Friends new build idea

[mikee]

My friend is thinking of this for a new build. I am pretty sure the could do better for the same price. He is a gamer. I did a little looking around but can't find anything in the 560~ dollar range that looks any good. I am looking at builds on pc part picker and just googling other 560$ builds but they are all i3s or pentiums with motherboards that have only 2 ram slots.

His idea

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16811353090

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16814137055

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817148061

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16820231476

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16813131851

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16819113284

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=9SIA5AD4YN8547

I really don't want him to buy an fx 8350 or any am3 plus because they are all dinos at this point

 

[PP Mguire]

That PSU should be on the top of the list to take a hike or after a while he'll lose that 560 bucks. Tell him to wait for Ryzen 3.

 

[Joe C]

A better PSU for about the same price
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151094

 

[mikee]

A better PSU for about the same price
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151094

says it can't find item :/

 

[mikee]

set him this link.

Build the ultimate $600 gaming PC |

I think that would be much better. I suggested to him to get something core i5 but he seemed to think the higher clocked fx was therefore better because of higher GHZ. I don't even know how to explain it to him

 

[carnageX]

set him this link.

Build the ultimate $600 gaming PC |

I think that would be much better. I suggested to him to get something core i5 but he seemed to think the higher clocked fx was therefore better because of higher GHZ. I don't even know how to explain it to him

Send him a link to this thread: http://www.techist.com/forums/f76/your-cpu-modern-games-guide-those-building-261626/

 

[PP Mguire]

set him this link.

Build the ultimate $600 gaming PC |

I think that would be much better. I suggested to him to get something core i5 but he seemed to think the higher clocked fx was therefore better because of higher GHZ. I don't even know how to explain it to him

That's not a bad build, but if he got something with a Ryzen 3 he could probably fit an SSD in budget too then get a Ryzen 5 1600 later for 6 cores.

 

[mikee]

ryzen 3 is dual core right? I have a hard time convincing him of what is good and what isn't he thinks an amd fx 8 core 4ghz is better than all the latest i5s because more cores and more ghz. He might just add an SSD down the road once he gets more money I think

 

[PP Mguire]

ryzen 3 is dual core right? I have a hard time convincing him of what is good and what isn't he thinks an amd fx 8 core 4ghz is better than all the latest i5s because more cores and more ghz. He might just add an SSD down the road once he gets more money I think

Then let him be stupid? If he thinks a 5 year old CPU that was **** then (with many many reviews to prove it) will beat out i5s that came out this year then he needs to maybe learn his lesson and waste his money. I have all but stopped overly trying to convince people on hardware purchases these days. I know it sounds harsh but when somebody drops 500 to a grand on parts without listening then realize later they were stupid it makes them learn. Ryzen 3 1200 is quad with no SMT. Ryzen 5 starts with 4 cores and 8 threads. The Ryzen 3 1200 is also aimed at being less than $150.

I mean, you could also point out the lack of features on the old *** AM3+ platform too. The ONLY board decent for that platform is the Asus 970 Aurora and all of it's features are through 3rd party controllers. The M.2 is also limited to PCI-E 2.0.