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the-pi-guy said:
Why are you an AMD fan though?
8350 looks to be the way to go.

I'm with the underdog. Intel always too much domination, I always hated Intel for that reason.

In the past Intel could have a solid grasp of the whole market despite sometimes not having the best or most valuable products (thanks to their strong position historically in the market and having many Dollars to spend on marketing and relations with the middle-guy comp providers). AMD always was a midget.



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@Slimebeast

heh, well there's your answer then.



Nonthing at all wrong with AMD CPUs. That 8350FX is a great cpu and to me it is the best cpu that AMD offers. At $199 its a good buy.



Corsair HX series and above are the best quality. The others I'm not so sure about. It would be best to go modular anyway for your sanity's sake.



Your AMD fanatics are fine. Some people will refuse to acknowledge it for whatever reason.

Anyway, your parts look okay, but there are a few changes you should do. If it's worth the savings, then go with the FX-8320. Not far from the FX-8350, it's just that the latter is better for overclocking if you ever look into it. It's not that you'd be in trouble with going with the 8320 instead of 8350 though.

A 120gb SSD is fine. I had a 120GB before and never got close to having issues. (I only used it for specific programs, no games)

As for your GPU, the 290 is great. Instead of going dual 290's, why not a single 290x? Also, it's important to mention they are currently exhausted in supply so they retail much higher than MSRP. If you can find them at MSRP then snag one up immediately.
With that said, if you do go with dual 290's, don't go with a 750W PSU. Make sure your PSU can also deliver the current on the 12+rail, not just the wattage.

Edit: A quick newegg search, and I'd recomment the Corsair 850/860W PSUs if you do decide on crossfire 290



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Locknuts said:
Corsair HX series and above are the best quality. The others I'm not so sure about. It would be best to go modular anyway for your sanity's sake.

So a Corsair CX 750M, you think is too bad quality?

WHat's the difference really? Is the quality of components, but what does that mean in practice? Longer life?

What do you mean "best to go modular anyway". Modular with what? RAM memory?



He means go with a modular power supply which is a power supply that lets you connect how many power cables you want.



vivster said:
A few things.

This looks like a configurator. Don't do it. Buy cheap and build it on your own or let someone help you with that. It's overpriced shit.

Unless you are the biggest AMD fanboy go with Intel for CPU. It looks like you have a big enough budget. Any 4 core Intel CPU will smoke the biggest 8 core AMDs when it comes to gaming.

PSU is more than enough even for CF. I prefer BeQuiet though.

SSD is too small. Not only are the 120GB slower than the 250GB models but you will run out of space soon. Get at least 250GB and partition like 60-100GB for the system and the rest for the games.

If you tell me your full budget I can recommend a selection of parts.


There is no NEED for an Intel CPU right now AMD is sufficient
and
who says that next year when all the "AMD 6 core CPU optimized console games" are ported to PC that the 4 core Intel CPU will outperform the 8 core AMD cpu?




BenVTrigger said:
Why on Earth would you ever get an AMD CPU over an Intel? That makes no sense.

besides that everything looks solid.

Probably because they're generally more cost efficient.



DucksUnlimited said:
BenVTrigger said:
Why on Earth would you ever get an AMD CPU over an Intel? That makes no sense.

besides that everything looks solid.

Probably because they're generally more cost efficient.

Not any more. The only reason to buy AMD right now is that is that you like them.