$800(Canadian) PC Build! Is this any good? (Gaming PC)

Hardware Build a PC
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CPU: AMD FX-6300

GPU: Asus GTX 660

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Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 R2.0

Case: Thermaltake Commander MS-I Snow Edition

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 64 MB Cache 72000 RPM

G-skillripjaws 8 GB

PSU: Corsair 600W

CPU Cooler: Hyper 212 EVO

 

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113284      <<<<< FX-8350

A little bit more expensive but worth it. Other then that, everything looks good. Solid build, nice work.

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you live in the US? and are you going to overclock the CPU?

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I built a system with same motherboard, the 8350, and the same GPU as what you want, and built for $700 in Canada. I would suggest the XFX 550W over the corsair. I have that and it is extremely powerful, and has a TON of cable options. It also has Seasonic parts.

This is my exact build:

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/nav13eh/saved/198d

Once again, I also live in Canada. I would recomend Driect Canada cause they have the cheepest prices.

Becasue you want to spend $100 more then me, try my build, only get a 660 Ti instead. It will be more powerful, and you still have room in your budget to add your 1TB hard drive.

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http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/697?vs=551

better GPU if budget allows

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130911

WAY better

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133466

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That is one crappy motherboard. You get way more value with your maney on the AMD rig I suggested. I know, the Intel has better higher end CPUs for rendering, blah, blah, blah. But unless your spending more then $800, Intel is pointless. Especially if you want a system with the most features for the the dollar. 

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My friend has that mobo, it sucks, totally worth adding another 35 bucks and getting a nicer one

 

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I live in Canada. And I do not plan on overclocking.

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Thanks man, I will definitely check that site out!

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mind telling why its a crappy motherboard, its a business motherboard it doesn't have OC features, nor does he need it for a xeon its a cad computer, he doesn't need tri sli, its also made by ASUS which rigorously test their motherboards to ensure qaulity

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does value get you faster rendering, no it doesn't, a faster more optimized CPU that doesn't share its FPU with two cores does, what part of more value gets you half the ram at a slower speed as well as half the hard drive space with a slower CPU?

Those "Features" that mine lack will surely make up for that

 

AMD is best suited for gaming, it has no place in rendering

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I render all the time on my 8350, and I can tell you that it most definitely has a place in rendering. Like I said before, does the higher i7s do better at rendering? YES. But in this price range of $800 are you going to get a more powerful overall machine with AMD? YES.

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Good friend of mine works IT at a big company. He would NEVER buy a $65 motherbaord for any computer like that. That is why it is a crappy motherboard. If I had more money when I built my computer, would I have bought Intel? Hell ya I would! They have better high end CPUs.

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@GigabusterEXE

Your build is right on the money. Why the hell is that mobo bad people??? It's not so $$$ and it has pretty sick features, and ASUS tests their motherboards very rigorously, to ensure top quality.

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I think you are failling to seethat the i7 is better at rendering and CAD than the 8350

Therefore rendering your economical argument null and bullshit

Why would want a overall more powerful computer that is slower at the only task you are going to give it and I fall to see how a 8 GB 1600 RAM with 500GB HDD is more well rounded that 16GB 1866 RAM, 1TB HDD

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Giga,

You have some reviews (links) to some of the Xeon E3-1230 V2? I'm curious about this CPU. I do know that it apparently doesn't go over 1600 mHz RAM and doesn't include an iGPU (not a bid deal breaker there - see i5 3350p).

I found this review:

http://www.servethehome.com/intel-xeon-e31230-v2-ivy-bridge-xeon-review-4c8t-33ghz/

And this one below has some interesting info, but I don't know how accurate it is:

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Xeon-E3-1230V2-vs-Intel-Core-i7-3770K

And comparing i5 3570k vs. Xeon E3 1230 V2

http://ark.intel.com/compare/65732,65520

You have any other juicy links Giga?

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the ivy bridge in genneral "doesn't support anything over 1600Mhz" as well

basically its just a locked i7 with a few more emulation instruction sets as well as ECC support, but you need a server chip set to use ECC and possibly the extra emulation instruction sets

for all intensive purposes its a i7 with a cool name for the price of a i5

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Yeah that is what I'm seeing. I didn't even know about this little gem for CAD, encoding or even for gaming, since most people don't even OC their CPU's :)

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on motherboards that support OC, I -think- you can set the multiplier to the max multiplier of the turbo

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So you could have the CPU at turbo speed all of the time?