my first build amd or intel?

theo1908

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Which build?
This is my first build (im 14)
I live in the U.K
Looking to play any game on 720p at decent fps
My intel build http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/27Fg2
My amd build http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/27FiM

Help is appreciated but please dont turn this into an amd vs intel hate thread

Any alternative builds are also appreciated but £355 pounds and no more ( im on a very tight budget and need to buy a copy of win7 as well)
Edit: question within a question, could i buy an i5 now and wait until i have more money for a gpu?
 
Hi. The AMD Build looks pretty good. You have some issues with the Intel build, such as needing a possible BiOS update and the memory voltage. As for the BiOS update, you can probably do a work around by using a motherboard with something other than an H61 chipset. That may or may not take care of the memory voltage issue as well.
 
Of the two, the amd is the better solution for you. Neither rig will give you "mega" gaming capability, but the amd with the 7770 will give you a good start. If you can swing it, I would drop a few extra bucks into the psu and get something in the area of 550-600w so that you will have headroom to upgrade the gpu in the future. If you stay with the 430 corsair, you will not have much overhead to move up.

Mark
 

Krazeee

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Hey, I agree that you should take the AMD route as other said but... in reality, I would honestly wait until after Christmas so you can gather more money and build something better. I would pickup atleast a 7850/R9 270
 
To Answer a question I missed, You could buy an i5 and wait until you have the money for a Decent Video card. The integrated garphics are not to bad on those things. I have a laptop running an i3 2110, and can play Oblivion on that thing with the integrated graphics nicely and it looks good.
 

Krazeee

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No, It would be dumb to buy an i5 on a low end system.

You should go something along the lines of:

Fx-6300 + 7870/R9 270x maybe a 660 if you wanted Nvidia.

a 7770 is not worth the money, an i5 still NOT give you any significant increase over an fx-6300