Advice on two different choices.

JoeVonWilson · Oct 15, 2013

I am having slight problems choosing which CPU/Motherboard to get. And I have narrowed myself down to 2 different choices. The choices are:

1. Intel I3 3220
Asus P8Z77 -v lx

Or:

2. AMD FX 6300
Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

I understand that it might help you if I list my corresponding components, they are as follows:

GPU: Asus 2GB HD 7850
RAM: 4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600Mhz
HDD: 500GB Western Digital Caviar Blue

Please note that I will primarily be gaming on this PC. Hopefully that will help you as well. Thank you for reading and all feedback is appreciated!

thomaskasper · Oct 15, 2013

JoeVonWilson :

I am having slight problems choosing which CPU/Motherboard to get. And I have narrowed myself down to 2 different choices. The choices are:

1. Intel I3 3220
Asus P8Z77 -v lx

Or:

2. AMD FX 6300
Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

I understand that it might help you if I list my corresponding components, they are as follows:

GPU: Asus 2GB HD 7850
RAM: 4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600Mhz
HDD: 500GB Western Digital Caviar Blue

Please note that I will primarily be gaming on this PC. Hopefully that will help you as well. Thank you for reading and all feedback is appreciated!

Next gen games will start to take advantage of 6-core CPUs. Go with the FX-6300.
Please note, Next gen games will NEED 8gb ram.

JoeVonWilson · Oct 15, 2013

thomaskasper :

JoeVonWilson :

Thank you for your feedback, and yes, I have taken that into account, however, due to the price difference between the 2 motherboards, I can afford 8GB RAM now. But, if you could just help me once more, would you recommend this to be the best motherboard for the CPU?

badboyrog · Oct 15, 2013

prefer no 2

get 4GB more memory in dual channel mode (take the same brand and model of your 4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600Mhz) but i just red you dont have the budget for that... sorry!

thomaskasper · Oct 16, 2013

JoeVonWilson :

thomaskasper :

Sorry for the late responce.
You pretty much can't go wrong with an Asus board, you have plenty of room for expansion and a decent price. It's a great board.

What games will you be playing?
When will you buy this build?

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