http://pcpartpicker.com/p/22rf23
fixed removed hdd cause he said nn and added a hyper 212 coz can

His sticky and two of you recommend 8320's??



@OP: Personally, at your budget and uses, I would get this: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mmQ9RB
For the wireless adapter...
if you have a dual band router and want to take advantage of it, get this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704162
if not, get this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA24G1722694

Low wattage, under $600, fast load times, and can easily handle everything you listed.

I know you don't plan to OC now, and you don't really need to for your uses, but just know that that CPU has great OC potential. So when you need more performance in the future, I would recommend an OC. It's not hard with a little bit of research or you can post here and if ghot is still kicking he'll probably write you paragraphs of how to.
As for OC'ing, you should get this either now or when you decide to OC: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr212e20pkr2
It wouldn't hurt to get it now if your room is hot and/or just want better cooling than stock.

It's a new comp so you'll want to wipe your existing HDD if it's been used previously. Either way, install OS, system files, programs, and commonly played games on the SSD for a major performance boost. Large, rarely played games and media file (music, movies, pictures, videos, etc) go on the HDD.
It's worth noting that if you think you're going to be doing other CPU intensive processing that you didn't list, you're better off dropping the SSD and grabbing a 4690k with a z97 mobo (probably PC Mate at your budget). However, between the internet, microsoft office, and gaming, you'll get much more benefit out of an SSD than 4 cores.

Just because he prefers intel doesn't mean he shouldn't get AMD.. most people who prefer only intel are highly uneducated on computer parts. Plus I went with the 8320e which is a lower voltage one.. it is comparable to the 3570k in gaming which is much better than suggesting a g3258

As for your new build mine has a better CPU and GPU and it could easily fit a 120gb ssd and stay close to or in budget... point is just because someone says "OOOOHHH OOHH OOOOH!! I WANT INTEL CUZ INTEL BAST!" Doesn't mean you should just suggest intel.. they need to know their options.. if he knew his options do you really think he'd be coming here asking for help.

Did you read anything past the first line and build?



Explain to me exactly, given what he's posted, how he would benefit from 8 cores?

XFX cooling is meh at best and their customer support has been outsourced to China. I don't recommend them anymore. I would argue that the performance increases from my build to yours are negligible except that my build is cheap enough to allow for an SSD, which is a performance difference he will undoubtedly notice.

But, yes, you did post 8320E, I did not realize that. Good quality and great OC potential there. Still, I'm not convinced he'll benefit from paying for 8 cores.

It's only 4 physical cores... he would benefit from that WITH an ssd over a 2 core with an ssd.

Regardless of XFX customer support their cards have a lifetime warranty and I've never had any issues with their CS

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/RqQ9RB

SSD in my build @ budget also.. so your point about allowing an SSD is well pointless...

He will benefit from the 2 extra physical cores in gaming.. especially if he decides to multitask during gaming or stream etc... I'd never get anything lower than an 8320 if it fits into the budget..

The gaming benefit from a 285 over a 760 is noticeable also... which it (285) having a higher pixel rate, floating point, shading units, texture mapping units and the same render output processors as the 760..

This post was edited by Funion on Oct 19 2014 09:20am

Oop, looked at Robert's build only and he said "removed hdd", so I assumed your build had an HDD not SSD.

My bad.

This post was edited by SanityWasHacked on Oct 19 2014 09:43am

Yup I had an HDD not an SSD.. replaced it with an SSD

With it's lower TDP the 8320e runs perfectly fine on a stock cooler which is nice.

This post was edited by Funion on Oct 19 2014 09:45am