$750 intel vs $700 amd gaming PC?

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Ok... I've been doing research for the past freaking 10 hours now and these are pretty much the 2 builds im looking at.. AMD vs Intel, which is better? And which is more future proofer?

AMD Build:

Phenom II x4 965 BE $90

MSI mobo with 970 chipset $83

Case $26

2x2 crucial 1866 ram $30

ICE Q HD 7870 2gb GDDR5 Ghz edition $220

Corsair CX500M PSU $68

Seagate 7200rpm 1TB sata 3 Hard drive $80

Total $597

Total + taxes + shipping = $708.15

 

Intel build:

Intel core i5 3570k $227

case $26

Seagate 1tb 7200rpm Hard drive $80

HD 7770 1GB GDDR5 $115

Corsair cx500m PSU $68

BIOstar z77 mobo + 1x8gb ddr3 1600mhz ram $119

total: $635

total + taxes + shipping = $748

 

Which build is better? Is there anything I could change?

Thx

 

PS: The reason im getting a Z77 mobo is so I can do major overclocking and because im going to upgrade to haswell or who knows what in 2-3 years.

 

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Hey, interesting choices. I wonder just how much you have to spend in total for your system. The graphics card for you AMD build is very nice. I know because I have one. Any chance you could afford to put that card in you Intel build? Don’t get me wrong the HD 7770 is a nice enough cards but the Ice Q is a very nice card to add to a system. The Intel chip is much more transferable if and when you update your motherboard. Personally I would go with the Intel build. It’s just my 2 cents worth but that’s what you were asking for. Whichever way you go, have fun and enjoy your build.

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Would the intel i3 3220 be good enough? I could pop in an hd 7870 if I switched to the i3

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i would go whit the amd for upgrade purpuse more futur prouf

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Well the amd build would be the best for gaming. The best build would be a $750 amd build, swap that crappy 965 for an fx 6300 and spend $20 on the 7870XT which is infinately better than the 7870ghz. You live in america presumably?

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/EOZC

I even had room for a highend cooler, 600W psu, 8gb of ram, and the 6300. 

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Canada eh?

also every single person recommends that case :(  its discontinued in Canada 

Also, what would happen if I switch the i5 for an i3 3220? and then upgrade the GPU to a 7850?

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The FX-6300 is a much better choice for your AMD CPU. It is very overclockable and the socket will be available in a wide variety of higher end motherboards. I’m using a FX-6300 along with a Gigabyte board and so far no problems at all. Skip the i3 as it is a bit of a step backwards with the builds you have in mind.

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i have the amd fx 6300 and a intel i5 2500k all im saying is the amd side is realy a good option like evo80ci dont go whit a i3 cputhe amd fx 6300 is a beast and at the curent price point it a steel if you waunt to know how well some game would run just tell me and i whill be happy to do some benchmark

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go with a FX-6300 and a 7870 LE or XT

the AMD build is much more future proof and upgradeable as socket 1155 for intel is being discontinued with haswell this year

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Meet in the middle of both and could do a 6300 + 7850?! Idk. Just trying to keep your prices down, shame shipping is so much. Get dual channel memory though.

 

 

 

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i think the AMD would win in 9/10 games the only games the intel would beat the phenom would be in games that take the advantage of the CPU not GPU