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February 1, 2013 11:58:02 PM

These are all the parts http://pcpartpicker.com/p/AVry, let me know what you guys think.

Also, the build does not include storage or optical, and the deal on the PSU expires in a few days. :bounce: 

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February 2, 2013 12:08:37 AM

Well, based on this: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/699?vs=677 it looks like the AMD chip generally outperforms a similarly-priced i3, and that's before it is overclocked (if you desire to do so).
Your PSU is a more powerful than you need, but may also be of lower quality than I typically recommend. While I usually suggest Seasonic, a good balance of price to performance may be this 550W modular Rosewill instead: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... which is about $10-$15 less than a Seasonic of similar size.
If you are interested in overclocking, or want a quieter cooler, I recommend the Xigmatek Gaia: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... which is $5 cheaper than the oft-suggested CM Hyper EVO, but cools within 1C (i.e. the error margin) and is 6dB quieter (per Frostytech reviews). It also comes with two sets of soft silicon fan mounts.
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February 2, 2013 12:17:40 AM

Onus said:

If you are interested in overclocking, or want a quieter cooler, I recommend the Xigmatek Gaia: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... which is $5 cheaper than the oft-suggested CM Hyper EVO, but cools within 1C (i.e. the error margin) and is 6dB quieter (per Frostytech reviews). It also comes with two sets of soft silicon fan mounts.



Stop dissing the cooler, i don't know what you have against it, but it's just irrational.
Here's some reviews :

http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/cm_hyper212_evo...
http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/cooler_master_hype...
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Cooler-Master-Hy...

Xigmatek : http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Xigmatek-Gaia-CP...
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February 2, 2013 12:18:09 AM

django's power supply is a much better choice

Stick with the 990FXA UD3 IMO , or find some middle ground with a board like the Asrock 970 Extreme4 [ actually has a 990X chipset and can crossfire at 8x/8x ]
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February 2, 2013 12:21:47 AM

ASRock has some nice boards, but I don't think that is one of them. It is a 770-chipset board (old tech) with a misleading name. SATA 6Gb/s and USB3.0 are provided by tacked-on controllers rather than the chipset. For $10 more (there's a promo code on it), I'd get this Asus instead: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
The Intel build is pretty good as is (except for the cooler; the 212+ does not cool as well as the Gaia, and is louder). An i5 should match or exceed the FX, unless you overclock it.
Edit: My post got in late. The ASRock board I don't like was mentioned a few posts back, not the last one; that's a good one.
I diss CM products in general because, not only are their competitors generally equal or better, CM has been proven in competent technical reviews to be dishonest. Their cases and coolers could be made of mithril, and I could not ethically recommend them. Of course, ymmv, and I'm not saying the cooler is bad, just that the company is.
I have not had any trouble with the mounting on my Gaias, and they keep my CPUs cool enough that I no longer even bother monitoring them. Cranking up HWMonitor just now, my cores are 27C-32C.
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February 2, 2013 12:31:32 AM

Onus said:
ASRock has some nice boards, but I don't think that is one of them. It is a 770-chipset board (old tech) with a misleading name. SATA 6Gb/s and USB3.0 are provided by tacked-on controllers rather than the chipset. For $10 more (there's a promo code on it), I'd get this Asus instead: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
The Intel build is pretty good as is (except for the cooler; the 212+ does not cool as well as the Gaia, and is louder). An i5 should match or exceed the FX, unless you overclock it.
Edit: My post got in late. The ASRock board I don't like was mentioned a few posts back, not the last one; that's a good one.
I diss CM products in general because, not only are their competitors generally equal or better, CM has been proven in competent technical reviews to be dishonest. Their cases and coolers could be made of mithril, and I could not ethically recommend them. Of course, ymmv, and I'm not saying the cooler is bad, just that the company is.
I have not had any trouble with the mounting on my Gaias, and they keep my CPUs cool enough that I no longer even bother monitoring them. Cranking up HWMonitor just now, my cores are 27C-32C.



I agree its important to stick with 970 and 990 series chipsets if you want the best chance of compatibility with future AMD processors .

It would be unwise to buy djangos suggested mb just because it is cheap
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February 2, 2013 12:39:00 AM

I'm not planning for a new build because I did this just for fun just to let you know.
The main purpose is for people to look at this topic as a reference if they want to make they're own build.
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February 2, 2013 12:40:01 AM

Onus said:
Well, based on this: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/699?vs=677 it looks like the AMD chip generally outperforms a similarly-priced i3, and that's before it is overclocked (if you desire to do so).
Your PSU is a more powerful than you need, but may also be of lower quality than I typically recommend. While I usually suggest Seasonic, a good balance of price to performance may be this 550W modular Rosewill instead: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... which is about $10-$15 less than a Seasonic of similar size.
If you are interested in overclocking, or want a quieter cooler, I recommend the Xigmatek Gaia: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... which is $5 cheaper than the oft-suggested CM Hyper EVO, but cools within 1C (i.e. the error margin) and is 6dB quieter (per Frostytech reviews). It also comes with two sets of soft silicon fan mounts.


The PSU is only 60 bucks with the promo code and it looks solid.
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February 2, 2013 12:41:08 AM

Then why post it ?
And it's not a good psu, there're better alternatives.
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February 2, 2013 12:42:32 AM

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It's not that great, i wouldn't trust that psu, you're spending too much on the motherboard and less on the card, here's a better deal : http://pcpartpicker.com/p/AVy4

or a intel build : http://pcpartpicker.com/p/AVzh


One thing is that I'm not sure on the chip-set. Also, the motherboard only has 1 PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot.
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February 2, 2013 12:44:37 AM

It's pointless now that's not make any difference, but yes, there're other motherboards, that one is decent.
You could just switch the motherboard for a msi, asrock,etc from 970 chipset.
The cooler is fine, cooler master psus are terrible, but the cases and coolers are fine.
The i5 is still better, if it was really to recommend to someone, i honestly recommended the i5.
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