Building a new pc, and I'm pretty sure this will work, but I'm investing quite a bit of money into this so I don't want it to get fried. Will it? NOTE: JUST TELL ME IF IT WORKS PLEASE. I have had so many people say, "oh well intel is better, so yeah im not gonna tell you if it works, just go buy a $5000 intel pc..."
Processor: AMD FX-4300 for $120 @ tigerdirect
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 for $80 @ newegg
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler for $35 @ newegg
RAM: 8GB ddr3 sdram 1866mhz G.SKILL sniper series for $50 @ newegg
Storage: 1TB of WD caviar blue 7200rpm for $70 @ SuperBiiz
Graphics: Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB OC Ed. for $330 @ tigerdirect
Case - Azza Triton 401 ATX Mid Tower Case for $39.98 @ Newegg
Psu - Corsair Enthusiast 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
If its a pure gamming rig im sure the AMD FX-4300 will be fine...it even beats the Phenom II X4 965 in gaming benchmarks.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/700?vs=102
Its just the FX 8350 is right up there with the i5 3750K intel everyone would have told you to get, and costs less!
would scrapping the Cooler Master Hyper give you enough for the FX 8350, as the stock cooler will be fine for running at stock speeds and you can get a better one down the road when you want to play with overclocking?