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aalpesh1

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Phanteks "enthoo pro series" PH-ES614P_BK black steel / plastic ATX full tower computer case

HDD: WD blue 1TB desktop hard disk drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6gb/s 64md cache 3.5 inch - WD10EZEX - OEM

MOBO: AsRock gaming fatal1ty 990fx killer AM3+/ AM3 AMD 990FX + AMD SB950 SATA 6gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD gaming mother board

GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 970 directx 12 Gtx 970 gaming 4g 4gb 256-bit GDDR5 PCI express 3.0 x16 HDCP ready SLI support g-sync support video card

PSU: Rosewill photon-1050 PHOTON series 1050w full modular power supply, 80 PLUS gold certified, single +12v rail, Intel 4th gen CPU ready, SLI & crossfire ready

Ram: G.skill ripjaws X sersies 8gb (2 X 4gb) 240 pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) desktop memory model f3-12800cl9D-8gbxl

CPU: AMD FX-9590 vishera 8-core 4.7 GHz socket AM3+ 220w FD9590FHHKWOF desktop processor - black edition

CPU Cooler: Corsair hydro series GTX extreme performance water/liquid CPU cooler 240mm
 
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What is this for? It looks like a gaming rig, but the priorities are all wrong. If it's for a workstation, you don't have enough memory. You're looking at close to $1000 for what is, frankly, a mediocre setup.

1. You can get more performance for less money, heat and noise from an Intel chip (and I'm an AMD fan....).
2. You have a top-end CPU and video card picked out, and mid-range memory.
3. You have an over-powered, off-brand PSU.

Try this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($92.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 16GB (2...
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What is this for? It looks like a gaming rig, but the priorities are all wrong. If it's for a workstation, you don't have enough memory. You're looking at close to $1000 for what is, frankly, a mediocre setup.

1. You can get more performance for less money, heat and noise from an Intel chip (and I'm an AMD fan....).
2. You have a top-end CPU and video card picked out, and mid-range memory.
3. You have an over-powered, off-brand PSU.

Try this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($92.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($294.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $793.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-07 22:52 EST-0500

That's almost $200 cheaper (I didn't pick out a case, just pick something that looks cool; I like NZXT), with a faster, cooler, quieter CPU, twice the memory with lower latency, a SSD to speed up the OS, and a higher quality PSU with plenty of juice.

About the only thing the AMD chip is faster at is video encoding, but you could get a Xeon for not much more money that would clean its clock.
 
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