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First gaming rig, is it good?

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March 13, 2014 9:54:40 AM

Hello, I'm picking out the parts for my very first gaming computer. I'm wondering if there is anything to change or is it fine the way it is.

PC Parts:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£131.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.44 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£99.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£67.71 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (£260.14 @ Ebuyer)
Case: NZXT Phantom (White) ATX Full Tower Case (£104.38 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.78 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £789.40
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-13 16:50 GMT+0000)

I have an £800 budget.

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a c 284 4 Gaming
March 13, 2014 9:58:53 AM

That's a damn expensive case lol but if you like it, so be it :)  Swapped it for an Intel-based system, as you'll get better overall and slightly better gaming performance.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£161.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.44 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£79.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£67.71 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (£260.14 @ Ebuyer)
Case: NZXT Phantom (White) ATX Full Tower Case (£104.38 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.78 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £799.39
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-13 16:57 GMT+0000)

Everything else looks great. Great PSU choice, HDD choice, GPU choice and RAM choice :) 
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a c 284 4 Gaming
March 13, 2014 9:59:59 AM

senkasaw said:
Solid build, except for the psu...the recommended psu for a 770 is 600w.


That PSU is perfect for this build. The system with a 770 in it will draw a max of around 375w with a CPU and GPU overclock.
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March 13, 2014 10:05:33 AM

HiTechObsessed said:
That's a damn expensive case lol but if you like it, so be it :)  Swapped it for an Intel-based system, as you'll get better overall and slightly better gaming performance.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£161.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.44 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£79.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£67.71 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (£260.14 @ Ebuyer)
Case: NZXT Phantom (White) ATX Full Tower Case (£104.38 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.78 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £799.39
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-13 16:57 GMT+0000)

Everything else looks great. Great PSU choice, HDD choice, GPU choice and RAM choice :) 


are you sure that intel is the better choice, I have researched slightly and the benchmarks that I've seen was that the 8350 performs better than the 4670k.



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a b 4 Gaming
March 13, 2014 10:06:00 AM

Whether you decide on AMD or Intel, I would suggest a 650-750w PSU. You want a little extra room for potential upgrades and to keep it in the PSU's high efficiency range. And DDR3 1866 RAM would be a good idea as well.

Also, game performance depends on what games you will be playing and how many cores they can use. In games that are well threaded for multicore processors the i5 4670 and FX 8350 will perform almost identically. The i5 will win some, the 8350 will win some.

With that CPU cooler, you can do ~4.4GHz on stock/near stock voltage and still stay at or below 56c or so.
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March 13, 2014 10:06:55 AM

HiTechObsessed said:
senkasaw said:
Solid build, except for the psu...the recommended psu for a 770 is 600w.


That PSU is perfect for this build. The system with a 770 in it will draw a max of around 375w with a CPU and GPU overclock.


Yes, it is probably enough, and the power draw for the CPU and GPU likely wont get higher than 375w. I was just referring to the recommended system wattage given by nvidia.
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March 13, 2014 10:08:22 AM

ThatGuy12 said:
HiTechObsessed said:
That's a damn expensive case lol but if you like it, so be it :)  Swapped it for an Intel-based system, as you'll get better overall and slightly better gaming performance.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£161.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.44 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£79.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£67.71 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (£260.14 @ Ebuyer)
Case: NZXT Phantom (White) ATX Full Tower Case (£104.38 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.78 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £799.39
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-13 16:57 GMT+0000)

Everything else looks great. Great PSU choice, HDD choice, GPU choice and RAM choice :) 


are you sure that intel is the better choice, I have researched slightly and the benchmarks that I've seen was that the 8350 performs better than the 4670k.





He is right, intel will perform a bit better...not sure what benchmarks you were looking at. But the 8350 is still good.
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March 13, 2014 10:10:56 AM

I will be playing BF4, Crysis 3, DayZ, Call of duty, Assassin's Creed and a few more games like that.
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March 13, 2014 10:48:15 AM

I doubt any difference in performance between a 4670 and an 8350 would be noticeable for those games.
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a c 284 4 Gaming
March 13, 2014 12:51:37 PM

Yeah, I was referring more to general computing performance, although there is usually a slight edge to the 4670k in terms of gaming as well. Additionally, Intel chips run cooler, meaning quieter as well.
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a b 4 Gaming
March 13, 2014 9:30:20 PM

AMDs usually are louder and take in more power.
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