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Micklar2010

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This will be the second time that I will be building my own rig an was after your thoughts on what these will produce in terms of performance.

Both units are for gaming one budget an one not so much. It's hard to say what will be played on this in the future but currently the budget one will be used for games like next car game, minecraft, fallout, sims, watch dogs (if possible) the.second unit will play these and needed for java work, video rendering and other work.

So your thoughts please.

Budget,
CPU: AMD FX-4350
• Graphics: MSI Radeon R9 270
• RAM: 8GB PC3-12800C9 1600MHz DDR3
• Motherboard: GIGABYTE AMD 760G Chipset
• Cooler: AMD Socket AM3+ CPU Cooler
• Audio: Onboard High Definition Audio
• Case: BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower Gaming Case
• PSU: 430W Corsair Builder Series CX430M Modular 80+ Bronze
• Optical Drive: LiteOn DVDRW Dual Layer DVD
• Hard Drive: 1TB Seagate Hard Drive
• Operating System: Windows 8.1 64bit

More powerful,
CPU: AMD FX-8350
• Graphics: AMD Radeon R9-290 4GB GDDR5
• RAM: 16GB 1800MHz DDR3
• Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD5
• Cooler: Scythe Ashura Performance CPU Cooler
• HD Audio: Onboard High Definition Audio
• Case: Sharkoon Bulldozer Black/Green Midi Tower Window Gaming Case
• PSU: 850W Corsair Builder 80+ Silver Power Supply
• Optical Drive: LiteOn DVDRW Dual Layer DVD Rewrite
• SSD: 240GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD
• HDD: 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM
• Operating System: Windows 8.1 64bit.

Looking for your thoughts on the gaming capabilities of the budget rig and any thoughts on changes for the more powerful rig. Thanks.
 
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Enthusiast build all the way...no question.

To save some money, you could remove the SSD (Windows 8.1 boots so fast anyways) and go to 8GB of 1600Mhz memory instead of the 16GB 1800Mhz.

The biggest performance bumps between the two are obviously the 8350 and r9 290...and worth every penny IMO.
 
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GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD5 is great for oc. imho you should get a fx8320 + good cpu cooler. And make sure you buy a R9 290 no-reference cooler.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($143.98 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($156.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($70.32 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($104.67 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($418.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 750W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1324.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-18 12:41 EDT-0400
 
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Micklar2010

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Thanks for your replies.

I think I was not quite clear enough after I re-read my post, I'm actually building both rigs as one is for my son the other is for me, I'm new to using AMD an Radeon cards which is why I was asking what sort of gaming performance you reckon the smaller rig would get.

The second more powerful rig can be changed if needed, but I think for what I'm doing with it this set up would work?? In concerns to reducing the ram I always understood that more would help with renderings??

I'm still very new to all the builds like mentioned this will only be the second time I'm building my own rigs. :)
 
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This particular rig is just over £500 so that's about the budget. If I can save money that would be better, but as the smaller rig is going to be predominantly for gaming I'm interested in the best performance for around £500. Thanks.
 
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Best performance £500 gaming build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£125.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H81 Pro BTC ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£29.99 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Kingston HyperX T1 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£38.37 @ PC World Business)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£127.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.65 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£36.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (£11.27 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£54.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £498.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-20 14:46 BST+0100
 
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