- Apr 29, 2016
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Approximate Purchase Date: Within the next month or so, I have to go out of town soon and I don't want to buy the parts then risk not being here when they arrive.
Budget Range: ~$800, at the most $850 after shipping. I hear people have a lot of issues with rebates, so for the sake of that let's not include them.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Streaming, Rendering, Everything else.
Are you buying a monitor: I'd like one, but I don't need one. So no, I guess not.
Parts to Upgrade: Well, I have a Hard Drive but since this is a prebuilt I have no clue how good it is. It's a hard drive, and it works. So I guess literally everything other than the Hard Drive... lol
Do you need to buy OS: Yep.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg, NCIX, MicroCenter, Amazon, SuperBiiz... Basically the cheapest place in the USA, I don't particularly care if I need to go get it physically or get it mailed and from what site.
Location: Not going to list city unless I have to, Minnesota, USA.
Parts Preferences: I'd prefer anything that's good and runs well for what I wish it to do (gaming, streaming, rendering, basic browsing). If it's AMD, so be it. I prefer Intel and NVidia, but if AMD can do it for cheaper and as well or nearly as well, then there you go.
Overclocking: Preferably not, but if I have to I certainly could but I want to make sure that it wouldn't overheat.
SLI or Crossfire: No.
Your Monitor Resolution: My one monitor which I play games on is 1366x768 and my second monitor is 1440 x 900.
Additional Comments: I don't particularly care what the case looks like as long as it isn't absolutely disgusting. However, I am a first time builder so I don't want something super tiny or hard to work with. I have a keyboard and a mouse, as well as a headset, so you don't need to get any of those. As I said I have a hard drive which I can transfer, and two monitors (which will probably need adapters) that I can use as well.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: to get a more suitable build for what I want to do, which again is Gaming, Streaming, Rendering, then literally everything else after. With games and streaming comes talking with friends and stuff.
I have this if you wish to work off of what I have. I didn't know how many fans I'd need, so I just got a bunch of them. Two to replace stock fans, and two to put on the top. I also got a CPU Cooler to run the Processor slower, and if I plan to upgrade to an i5-6600 I have it if I wish to not use Stock CPU Cooler. Additionally, I got the CPU Cooler because I hear the stock one is fairly poor. However, feel free to change what you wish.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($35.00)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-D3HP ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($97.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($53.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($178.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($53.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($85.97 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 High Performance Edition (2-Pack) 62.7 CFM 120mm Fans ($21.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 High Performance Edition (2-Pack) 62.7 CFM 120mm Fans ($21.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $822.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-25 20:51 EDT-0400
Budget Range: ~$800, at the most $850 after shipping. I hear people have a lot of issues with rebates, so for the sake of that let's not include them.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Streaming, Rendering, Everything else.
Are you buying a monitor: I'd like one, but I don't need one. So no, I guess not.
Parts to Upgrade: Well, I have a Hard Drive but since this is a prebuilt I have no clue how good it is. It's a hard drive, and it works. So I guess literally everything other than the Hard Drive... lol
Do you need to buy OS: Yep.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg, NCIX, MicroCenter, Amazon, SuperBiiz... Basically the cheapest place in the USA, I don't particularly care if I need to go get it physically or get it mailed and from what site.
Location: Not going to list city unless I have to, Minnesota, USA.
Parts Preferences: I'd prefer anything that's good and runs well for what I wish it to do (gaming, streaming, rendering, basic browsing). If it's AMD, so be it. I prefer Intel and NVidia, but if AMD can do it for cheaper and as well or nearly as well, then there you go.
Overclocking: Preferably not, but if I have to I certainly could but I want to make sure that it wouldn't overheat.
SLI or Crossfire: No.
Your Monitor Resolution: My one monitor which I play games on is 1366x768 and my second monitor is 1440 x 900.
Additional Comments: I don't particularly care what the case looks like as long as it isn't absolutely disgusting. However, I am a first time builder so I don't want something super tiny or hard to work with. I have a keyboard and a mouse, as well as a headset, so you don't need to get any of those. As I said I have a hard drive which I can transfer, and two monitors (which will probably need adapters) that I can use as well.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: to get a more suitable build for what I want to do, which again is Gaming, Streaming, Rendering, then literally everything else after. With games and streaming comes talking with friends and stuff.
I have this if you wish to work off of what I have. I didn't know how many fans I'd need, so I just got a bunch of them. Two to replace stock fans, and two to put on the top. I also got a CPU Cooler to run the Processor slower, and if I plan to upgrade to an i5-6600 I have it if I wish to not use Stock CPU Cooler. Additionally, I got the CPU Cooler because I hear the stock one is fairly poor. However, feel free to change what you wish.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($35.00)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-D3HP ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($97.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($53.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($178.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($53.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($85.97 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 High Performance Edition (2-Pack) 62.7 CFM 120mm Fans ($21.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 High Performance Edition (2-Pack) 62.7 CFM 120mm Fans ($21.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $822.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-25 20:51 EDT-0400
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