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!ATTENTION! Please Read the entire thread before posting !ATTENTION!
Before I begin I would like to give some rules when posting on this thread.
Rules:
1. I am planning to keep this build for at least 2 years, keep this in mind
2. When suggesting something better, please take the time to give solid proof backing your answer.
3. Please keep all comments constructive, nice and helpful.
Background Info:
This is my second build. I have already posted a thread asking for a good pc build; however, I do not feel that I asked the questions I wanted to ask. I did not give enough info. I have spent 2+ months on designing the product of my research. I have provided what I believe to be a really good build, and I have concrete proof to back my decision. This pc will be solely for gaming and browsing the web. I hope that this build will be able to play most games at 60+ fps, and keeping load times at minimum. I hope that I will be able to reach the best performance for the money I am paying. I will be overclocking both the graphics card and the cpu of this build. If you need anymore info feel free to ask. I intend to wait 2+ weeks before buying the parts.
PcPartPicker:PC Build - http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BwWyJx
CPU - AMD FX-8320:
What can I say?
- 8 cores which will allow for multitasking
- Easily overclocked to 4.5 ghz
- Great price per performance
- Cheaper that i5 even with cooler
- Cheaper than other fx-8000 series cpu's
Evidence #1 - Amd fx 8320 overclocks the same as other 8000 series
Evidence #2 - FX 8320 12% worse - but still better value for gaming
CPU COOLER - Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo:
- Overclocks the cpu to 4.5 ghz easily
Enough Said.
Evidence #1 - 4.5 ghz overclock
MOTHERBOARD - Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P ATX AM3+/AM3:
Manirelli (A pcpartpicker staff) sums up the board really well with his comment on it. And really there is only 3 types of motherboard's:
1. Do not buy this
2. Good enough
3. Amazing but you will almost never need it
Evidence #1 - Manirelli's comment
RAM - Averix Budget Series 8GB:
From what I learned, you really don't need anything expensive except for looks, overclocking or servers. Since I don't fit in to any of these categories, I chose the cheapest ram I could get and I'm pretty sure it will be fine.
Evidence #1 - Expensive vs Cheap ram
SSD - Sandisk Ultra II 480GB:
This is the one that I'm least confident about, as I'm not an ssd expert. Think I should keep it? I do not have any evidence for either one as far as I can tell, But I do not think I will notice much of a performance benefit to using a Samsung vs a Sandisk. However, here is a steam post about load times of ark:survival evolved (A fun and very poorly optimized game) with a ssd vs hdd.
Evidence #1 - Ark Load Times ssd vs hdd
Thermal Paste - Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g:
Not even bothering to talk about this much. Its a good thermal paste, no one but extreme enthusiasts need anything more, and its cheap.
GPU - MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB:
The new performance per dollar king - JayzTwoCents (or he said something like that
)
Ok so this card is neck and neck with the gtx 970, and when overclocked, the msi version gets a edge on the gtx 970.
Not to mention I can get it for 10 bucks cheaper than the gtx 970, and get 15% of price from jet.com
Evidence #1 - JayzTwoCents - R9 390
Case - Corsair 200r:
This case is nice, simplistic, and Ill I need.
I don't look for much in a case as long as it does not suck, which the comments section speaks for this case on this one.
Evidence #1 - Corsair 200r - PcPartPicker
Corsair Builder 500w 80+ bronze
Ok here is the thing. My current build has a integrated diablotek psu, company is supposedly bad and psu should be bad. spent 20$ on the case and psu combo, and my pc never really crashed or had overheating problems. So unless you have a extremely good reason to make me pick the best psu in the world, dont bother trying to choose anything better.
OS - Windows 10
Ok im not even bothering with this one unless there is a linux distro that can play every pc game in the world.
Monitor - Asus VG248QE
- Good reviews
- High refresh rate
- Low Response Time
- 1080p
- High contrast
Is there anything better?
END OF PART LIST
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Top 2 most demanding games I play right now:
1. Ark
2. Planetside 2
I plan to play many more games. Also the monitor is going to be bought later, that's why its marked as purchased.
The closer the price is to the current part list the better, however I have a flexible budget of 800 to 900
!Thank You for taking your time reading this message!
I hope I can get the best deal possible on my pc,
so lets work together,
themagicalgamer
Edits:
1. Switched from the Cooler Master Hyper Evo to Cryorig 7 for better cooling.
2. Switched the corsair builder 500w to a Seasonic 620w s12II
3. Switched amd to i5-4590 and equivalant motherboard for better performance
Before I begin I would like to give some rules when posting on this thread.
Rules:
1. I am planning to keep this build for at least 2 years, keep this in mind
2. When suggesting something better, please take the time to give solid proof backing your answer.
3. Please keep all comments constructive, nice and helpful.
Background Info:
This is my second build. I have already posted a thread asking for a good pc build; however, I do not feel that I asked the questions I wanted to ask. I did not give enough info. I have spent 2+ months on designing the product of my research. I have provided what I believe to be a really good build, and I have concrete proof to back my decision. This pc will be solely for gaming and browsing the web. I hope that this build will be able to play most games at 60+ fps, and keeping load times at minimum. I hope that I will be able to reach the best performance for the money I am paying. I will be overclocking both the graphics card and the cpu of this build. If you need anymore info feel free to ask. I intend to wait 2+ weeks before buying the parts.
PcPartPicker:PC Build - http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BwWyJx
CPU - AMD FX-8320:
What can I say?
- 8 cores which will allow for multitasking
- Easily overclocked to 4.5 ghz
- Great price per performance
- Cheaper that i5 even with cooler
- Cheaper than other fx-8000 series cpu's
Evidence #1 - Amd fx 8320 overclocks the same as other 8000 series
Evidence #2 - FX 8320 12% worse - but still better value for gaming
CPU COOLER - Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo:
- Overclocks the cpu to 4.5 ghz easily
Enough Said.
Evidence #1 - 4.5 ghz overclock
MOTHERBOARD - Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P ATX AM3+/AM3:
Manirelli (A pcpartpicker staff) sums up the board really well with his comment on it. And really there is only 3 types of motherboard's:
1. Do not buy this
2. Good enough
3. Amazing but you will almost never need it
Evidence #1 - Manirelli's comment
RAM - Averix Budget Series 8GB:
From what I learned, you really don't need anything expensive except for looks, overclocking or servers. Since I don't fit in to any of these categories, I chose the cheapest ram I could get and I'm pretty sure it will be fine.
Evidence #1 - Expensive vs Cheap ram
SSD - Sandisk Ultra II 480GB:
This is the one that I'm least confident about, as I'm not an ssd expert. Think I should keep it? I do not have any evidence for either one as far as I can tell, But I do not think I will notice much of a performance benefit to using a Samsung vs a Sandisk. However, here is a steam post about load times of ark:survival evolved (A fun and very poorly optimized game) with a ssd vs hdd.
Evidence #1 - Ark Load Times ssd vs hdd
Thermal Paste - Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g:
Not even bothering to talk about this much. Its a good thermal paste, no one but extreme enthusiasts need anything more, and its cheap.
GPU - MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB:
The new performance per dollar king - JayzTwoCents (or he said something like that
)Ok so this card is neck and neck with the gtx 970, and when overclocked, the msi version gets a edge on the gtx 970.
Not to mention I can get it for 10 bucks cheaper than the gtx 970, and get 15% of price from jet.com
Evidence #1 - JayzTwoCents - R9 390
Case - Corsair 200r:
This case is nice, simplistic, and Ill I need.
I don't look for much in a case as long as it does not suck, which the comments section speaks for this case on this one.
Evidence #1 - Corsair 200r - PcPartPicker
Corsair Builder 500w 80+ bronze
Ok here is the thing. My current build has a integrated diablotek psu, company is supposedly bad and psu should be bad. spent 20$ on the case and psu combo, and my pc never really crashed or had overheating problems. So unless you have a extremely good reason to make me pick the best psu in the world, dont bother trying to choose anything better.
OS - Windows 10
Ok im not even bothering with this one unless there is a linux distro that can play every pc game in the world.
Monitor - Asus VG248QE
- Good reviews
- High refresh rate
- Low Response Time
- 1080p
- High contrast
Is there anything better?
END OF PART LIST
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Top 2 most demanding games I play right now:
1. Ark
2. Planetside 2
I plan to play many more games. Also the monitor is going to be bought later, that's why its marked as purchased.
The closer the price is to the current part list the better, however I have a flexible budget of 800 to 900
!Thank You for taking your time reading this message!
I hope I can get the best deal possible on my pc,
so lets work together,
themagicalgamer
Edits:
1. Switched from the Cooler Master Hyper Evo to Cryorig 7 for better cooling.
2. Switched the corsair builder 500w to a Seasonic 620w s12II
3. Switched amd to i5-4590 and equivalant motherboard for better performance
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