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I bought the gtx 960 and have a corsair cx 600w m power supply. I am looking for the rest of the build. If there"s a way to get the rest of the parts for around 200 that would be amazing, but if not just let me know your ideas. That would be american dollars.
 
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Ah, that makes sense


Full Build minus the GPU, PSU, HDD, and Case leaves CPU, Mobo, RAM, SSD. The SSD might really be pushing your budget.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte...
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While I wouldn't try to build a 450ish dollar computer around the 960, and probably not with a cxm psu (without other limiting factors like requiring a modular psu for a very low price), given that you have already bought those, Id recommend the following for the core. Case is very personal preference, and I'd imagine any decent sub 50 case would do here, follow the deals or go secondhand on this. While storage isn't nearly as subjective (or at all really) again, I'd follow the deals (do not go secondhand on storage) on WD Caviar Blue or Seagate Barracuda if you want mechanical storage and PNY CS1311, Mushkin Eco2 if you want SSD. I'd be slightly worried about the CPU bopttlenecking in this build and would really try to step up to an i3 if at all possible:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4400 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($26.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $139.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-27 03:47 EDT-0400
 
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You could get the remaining parts for 200 less, but if you could somehow manage to at least save up some money to get the budget higher it would be better, since youd want to get at least an i5 CPU to pair with the 960 or an equivalent AMD CPU. just my recommendation since low end CPUs would probably bottleneck your 960. i might be wrong. but thats based on what ive known so far hahaha so feel free to correct me.

but if you are in a rush, try to look up some AMD FX processors or Athlons, they would fit quite nice to your budget and would give decent performance over all
 
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I already have a hard drive and am looking to incorporate an ssd in this build. I was looking into the amd fx 6300 how would that sound. Would I have the issue of a bottleneck with the amd fx 6300? How much would I need to raise the budget to get the i5 or i3 into it? I can raise it like 40-50 bucks if that is needed but probably not much more than that.
 
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A budget i3 setup would look exactly like the Pentium one i posted above. It would cost ~50 bucks more and feature i3-6100 instead of the G4400

the fx6300 isn't the greatest since the i3-6100 is dangerously close to that price and offers much better performance. Plus, At the moment I'm having trouble recommending AMD at all since their offerings are quite antiquated, especially compared to Intel's Skylake based cpus. Hopefully this changes with the new Zen lineup they're planning on releasing later this year.
 
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Try this one. I think this would work well with your budget and needs, the FX 6300 is quite nice and having 6 cores would also help your non gaming needs on a budget. and going for an i5 build would be expensive and would need $400-$500 or even more. but it would undoubtedly faster. but since you have limitations try this one, you can chose a cheaper chassis but its up to you and the website doesnt include one good mobo so ill get a seperate link for it.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FRF48K




http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130922
 
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This setup is cheap & will do the job.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($76.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus A68HM-E Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($40.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Case: Zalman Z1 ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $208.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-27 05:01 EDT-0400
 
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At $270, You could easily fit an i3 into the build. In many cases, the i3 will outperform the fx-6300. Tom's cpu hierarchy lists i3s as one tier above the fx 6300 and on par with the 6350. Added to the fact that the life of the following system can be easily extended by dropping in a locked i5 or i7, I think this makes more sense:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($34.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $264.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-27 05:00 EDT-0400
 
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Sorry, lost me there, what's kaby lake? Oh no they never do. But upgrading a cpu is cheaper than buying a new system, most of the time. The upgrade argument is better served with a better motherboard and chipset that can actually support more ram and better peripherals, but in this case h110 isn't a whole lot better than 970.
 
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either way both options are open for the OP. at least we did present him some options. i really cant tell by experience since the very very last AMD set up ive build was an AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 many many years ago. i just asked around my pals who did build some budget PCs in the last years and they did recommend going for the FX 6300 and just go for an overclock to get good out of it since its quite safe but again we did present him some options and he can freely chose which parts to get his build for 😀 we are helping hahaha
 
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well a simple answer would be they are just plain slower. much deeper explanation AMD does have slower individual cores and their CPU architecture seems to be less efficient than intel's as of now. there are some explanations online as to why in a much more detailed way. hahaha
 
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OK would the i3 bottleneck my gpu? I would also like to be able to afford an ssd to go with the build. Can you guys reccomend a FULL build with the i3 and just leave the case out ill choose it. I would also leave out the HDD, GPU, and power supply. If the i3 will bottleneck GPU then don't bother.
 
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Ah, that makes sense


Full Build minus the GPU, PSU, HDD, and Case leaves CPU, Mobo, RAM, SSD. The SSD might really be pushing your budget.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($34.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: PNY CS1311 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $239.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-27 05:47 EDT-0400

 
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