It was first going to be a budget build, but I recently stumbled across a small fortune.
My budget is now around/exceeding the 1,000 USD margin.
At first, I was going to go AMD to get comparable performance whilst spending less $$$, but since my budget is now higher, should I...?:
A. Go Intel.
B. Stick with the cheaper AMD and use the rest of the cash to buy killer accessories, a better case and/or extra fans and heatsinks to overclock like a sonofab!@ch.
My current AMD build is as follows:
MOBO: MSI 870A-G54 AM3 AMD 870
GPU: EVGA SuperClocked 01G-P3-1563-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition Deneb 3.5GHz
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
PSU: Antec EarthWatts EA-650 GREEN 650W ATX12V v2.3
HDD: SAMSUNG EcoGreen F2 HD103SI 1TB 5400 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
CASE: Thermaltake Armor A60 AMD LEO Edition
My budget is now around/exceeding the 1,000 USD margin.
At first, I was going to go AMD to get comparable performance whilst spending less $$$, but since my budget is now higher, should I...?:
A. Go Intel.
B. Stick with the cheaper AMD and use the rest of the cash to buy killer accessories, a better case and/or extra fans and heatsinks to overclock like a sonofab!@ch.
My current AMD build is as follows:
MOBO: MSI 870A-G54 AM3 AMD 870
GPU: EVGA SuperClocked 01G-P3-1563-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition Deneb 3.5GHz
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
PSU: Antec EarthWatts EA-650 GREEN 650W ATX12V v2.3
HDD: SAMSUNG EcoGreen F2 HD103SI 1TB 5400 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
CASE: Thermaltake Armor A60 AMD LEO Edition