AMD BUILD High RES/Performance gaming/reliability?

Ashley1993 · Jun 14, 2014

Hey guys, looking to build myself pc that will run any game on the market at on high settings/ handle my cad work as well.. this is what i got so far please offer suggestions as im new and this will be my first build.. around 1500-1700..

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($239.00 @ CPL Online)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($149.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($179.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($99.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($68.00 @ CPL Online)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($479.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Enforcer ATX Mid Tower Case ($96.00 @ CPL Online)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($99.00 @ CPL Online)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($23.00 @ PLE Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($115.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Total: $1635.00

C12Friedman · Jun 14, 2014

That does look to be a high performing AMD build - I'd expect playable performance at full ultra settings in all but a very few current games at 1080p

Nuckles_56 · Jun 14, 2014

This is the build I would go with in your case, I know that you can't overclock it and it is an intel based build but it will perform better than the one you have selected

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($295.00 @ PCCaseGear)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($39.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Motherboard: ASRock H87 Performance ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($124.00 @ PLE Computers)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($89.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($89.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($67.00 @ CPL Online)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($479.00 @ CPL Online)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Enforcer ATX Mid Tower Case ($96.00 @ CPL Online)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($145.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($23.00 @ PLE Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($115.00 @ CPL Online)
Total: $1650.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-14 15:13 EST+1000

Ashley1993 · Jun 14, 2014

im not a amd or intel fanboy so any build is nice
i do like your build tho

Ashley1993 · Jun 14, 2014

@ friedman are you saying its a good build for gaming except a few games ? if so what games would it struggle with and what will i need to rectify this?

Nuckles_56 · Jun 14, 2014

Battlefield 4 is really tough on AMD processors and often means that rigs which get good frame rates in most games have to drop the quality down a notch to maintain framerates, Starcraft 2 is also bad for AMD processors because it has a distinct preference for intel for some reason that I can't remember right now

C12Friedman · Jun 14, 2014

Both games mentioned by Nuckles_56 are what I had considered but a little research showed more than a few people playing BF4 happily at 60-80fps (some even showing 100fps but unverifiable quality) with very similar AMD rigs. A few people were not getting that kind of performance but I'm sure there are variables that we cannot take into account. StarCraft and BF4 are very CPU intensive (more-so than most) which does give the advantage to an Intel build and where Knuckles' build would shine

Ashley1993 · Jun 14, 2014

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/Bpnyqs
Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/Bpnyqs/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($269.00 @ PCCaseGear)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-C14 CPU Cooler ($92.00 @ CPL Online)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($198.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($98.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($68.00 @ CPL Online)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290X 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($649.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Case: Cubitek Mini Cube Mini ITX Tower Case ($69.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Platinum 650W 80+ Platinum Certified ATX Power Supply ($132.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($23.00 @ PLE Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($115.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Total: $1802.00

What about this?

Ashley1993 · Jun 14, 2014

OOPPS that was a muck around hah PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/nb6pmG
Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/nb6pmG/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($269.00 @ Mwave Australia)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-C14 CPU Cooler ($92.00 @ CPL Online)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($198.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($98.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($68.00 @ CPL Online)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($579.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Scout 2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($115.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Platinum 650W 80+ Platinum Certified ATX Power Supply ($132.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($23.00 @ PLE Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($115.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Total: $1778.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-14 20:14 EST+1000

Nuckles_56 · Jun 14, 2014

That build looks really good, the only thing I would consider changing is the 1TB hard drive to a WD Blue drive as it is a much quieter drive

Ashley1993 · Jun 14, 2014

SO i sat dow nand had a long hard think with a good mate, and came up with this..

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/R9gFK8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/R9gFK8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($385.00 @ PCCaseGear)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($39.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($198.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($99.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($68.00 @ CPL Online)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($479.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.00 @ CPL Online)
Power Supply: Cooler Master VSM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($125.00 @ CPL Online)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($23.00 @ PLE Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($115.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($17.99 @ Mwave Australia)
Total: $1686.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-15 02:58 EST+1000

Ashley1993 · Jun 14, 2014

thanks knuckles.Iim honestly not to fussed about the sound from the pc. as mine run music outloud 24/7

i did think about a quieter drive but not overlay fussed. thanks tho would love imput on the previous build, i ended up shying away from amd purely because of cpu and gpu temperatures get really high. and i dont really wanna go liquid cooling for first build

Ashley1993 · Jun 14, 2014

oh and before ppl comment on my motherbord, i am building a pc that i can over clock sli xfire later on in its life

as for the 770 ih ave gone that because its almost pretty much equivalent or better then most 780's other then the 780ti's. which i can justify for the 700+ price tag

Ashley1993 · Jun 14, 2014

can't justift the 780ti's sorry""

Nuckles_56 · Jun 14, 2014

why are you sorry about not being able to justify a 780ti, especially seeing as you won't need it for gaming at 1080p. Just so you are aware, you will have a harder time getting a good overclock with the cooler master 212 EVO than the noctura CPU cooler as the 212 EVO really struggles with haswell CPU's. I would also stick with the i5 as no games make a i7 worthwhile and just save the money or stick with the 780 instead.

C12Friedman · Jun 14, 2014

Another thing to point out is that hyper-threading adds heat in itself so if trying to run 8 cores, you'll throttle faster than on 4 so overclocks would be lower than the i5 unless hyper-threading is disabled and then you've defeated the purpose of the i7. There are a few instances where the extra cores offered by hyper-threading are beneficial, gaming is not currently one of them

Ashley1993 · Jun 14, 2014

i agree knuckless but i might not have mentions that i do abit of cad work, auto cad, solid works. also i was under the impression the the newer games from this year would start to breach into the i7's world. IE watch dogs lol in saying that the price difference for i5 to i7 is a $100.. Im only going air cooler for now as i dont really plan on overclocking for awhile(itll probably never happen).. i could very well get a i5 3.5 and liquid cooler and overclock it to 4.0 and run it every day all day

Ashley1993 · Jun 14, 2014

In saying that if i went into the i5. in my mind id probably look a the MSI GeForce GTX 770 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card but id get 2 in sli form.. that would be a nice rig that would definitely chew games to peices. i guess i basically wanan build a rig that i dont have to touch for a couple years.

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