I'm on a budget £700, I want to be able to play Fallout 4 with High to Ultra Settings at 50-60FPS would this build do it? http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/guide/YK2Ff7/good-build-guide
Looks good. Maybe consider a R9 390
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Is there a R9 390 you could recommend?
You planned a nice computer. A R9 390 would do well in this setup like @CrossCarbon said, however the 970 is also good.
Another Thing I would do if at all possible grab a SSD even if only a 128gb or 256gb. You can load your OS on it or keep it separate for a few games.
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I think an SSD would be the one thing this rig is missing,
970 is a good card, i have one
r9 390 gets alot of good reviews
i personally suggest getting an aftermarket cooler on your GPU either way
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change the 8350 out for an 8320 or 8320e, maybe get a slower speed ram since you'r not running an apu build, and use that money for a 120 or 240 gb ssd. aside from that the 970 is quite fine and I have one in one of the builds I have done. The 390 could be a step up but if you want to use Nvidia's proprietary effects then the 970 is more than good enough.
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your mobo you could a better one
for a single card config he wont get better performance out of a 990x or 990fx chipset. the vrm's could be an issue but i dont see any bad reviews for the board. also instead of a barracuda drive he could go for a wd blue 1tb since they have a lower failure rate and are close in price.
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/guide/CWBD4D/#view=TY3Ycf
How about this one then? (I'm not getting an SSD because I currently don't have one and it only loads faster, but I'm fine with just a HDD) I've improved the GPU, PSU and changed the case because some drive bays were not accessible with the other case.
looks pretty solid to me. also on your last post you may want to fix your link. if you leave edit in the url it wont go through since your the only one logged in on the partpicker profile. an ssd would be really nice and i thought your way on them till i got one. cold booting in 10 seconds is pretty nice if you ask me
updated link
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/guide/CWBD4D/#view=TY3Ycf
I wouldn't suggest going with that build. The motherboard may seem to support 8 core CPU but it really cant. The power phases on the motherboard would not be sufficient enough to support the intense power draw of the FX 8350. I would reccomend stepping up to something a bit more serious like the Asus M5A970 R 2.0 or the 990 series motherboards for AMD.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/pnw2Jx
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/pnw2Jx
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/pnw2Jx/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£142.74 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.95 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£68.29 @ More Computers)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Red 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£50.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.98 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB SOC Video Card (£247.14 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.40 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£55.56 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £674.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Here is something that if you are willing to go with the FX 8350
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/tTVKvK
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/tTVKvK
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/tTVKvK/by_merchant/
CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£129.95 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V VER.2 76.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£34.98 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£71.99 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Red 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£50.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£32.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB SOC Video Card (£247.14 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.40 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: XFX TS 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£58.26 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £675.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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With the AMD Build I wouldn't overclock if I was you.
Here is also a good Skylake option for you.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/6ZdVkL
Of course it has no ssd, but you basicly dont need a ssd right away.
You can allways decide to trow a ssd in lateron.
Eventualy you could go with a cheaper mobo if you like a H170 or B150 maybe.
I also made a Haswell version
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/VYCXD3
If you could sqeeze a few extra pounds for an SSD, that would ofc be a good investment.
Can round the Haswell build up to £700 by replacing the HDD with a 250GB 850 Evo.
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Upgrade the motherboard unless you plan on buying another when you find you can't get any more PCI-E slot or you can't OC your PC. I mean if you want it cheaper got with AMD APU at least they have more enthusiast specs on them. 9 times out of ten you're gonna in the future include a pci-e usb 3.1 adaptor card or thunderbolt pci-e expansion or SLI that 970. Or a PCI-E SSD/Sound card.
That looks good for an intel build. Just remember that:
- Can't overclock the CPU very far
- No Crossfire
Personally I don't deal with crossfire/SLI because of driver and game support.
Still can't overclock it and get anywhere near the total performance of a locked i5. That's why it's cheap.
Maybe 1 time out of 10. There's not a lot of devices with USB 3.1, and it's backwards compatible with 3.0 speeds anyway. You make it sound like USB 3.0 and 2.0 are completely irrelevant once 3.1 is out. Thunderbolt? - extremely rare case scenario for a user to be invested in that system.
He still has a PCIe 2.0 x4 slot if he wants to add a PCIe SSD, and onboard audio is good enough for the vast majority of people. I have the same audio chipset on my motherboard and I have trouble telling it apart from a $100 dac/amp. Granted, the audio design is probably different on the onboard audio, but USB amp/dacs are often more preferred now due to the fact that they're removed from the computer - a large source of static and radiation.
So just change the motherboard? Could you recommend a good one for me?
The motherboard you picked should be fine for your build, since your chip isn't overclockable. Just stick with the H97 Pro4. It's not worth spending 20 gbp more on a motherboard with mostly the same features.