Pc building for my friend in march

John_The_Channel_Unnamed · Feb 6, 2017

Making my friends PC,
i know how to build it and ive got most of the build lined up apart from the processor choice.

Ive got a budget for 535-585 for the whole pc.

(Already paid for 64 bit windows 10)

Currently my choice has been The FX8350 but ive been receiving alot of bad reviews about it, what should i go for?

He said he only really wants to play overwatch on the PC and hes going to be using a 60hz moniter so aslong as its stable without dropping more than 10 FPS, it wont matter too much.

kanewolf · Feb 6, 2017

Zen will JUST be coming onto the market in March. Not an optimum time to buy new AMD (Zen) or old AMD (FX). IF you have to buy in March, the best recommendation to make right now is Intel. Either a hyperthreaded Celeron or i3.

The Paladin · Feb 6, 2017

dont not bother with FX series CPU's you will pay same price for FX8350 then a more powerful I5 6500

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock B250M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($55.10 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.33 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card ($139.99 @ B&H)
Case: Thermaltake Core V21 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($57.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 350W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($31.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $603.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-06 21:39 EST-0500

Shade the Wolf · Feb 6, 2017

The Paladin :

The Pentium G4560 is also an option. It's a Kaby Lake Processor with hyperthreading (four threads) for half the price of the Core i3 at around the same specs just a slightly lower clock sped - 3.5 GHz as opposed to 3.7/3.9 (6100/7100) And since you picked a 200 series chipset for the guy, he could always upgrade to an i5 later.

Supahos · Feb 6, 2017

Come back in March and ask again ryzen will affect the market a lot when it shows up March 2nd. Wait and see if either Intel drops prices or ryzen is cheaper and equal

John_The_Channel_Unnamed · Feb 7, 2017

Thanks guys for the response, can I get an exact release day for RYZEN as I'm trying to sort arrangements for dates of building and purchasing.

kanewolf · Feb 7, 2017

End of Feb or early March. There is no specific date officially announced.

John_The_Channel_Unnamed · Feb 7, 2017

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The Paladin :

Never seen a i5 for the same price as a fx8350 or even near. fx8350 being £140 and the i5 you said being £200

Supahos · Feb 7, 2017

Ryzen will be out on March 3rd at the latest. They have a conference with a title "optimizing applications for the newly released ryzen CPU" or something like that on March 3rd

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