048 x 1536 display in a year or two.

Additional Comments: I would like the best bang for my money in terms of power reliability and grate performance mainly for gaming and running high end programs.

Why am I Upgrading: My laptop isn't very good any more and also I would like to go back to using a desktop as they are more powerful and a a lot easier to upgrade in long term.





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http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/283384-33-read-first
 
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It is unclear as to what you were looking for in your post and topic name so i have compiled a FULL parts list for the budget given.
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1y0ha
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1y0ha/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1y0ha/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£151.58 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.24 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme3 ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard (£81.84 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: GeIL Enhance CORSA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£36.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£71.20 @ Amazon UK)
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Havoc2510

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Do you mean £650 - 700 for a CPU, GPU and RAM only, or an entire build??? Either way, I would still go Intel as they are better chips in my opinion. Oh, and Scan.co.uk and Ebuyer.co.uk are two great websites for parts in the UK. Hope this helps :)
 

Garpatron

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Personally, I think corsair ram is the best so I suggest grabbing 16GB Vengeance since you are video rendering.
Ram:
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/16gb-(4x4gb)-corsair-vengeance-jet-black-pc3-12800-(1600)-non-ecc-cas-9-9-9-27-xmp-15v-x79-z68-and-p

As for GPU I think you should spend most of your cash on a GPU since running games at 1920x1080 is a pain in the ass without a good gpu so I think you should go with the new 770


GPU:
(http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-msi-gtx-770-gaming-pcie-30-(x16)-7010mhz-gddr5-gpu-1098mhz-boost-1150mhz-cores-1536).

The 770 is a great card and All of that totals to about 435.51 Euros without tax so your budget covers this. :)
Hope I helped!

EDIT: Forgot to mention I think you should go for Intel for rendering and gaming. http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i7-3770k-s1155-ivy-bridge-quad-core-35ghz-5-gt-s-dmi-650mhz-gpu-8mb-smart-cache-35x-ratio

Which brings these 3 parts to a total of 696.63 Euros. All parts are on scan.co.uk.
 

Zynch

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It is unclear as to what you were looking for in your post and topic name so i have compiled a FULL parts list for the budget given.
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1y0ha
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1y0ha/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1y0ha/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£151.58 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.24 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme3 ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard (£81.84 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: GeIL Enhance CORSA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£36.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£71.20 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£50.00 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: HIS Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card (£154.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: BitFenix Shinobi ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.90 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£67.08 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£13.15 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £699.98
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-30 18:13 BST+0100)
 
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