Which one of these two builds is the best?

Nope111 · Jul 13, 2016

I'm kind of an Nvidia peasant, so I have no idea how good AMD GPUs are, but this one should be newer and better than the GTX960. If I follow the RX 480 build I will not have enough money for an SSD though. However, if I follow the GTX960 build, I will have just enough for an SSD.

RX 480 build:
PSU: Corsair VS550 550W KPC Bulk Edition
CPU: Intel Core i5-6400
Motherboard: ASUS B150M-A
RAM: Crucial DDR4 2133MHz 8GB (2x4GB)
GPU: XFX Radeon RX 480 XXX OC
Storage: Seagate Barracuda® 1TB

GTX960 build:
PSU: Corsair VS550 550W
CPU: Intel Core i5 6402P
Motherboard:Asus B150M-A
RAM: Kingston 8GB DDR4-2133 (2x4GB)
GPU: Asus GeForce GTX960 STRIX 4GB
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SSD + Seagate Barracuda® 1TB

Sooo, which one do you recommend?

MasterMace · Jul 13, 2016

You should wait for the 1060 to hit shelves, and the price of your build should not have a VS550 in their.

Nope111 · Jul 13, 2016

MasterMace :

The 1060 is gonna be way too expensive in my country though. Which PSU do u recommend then? Would a Cooler Master B500 - 500W do?

MasterMace · Jul 13, 2016

I don't know what country you are in to provide you with a recommendation

Nope111 · Jul 13, 2016

MasterMace :

I'm in Denmark. But will the Cooler Master B500 be good enough?

madmatt30 · Jul 13, 2016

You're giving up on GPU power to squeeze a ssd in the second build , apart from that they're identical

On a performance level the RX 480 will just plain decimate the 960 .

& no, if its a straight choice between a cm b series PSU or a corsair vs,stick with the corsair.

logainofhades · Jul 13, 2016

Stick with tier 1 and 2 power supplies. Neither you mentioned are very good. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

Nope111 · Jul 13, 2016

madmatt30 :

There's also a Corsair CX550M - 550W PSU, is this better than the VS550?

madmatt30 · Jul 13, 2016

Consider an i3 6100 & the RX 480 if it can squeeze a ssd back into the build .

madmatt30 · Jul 13, 2016

The new cx550m is a decent PSU, better than the vs or cooler master by a long stretch.

Nope111 · Jul 13, 2016

Alright, this is the build I've come up with:
Corsair CX550M, 550W PSU
Intel Core i5-6400, Socket-LGA1151
ASUS B150M-A, Socket-1151
Crucial DDR4 2133MHz 8GB (2x4GB)
XFX Radeon RX 480 XXX OC
Seagate Barracuda® 1TB
There wasn't enough money to squeeze in an SSD after all, but I think it'll be fine.

madmatt30 · Jul 13, 2016

^ solid build IMO.

Nope111 · Jul 13, 2016

madmatt30 :

I could almost get a 120 GB HyperX Fury SSD if I switched the i5 out with that i3, but I personally don't think it would be worth it, also it goes a little over my budget.

madmatt30 · Jul 13, 2016

No mate , a 120gb ssd isn't really enough anyway .

Stick with what you have , if you're running win 10 fastboot will still boot in under 20 sseconds from a platter drive anyway.

If you've not run a ssd in the past you won't notice the difference

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