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wasdmann

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Okey hello forum, this is my first thread. I want to buy a "gaming" computer in a few weeks but I need your help for my decision. First of all I want to give you my computer specifications:

1. CPU:
AMD FX Series FX-8320 8x 3.50GHz So.AM3+ BOX
Price: 120 €

2. GPU (Graphicscard):
Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 4096MB Dual-X Aktiv PCIe 3.0 x16 (Lite Retail)
Price: 185 €

3. Motherboard:
ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 AMD 970 So.AM3+ Dual Channel DDR3 ATX Retail
Price: 60 €

4. RAM Memory:
8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport XT DDR3-1600 DIMM CL9 Dual Kit
Price: 60 €

5. Power Supply Unit:
600 Watt Corsair CX Series Modular 80+ Bronze
Price: 60 €

6. CPU Cooler:
EKL Alpenföhn Sella tower cooler
Price: 15 €

7. Computer Case:
BitFenix Shinobi USB 3.0 Midi Tower without PSU, black
Price: 50 €

8. Harddrive:
Have my own one, 1TB and it's from seagate I guess.
Price: ---

9. Disk drive:
My own one, LG, black DVD, No blueray but I dont need that.
Price: ---

So, now I have a few questions:

Question 1: What means XMP Support, which is included in the RAM memory that I want to buy. The same Model of Crucial Ballistix Sport costs 15 Euros less but doesn't have XMP Support. Do I need XMP or should I take for these 15 Euros a better RAM memory with more "power".

Question 2: I had a few problems with my older computers, could you like rate this system, do the components work nice together? Or do you have other ideas for my computer?

Question 3: Whats about the peformance would it be fast? Because for such a budget I read in guides that the main part should spend for the graphicscard.

Feel free to give me some other ideas about this system, also critics would be very nice!

- Thank you for helping me. I feel sorry for my English, I am still student.
;)

- wasdmann

 
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1. XMP is used to automatically overclock RAM, XMP isnt needed to OC Ram and its not that difficult to do, its not a feature I would personally pay for but you might be interested in it.

2. Everything looks fine to me, the only part im unfamiliar with is the CPU cooler which could have clearance issues with the ram but I cant really say with any degree of certainty.

3. I would personally go with the 2GB version because the GPU isnt powerful enough to handle much higher than 1080p which is where the 4GB would start to come into play. Heres a benchmark of Crysis 3 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-280x-r9-270x-r7-260x,3635-11.html aswell as a few other games but Crysis 3 should be a good representation of its max performance.
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wasdmann

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Im sorry, I didn't know about PCpartpicker. Heres the system:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($134.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($76.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.43 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 4GB Dual-X Video Card ($227.14 @ Amazon)
Case: BitFenix Shinobi ATX Mid Tower Case ($77.46 @ TigerDirect)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($21.74 @ OutletPC)
Total: $717.73
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-27 14:36 EDT-0400)

I didn't found the cooler, because it's a German company, which could be unknown here. I think the disk drive and the harddrive, which I choose are the same that I have in my PC now.

 
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1. XMP is used to automatically overclock RAM, XMP isnt needed to OC Ram and its not that difficult to do, its not a feature I would personally pay for but you might be interested in it.

2. Everything looks fine to me, the only part im unfamiliar with is the CPU cooler which could have clearance issues with the ram but I cant really say with any degree of certainty.

3. I would personally go with the 2GB version because the GPU isnt powerful enough to handle much higher than 1080p which is where the 4GB would start to come into play. Heres a benchmark of Crysis 3 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-280x-r9-270x-r7-260x,3635-11.html aswell as a few other games but Crysis 3 should be a good representation of its max performance.
 
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wasdmann

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Thank you for the answer, but are the 4gb models not faster than the 2gb ones? I thought more memory would be better. What video card do you recommend for about 270 $? Or should I take a GeForce videocard? And can you recommend me another low budget cooler?

-Wasdmann
 
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The 4GB model is identical to the 2GB model with the exception of amount of VRAM which is good for higher resolutions. In the benchmark i linked above the 270X got an average of 35 frames per second at 2560x1440 with only 2GB of VRAM any higher resolution and the GPU would start to struggle regardless of VRAM. There are other 270Xs that would perform the same or in some cases better for much cheaper. The 270x should be fast enough to handle modern games on high at 1080p without a problem.

$270 is actually a bit of an odd number right now because theres a bit of a gap at that price. From AMD theres the R9 280 than can be found as low as $230, and the 280X which can sometimes get as low as $270 but is normally over $300. From Nvidia theres the GTX 760 which can also go as low as $230 and the GTX 770 which might get below $300 but there arent any in that range right now. I personally own a 280X and its been able to run everything on max that ive thrown at it including Crysis 2, witcher 2 , Far Cry 3 and Metro Last Light at 1080p. It does depend on the deals that you can find in your area though, the GTX 760/R9 280 perform very similarly to each other and the GTX 770/R9 280X perform very similarly to each other as well.

I looked a little more into your CPU cooler and I dont think you will have clearance issues but the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo is a favorite on Tom's. If you want to make sure you wont have any clearance issues you can get low profile ram such as http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f31600c9d8gao they have a lower heat spreader so they wont get in the way of large air coolers.
 
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