i want to build my own gaming pc and i need help on what to buy?

Question

i am planning on building my own gaming pc over the next few months and i need some help. i am willing to spend around £1000 pounds on it and i want to get the best possible computer for my money. i was hope i could get some suggestions on what to get. what i have found so far is these

CPU: AMD FX-8150 Eight Core Processor - 3.60GHz, 8MB, L3 Cache, Socket AM3+ (£160)

Graphics Card: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7850 DirectCU II OC 2048MB GDDR5 (£194)

are these a good buy? and what motherboard should i buy to connect these to if so? if these arent worth getting what should i get instead. could people please recomend what i should buy and what works best together

Answer 1

All AMD FX "Faildozers" have been proven to be crap when it comes to gaming.



Here is the best build for your money:



All prices are in $USD and in the US.

FACT: INTEL IS A MUCH BETTER PROCESSOR FOR GAMING THAN ANY AMD.

See here:

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

and a side by side Intel Core i5-2500K vs. AMD FX-8150:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/288?vs=434



Processor: Best would the new Ivy Bridge series, Intel Core i5-3570K ($245)

Second best would be Sandy Bridge Intel Core i5-2500K ($220)

Best budget processor would be Sandy Bridge Intel Core i3-2130 ($150)

Super budget would be Sandy Bridge Intel Core i3-2100 ($105)

For any processor above, buy a Z77 chipset motherboard, like this ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard ($125) or better:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293

Buy 8GB (two x 4GB) G.Skill Ripjaws X Series DDR3 1600MHz RAM ($47)

Graphics card, nVidia GeForce GTX680 ($500) or at least a GTX560 Ti ($230). Only buy EVGA, ZOTAC or MSI FROZR II.

SSD Drive: Patriot Wildfire 240GB ($230) for Windows OS install

Seagate Barracuda 2TB SATA III, 7200rpm hard drive with 64MB Cache for data storage ($120).

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO, after market CPU cooler ($30)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099

PC Case (Tower) Cooler Master HAF 912 ($60)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119233

Or Sentey Arvina Extreme Division Tower Case 6x Fan LED/ 4 x USB / Multi Card Reader / 4 x Fan Control / E-SATA / 6 x Removable Aluminum Bays / Screwless ($100)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811322008

Power supply (PSU) - Corsair Builder Series CX600 V2 600W ($70 - $50 after rebate)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139028

Or Thermaltake TR2 RX 750W Bronze W0382RU ATX 12V v2.3 / EPS 12V v2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply ($90)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153136

Any cheap $15 to $20 DVD Multi drive writer.

Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM ($100)



Cost up to $1,600USD or £1,000GBP

Answer 2

Luckily for you, buildig your own pc is much cheaper than purchasing a real model. First you want to check the schematics for pc's to see which has the best efficiency. Then you can find those components through the internet, garage sales, and anywhere else that sells technology. Finally, you want to buy whats known as a skeleton box. That, basically, is a laptop, but without its guts. If you have a friend or family member who is handy with a soldering iron, you'll need their help with assembling. The end result should give you a pc that runs much faster, is much lighter, and most importantly, is MUCH cheaper than the newest model. If you need any references, read Cory Doctorow's "Little Brother." This is where I learned to build my PC.

Answer 3

Ok so here's a run-down. Don't get the eight core processor, it sounds amazing, and it really does have eight of those powerful cores, but as yet software developers (other than one or two pioneers, eg adobe) have not implemented that their software is able to draw from multiple cores like that. That's why 2 and 4 core pc's seem to have little difference in performance. Your best bet is a powerful i7, there's 3 particular ones which range in price from £100 to £500, but the medium one is pretty perfect and sound in terms of price.



Most important; the case. Go Coolermaster. I promise you this is your best bet out of any. Absolutely competitive price, and better than that, it has beautiful cooling selections so that nothing ever overheats, comes in every size you could wish for and looks a dream. Made real quality and good design too, no crossed wires in these. HAF is the type, example; http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&sa=N&tbm=isch&tbnid=5-U7zoJ3uJPnzM:&imgrefurl=http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26task%3Dview%26id%3D9473%26Itemid%3D46&docid=MPXP5tSIZAFOmM&imgurl=http://benchmarkreviews.com/images/articles/2010-CES/Cooler-Master_HAF-X_Computer_Case.jpg&w=395&h=616&ei=99-uT_ObIYLv8QP4zJWjCQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=510&vpy=264&dur=423&hovh=280&hovw=180&tx=71&ty=133&sig=110116965800839301106&page=1&tbnh=145&tbnw=93&start=0&ndsp=30&ved=1t:429,r:10,s:0,i:93&biw=1440&bih=785



For your graphics card there really is a range of options. The perfect graphics card for the moment will have over 1.5 GB of on-board ram, but 1GB is sufficient for any game on the market. Things to take in to account; get one with an on-board fan, it is a lot better as they have a much harder time overheating. If you want x fire, get an x fire compatible card. I know you said you want an AMD, and they are VERY powerful, however they are plagued with problems at the moment. I am using AMD currently and even though i play the newest games perfectly, I'm having trouble with you tube videos... very annoying. Also they have some driver issues and as for AMD catalyst control centre - USELESS! nVIDIA are leading the market at the moment in my books.



Ram, you want at least 8GB, and get high quality sticks, it pays off. The more the better of course, although there's no need to go over 16GB in the foreseeable future.



Motherboard; get an Asus sandy bridge ATX. ATX is a size thing, standard atx is what you want (not micro etc). Sandy bridges have USB 3.0 as well as the newest version of PCI-e, absolutely insanely good data transfer rates, a really beautiful thing. Here's an example; http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/30298157/Asus-P8Z68-V-PRO-GEN3-Desktop-Motherboard-Intel-Socket-H2-LGA-1155-ATX-1-x-Processor-Support-32-GB-DDR3-SDRAM-Maximum-RAM/Product.html?_%24ja=tsid:11518%7Ccat:30298157%7Cprd:30298157.



Power supply should be at least 750, but more wont hurt for future expansion. Cooling ideally will be liquid but having plenty of fans is absolutely fine too.



Mouse I'm a fan of the cyborg R.A.T 7 and keyboard the Merc Stealth. Anything else you want to know? =]



Edit - seems I missed some numbers.

Answer 4

Do not get that processor, it's a waste.



You will never use 8 cores.

Answer 5

No, because you most obviously lack the intelligence to do so. Your better off being stupid.