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Zaltor92

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Recently i brought a GTX 660 and my cpu was a bottleneck. so now i'm looking to buy a cpu and mobo for gaming. my budget is around £200
i'm not really bothered if its AMD or Intel just whichever is best and will last the longest.

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I think you should get the 8320 as you can overclock it to 8350 speeds and save money.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£108.35 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.66 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme3 ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard (£74.37 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £208.38
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-26 02:14 GMT+0000)
 
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For that kind of price, you're probably better off going for AMD, but you might be able to find a motherboard/cpu combo with an i5... If you can get an i5 4570 and a motherboard, it'll be a better deal, I think. It's not overclockable, but single CPU performance is better and it's also cheaper to run (lower TDP).

Either way, the FX 8350 is also a good CPU.
 
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Ok guys thanks for the help just one quick question, with that cpu and a GTX 660 OC edition, what kind of power supply am i going to need ? i have a 500 modular one at the momeny but i'm guessing im going to need more ?
 
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Awesome help guys ! i have the AMD Athlon 651k at the moment compared to the fx-8320 what kind of improvement am i looking at ? and will it get rid of this stupid bottleneck !
 
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