Building a gaming PC, need advice from you hardware experts

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Captain_Tom said:

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.

amd vs intel... I said "at the moment". My 2001 box was AMD. My 2008 is Intel. My 2013 or 2014 if I just wait longer will likely be Intel if all remains as it currently is now. Now being that Intel runs better, runs cooler, runs on less power and the price is minimally different in most cases.