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#31. Posted:
ForestMan
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Craigyy_JR wrote
Kaneki wrote The only thing I don't like about Craigyy's build is the PSU. Personally I find 450w for $60 a ripoff
Haven't you ever heard of quality over quantity? 450W is more than enough for that rig, and the Capstone units are good quality. It's only around $45 or something after rebates. Anything from XFX or SeaSonic will be fine though if OP wanted to replace the PSU.

ForestMan wrote Guys I want AMD because of money budgets, and honestly I just like how AMD can be overclocked long periods of time without having to use a better cooling system.
That's just a whole lot of nope. I've already suggested a perfectly good build for your budget. Intel and NVIDIA components can also be overclocked, but overclocking is over-hyped and just not worth having to pay extra for specific components. AMD CPU's are less efficient and run hotter than Intel. AMD cards run hotter than NVIDIA cards, so the whole not needing better cooling with AMD, is just completely wrong. As of right now, there is no reason to buy an AMD GPU IMHO, unless it's something like an R7 260x, or something lower end due to having a tight budget. Also, they have no competing CPU's right now so the only reason to go with AMD, would be for an APU and that would only make sense if you had such a tight budget that you couldn't afford a decent dedicated GPU. AM3+ is a dead socket, LGA1150 is better for performance and upgradability.

You clearly didn't read what I wanted but thanks for the input.
#32. Posted:
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Craigyy_JR wrote AMD CPU's are less efficient and run hotter than Intel.

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AMD and hot, yes but with Intel sitting in the 60-70+ range, i'm afraid Mr Macdougle, you have dun goofed on that one statement.
As for AMD GPU's, SHIT. Drivers are crap which is the main reason i'm switching to a 970.
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