€350 Custom PC Build

stevek93

Thinking of building a new pc. posted the specs below let us know what ye think

Item:

AMD Phenom II X6 1075T, AM3 CPU
Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 550W PSU
4GB Corsair Valueselect DDR3-1333 CL9 RAM
ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3, Sockel AM3+, mATX MOTHERBOARD
Samsung SH-222AB bare schwarz SATA O/DRIVE
Xigmatek Asgard II Midi Tower - black/black, ohne Netzteil CASE

Total build cost: €321,74 + €30 shipping

Serephucus

What are you going to be doing with this PC exactly?

Comparable Intel build below, just 'cause.

Item|Price
Total build cost: €334.49 + €30 shipping
ASRock H61M-HVS (B3), Sockel 1155, mATX|€41.81
be quiet! SFX Power BQT SFX 350W|€46.94
Samsung SH-222AB bare schwarz SATA|€16.01
BitFenix Merc Alpha|€31.78
8GB-Kit G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9|€28.46
Intel Core i5-2400 Box, LGA1155|€169.49

stevek93

Serephucus wrote: »

What are you going to be doing with this PC exactly?

Comparable Intel build below, just 'cause.

Item|Price
Total build cost: €334.49 + €30 shipping
ASRock H61M-HVS (B3), Sockel 1155, mATX|€41.81
be quiet! SFX Power BQT SFX 350W|€46.94
Samsung SH-222AB bare schwarz SATA|€16.01
BitFenix Merc Alpha|€31.78
8GB-Kit G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9|€28.46
Intel Core i5-2400 Box, LGA1155|€169.49

You no thats a 350watt psu mostly converting mp3s/video and the odd gaming. I don't see the big difference to intel to amd mate

Serephucus

Yes I know that's a 350W PSU, you know 550W is complete overkill for the system you've specced, don't you?

There's a huge difference between AMD and Intel. The X6 only wins in very specific circumstances.

stevek93

No harm in having a few extra watts ill be putting 3x 2TB drives in this for backups anyway and maybe a graphic card.

You'd think the AMD would win there with 2 extra cores

Bonesy.

Thinking of overclocking?

stevek93

Bonesy. wrote: »

Thinking of overclocking?

Nope why?

Eboggles

Some processors can overclock which can increase the speed of which it crunches numbers and performs operations meaning increased overall speed. A good cooler is needed and it is possible to damage the components when doing so, however nowadays its very easy and much safer. Quite easy to do on the sandybridge CPUs but that's out of your price range. This could give the amd build a slight advantage but the Intel one is much better still.

stevek93

Eboggles wrote: »

Some processors can overclock which can increase the speed of which it crunches numbers and performs operations meaning increased overall speed. A good cooler is needed and it is possible to damage the components when doing so, however nowadays its very easy and much safer. Quite easy to do on the sandybridge CPUs but that's out of your price range. This could give the amd build a slight advantage but the Intel one is much better still.

I know all that mate though Id rather spend the extra money and get a GOOD processor than worrying about the possibility of something going wrong.

Eboggles

stevek93 wrote: »

Eboggles wrote: »

Some processors can overclock which can increase the speed of which it crunches numbers and performs operations meaning increased overall speed. A good cooler is needed and it is possible to damage the components when doing so, however nowadays its very easy and much safer. Quite easy to do on the sandybridge CPUs but that's out of your price range. This could give the amd build a slight advantage but the Intel one is much better still.

I know all that mate though Id rather spend the extra money and get a GOOD processor than worrying about the possibility of something going wrong.

Oh right wasn't sure. Well then you should go for the intel, you could always go for ivybridge later and see a nice performance boost then. Hope this helps

slave1

stevek93 wrote: »

No harm in having a few extra watts ill be putting 3x 2TB drives in this for backups anyway and maybe a graphic card.

Modern 2TB should be around 10w max draw on your PSU (when spinning up, even less when idle) so I'd concur with previous poster on PSU, better off running a lower PSU at higher usage rather than the other way around.