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bogsana

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Hello. As a first time builder who doesn't have unlimited budget, I was looking and trying to get the optimal performance per £. Without being much into the pc world in the last 3 years I think I'm on the final line of my chosen build. The reason I'm posting it here is the feedback you guys can give me. If there is anything better I can do, or if I can skip something.
The build:

CPU Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core £176.99
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing £22.85
Motherboard Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 £113.84
Memory Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 £57.00
Storage Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" SSD £73.19
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM £48.36
Video Card MSI GeForce GTX 670 2GB £199.98
Case Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower £77.00
Power Supply Corsair 600W ATX12V £58.25
Optical Drive Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer £12.86
Operating System Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) £69.66
Total: 910£

I build it exclusively for games.

 
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bogsana

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Thanks! Im planning to, yes. Wasnt aware than higher frequency ram will give me more performance. Have heart something that more than 1600 gives you 1% at the most.
 
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Wouter Termont

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Memory faster than 1600 won't give you much noticeable performance, if any. But it can limit the use of the FSB in OCing, because the memory controller is on the cpu. Other than that, 1600 will suit your needs, though maybe later you'll want to upgrade to 1866 anyway.
 
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Sn1992-1361850

Sn1992-1361850

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this built will outperfrm ur current built as 8350~ equals to 4670k and the 7950 crossfrire will outperform anything including gtx titan
an ssd wud just give u fast load speeds and zero performance increase in gaming so it can be skipped and can be added later on when u have 70 pounds


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CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£146.48 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£22.85 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme3 ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard (£82.36 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: GeIL Enhance CORSA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£40.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£46.80 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) (£185.75 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) (£185.75 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.33 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 850W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£77.48 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.66 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £907.45
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-23 20:33 BST+0100)
 
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Wouter Termont

Wouter Termont

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Although the build Sn1992 proposes is indeed also a very good gaming system, the FX-8350 has a disadvantage compared to the i5-4670k on single core performance, which is the base of gaming performance. But he nicely compensates that with a better gpucombo, enabled by the savings on the cpu. Gpu will do more for a game than cpu in general. But you have to drop the ssd for it, which is rather sad. Still a build to consider.

One thing: especially when changing the i5 for the fx, you should buy 1866mhz ram. It doesn't cost $10 more and amd cpu's will benefit more from it than intel's.
 
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bogsana

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This build looks very optimised, thank you for this suggestions. However I feel lile ill have case full with items which ill have to remove completely if I decide toupgtade aanytime soon. Correct me if im wrong, or have misunderstood something, but with my build I get new generation Cpu/Mobo and only one Gpu which preforms excellent on 1080p one monitor. Plus I could always add another one as they drop to very very sweet under 200 £.
What my question is am I getting that much of worse performance with my build which has less components, as I play on one monitor only?
 
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bogsana

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In this case ill consider 1866-2100mHz ram. After all 10 £ is worthy for investment in better performance ;)
 
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Wouter Termont

Wouter Termont

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I'm sorry, can't follow ... I was talking about the advantage for the cpu, being an amd (or an intel K for that matter).
 
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IF you want to upgrade the cpu later on, which is unlikely to happen within the next few years, you'll probably have to change the motherboard as well. All other components will be reusable. Anyway, you would have the same problem (or worse) with intel.

To answer your question: your own build will perform perfectly fine. On a single 1080p monitor you won't notice much difference in speed.

EDIT: @Sn1992: I sincerely don't get you, so please be kind enough to explain what you meant.
 
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