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Hey there guys,
I'm building my first gaming PC and I've reached the following configuration:
AMD FX-8350 (£139 at Amazon.uk)
Asus M5A99X Evo (£96 at Amazon.uk)
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO (£25.95 at Amazon.uk), this is for when I OC the FX-8350. I've been told it's the best bang for my buck, but can it take the overlocking?
Palit Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB (£244 at Amazon.uk) or the GIGABYTE WindForce GeForce GTX 770 OC 2048MB (£263 at Aria.uk), which of these two should get me the best performance for my money?
Seagate BARRACUDA 1tb (£43 at Amazon.uk)
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 Mhz (£65 at Amazon.uk)
Seasonic S12II-620W (£68 at Amazon.uk)
Bringing the total cost to about £682, without the case and optical drive, which I already own.
Is this configuration good for the price I'm paying for it? Should I decide to do SLI in the future, would this mobo, with a stronger PSU, of course, be able to do it? And would the FX-8350 bottleneck this config? And here goes 1 million dollar question: Should I give up the GTX 770 for this 760 and get this Core i5 4670K with this MSI Z87-GD65? Doing this would bring the total cost to about £707, which is as far as I can stretch my budget. So, is the i5 worth it?
Also, this R9 280x is a little more expensive than the 760, yet cheaper than the 770. Would it be a better option? How does it compare against the GTX's?
Phew, that's a lot of questions! But I want to make sure I get a good configuration to last me about 2 to 3 years without upgrading, and then maybe 1 or 2 more with a SLI. Any suggestions are more than welcome, and if you know of any stores here in the UK other than Amazon where I could get better prices, I'd be very much happy to hear about it.
I'm building my first gaming PC and I've reached the following configuration:
AMD FX-8350 (£139 at Amazon.uk)
Asus M5A99X Evo (£96 at Amazon.uk)
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO (£25.95 at Amazon.uk), this is for when I OC the FX-8350. I've been told it's the best bang for my buck, but can it take the overlocking?
Palit Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB (£244 at Amazon.uk) or the GIGABYTE WindForce GeForce GTX 770 OC 2048MB (£263 at Aria.uk), which of these two should get me the best performance for my money?
Seagate BARRACUDA 1tb (£43 at Amazon.uk)
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 Mhz (£65 at Amazon.uk)
Seasonic S12II-620W (£68 at Amazon.uk)
Bringing the total cost to about £682, without the case and optical drive, which I already own.
Is this configuration good for the price I'm paying for it? Should I decide to do SLI in the future, would this mobo, with a stronger PSU, of course, be able to do it? And would the FX-8350 bottleneck this config? And here goes 1 million dollar question: Should I give up the GTX 770 for this 760 and get this Core i5 4670K with this MSI Z87-GD65? Doing this would bring the total cost to about £707, which is as far as I can stretch my budget. So, is the i5 worth it?
Also, this R9 280x is a little more expensive than the 760, yet cheaper than the 770. Would it be a better option? How does it compare against the GTX's?
Phew, that's a lot of questions! But I want to make sure I get a good configuration to last me about 2 to 3 years without upgrading, and then maybe 1 or 2 more with a SLI. Any suggestions are more than welcome, and if you know of any stores here in the UK other than Amazon where I could get better prices, I'd be very much happy to hear about it.
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