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As my first submission on this forum, and as a constant viwer of Linus, I thought I might as well start off good  ;) .

 

A few days ago, I made a build design for my friend. They had a $550 max and of course I pushed that budget  :P . Their going to be starting Steam games at 1080p, and maybe some light YouTube. I pretty much know what to do when it comes to PC building however I thought I should check it out with the great forum here just to make sure I didn't do any thing wrong. The XFX R7 370 Double Dissipation is quite a new card as well, so we might push it just a tad bit to get the clock rate up. He wants a decent around 60 fps at most games and he usually won't be maxing them out.

 

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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/s6xxqs

 

Additional notes: We will also most likely be pushing the CPU so there will not be bottlenecks  :) , and the build will be running Linux.

 

Thank you,

 Annihilation 

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Aye!

 

As my first submission on this forum, and as a constant viwer of Linus, I thought I might as well start off good  ;) .

 

A few days ago, I made a build design for my friend. They had a $550 max and of course I pushed that budget  :P . Their going to be starting Steam games at 1080p, and maybe some light YouTube. I pretty much know what to do when it comes to PC building however I thought I should check it out with the great forum here just to make sure I didn't do any thing wrong. The XFX R7 370 Double Dissipation is quite a new card as well, so we might push it just a tad bit to get the clock rate up. He wants a decent around 60 fps at most games and he usually won't be maxing them out.

 

~ Link ~

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/s6xxqs

 

Additional notes: We will also most likely be pushing the CPU so there will not be bottlenecks  :) , and the build will be running Linux.

 

Thank you,

 Annihilation 

i would maybe get a better psi for more upgrade room but thats just me

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CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($108.95 @ SuperBiiz) 


Motherboard: ASRock H97 PERFORMANCE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 



Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: XFX TS 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 

Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer  ($17.28 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $588.05

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Aye!

 

As my first submission on this forum, and as a constant viwer of Linus, I thought I might as well start off good  ;) .

 

A few days ago, I made a build design for my friend. They had a $550 max and of course I pushed that budget  :P . Their going to be starting Steam games at 1080p, and maybe some light YouTube. I pretty much know what to do when it comes to PC building however I thought I should check it out with the great forum here just to make sure I didn't do any thing wrong. The XFX R7 370 Double Dissipation is quite a new card as well, so we might push it just a tad bit to get the clock rate up. He wants a decent around 60 fps at most games and he usually won't be maxing them out.

 

~ Link ~

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/s6xxqs

 

Additional notes: We will also most likely be pushing the CPU so there will not be bottlenecks  :) , and the build will be running Linux.

 

Thank you,

 Annihilation 

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CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($108.95 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PERFORMANCE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: XFX TS 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer  ($17.28 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $588.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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You could do this and also save a few bucks on the mobo.

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Aye!

 

As my first submission on this forum, and as a constant viwer of Linus, I thought I might as well start off good  ;) .

 

A few days ago, I made a build design for my friend. They had a $550 max and of course I pushed that budget  :P . Their going to be starting Steam games at 1080p, and maybe some light YouTube. I pretty much know what to do when it comes to PC building however I thought I should check it out with the great forum here just to make sure I didn't do any thing wrong. The XFX R7 370 Double Dissipation is quite a new card as well, so we might push it just a tad bit to get the clock rate up. He wants a decent around 60 fps at most games and he usually won't be maxing them out.

 

~ Link ~

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/s6xxqs

 

Additional notes: We will also most likely be pushing the CPU so there will not be bottlenecks  :) , and the build will be running Linux.

 

Thank you,

 Annihilation 

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amd cpu sucks, go with an intel g3258 and overclock it

 

get an msi z97 board

 

you can get cheaper ram at 16gb or 8gb

 

get an ssd at 60gb or 120gb if you can find one for cheap; ssd is a must and you can fit it into this budget

 

make sure the psu is highly reviewed by jonny guru; i have no idea if the one you chose is good, but it's prob shit

 

this is better:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($64.89 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($27.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($97.99 @ B&H)
Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 64GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda ES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 370 2GB Video Card  ($149.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Core 2500 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($46.99 @ Directron)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($32.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $543.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Aye!

 

As my first submission on this forum, and as a constant viwer of Linus, I thought I might as well start off good  ;) .

 

A few days ago, I made a build design for my friend. They had a $550 max and of course I pushed that budget  :P . Their going to be starting Steam games at 1080p, and maybe some light YouTube. I pretty much know what to do when it comes to PC building however I thought I should check it out with the great forum here just to make sure I didn't do any thing wrong. The XFX R7 370 Double Dissipation is quite a new card as well, so we might push it just a tad bit to get the clock rate up. He wants a decent around 60 fps at most games and he usually won't be maxing them out.

 

~ Link ~

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/s6xxqs

 

Additional notes: We will also most likely be pushing the CPU so there will not be bottlenecks  :) , and the build will be running Linux.

 

Thank you,

 Annihilation 

Welcome.

 

IMO you should drop the extra 8gbs of RAM and get this PSU, that other PSU quality blows. This PSU is OEM'd by a quality manufacturer and also makes room for any potential upgrades. You are gunna need a OS. Dont forget about that extra $90.

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He said he will be running Linux so he's saving a few bucks there. But I agree don't totally cheap out on a psu

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CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($108.95 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($45.99 @ SuperBiiz) 



Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 370 2GB WINDFORCE 2X Video Card  ($149.99 @ Amazon) 



Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  ($14.98 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $543.77

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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@Annihilation This but feel free to keep the CPU and Motherboard you originally chose, @techguru parts offer a cpu upgrade path I suspect your friend won't be upgrading, you can save a few bucks and get similar performance.

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($108.95 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PERFORMANCE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: XFX TS 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer  ($17.28 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $588.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-05 22:59 EDT-0400

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($178.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-HD2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($41.99 @ Amazon)

Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($50.89 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($192.49 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($23.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA 400W ATX Power Supply ($25.98 @ Newegg)

Total: $554.31

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($178.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-HD2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($41.99 @ Amazon)

Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($50.89 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 370 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($193.98 @ Newegg)

Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($23.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA 400W ATX Power Supply ($25.98 @ Newegg)

Total: $555.80

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-05 23:07 EDT-0400

you gave him a bottom of the barrel junk board..just to fit in a i5...

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why some of you are recommending any boards besides z97 is beyond me...

 

anything less than this is absolute shit unless you're building an htpc

nothing wrong with h97

the lowest you wanna go tho is B85..from a quality manufacter

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i edited the psu; it comes highly reviewed by jonny guru:

 

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=431

 

changed the case to. now you have two 3.0 usb headers

That PSU is awful quality my friend. Please stop recommending it. Read this http://www.overclock.net/t/1500086/why-you-should-not-buy-an-evga-430-500-500b-600b-psu

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Thank you guys for such a warm welcome and fast response  :) !

 

~ Nohemi ~ 

I defiantly see what you mean. However, the PC is on quite a budget so I couldn't go for something lke 80+ Gold or Semi-Modular compatibility. I'm not that worried however because EVGA is a great PSU maker.

 

~ techguru ~

I see we have quite the same taste. I've had PCs with Core i3s and I feel I'm not getting a lot out of them. However the hyper-threading is nice and I'm not a AMD fanboy so I'll look into it. Thank you for showing me this. As for the RAM, the it seems great, however I am a bit of a speed freak and my friend really wants 16 GB.. really  ;) . For the GPU, I've heard mixed things about the R9 280 series, including that it's a bit loud and quite hot. I'll look into it however, and see if it's cool. The missing 1 GB of GDDR5 is a bit of a let -down however not that big of a deal. Fine PSU choice and case choice.

 

Thank you,

 Annhilation

Notes: I see that I've just gotten 16 replies. I'll see how many I can get to before I go to bed. Quite a lot  :o !

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you gave him a bottom of the barrel junk board..just to fit in a i5...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($166.95 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E35 V2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($59.99 @ Mwave)

Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($50.89 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($184.99 @ NCIX US)

Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($23.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($24.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $551.78

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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BTW Linux is not a good idea for a gaming PC.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($166.95 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Asus H81M-E Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($50.20 @ Amazon)

Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($50.89 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($184.99 @ NCIX US)

Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($32.99 @ Mwave)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($24.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $551.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Thank you guys for such a warm welcome and fast response  :) !

 

~ Nohemi ~ 

I defiantly see what you mean. However, the PC is on quite a budget so I couldn't go for something lke 80+ Gold or Semi-Modular compatibility. I'm not that worried however because EVGA is a great PSU maker.

 

~ techguru ~

I see we have quite the same taste. I've had PCs with Core i3s and I feel I'm not getting a lot out of them. However the hyper-threading is nice and I'm not a AMD fanboy so I'll look into it. Thank you for showing me this. As for the RAM, the it seems great, however I am a bit of a speed freak and my friend really wants 16 GB.. really  ;) . For the GPU, I've heard mixed things about the R9 280 series, including that it's a bit loud and quite hot. I'll look into it however, and see if it's cool. The missing 1 GB of GDDR5 is a bit of a let -down however not that big of a deal. Fine PSU choice and case choice.

 

Thank you,

 Annhilation

Notes: I see that I've just gotten 16 replies. I'll see how many I can get to before I go to bed. Quite a lot  :o !

EVGA PSUs are shit...

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Thank you guys for such a warm welcome and fast response  :) !

 

~ Nohemi ~ 

I defiantly see what you mean. However, the PC is on quite a budget so I couldn't go for something lke 80+ Gold or Semi-Modular compatibility. I'm not that worried however because EVGA is a great PSU maker.

 

~ techguru ~

I see we have quite the same taste. I've had PCs with Core i3s and I feel I'm not getting a lot out of them. However the hyper-threading is nice and I'm not a AMD fanboy so I'll look into it. Thank you for showing me this. As for the RAM, the it seems great, however I am a bit of a speed freak and my friend really wants 16 GB.. really  ;) . For the GPU, I've heard mixed things about the R9 280 series, including that it's a bit loud and quite hot. I'll look into it however, and see if it's cool. The missing 1 GB of GDDR5 is a bit of a let -down however not that big of a deal. Fine PSU choice and case choice

 

Thank you,

 Annhilation

Notes: I see that I've just gotten 16 replies. I'll see how many I can get to before I go to bed. Quite a lot  :o !

the i3 4160 will smoke that amd cpu you had

faster ram doesn't matter...unless its benchmarking

in gaming...and everyday...extreme speed ram is totally pointless..and may not even work in the board since its outta spec

I VERY much doubt he needs 16gb...16gb would be for if he was doing production work...for gaming 8gb is more then enough right now

the 280 runs hotter then the nvidia equalvalent...but it also is faster...better fps.....if you got decent case with cooling..its not a problem..the difference would be like maybe 10C

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