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So, I have a Lenovo y50 with an 860m and for me it's fine for most games at 1080p like rocket league or battlefield, and so on but I want to build a desktop to outperform it graphically for super cheap, so I just wanted to show you guy and see what you think of my cheap build.

Intel q6700 $25 - it performs the same as a q6600 but uses 40 watts less

Gigabyte Motherboard $25 - came with a core 2 duo for $25 and it's the same motherboard Linus had in first scrapyard wars

Windows 10 Pro 64 bit $30 - bought a computer at a garage sale for $30 and came with Windows 8 pro 64 bit and I updated it

Graphics card - i plan to get a pascal gpu

Case - still need one

PSU - still need one

Storage - currently have a 200gb hard drive I plan to get a 1tb and an ssd

So what do u guys think of my build so far?

My Cheap But Good Rig: I7-3770s, Intel Motherboard (actually made by intel), 16gb DDR3, Nvidia Gtx 1070, 250gb Samsung 850 EVO SSD, 750gb HDD, Evga 500 BR power supply

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It's definitely interesting, not a bad system so long as you overclock the CPU and get a good GPU. Don't buy a high end SSD though, SATA II will bottleneck it anyways. A BX100 or MX200 would be fine.

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So, I have a Lenovo y50 with an 860m and for me it's fine for most games at 1080p like rocket league or battlefield, and so on but I want to build a desktop to outperform it graphically for super cheap, so I just wanted to show you guy and see what you think of my cheap build.

Intel q6700 $25 - it performs the same as a q6600 but uses 40 watts less

Gigabyte Motherboard $25 - came with a core 2 duo for $25 and it's the same motherboard Linus had in first scrapyard wars

Windows 10 Pro 64 bit $30 - bought a computer at a garage sale for $30 and came with Windows 8 pro 64 bit and I updated it

Graphics card - i plan to get a pascal gpu

Case - still need one

PSU - still need one

Storage - currently have a 200gb hard drive I plan to get a 1tb and an ssd

So what do u guys think of my build so far?

that q6700 is gonna bottleneck your gpu...

 

pascal is a long way away.

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that q6700 is gonna bottleneck your gpu...

 

pascal is a long way away.

 

This 100%

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This 100%

that q6700 is gonna bottleneck your gpu...

 

pascal is a long way away.

It's definitely interesting, not a bad system so long as you overclock the CPU and get a good GPU. Don't buy a high end SSD though, SATA II will bottleneck it anyways. A BX100 or MX200 would be fine.

If I overclock the cup to at least 3 ghz I really don't think it will bottleneck that bad, cause I mean it's running at 2.6 ghz now and I think it won't bottleneck that bad cause my friend has a slightly worse phenom that's not overclocked and it doesn't really bottleneck his 960 and I'm better off doing this then a pentimento aniversary edition and this is supposed to be a budget build

Isn't pascal coming out in only like 2-3 months I can wait

My Cheap But Good Rig: I7-3770s, Intel Motherboard (actually made by intel), 16gb DDR3, Nvidia Gtx 1070, 250gb Samsung 850 EVO SSD, 750gb HDD, Evga 500 BR power supply

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If I overclock the cup to at least 3 ghz I really don't think it will bottleneck that bad, cause I mean it's running at 2.6 ghz now and I think it won't bottleneck that bad cause my friend has a slightly worse phenom that's not overclocked and it doesn't really bottleneck his 960 and I'm better off doing this then a pentimento aniversary edition and this is supposed to be a budget build

Isn't pascal coming out in only like 2-3 months I can wait

 

its better than the pentium, if you are trying to spend basically no money then yes its probably all you will get, but personally I would not be happy

 

first quarter of 2016 I beleive

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If I overclock the cup to at least 3 ghz I really don't think it will bottleneck that bad, cause I mean it's running at 2.6 ghz now and I think it won't bottleneck that bad cause my friend has a slightly worse phenom that's not overclocked and it doesn't really bottleneck his 960 and I'm better off doing this then a pentimento aniversary edition and this is supposed to be a budget build

Isn't pascal coming out in only like 2-3 months I can wait

Pascal isn't expected until next year.

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 512GB SKHynix PC401, 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x Micron 1100 256GB SATA SSDs | GPU: EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra 10GB | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Lian Li SP 850W

 

Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Crucial DDR4 Pro | Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS AC-HES | Storage: 128GB Samsung PM961, 4TB Seagate IronWolf | GPU: AMD FirePro WX 3100 | Cooling: EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM-850

 

Miscellaneous: Dell Optiplex 7060 Micro (i5-8500T/16GB/512GB), Lenovo ThinkCentre M715q Tiny (R5 2400GE/16GB/256GB), Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF (i5-6400/8GB/128GB)

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Pascal could be another 6-12 months away, the next couple of months is very very optimistic. And you will have bottlenecks from that CPU/MB, putting such old hardware with new hardware will not do your performance any justice.

 

If you want to keep the old CPU/MB then go for a 700 series card or the AMD equivalent. The 960 isn't a bad card in any way shape or form but comparing it to Pascal is quite stupid in terms of how the card will perform. 

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If I overclock the cup to at least 3 ghz I really don't think it will bottleneck that bad, cause I mean it's running at 2.6 ghz now and I think it won't bottleneck that bad cause my friend has a slightly worse phenom that's not overclocked and it doesn't really bottleneck his 960 and I'm better off doing this then a pentimento aniversary edition and this is supposed to be a budget build

Isn't pascal coming out in only like 2-3 months I can wait

even my Q8300 OCed to 3ghz is bottlenecking my GTX 670....

"Sulit" (adj.) something that is worth it

i7 8700K 4.8Ghz delidded / Corsair H100i V2 / Asus Strix Z370-F / G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16GB 3200 / EVGA GTX 1080Ti FTW3 / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q

Samsung 850 EVO 500GB & 250GB - Crucial MX300 M.2 525GB / Fractal Design Define S / Corsair K70 MX Reds / Logitech G502 / Beyerdynamic DT770 250Ohm

SMSL SD793II AMP/DAC - Schiit Magni 3 / PCPP

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If I overclock the cup to at least 3 ghz I really don't think it will bottleneck that bad, cause I mean it's running at 2.6 ghz now and I think it won't bottleneck that bad cause my friend has a slightly worse phenom that's not overclocked and it doesn't really bottleneck his 960 and I'm better off doing this then a pentimento aniversary edition and this is supposed to be a budget build

Isn't pascal coming out in only like 2-3 months I can wait

It's not just clock speed that determines the performance of a CPU, 960 might be fine but any higher has a good chance of causing a bottleneck on the CPU. If this is a budget build, there really is no point in waiting for Pascal because it's just going to start out more expensive anyway. The easiest GPU to find for cheap that will still preform is probably something like a 280X.

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It's not just clock speed that determines the performance of a CPU, 960 might be fine but any higher has a good chance of causing a bottleneck on the CPU. If this is a budget build, there really is no point in waiting for Pascal because it's just going to start out more expensive anyway. The easiest GPU to find for cheap that will still preform is probably something like a 280X.

but amd is for poor people....... jk

 

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even my Q8300 OCed to 3ghz is bottlenecking my GTX 670

well a q6700 performs the same as a q8300 maybe if i overclocked to like 3.4ghz that would make my gpu bottleneck that badly, iam proabably just going to get a 970 and in the future sli and upgrade cpu and so on

My Cheap But Good Rig: I7-3770s, Intel Motherboard (actually made by intel), 16gb DDR3, Nvidia Gtx 1070, 250gb Samsung 850 EVO SSD, 750gb HDD, Evga 500 BR power supply

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