- Apr 29, 2016
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Basically, my budget is $700 because I need a copy of Windows, which is ~$80 OEM or ~$100 Standard. I've been trying to get something UNDER my Budget, and I've asked many different people to no real avail. This is where I end up picking and choosing the parts myself. Feel free to work off of my list, or make your own entirely. I'm okay dropping some extra money on the Processor as long as it's a good one... Better safe than sorry, lol.
I've asked some other sites, and I was actually here earlier for a $900 build then I decided that I can't really drop that much on a PC... So here I am once again asking you guys. On the other sites, people often went a little weaker on the processor. A few people told me to get the FX-6300, but I don't particularly know why. I don't even know where to begin for AMD Motherboards, ESPECIALLY if I'm overclocking them... The same people also don't explain their choices to me, which made me even more confused when they chose the FX-6300, because I often hear that it's much worse than the i5-6500... They also get a more expensive motherboard (which I'm assuming is for Overclocking the FX-6300..?) Can someone tell me if the FX-6300 is any good for $90, because if so honestly I'd go for it. 6 Cores sounds pretty good, but if it's worse than the i5-6500, I'd rather spend extra on the i5-6500 and a cheaper motherboard. As I said, I know absolutely (or next to) absolutely nothing about AMD processors.
A bit of background information so you know what I'm expecting out of this PC... I stream games quite a bit, and I also record and render videos pretty often as well. As long as it can do those things acceptably at 720p capturing at 30fps for most games, I'll be happy... If that's possible with such a tight budget. I don't turn my graphics up to ultra, or even high most of the time. I play CSGO at lowest possible, and I played Skyrim at low with some minor differences.
tl;dr: Here's a list of my current build. My real budget is $800 but I need a copy of Windows, so my practical budget is $700. I also would prefer a monitor, but if it'll cost a lot of PC performance to drop an entire $100 on a monitor (or less if you can find a good monitor for cheaper), we can exclude it and I can get one when money isn't so tight.
Thank you for your time.
I've asked some other sites, and I was actually here earlier for a $900 build then I decided that I can't really drop that much on a PC... So here I am once again asking you guys. On the other sites, people often went a little weaker on the processor. A few people told me to get the FX-6300, but I don't particularly know why. I don't even know where to begin for AMD Motherboards, ESPECIALLY if I'm overclocking them... The same people also don't explain their choices to me, which made me even more confused when they chose the FX-6300, because I often hear that it's much worse than the i5-6500... They also get a more expensive motherboard (which I'm assuming is for Overclocking the FX-6300..?) Can someone tell me if the FX-6300 is any good for $90, because if so honestly I'd go for it. 6 Cores sounds pretty good, but if it's worse than the i5-6500, I'd rather spend extra on the i5-6500 and a cheaper motherboard. As I said, I know absolutely (or next to) absolutely nothing about AMD processors.
A bit of background information so you know what I'm expecting out of this PC... I stream games quite a bit, and I also record and render videos pretty often as well. As long as it can do those things acceptably at 720p capturing at 30fps for most games, I'll be happy... If that's possible with such a tight budget. I don't turn my graphics up to ultra, or even high most of the time. I play CSGO at lowest possible, and I played Skyrim at low with some minor differences.
tl;dr: Here's a list of my current build. My real budget is $800 but I need a copy of Windows, so my practical budget is $700. I also would prefer a monitor, but if it'll cost a lot of PC performance to drop an entire $100 on a monitor (or less if you can find a good monitor for cheaper), we can exclude it and I can get one when money isn't so tight.
Thank you for your time.
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