Going To Building This PC, Advice On Parts Selected?

[Jamescarroll1994]

Hello again, so I'm just ordering parts to build my PC in a couple of weeks and have a finalised parts list. I want to be able to stream games at 720p direct to Twitch and also the option to play games which I'm not streaming at 1080p at Ultra Settings getting 30+ FPS. Maybe possibly recording for Youtube. I upped my budget a bit and I have selected the following parts;

FX-8350
GTX 760
Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard
Kingston Fury Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case

This comes to around £500, if I have any extra(I'm selling some bits, well trying) I'll be getting a Samsung 120/128GB SSD also to boot Windows from. I just wanted advice on whether or not this is a strong enough build for what I want to achieve. If people have any suggestions to swap things out for a similar or lower priced product then please comment, but this is currently at the top end of my budget.

Thanks for looking everyone!

 

[Woody1999]

For £500 you can get a slightly better PC, with a much better motherboard and a higher quality power supply.

As for the CPU - the FX-6300 is fine for gaming. With this amazing motherboard and a decent cooler like the Aidos you should get a good overclock out of it. Comparable in gaming performance to a low end i5, which would cost almost double the amount.

8GB of RAM as normal, a 1TB hard drive as normal, but a much better PSU, made by Seasonic, and a high quality and good looking case.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£74.89 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK AIDOS 48.6 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£15.12 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£69.00 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£51.54 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£149.14 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£50.95 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £484.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-09 13:38 BST+0100

Woody

 

[sadams04]

CPU - It is OK but it needs to be overclocked. Don't forget an aftermarket CPU cooler.
GPU - Prior generation. Look toward the GTX 960 or 970
MEM - Fine as long as the latency is no higher than the standard of CL9 (at that frequency).
PSU - No. Nothing fro Corsair that starts with C or Builder. XFX or Seasonic, then if needed look toward Antec or EVGA B2 or Supernova.

The Intel setup below would be better all around...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£144.00 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£60.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£50.77 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (£164.99 @ Novatech)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£33.85 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£38.94 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.50 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £542.38

 

[Jamescarroll1994]

For £500 you can get a slightly better PC, with a much better motherboard and a higher quality power supply.

As for the CPU - the FX-6300 is fine for gaming. With this amazing motherboard and a decent cooler like the Aidos you should get a good overclock out of it. Comparable in gaming performance to a low end i5, which would cost almost double the amount.

8GB of RAM as normal, a 1TB hard drive as normal, but a much better PSU, made by Seasonic, and a high quality and good looking case.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£74.89 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK AIDOS 48.6 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£15.12 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£69.00 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£51.54 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£149.14 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£50.95 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £484.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-09 13:38 BST+0100

Woody

Thanks for the speedy reply, I preferably don't wish to overclock my CPU and researched for hours regarding the CPU choice, going on a lot of opinions and not wanting intel(price) I found the 8350 would be best for streaming and gaming.

I like the case and definitely will be building with that. Is that video card better than the GTX 760? And would 550w be suitable for my needs as if that PSU is of better quality then I'll have that as it's not much different in price to my selection. Thanks again.

 

[Jamescarroll1994]

CPU - It is OK but it needs to be overclocked. Don't forget an aftermarket CPU cooler.
GPU - Prior generation. Look toward the GTX 960 or 970
MEM - Fine as long as the latency is no higher than the standard of CL9 (at that frequency).
PSU - No. Nothing fro Corsair that starts with C or Builder. XFX or Seasonic, then if needed look toward Antec or EVGA B2 or Supernova.

The Intel setup below would be better all around...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£144.00 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£60.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£50.77 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (£164.99 @ Novatech)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£33.85 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£38.94 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.50 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £542.38

Hi bud thanks for the reply. Which GPU would be better than the 760 for a similar price? Would 450w be enough? And I preferably don't want an Intel processor for the moment, due to the cost but will build one eventually... Nice case though!

 

[sadams04]

Hi bud thanks for the reply. Which GPU would be better than the 760 for a similar price? Would 450w be enough? And I preferably don't want an Intel processor for the moment, due to the cost but will build one eventually... Nice case though!

The GTX 960 is above the GTX 760 on the performance charts. In the AMD space, this would be similar to the R9 280 / 280x.

A 450w PSU is plenty of power for the GTX 960 (or 970 for that matter). The R9 280 / 280x requires a bit more power so the 550w PSU makes sense if going with an AMD GPU.

There is no advantage to going with the AMD setup. The cost is very much the same and since you are not interested in overclocking, the CPU performance will be behind a non-overclocked Intel i5 like the 4460. The build below shows this as the main changes are with the MB+CPU. The AMD system will need an aftermarket CPU cooler since the AMD ones are horrible. The memory change is a wash from a cost perspective, however the AMD platform does see gains from the faster modules. I still think you are better off with Intel...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£127.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£69.56 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£54.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (£164.99 @ Novatech)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£33.85 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£38.94 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.50 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £563.15

 

[sora]

I personally think that I would go with an XFX 550W or Seasonic 520W power supply for the GTX 960 or R9 280 to be safe.

 

[sadams04]

I personally think that I would go with an XFX 550W or Seasonic 520W power supply for the GTX 960 or R9 280 to be safe.

That would be a welcome swap, but not needed. With the GTX 960, the power draw on the Intel system is right at 300w. The R9 280 needs more power than the GTX 960, but only increases total draw around 350w. If the final build is on the AM3+ platform (which uses more power than the comparable Intel build), then this would absolutely dictate a 550w PSU.

 

[Woody1999]

Hang on, if you're not looking at overclocking at all then I recommend a high end i3 like the 4160 or, if you're insane, the 4370. They offer similar performance to a stock FX-8350 (with vastly better single threaded performance countered by better multithreaded performance) without the need to overclock. If you're really looking for 4 cores or more, then get a cheapo i5.

For an i5 build, this is what I suggest:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£144.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI H97M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£59.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£48.23 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£149.14 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£14.50 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£51.54 @ Aria PC)
Total: £505.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-10 19:56 BST+0100

Woody

 

[sora]

I personally think that I would go with an XFX 550W or Seasonic 520W power supply for the GTX 960 or R9 280 to be safe.

That would be a welcome swap, but not needed. With the GTX 960, the power draw on the Intel system is right at 300w. The R9 280 needs more power than the GTX 960, but only increases total draw around 350w. If the final build is on the AM3+ platform (which uses more power than the comparable Intel build), then this would absolutely dictate a 550w PSU.

The Corsair CX series still uses poor capacitors.