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Best motherboard, cpu and ram I can get in my budget.

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June 15, 2014 8:26:05 AM

What is the best CPU, Motherboard and RAM can I get on a budget of £315?

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I do a lot of gaming so a good cpu for gaming would be nice :) 

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June 15, 2014 8:29:15 AM

Intel Core i5-4590, MSI Z87-G45 and corsair vengeance pro 8GB 1866mhz
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June 15, 2014 8:42:00 AM

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£176.39 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£74.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£63.50 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £314.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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The CPU is practically an i7-4770 without integrated graphics and with ~3% less performance (lower clocks).
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June 15, 2014 9:00:44 AM

Eduello said:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£176.39 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£74.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£63.50 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £314.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-15 16:41 BST+0100

The CPU is practically an i7-4770 without integrated graphics and with ~3% less performance (lower clocks).


My brother is suggesting that I go for an AMD build and go for the 8350 because "it has more cores and higher clock"... what does this mean and what makes the intel i5 better? Kinda new to this area.
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June 15, 2014 9:07:01 AM

Watch this, it explains cores and threads pretty well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnS50lJicXc
As far as clock speeds go, you can't really compare AMD and Nvidia (Intel has stronger cores).

The FX-8350 is about equal to the i5-4670k, so the Xeon E3-1230 V3 should be a lot stronger than the FX-8350.
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