Hey Folks. Love the community here, thought I'd let you validate or bin my upcoming build. It's for gaming and daily use + I dual boot with linux. I haven't build a computer in 10 years and have been lagging behind on the development. BTW I'm in Denmark, so the prices are higher on everything here, but that goes for the competition too.
I went ahead and used this guide as my starting point http://www.logicalincrements.com/ but then I thought to myself the AMD processors are 2012 architecture, so if I want this computer to last me some years, I'd have to OC which might make the build more expensive (mobo+cooler), so at that price range, is an Intel build beginning to look more compelling?
I have a Corsair HX850 PSU and a case+fans, all I need is the rest.
CPU: 6300/8320 Black edition (ready to OC to at least 6350/8350 spec or maybe even 4.4GHz+ though I've heard that's kind of the limit for simple multiplier OC'ing,, is the cooler and mobo overkill for this?)
MOBO: ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 (Expensive, but it has 220w on the cpu compared to ASUS M5A97 - R2.0 and their in between 99x chipset board at 140w. I will probably not run SLI though. How much wattage for OC?)
COOLER: Noctua NH-D15 (This is expensive, but is the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO enough for OC?)
RAM: HyperX FURY 1866MHz
STORAGE: Crucial BX100 250GB
I will not settle on a GPU just yet, as I will get a second hand for cheap and get a proper one in a year or so.
The only reason I'd suggest Intel over AMD for that build is so that you have integrated graphics to at least carry you until you snag a gpu for your rig, with AMD you wont have any graphics without a gpu, unless you get an APU.
well it highly depends on your usage realy. If you do mainaly gaming, and you can afford intel i5 / Xeon E3-1231-V3 / i7 without sacreficing on the gpu, then i would recommend that. Because these intel chips are basicly better allround chips for gaming. With allround i mean every game and every gaming scenario.
But it still highly depends on the games you play and how you play them. And ofc which gpu you like to go with. If you can afford intel i5 / Xeon E3 without sacreficing on the gpu, then i personaly dont see much reason to invest in an "older" am3+ platform anymore.
I hear you. As of now, anything better than intel HD 4000 graphics is an improvement. I'd just like to game at minimum settings 30FPS, is that too much to ask? JK, but I'll just go for 1080p and above 30FPS, also in a couple of years of course. I don't play first person shooters that much, and fps is not essentiall in CoH2 and the like I do play.
I just checked and the cheapest ever 6300 build costs $420, with the better mobo and cooler the 8300 build cost $600. A i5-4690k build would cost $740 on a z97 board. I guess I can go for the i5-4430 which is only $50 less though. The price difference between AMD and intel is real, but you still reckon it's worth it in the long run?
What's your budget? and what are you using it for? If you're playing CoH 2 it's a CPU hog and you'll want an i5 or better to run it well, although this is what I got running it with a 750K+7850 at the lowest settings, is there really no option to run the game windowed?
well i think something like a locked i5 with a cheaper H97 board, would be worth it in the long run yes.
Locked i5 like 4460 + H97 board, will be arround the same price, if not cheaper then a FX83xx + decent mobo and cooling to run those powerhungry chips on. No matter how high you overclock a FX83xx, it will still fall behind even a locked i5 in certain cpu bound games. if you realy play cpu demending games, then intel will be worth it imo. Since you live in Denmark, power consumption might also be a thing to keep in mind.
Well, my budget is not set per se, but the 4690k build is approaching the limit of what I think is reasonable to spend, and that's even without the GPU. Haha, well, it's certainly better than what I play Coh2 at. haven't dabbled in playing windowed though.
A locked i5 like a 4460 as @misteryangel said paired with an h81 mobo would knock the price down substantially. And before someone unleashes hate for the h81 chipset, pcie x16 2.0 is more than enough for pretty much any gpu out so far especially one purchased on a budget, the only drive(s) that can take advantage of sata3 would be storage and an ssd so you won't need 300 sata3 3 ports for a gaming rig, and if he's getting a locked cpu the inability to overclock is a non issue.
