New budget Gaming build help amd or Intel

[deadangel56]

So I'm building my first gaming pc, and I'm trying to keep the budget as low as possible whilst maintaining good performance. if you have any feed back on the builds (AMD & Intel try to be impartial) how to save a bit of money or a better component at the same price please say. my budget £500 - £600 as I will also need to get monitor/key board etc.

The builds are

Cpu: Intel i5 3350p or AMD FX 6300
Mobo: AsRock z77 pro 3 or Gigabyte GA970A D3
GPU: HD 7870 (saving money as the games I want are in the never settle)
RAM: Mushkin essential 8gb or patriot Viper 8gb
PSU: Corsair CX430 non modular version
Case: either xigmatec Asgard pro or coolermaster elite 335 upgraded
Memory: 1tb Seagate hdd
wirless network: TP-Link TL-WN822N 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0
And windows 8 OS

totals are £605. for intel and £550 for amd

thanks for the help I really appreciate it.

 

[RazerZ]

I would go for the AMD build. Here's one I made for a budget build, and it has a better GPU than yours. Total is £606.62.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£85.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
Motherboard: ASRock 970 EXTREME4 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£74.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£62.28 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£46.80 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card (£199.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Zalman Z12 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£54.68 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£12.86 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.66 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £606.62
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-22 17:54 BST+0100)

 

[deadangel56]

The build looks great. would the cpu bottle next the GPU though?

 

[RazerZ]

The build looks great. would the cpu bottle next the GPU though?

No the CPU won't.