AMD FX 8320 with GTX 980 or i5 4590 with GTX 970power

TheBottyan · May 5, 2015

If I get the 980 I will buy a cheaper motherboard than if I were to buy the 970

aviconus · May 5, 2015

What resolution? If 1080, Intel+970. If higher, AMD+980 imo.

RCFProd · May 5, 2015

FX-8320 + GTX 970

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($135.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($79.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($539.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $755.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-05 05:35 EDT-0400

i5-4590 + GTX 970

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($188.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($76.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($329.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $595.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-05 05:36 EDT-0400

Completely different price level.

i5-4590 + GTX 970 is the better deal.

TheBottyan · May 5, 2015

I will be gaming at 1080 resolution

RCFProd · May 5, 2015

Take the i5-4590 + GTX 970.

aviconus · May 5, 2015

Funny, that's what I said in the first response...