Hello I am building a primarily gaming PC and I have two options lined up. They are both mini-itx and I only plan to play certain games at 1080p on medium settings w/o AA (rough guess).
I will list the two sets of main parts and under those I will list peripherals/misc parts that will apply to both 'builds'. Your challenge is to convince me which is the better option without resulting to the 'fanboy fallacies' as I like to call them.
Option #1
In the red corner..
cpu: AMD A10 7850k
motherboard: ASRock FM2A88X-ITX+
ram: Corsair Dominator Platinum 2400 2x8gb
Option #2
.. and in the blue corner
cpu: Intel Pentium 'Anniversary Edition' G3258
motherboard: ASUS Z97I-PLUS
ram: Corsair Dominator Platinum 2400 2x8gb
graphics: Galaxy GeForce GTX 750 Ti Slim OC 2GB
Peripheral/Misc items (applies to both options)
storage: WD Black 1TB 3.5in HDD , Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD
os: Windows 8.1 64bit
psu: Silverstone Nightjar 520w fanless (new version)
headphones: Steelseries Siberia V2
keyboard: Steelseries Apex Raw
mouse: Steelseries Sensei Raw
mousepad: Artisan Hayabusa/Hayate x/soft
thermal comp: Arctic Silver 5
case: Bitfenix Prodigy
fan controller: Bitfenix Recon
fans: Bitfenix Spectre Pro
modem: D-Link DSL-277
cpu cooler: Cooler-Master Hyper 412 Slim
Also I will be overclocking whichever one I go for. I know the Pentium overclocks very well and can reach 4.6GHz to 4.8Ghz. Here are the pros for each:
7850k: -Quad Core -3.7Ghz base (4.0 boost) -HSA architecture -GCN arch. -Mantle
G3258: -Crazy overclock for 2 cores: 3.2Ghz to 4.8Ghz -Intel -price -Z97 platform
Lastly the games I will be playing are not that intensive. If you have any advice/part changes please tell me and justify it.
I will list the two sets of main parts and under those I will list peripherals/misc parts that will apply to both 'builds'. Your challenge is to convince me which is the better option without resulting to the 'fanboy fallacies' as I like to call them.
Option #1
In the red corner..
cpu: AMD A10 7850k
motherboard: ASRock FM2A88X-ITX+
ram: Corsair Dominator Platinum 2400 2x8gb
Option #2
.. and in the blue corner
cpu: Intel Pentium 'Anniversary Edition' G3258
motherboard: ASUS Z97I-PLUS
ram: Corsair Dominator Platinum 2400 2x8gb
graphics: Galaxy GeForce GTX 750 Ti Slim OC 2GB
Peripheral/Misc items (applies to both options)
storage: WD Black 1TB 3.5in HDD , Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD
os: Windows 8.1 64bit
psu: Silverstone Nightjar 520w fanless (new version)
headphones: Steelseries Siberia V2
keyboard: Steelseries Apex Raw
mouse: Steelseries Sensei Raw
mousepad: Artisan Hayabusa/Hayate x/soft
thermal comp: Arctic Silver 5
case: Bitfenix Prodigy
fan controller: Bitfenix Recon
fans: Bitfenix Spectre Pro
modem: D-Link DSL-277
cpu cooler: Cooler-Master Hyper 412 Slim
Also I will be overclocking whichever one I go for. I know the Pentium overclocks very well and can reach 4.6GHz to 4.8Ghz. Here are the pros for each:
7850k: -Quad Core -3.7Ghz base (4.0 boost) -HSA architecture -GCN arch. -Mantle
G3258: -Crazy overclock for 2 cores: 3.2Ghz to 4.8Ghz -Intel -price -Z97 platform
Lastly the games I will be playing are not that intensive. If you have any advice/part changes please tell me and justify it.