AMD Quad Core FX 4300 with gtx970 OR i5 6400 gtx960

stephensky · Feb 5, 2016

I've got around £600 to spend and obviously I want the best for my money and after scrawling the websites the best prices I can find are on ebuyer.com and have it down to two gaming pc's AMD Quad Core FX 4300 with gtx970 OR i5 6400 gtx960. Ideally wanted the i5 with the gtx 970 but is above budget. Do I choose better cpu or gpu?

Cystash · Feb 5, 2016

It depends on what you want to use the computer for. Is it more for gaming? Or do you have other uses for the pc?

stephensky · Feb 5, 2016

it's for gaming

Cystash · Feb 5, 2016

Ideally you would want the best of both, but if you want to get better frame rate and be able to run in ultra you want a better card. I run a gtx 980 with an amd phenom ii x6 1090t and i get 70-80 fps on gta 5 in ultra. So i would probably go for the build with the 970.

Eximo · Feb 5, 2016

FX4300 is a very poor CPU for a GTX970.

The i5 + 960 would get you better minimum frame rates in more titles.

stephensky · Feb 5, 2016

Thanks, would it be possible to change the FX 4300 to an i5 6400 if bought with these specs -
Processor
AMD Quad Core FX 4300 3.8GHz
Turbo Boost to 4.0GHz
4MB L3 Cache
AMD 970 Chipset
Memory
8GB Kingston DDR3 1600MHz
Configuration 1 x 8GB
Dual Channel Support on 2 DIMMs
Hard Drive
1TB SATA III 6Gb/s 7200rpm

Display
Monitor Not Included
Graphics
4GB Nvidia GEFORCE GTX 970 (DirectX 12)

Power Supply
550W Corsair VS550 PSU

Cystash · Feb 5, 2016

Agreeing with Eximo here, I honestly cant understand why they would sell a build with that low of a cpu and that high of a card together. I only recommended that for the 970.

The only way you would be able to switch it out for the I5 is if the board has Socket AM3/Am3+ and LGA 1151 support.

stephensky · Feb 5, 2016

its a bad set up I know, checked some reviews for the FX 4300 and the i5 6400 beats it by miles but honestly out of the two set ups which would be best for best gaming? Will the FX 4300 drag the gtx 970 down, not allowing it to work to its full potential or is this not affected?

Cystash · Feb 5, 2016

Honestly........ the I5, you could always upgrade the 960 later if need be but that is actually the new skylake I5 if i looked at the correct one.

Eximo · Feb 5, 2016

Intel and AMD systems are not cross compatible if that is what you are asking. Such a build would need a different motherboard, and in this case, memory as well.

stephensky · Feb 5, 2016

links are http://www.ebuyer.com/735885-zoostorm-gaming-desktop-pc-7260-5183 and http://www.ebuyer.com/734657-pc-specialist-fusion-marauder-gaming-pc-pcs-d898143

Thanks for your input

Cystash · Feb 5, 2016

The ZooStorm with the I5 is going to be your best bet for a build. And your best for being able to upgrade it in the future.

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