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Hey Forums,
I've been out of the loop in terms of the best parts for money since Skylake came out and want to ask for your suggestions in terms of possible improvements to this build that would save me money while possibly improving performance.
I am going to be building this computer for a friend and was debating between an Intel i5 6500 or the Intel Xeon 1231 v3 and I went with the Xeon. My reasoning for choosing the Xeon was that when playing on my brother's rig with the Xeon, there were noticeable FPS gains with the extra threads compared to my OCd 4690k especially in newer games.
Going with the older technology also allows me to save money on the motherboard and ram.
Storage was standard, SSD Boot Drive and 1TB HDD for mass storage.
Case and PSU were pretty simple choices, I trust Phanteks for a case, and the EVGA GS is a good unit.
My friend wanted dual monitors for multitask and these Acer ones seemed great for the price. (Gaming will be done on 1 monitor)
Now the trouble I have with is the GPU, I'm not too caught up in the new cards released this year but it seems like the mid end choices would be the RX 480 and the GTX 1060. The 1060 seems like the stronger single card choice, but the 480 with its Xfire support and higher VRAM seems like it would be a strong choice going into 2017 and on.
Anyways, thanks for reading this and I hope to get this build rolling ASAP.
Build:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($32.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($92.00 @ B&H)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GAMING Video Card ($249.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro M ATX Mid Tower Case ($66.11 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($88.41 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 39.9 CFM 120mm Fans ($25.88 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 23.0" 60Hz Monitor ($139.00 @ B&H)
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 23.0" 60Hz Monitor ($139.00 @ B&H)
Total: $1199.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-11 18:17 EDT-0400
I've been out of the loop in terms of the best parts for money since Skylake came out and want to ask for your suggestions in terms of possible improvements to this build that would save me money while possibly improving performance.
I am going to be building this computer for a friend and was debating between an Intel i5 6500 or the Intel Xeon 1231 v3 and I went with the Xeon. My reasoning for choosing the Xeon was that when playing on my brother's rig with the Xeon, there were noticeable FPS gains with the extra threads compared to my OCd 4690k especially in newer games.
Going with the older technology also allows me to save money on the motherboard and ram.
Storage was standard, SSD Boot Drive and 1TB HDD for mass storage.
Case and PSU were pretty simple choices, I trust Phanteks for a case, and the EVGA GS is a good unit.
My friend wanted dual monitors for multitask and these Acer ones seemed great for the price. (Gaming will be done on 1 monitor)
Now the trouble I have with is the GPU, I'm not too caught up in the new cards released this year but it seems like the mid end choices would be the RX 480 and the GTX 1060. The 1060 seems like the stronger single card choice, but the 480 with its Xfire support and higher VRAM seems like it would be a strong choice going into 2017 and on.
Anyways, thanks for reading this and I hope to get this build rolling ASAP.
Build:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($32.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($92.00 @ B&H)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GAMING Video Card ($249.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro M ATX Mid Tower Case ($66.11 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($88.41 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 39.9 CFM 120mm Fans ($25.88 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 23.0" 60Hz Monitor ($139.00 @ B&H)
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 23.0" 60Hz Monitor ($139.00 @ B&H)
Total: $1199.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-11 18:17 EDT-0400
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