Looking for a good AMD build.

[blackplague]

Im looking at getting

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131874

and

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103962



However i have NEVER used anything AMD. Now with saying that, I'm trying to figure out if that would be a good setup. As of right now it is alot better then what i currently have. Im also wondering how easy overclocking AMD stuff is, i have read alot of forum post and such on it, so i do have an idea as to what i can do and not do. Looking at the bio's they do look pretty extensive compared to what i have now. Im just looking for thought and idea's on this set up i'm looking at getting. I have also seen alot of good about it and hardly any bad.

[Joshua_Mahr]

What are you planning to do with the system. I could give some good recommendations.

Also this is a good idea if you plan to OC you CPU.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819106011

[blackplague]

Well what im wanting to do is be able to play most games on max or close to max settings. Right now with the way i have current stuff setup i can play on mid setting's. I also really wanna update to something that handles more ram then what my current mobo can. the real reason i was going AMD is cause of the price difference. The wife said i can spend about $250.00 to update to better then what i have now, if i spend more then that i might not be able to type anymore lol. Well i take that back i can play some games on mid settings with a few things turned off.

[Joshua_Mahr]

You are going to need a complete upgrade for that. GPU/CPU/MOBO/MEM/HD If you only have 250.00 I would spend it on a GPU for now. Like these :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814125418

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130835

[PP Mguire]

You are going to need a complete upgrade for that. GPU/CPU/MOBO/MEM/HD If you only have 250.00 I would spend it on a GPU for now. Like these :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814125418

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130835

This, a CPU upgrade wont grant you any extra real FPS because your current GPU sucks hard. (no offense)
An Ivy Bridge dual core (i3 3220) would fit the bill very nicely and cheaply without the need to OC if you could get a nice GPU to complement it.

[Joshua_Mahr]

Cold consider this. Would be a good start and you could add a GPU later for XFire.

	Thursday, 1/10/2013
1 Available from 12:00AM - 9:59AM PT 1/10/2013 AMD A8-3850 Quad-Core Radeon HD 6550D APU| MSI A75A-G35 FM1 A75 Motherboard| G.Skill DDR3 8GB Memory| Western Digital 1.5TB HDD| Rosewill ATX Mid Tower| Rosewill 500W PSU SuperCombo $289.99After $20 MIR

It is FM1 but still a great deal.

[blackplague]

This, a CPU upgrade wont grant you any extra real FPS because your current GPU sucks hard. (no offense)
An Ivy Bridge dual core (i3 3220) would fit the bill very nicely and cheaply without the need to OC if you could get a nice GPU to complement it.

LOL yeah the vid card did suck, i however got a Sapphire HD6570 in there now, i forgot to change the sig thing. See i was looking at intel to but im stuck with the 1st gen and 2nd gen stuff for the i chips and it confused the hell out of me (not too tech savvy here) lol. As far as hard drive space im not too concerned about what i have cause it works for me. And im sure that the ram i have should work in most things, i went from having 1gig to having 8gigs and 8gigs is enough for now, but i would like the option to atleast go to 16gigs in the future. And i never realized that a vid card has that much control over fps and running stuff on max. But i'm gonna look into it. I however do not wanna bottle neck with spending the $250 on the vid card and that alone. I really appreciate everyone's input and help on this