Building a PC, Thoughts about this Specs

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Vasto said:

Skidmore said:
So after all I read, what you all suggest is for me to go with an I5-4690K and a Radeon 280x or 285 with a PSU of ~500 to 550W(more if I would opt to upgrade to dual card in the future)

That old story about AMD GPU works better with AMD CPU is bullshit?

If you want the option of going dual card in the future then look for a better power supply. Also the 8350 at $169 is my choice.

http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/448/AMD_FX-Series_FX-8350_vs_Intel_Core_i5_i5-4690K.html

The FX-8350 is an okay CPU for general windows usage, but the AM3 chipsets are horrendous, the power consumption is terrible, and they are generally awful at gaming compared to Intel :

http://gamegpu.ru/action-/-fps-/-tps/call-of-duty-advanced-warfare-test-gpu.html

http://i62.tinypic.com/oedc0.jpg

The 8350 is slightly slower than the many-years-old i3-2100, and is utterly dominated by ANY i5, let alone the much newer i5 Haswells. With the Haswell i5, you use half the power or less, tons less heat, much better SATA, USB 3.0, PCI Express performance, it's just fundamentally superior in every way. Even the top of the line FX 9590 @ 4.7Ghz (5Ghz Turbo) loses easily to the Haswell i3.

TLDR : Don't buy an AMD Chip for gaming in 2014. Just dont.

Now an AMD GPU? They can be outstanding depending on $/perf you are seeking and budget.