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#1: getting my first ever gaming PC ( amd fanboy ) Author: 907shooterAK,  PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 10:25 pm
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well few days ago i decided to say to myself, its time to get a new PC, my first ever new one, so
i searched up on many places ( youtube, tomshardware, etc;etc ) and knew a little bit until i got some help from
BK members on TeamSpeak ( thanks MR T especially ) and went through the proccess and i learned alot from him
and at the same time learned alot from watching videos from tech pros ( linus tech tips and others )

also i made many builds on which i should get ... i am a medium to high person gamer and i love performance over quality.
so i made a lot of builds.

here they are:


http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zwkhwP

this ^ has a AMD 6300 CPU with 6 cores at 3.5 GHz
with an Sapphire Radeon 270x 2G W/ out a SSD

CPU Cooler: None

Thermal Compound ( for CPU cooler ): Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard

Memory:Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Storage:Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Case:Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case

Power Suppy:EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

Optical Drive: none

Operation System:Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM (64-bit)

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8pZgjX

This ^ has a AMD Athlon x4 860k 4 cores at 3.7 GHz with dual ASUS Radeon 260x at 2G's GPU

CPU Cooler:Cooler Master RR-HT2-28PK-R1 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler

Thermal Compound ( for CPU cooler ):Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste

Motherboard:Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard

Memory:Kingston HyperX Fury Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Storage:Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Case:Thermaltake Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case

Power SuppyEVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply:

Optical Drive: none

Operation System:Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wjvLgs

This ^ has a amd-fx 8350 at 4.0 GHz with a SAPPHIRE Radeon 270x 4G W/ and SSD

CPU Cooler:Cooler Master RR-HT2-28PK-R1 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler

Thermal Compound ( for CPU cooler ):Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste

Motherboard:Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard

Memory:G.Skill Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Storage:Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive with 850 evo series 500 gig ssd

Case:Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case

Power Suppy:Corsair 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer

Operation System:Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM (64-bit)

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ttNJQ7

This ^ has intel Core i5 4960k at 3.5 GHz with a GTX 960 4G ( which is overkill for me ) but i still need opinions

CPU Cooler:Cooler Master RR-HT2-28PK-R1 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler

Thermal Compound ( for CPU cooler ):Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste

Motherboard:ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

Memory:Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Storage::Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive with 250 gig ssd

Case:Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case

Power Suppy:EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer

Operation System:Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)

now i know this one will prob be the most one to go for since most BK has intel and does not like AMD but since im more used to seeing AMD stuff around ( drivers system and things ) im still young enough to learn many things. hope too see helpful feedback from alot of BK members instead of one.
#2: Re: getting my first ever gaming PC ( amd fanboy ) Author: Cake, Location: North Carolina PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 11:16 pm
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I've been using AMD CPU's since first playing FPS's with no problem's at all , except those generated by heavy handed handling while replacing thermal paste .(dropped
CPU and broke a pin ). I would stay away from a cooler with a sleeve bearing unless your case is blown out frequently .(  would suggest a liquid cooled CPU - they have come down
in price quite  a bit and if you're considering overclocking your system it's almost a must have element - also the fan/radiator is mounted on the rear of the case making it very easy to clean) Don't be misled by people saying that you might have leaks with a liquid CPU cooler . I've been using a Corsair H-50 for over 4 years with no leaks , and if they do leak
the cooling medium is NOT water .
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