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February 21, 2014 8:15:30 AM

After doing some research I think I have finally come up with a build.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2Xlgv

A few Questions:

Can someone confirm this build is okay?

Is there anything I can make cheaper or make anything better?

What is the difference between the Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 and Asus M5A97 R2.0 motherboards?

Is the Power Supply okay? Will I need 750w?

Is there a cheaper or better GTX 770?

Is it worth getting the FX8320 or the FX6300?

Will the FX8320 Bottleneck the GTX 770?


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Thanks, will pick best answer when I get my final build.

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a b 4 Gaming
February 21, 2014 8:21:52 AM

never go with a Corsair "CX" they have chinese capacitors and may not Stressful situations.

just did a psu that will be better.

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2Xop1
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2Xop1/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2Xop1/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£106.36 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.20 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£68.62 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£65.60 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (£248.12 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case (£62.90 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£59.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £680.55
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-21 16:21 GMT+0000)
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a b 4 Gaming
February 21, 2014 8:22:34 AM

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2XomP
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2XomP/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2XomP/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£106.36 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.20 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme3 ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard (£73.44 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£65.60 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (£242.90 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case (£62.90 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£53.47 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £673.63

Changed the mobo to a 990fx chipset, the highest in the series since you have an 8 core processor, will make OCin better.

Power supply is plenty and fine.

Changed the 770 to a slightly cheaper card that's just as good. For nvidia I consider top tier cards to be msi, asus and evga. Possibly gigabyte but I have bad experiences with them so it's hard for me to recommend them even though they do make good products.

Yes it is worth it, 8xxx is much more future proof.

No it will not bottleneck the 770.
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a c 284 4 Gaming
February 21, 2014 8:24:16 AM

Actually looks really good to me, I changed the PSU to a better unit. 550w is more than plenty for this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£106.36 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.20 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£68.62 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£65.60 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (£248.12 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case (£62.90 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.98 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £665.54
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-21 16:23 GMT+0000)
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February 21, 2014 8:29:24 AM

HiTechObsessed said:
Actually looks really good to me, I changed the PSU to a better unit. 550w is more than plenty for this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£106.36 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.20 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£68.62 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£65.60 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (£248.12 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case (£62.90 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.98 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £665.54
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-21 16:23 GMT+0000)


Is 550w enough even when overclocking?
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a c 284 4 Gaming
February 21, 2014 8:34:49 AM

550w is plenty. Your setup will draw around 350-375w at full load, and that PSU is able to deliver over 525w with plenty of amperage on the +12v rail. PSUs are about quality over quantity. This 550w unit will do much better at overclocking than the 750w Corsair CX series, because of the much higher quality components. When overclocking with high amp draw, durable components are more important than available wattage.
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February 21, 2014 8:42:09 AM

Thanks All, I have put parts that everyone recommended together.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2XoLQ

Apparently the 550w is fine so I will go with that.
Also I haven't really heard of AsRock, do they make good motherboards?
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a b 4 Gaming
February 21, 2014 8:46:04 AM

asrock make ok brands. but i would go with gigabyte because there motherboards are ultra durable and have japanese capacitors.
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February 21, 2014 8:46:08 AM

HiTechObsessed said:
550w is plenty. Your setup will draw around 350-375w at full load, and that PSU is able to deliver over 525w with plenty of amperage on the +12v rail. PSUs are about quality over quantity. This 550w unit will do much better at overclocking than the 750w Corsair CX series, because of the much higher quality components. When overclocking with high amp draw, durable components are more important than available wattage.


I trust you but I am still a little wary about the 550w as the geforce website say minimum 600w..
http://www.geforce.co.uk/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-...
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February 21, 2014 8:46:58 AM

ModernWarfare said:
asrock make ok brands. but i would go with gigabyte because there motherboards are ultra durable and have japanese capacitors.


Can you recommend one?
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a b 4 Gaming
February 21, 2014 8:51:11 AM

Hazzaahh said:
After doing some research I think I have finally come up with a build.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2Xlgv

A few Questions:

Can someone confirm this build is okay?
A: Yes, it is very good.

Is there anything I can make cheaper or make anything better?
A: Like anybody siad change the PSU to EVGA 100-B1-0600-KR http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Power+Supplie...

What is the difference between the Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 and Asus M5A97 R2.0 motherboards?
A: EVO has 6+2 power phase that is good for fx8 series cpu and even you don't oc. The other one has 4+2, those are the bigger difference.

Is the Power Supply okay? Will I need 750w?
A:No the CX, you need 600W if you use only single GPU. http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm

Is there a cheaper or better GTX 770?
A: R9 280X in BF4 http://www.techspot.com/review/734-battlefield-4-benchm...

Is it worth getting the FX8320 or the FX6300?
A: If you use the PC for games only, you can get the FX6300 if you want because most games are gpu intensive one only few are the cpu intensive.

Will the FX8320 Bottleneck the GTX 770?
A: No.
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a c 284 4 Gaming
February 21, 2014 8:57:10 AM

Hazzaahh said:
HiTechObsessed said:
550w is plenty. Your setup will draw around 350-375w at full load, and that PSU is able to deliver over 525w with plenty of amperage on the +12v rail. PSUs are about quality over quantity. This 550w unit will do much better at overclocking than the 750w Corsair CX series, because of the much higher quality components. When overclocking with high amp draw, durable components are more important than available wattage.


I trust you but I am still a little wary about the 550w as the geforce website say minimum 600w..
http://www.geforce.co.uk/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-...


http://www.anandtech.com/show/6994/nvidia-geforce-gtx-7...

At load during gameplay, total system draw is 375w, and that is with a more power hungry CPU than you will have. With that 550w you could run a 780 Ti no problem :) 
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February 21, 2014 9:17:43 AM

HiTechObsessed said:
Hazzaahh said:
HiTechObsessed said:
550w is plenty. Your setup will draw around 350-375w at full load, and that PSU is able to deliver over 525w with plenty of amperage on the +12v rail. PSUs are about quality over quantity. This 550w unit will do much better at overclocking than the 750w Corsair CX series, because of the much higher quality components. When overclocking with high amp draw, durable components are more important than available wattage.


I trust you but I am still a little wary about the 550w as the geforce website say minimum 600w..
http://www.geforce.co.uk/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-...


http://www.anandtech.com/show/6994/nvidia-geforce-gtx-7...

At load during gameplay, total system draw is 375w, and that is with a more power hungry CPU than you will have. With that 550w you could run a 780 Ti no problem :) 


Great thanks! Others have been saying different motherboards, which should I be picking?
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a c 284 4 Gaming
February 21, 2014 9:24:24 AM

There is nothing wrong with the ASUS board, but I'm more of a fan of Gigabyte. Depends on how much overclocking you plan to do. For moderate overclocks, the 970 board will do just fine, but if you plan to push your CPU as far as it can go, I would go with the 990 series.

970 series: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00CX4MUCC/?tag=pcp0f-21

990 series: http://www.ebuyer.com/270603-gigabyte-ga-990xa-ud3-am3-...

It's up to you whether the extra 25 pounds is worth it.
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February 21, 2014 9:40:26 AM

HiTechObsessed said:
There is nothing wrong with the ASUS board, but I'm more of a fan of Gigabyte. Depends on how much overclocking you plan to do. For moderate overclocks, the 970 board will do just fine, but if you plan to push your CPU as far as it can go, I would go with the 990 series.

970 series: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00CX4MUCC/?tag=pcp0f-21

990 series: http://www.ebuyer.com/270603-gigabyte-ga-990xa-ud3-am3-...

It's up to you whether the extra 25 pounds is worth it.


Thanks, another quick question, the XFX PSU that you linked is not modular, does that really matter?
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a b 4 Gaming
February 21, 2014 9:44:52 AM

there are modular xfx psu's but expensiver. but modular tends to make things easier for cable management.
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a c 284 4 Gaming
February 21, 2014 9:48:18 AM

Yeah, that's fine. The 300R has plenty of room to stuff and hide the cables in, especially since you don't have a window to see inside lol
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a b 4 Gaming
February 21, 2014 9:50:30 AM

hey hitech is my core i3 4130 good? stupid question :p 
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February 21, 2014 10:36:52 AM

HiTechObsessed said:
Yeah, that's fine. The 300R has plenty of room to stuff and hide the cables in, especially since you don't have a window to see inside lol


Great haha, was actually looking at the windowed version :S Thanks so much for the help, I have put together somewhat of a final build http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2XqkV any further changes?
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a b 4 Gaming
February 21, 2014 11:36:53 AM

no you're fine.
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a c 284 4 Gaming
February 21, 2014 12:51:45 PM

ModernWarfare said:
hey hitech is my core i3 4130 good? stupid question :p 


It's fine for gaming, if that's what you're asking :)  would be able to handle any graphics card out there pretty much.

Hazzaahh said:
HiTechObsessed said:
Yeah, that's fine. The 300R has plenty of room to stuff and hide the cables in, especially since you don't have a window to see inside lol


Great haha, was actually looking at the windowed version :S Thanks so much for the help, I have put together somewhat of a final build http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2XqkV any further changes?


Nope, looks good to me :)  But about the case and cables, that's fine, like I said, the case has pretty good cable management behind the motherboard tray, so you should be fine :) 
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a b 4 Gaming
February 21, 2014 1:17:58 PM

thanks man.
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a b 4 Gaming
February 21, 2014 10:31:05 PM

Hazzaahh said:
HiTechObsessed said:
There is nothing wrong with the ASUS board, but I'm more of a fan of Gigabyte. Depends on how much overclocking you plan to do. For moderate overclocks, the 970 board will do just fine, but if you plan to push your CPU as far as it can go, I would go with the 990 series.

970 series: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00CX4MUCC/?tag=pcp0f-21

990 series: http://www.ebuyer.com/270603-gigabyte-ga-990xa-ud3-am3-...

It's up to you whether the extra 25 pounds is worth it.


Thanks, another quick question, the XFX PSU that you linked is not modular, does that really matter?


Doesn't really matter at all, I'd personally stick with the non-modular if you really don't care about how 'neat' it looks inside.
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