Which of these builds would you do?

[Pghkevy]

In another post, i asked for suggestions on a build with a 1300 dollar budget.

I've come up with two variants One, an Amd build, one a Intel build.

Please tell me which you would do thanks.

First the amd build:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/p2zY

and then the intel build.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/p2U9

so which would you suggest, and with the one you suggest would you make any changes?

 

[butremor]

Your amd build is wrong... You have two GPUs: in cpu and discrete. Thats just money wasting.

Here's rational amd build:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/p4AO

 

[Pghkevy]

that was a mistake, thanks for pointing it out

 

[manofchalk]

Between Your Intel and Tremor's AMD build, your Intel.
Though it may be better just because you have sunk $400 more into it.

 

[Z1NONLY]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/p4AO

If you are willing to spend ~1200 for the Intel build, add a second 7950 (cross fire) to the AMD build listed above, and you will bury the $1200 Intel build in most games.

Or you could go with a 680 and a small SSD for your OS (again with the AMD build), and still outperform the intel build in games.

 

[BreadWhistle]

So pretty much you are just asking which GPU is better. 7850 vs 7950. I think the answer is obvious, the 7950. I'm not even comparing the A10-5800K to the i5 3570K as the difference is night and day between the two.

 

[Pghkevy]

actually as far as graphics and games, i'm not a gamer, well i am but console games. im not a pc gamer. This build is mainly for ripping and burning and converting movies and just basic stuff. I need power that can convert differnt formats FAST and storage. I already have the storage which is why i didnt list any.

 

[Z1NONLY]

8-core AMD Pile Driver and a decent video card should do that well. ^

 

[manofchalk]

So why have you specced a gaming rig?

Get an i7, 16GB of RAM and a fairly weak Nvidia GPU you can harness for its CUDA.

 

[BreadWhistle]

Yep. This is where the 8 core FX CPU's finally shine. Just get a FX-8350/8320, overclock that puppy a bit, and pair it with maybe a GTX 650ti or a HD 7850 if you want the extra power.

 

[Pghkevy]

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