Approximate Purchase Date: November~
Budget Range: 700usd
System Usage: Gaming/recording
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: CPU Mobo GPU RAM PSU
Do you need to buy OS: No
Location: Australia
Parts Preferences: your opinion
Overclocking: Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: no
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1200
So my amd build stands like this:
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($117.98 @ Outlet PC)
CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling UCACO-P0900-CSB01 Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($93.98 @ Outlet PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($102.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card ($184.14 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($47.99 @ Microcenter)
Total: $671.06 usd
Intel build
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.98 @ Outlet PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($71.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($102.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card ($184.14 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($47.99 @ Microcenter)
Total: $742.07 usd
Im going for a pretty budget kinda build so I was thinking that amd would be better but intel does give more performance per core, ill be playing new games but im not sure if the 2 extra cores on the amd will help at all because they may or may not use more than 4 cores. These games will have pretty high requirements such as battlefield 4 and the 1920x1200 doesnt help me at all
is it worth getting the amd to "future proof my computer"?
Budget Range: 700usd
System Usage: Gaming/recording
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: CPU Mobo GPU RAM PSU
Do you need to buy OS: No
Location: Australia
Parts Preferences: your opinion
Overclocking: Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: no
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1200
So my amd build stands like this:
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($117.98 @ Outlet PC)
CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling UCACO-P0900-CSB01 Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($93.98 @ Outlet PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($102.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card ($184.14 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($47.99 @ Microcenter)
Total: $671.06 usd
Intel build
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.98 @ Outlet PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($71.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($102.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card ($184.14 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($47.99 @ Microcenter)
Total: $742.07 usd
Im going for a pretty budget kinda build so I was thinking that amd would be better but intel does give more performance per core, ill be playing new games but im not sure if the 2 extra cores on the amd will help at all because they may or may not use more than 4 cores. These games will have pretty high requirements such as battlefield 4 and the 1920x1200 doesnt help me at all
is it worth getting the amd to "future proof my computer"? 
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