Building a gaming PC, need advice from you hardware experts

[Captain_Tom]

superchunk said:

I wouldn't pick AMD over Intel. At the moment the Intel CPUs blow away AMD. Additionally, you should NOT go with integrated GPU if you want best possible gaming experience.

I just put together a good build for about $800 (on NewEgg) that should run Battlefield 4 (as an example) extremely well with a Haswell i5, 670 (2GB GDDR5), 8B DDR3 (3000oc) and Win8 for the new DX stuff.

I kinda wanted to walk away from WinPCs but I also kinda want to play BF4 and my last build was in 2008 so its about time to upgrade and give away the even older 2001 build I still have downstairs.

I would never say you should steer clear of any brand.  I have owned parts from Intel, Nvidia, and AMD:  They all make quality parts.  Just make sure you double check the competition.

 

For instance an Intel i3 looks great until you realize that the AMD FX-6300 is the same price and outperforms it in most new games while destroying it in demanding ones (Crysis 3).

Best price performers from weakest to strongest:

CPU: $50 Celeron <  Athlon II x4 750K < Phenom II x4 965 < FX-6300 < FX-8320 < i5-3570k < i7-3770K

GPU: HD 7770 < HD 7790 <  HD 7850 / GTX 650Ti Boost < HD 7870 GHz < HD 7950 < HD 7970

 

No bias, those are just your best price/performers right now.