Which build is better?

Intel_man said:
This build is better.
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/93sTwV

:D


Joking aside, for the Intel build, I normally do not recommend mATX mobos unless you're really tight for space. You might also want to wait for the RX 480 to come out.
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Actually you know, I'd choose the 4 year old AMD over this state of the art Intel Extreme. Save me some money, so I can buy beer. :)

OK let's be serious now. The AMD build has a 4 year old CPU but that is still their current offering. They should be coming out with replacement chips later this year but if you want to buy now unless you are on a really strict budget I would try to go with Intel.

Right now actually isn't a great time to build anything because graphics cards are changing too. AMD and NVIDIA are bringing out new GPUs so both the Radeon in your Intel build and the GeForce in your AMD build will be outdated soon and this generation is certainly looking like a big leap from the past given how both of the new flagship models from AMD and NVIDIA perform when compared to the previous generation. I guess you want to build this PC very soon else you wouldn't have asked now?

I think overall I would choose the Intel build with the i3 because then at least you can upgrade to an i5 or an i7 later whereas if you took the FX-8320 you'd be stuck with AM3+ and DDR3 RAM so if you wanted to upgrade to the new chips AMD are bringing out this year you'd need a new motherboard and RAM because the new chips will run on the AM4 socket and use DDR4 RAM. There are aspects of the AMD system that are good though. Take the hard drive and power supply from your AMD build and use those in the Intel build and you have a good setup. Given the choice between the 380X or the GTX 960 it depends what you want to do. For any kind of editing I'd take the 960, but for gaming they're pretty similar but the 380X is a little quicker (see http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1592?vs=1596) so take whichever is cheapest really.
 
You'd be foolish to build now. The RX 480 is going to blow both of those cards out of the water and should be in a similar price range. It's release date is June 29th.
 
Darren said:
You'd be foolish to build now. The RX 480 is going to blow both of those cards out of the water and should be in a similar price range. It's release date is June 29th.
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^ That.

Darren do you also have an estimated/rumor reference when AM4 and Bristol Ridge should come out
 
^ You should get that then!

You could always buy the rest of the stuff now and get this RX 480 when it comes out.

@beers the last I heard about AM4 was Q4 or October-December time for Vishera replacement!
 
beers said:
^ That.

Darren do you also have an estimated/rumor reference when AM4 and Bristol Ridge should come out
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Bristol Ridge are the APU's and I'm not sure. I think within the next couple months. Summit Ridge are the "Zen" CPU's and higher end and those are slated for Octoberish I think.
 
Intel_man said:
True, but I wouldn't be looking at buying a computer at a $600 budget.
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Depends on what you plan on doing with the computer. $600 is a decent chunk of money, and not everyone is a massive enthusiast that's so pretentious they'll only buy a pc that costs at least $1000. (No implication intended)
 
$600 is a decent chunk of money, but for what I do with computers and the performance I demand from them, $600 isn't going to cut it.
 
Intel_man said:
for what I do with computers and the performance I demand from them, $600 isn't going to cut it.
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I don't think it would be too hard to piece together a W3690 and GTX670 build for $600 ;)

That being said this thread is related to the other one where he's building the PC for his friend. Clearly we're all power users here but I don't think the same requirements exist on that end and the main emphasis is for gaming. A $600 budget can build a reasonable gaming PC, especially with more affordable cards like the 480 on the near horizon.
 
beers said:
I don't think it would be too hard to piece together a W3690 and GTX670 build for $600 ;)

That being said this thread is related to the other one where he's building the PC for his friend. Clearly we're all power users here but I don't think the same requirements exist on that end and the main emphasis is for gaming. A $600 budget can build a reasonable gaming PC, especially with more affordable cards like the 480 on the near horizon.
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Agreed, we've derailed this enough already.

OP, wait for the RX 480 and then we can talk. :)
 
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