Building a PC, Thoughts about this Specs

[Captain_Tom]

Sentient_Nebula said:

Captain_Tom said:

Sentient_Nebula said:
Personally, I think the 8-core is slightly overkill for gaming. Most games don't even use more than 4 at a time.

In my opinion, you should go with the 6-core 6350 (or 6300, if you're confident in overclocking). The money you saved on the CPU could then be put towards the newer, more powerful Radeon R9 280X GPU.

The 280X is no newer than the 280, and he sould NOT get that right now (280X is fairly overpriced).  However an FX-6300 + R9 290 wouldn't be a bad idea.

Whoops! I was actually thinking of the 285. My mistake.

If you do get the 285, get the 4GB version.  Otherwise the 290 is bairly more expensive and is FAR stronger.