How do you like this AMD team? Suggestions?

[Samoth]

Hello! I'm back here after a long time. I've been bitten by the bug again and I intend to build the following computer, let's see what you think...

PROCESSOR AMD FX-6200 3.8Ghz 6X Black Edition (129e)
MOTHERBOARD Asrock 970 Extreme4 AM3+ (85e)
POWER SUPPLY Tacens Radix VI 650W (47e)
GRAPHICS Sapphire Radeon HD 6450 1GB GDDR3 (37e)
MEMORY G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3 1600 PC3-12800 8GB 2x4GB CL9 (37e)
HARD DRIVE 2.5" to 3.5" Bay Adapter (4e)

And my doubts/comments....

• About the processor I was in doubt between the one I've chosen and the AMD Phenom II X4 965 Quad-Core Black Edition... Is the FX worth it for being newer and having 6 cores or are they really similar in performance?

• The graphics card I know is a very low range, but I can't afford more and for now I've decided to sacrifice that part, when things get better I'll get a much better one. The one I've chosen has HDMI output, essential for me. Any other one that performs a little better for similar prices? Any Nvidia maybe?

• Regarding the hard drive, I bought that adapter since I have a couple of 2.5" drives that although they don't perform as well as a 3.5" one, I wanted to make use of them

• As for the motherboard, what do you think? Alternatives? I've also looked at the Gygabyte GA-970A-UD3 AM3+ which also costs 85e

And that's all, I hope you can help me... if you see that there are better things for similar prices don't hesitate to tell me. Regards! ;D

[Obione]

Better ASRock B75 Pro3 + i5 3470 (3570 + Z75 Pro3 if you can stretch) and stick with the integrated for now. That power supply doesn't impress me much, I'd get the Antec VP 550.

[Samoth]

Thank you very much for your reply. ;D

The configuration you recommend would be a bit pricey, and regarding the motherboard, I prefer the combination of motherboard + bad dedicated graphics over a motherboard with integrated graphics

[Sylver]

@Samoth:

Muchas gracias por responder. ;D

La configuracion q me recomiendas se me iria un poco de precio, y con respecto a la placa base, prefiero la combinacion placa base + grafica dedicada mala malisima q una placa base con grafica integrada

Eso es que no tiene mucho sentido compañero :nono:
Piensa que las integradas de ahora son bastante decentes, hay quien juega incluso con ellas…
Yo por mi parte, te recomiendo que ahorres un poco y esperes, o que hagas lo que te recomienda Obione, es lo mejor.

Saludos

[Samoth]

@Obione:

Better ASRock B75 Pro3 + i5 3470 (3570 + Z75 Pro3 if you can stretch) and go with the integrated for now. That power supply doesn't impress me much, I would get the Antec VP 550.

@Sylver:

That doesn't make much sense, buddy :nono:
Think that the integrated ones now are pretty decent, some people even play with them…
For my part, I recommend that you save a little and wait, or that you do what Obione recommends, it's the best.

Regards

Thanks again. You see.. I'm very lost, and now I've found meaning in what my friend Obione says. I didn't know that Intels have an integrated graphics card in the same processor… I thought that the integrated ones were on the motherboard :facepalm:

I'm almost completely discarding the configuration I mentioned, and thinking about getting the i5 3570k. I would therefore do without a dedicated graphics card until in a few months, when I'm better off financially hehe

I had focused too much on AMD. Reading a bit on the internet, it seems that the third generation i5 "Ivy Bridge" offer a bit more performance in the integrated graphics in addition to consuming a bit less than the second generation i5 "Sandy Bridge". I will probably get an i5 3570k, I'll let you know

[Sylver]

+1
I see it

Greetings

[Obione]

The K comes with HD4000 and unlocked multiplier but if the idea is to change GPU soon and you're not going to push the micro hard, you can stick with a 3570 plain and simple, with a Z chipset motherboard you can scrape a little more than 4GHz and save some euros.

[Samoth]

Hello again, friends. I have finally configured my computer as follows:

MEMORY G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3 1600 PC3-12800 8GB 2x4GB CL9
PROCESSOR Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4Ghz Box Socket 1155
MOTHERBOARD Asrock Z77 Pro4
WRITER LG GH24NS95 DVD Writer 24x Black
POWER SUPPLY Corsair CX600 V2 600W Builder Series 80 Plus Bronze
HARD DRIVE WD Caviar Green 3.5" 500GB SATA3 64MB

As you can see, I haven't bought a graphics card yet, for now I'll use the one integrated in the i5. If you think I should change something, please let me know, because I'll place the order tomorrow
Thanks in advance ;D

[Sylver]

I like it, you're going to have a fine team for little money
The hard drive from here to a certain time, you buy an SSD and leave the Green for data (it will be the same as what I do almost certainly)

Regards

[Samoth]

@Sylver:

I like it, you're going to have a good team for little money
The hard drive in a few days, you buy an SSD and leave the Green for data (it will be the same as what I do almost certainly)

Regards

;D

SSD Drive I have one at home of 64 gb. Now I have it in a Netbook with AMD c60 cpu and you can't see how I gained in performance. When I have the computer maybe I take it from the netbook, get myself an adapter of 2.5" or 3.5" and enjoy

[Franziskaner]

@Samoth:

;D

SSD drive I have one at home of 64 gb. Now I have it in a Netbook with AMD c60 cpu and you can't see how I gained in performance. When I have the computer maybe I'll take it out of the netbook, get myself a 2.5" or 3.5" adapter and enjoy

adapter from 2.5 to 3.5?
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greetings

[Samoth]

Finally, and after deciding to get the i5, I changed my mind and got this computer:

LG GH24NS95 Recorder
AMD FX Series FX-6200 3.8Ghz 6X Black Edition CPU
Asrock 970 Extreme4 AM3+ Motherboard
Thermaltake LitePower 700W Power Supply
G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3 1600 PC3-12800 8GB Memory
Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 Vapor-X GHz Edition OC 1GB GDDR5 Graphics Card
2.5" to 3.5" Bay Adapter

As you can see, I sacrificed the processor (AMD instead of Intel) to get a mid-range graphics card that will run current games pretty decently. I also didn't get a 3.5" hard drive since, as I mentioned above, I have an SSD that I will use to install the OS, and I also have a 2.5" 500 GB one that I will use for storage… that's why I bought 2 adapters

Best regards!