What would you do...?

battle · Jul 24, 2014

1000GBP to spend after buying a case, mobo (z97) and all other accessories (headphones, keyboard, mouse and wifi).

Games>editing(nothing extreme)>usual stuff

I use 1080p tv, but im planning to buy monitor later this year.

Im thinking about:
i5-i7
780-780ti(msi,gigabyte,asus,evga) or 290-290x (sapphire, asus, msi)
2x4 ram 1600-2133mhz (kingston, g.skill, corsair)
650-750 psu (evga, xfx, seasonic, corsair)
WD caviar blue 1tb, 840 evo 120gb
some decent enough cooling, because Im going to oc
and dvd or blu-ray drive

What are your recommendations?

SlayZombi · Jul 24, 2014

I say go AMD personally. Get an Asus M5 R2.0 pro motherboard and an AMD FX 8350. Much cheaper and just as effective as Intel. Also I would say get a Seagate HDD, WD usually fail.

numanator · Jul 24, 2014

I would say stick to Intel if you can afford it. Do you want to overclock your CPU any?

Byte70 · Jul 24, 2014

SlayZombi :

With the money though, either spend a lot of it getting an i7 or get a lesser CPU but still great CPU, an i5. AMD is not very good for most things, compared to an i5. I do agree on the Seagate HDD though.

battle · Jul 24, 2014

[PCPartPicker part list](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/rBDst6) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/rBDst6/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i74790k) | £227.94 @ Aria PC
**Memory** | [Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-memory-cmz8gx3m2a2133c11b) | £66.45 @ Amazon UK
**Storage** | [Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz7td120bw) | £63.99 @ Maplin Electronics
**Storage** | [Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st1000dm003) | £36.00 @ Aria PC
**Video Card** | [Asus GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB DirectCU II Video Card](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-gtx780tidc2oc3gd5) | £491.99 @ Aria PC
**Power Supply** | [Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-rm750) | £83.99 @ Aria PC
**Optical Drive** | [LG UH12NS30 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/lg-optical-drive-uh12ns30) | £39.99 @ Ebuyer
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available | £1010.35
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-25 01:24 BST+0100 |

Hows that ?

battle · Jul 24, 2014

I would need some recommendations on cooler.

SlayZombi · Jul 24, 2014

Byte70 :

AMD is quite capable though, especially with multi-tasking and gaming.

Outlander_04 · Jul 24, 2014

Byte70 :

You obviously havent used an AMD processor
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fx-8350-vishera-review,3328.html

The FX is ahead in some places , behind in others . For gaming the results are too close to call

and the money you save can be spent on a better graphics card or other hardware

SlayZombi · Jul 24, 2014

Outlander_04 :

Byte70 :

You obviously havent used an AMD processor
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fx-8350-vishera-review,3328.html

The FX is ahead in some places , behind in others . For gaming the results are too close to call

and the money you save can be spent on a better graphics card or other hardware

Agreed Outlander. The FX-8320 (my procesor) does everything I can imagine, and at a fourth of the price of an i7 or even i5.

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