Simple AMD build - opinions?

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I kind of want them to build it together, was part of the whole idea, learn a bit about the pc, put it together etc.

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they can learn to install a gpu, and im not 100 percent on how the 300w psu handles a 1060. probably perfectly fine. i have a 400w dell psu and am running an amd 300 series card. but if you have a couple extra bucks id allocate it to a 400ish watt modular psu thats like 80+ silver or something and installing that will definitely teach them some shit. but for the cost those specs would be insane

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end of the day, having a dell prebuilt that can max anything is way funnier in comparison to a custom built gaming rig that cant

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Well its good and bad timing. Zen is so near and yet old amd still around...The prices will have to crash soon. Depends on if you can wait.

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How long till zen is released? I can ask them to wait a bit) not a big deal i guess

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I know kids want shit now :(.....Still times is bad.

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down to my brother if kid is getting it anyway) I don't think he even knows, was more of a surprise as far as I know

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Some say October 16, others say January 17
I say we don´t know.

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I have a better idea for you

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/bP38r7

This is basically what I'm going to do. I'll probably have an M.2 though. You can add to that as you go and it will be a great linux box as well as windows. This kinda thing is what I would be looking at TBH unless you went intel or waited for zen.

I would wait for zen.

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unfortunately it's almost double their budget :)

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Thanks everyone for suggestions! I think I have plenty of options to think about)

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for $500 (assuming its USD) you can check out kyles video: https://youtu.be/2P4VVmMkk6U

this will actually get you quite a nice system for gaming, and all sorts of other tasks the 8 cores on the cpu will help with video editing and streaming also so, even with their FX cpu you will still get some use out of it and it will allow you to get to the end of next year at least before thinking about new upgrades or products like Zen...

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dell, dell, dell, dell.
here's what i came up with if you want to go new.. http://pcpartpicker.com/list/kF98r7

however, you'll see the cost of the 4460 is about 40 bucks shy the cost of that dell that has an OS, RAM, PSU, MOBO, and HDD.... they may be oem parts but..they're functional, and that's all you need, 'specially for a kids build... i have 3 dells i mod just so you know im speaking out of experience aha

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http://pcpartpicker.com/list/4PTrD8
530$ after the 20$ mail in rebate

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hah, too much choice is also a problem ;) I'll see what they settle on. That last build looks great, maybe I can trim the price further down by going with 380x instead of 470 (not sure wha the benchmarks are on those two against one another)

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for $10 more you can get the non t part at 2.7GHz compared to 2.2
not ocing on a h110 baord so stock cooler should be fine

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http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-RX-470-vs-Radeon-R9-380X
and this is the stock not the saphire nitro version beating the 380x

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GPUBoss is far from being a reliable source. It's like the WCCFTech of benchmark websites.

But the RX 470 should best the R9 380x.

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ok


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I don't see the point in getting an i5 with a 'cheap' GPU, unless you need that quad core that badly, it's not really going to bottleneck an i3 or hell, even the FX CPUs, not that I recommend FX CPUs for games. Sucks that there aren't very good quad cores that are cheaper.

Maybe that's just me, but all of this is coming from a guy who spent as much money on the CPU as the GPU (an i7 5820K/R9 390)