VenkiPhy6

I know this is an old thread. Sorry for digging this up from the grave. But man this PC has such precious memories now! Since this build, I finished my Bachelor's, moved out of the city (in which I lived for nearly 20 years), finished my Master's during which my parents moved out of my childhood home(which is where I built this PC) and I ended up getting a Data Analyst job! My life is totally different from when I built this PC.... but the PC still works! It is obviously not my primary machine (been the case for nearly the last 2 years. I currently have a Acer VX-15 laptop.) but every time I go back to my parent's place and look at it, it is so nostalgic. Also in the middle of all this, my brother got married and this PC will be going to my nephew in a few months time (obviously with a few upgrades)! In the middle of all the benchmarking and other techy stuff, we really don't talk enough about the emotional aspects of owning a PC. LIke, I bet I won't have this sorta attachment if it was a console. Worth every penny - I had friends over for gaming night, I applied for my Master's degree with this, I took several MOOCs on it (which inspired me to go for the Master's in the first place!), I learnt to code in Python .... so MANY MEMORIES! Sorry, for all the cheesiness but I don't think this log would be complete without it...

Yep. Dats me! :-D

If LTT just kept showing off tech stuff there are hundreds of other YT channels that do the same. I can watch 'em instead of this one and call it a day. It is for the humorous(or atleast an attempt to be humorous) approach to stuff, that I really like about this channel. Keep it up. More dick jokes, mishaps, ghetto builds would be lovely!!! :-D BTW, people LEARN TO TAKE A JOKE!!!! Also Linus, can you put a calc in those boxers too? You seem to have put one there..........and the calc seems....big..... EDIT:- I forgot! I want to see if those boxers are also pickpocket free! Luke, cooperate!! :-D

Private room, Chair, table, Good games(preferably not Ubisoft :-D jk ), tri-hourly coffee supply! :-D

Right...then an old i3 based build with a humble mobo and 8GB RAM would probably do right? (again, focusing on Case and PSU for future upgradability)...

The main question here is - Do you have to buy peripherals or you already have 'em?? If you already have 'em, I really feel you should go for an APU based build. Since this is a gaming rig CPU doesn't matter 'that' much. Just make sure you have 4 CPU cores in your APU. Also for the time being you might get an R7 240 or 250 and go for Dual Graphics(Hybrid crossfire). Of course, it is not a really good solution as of now(if only AMD push their asses and optimize their drivers, jesus!!) but for the money it is good. Later you can upgrade to a discrete graphic card. If you have to buy peripherals, For this budget craigslist is the place or else your friend must learn to be happy with a 720p medium settings gaming machine. You can always upgrade a year after. If you are fine with that then get an older i3, an R7 250, 4GB RAM and something like that. Just focus on a proper case and PSU so as to give you room for future upgrades. IF ALL OF THESE FAIL, BE PATIENT AND SAVE UP....YOUR TIME WILL COME. TL;DR:- (Lets try something interesting. Hmmm... I am really starting to forget C. Lets brush up shall we?) #include<stdio.h> int peripherals; char answer[100]; void main() { printf("What about peripherals?\nOptions:\n1. Already Have\n2.Don't have\n"); scanf("%d", &peripherals); if(peripherals==1) { answer="Go for an APU based build"; printf("\n%s", answer); } else if(peripherals==2) { answer="Go to Craigslist or build a low end PC while having room for future upgrades"; printf("\n%s", answer); } } *I am tryin' to relearn C you see :-p*

I suppose now you can go for a better graphic card or a better monitor to go with the graphic card? Or are you just going to build the PC you mentioned above and buy some games to play with the extra money? (I would go with the latter since your build is already pretty good. After all what is a gaming PC without games to play on it!)

Just one more thing....why not go for Dual channel memory? EDIT:- Something like this . You just have to spend $6 or so more....

Just wanna update that I bought the UPS I mentioned last and it works great! Thanks everyone for your help, especially to, @W-L ! Cheers!

If you are going to go for a $200 graphic then at least one more fan might help(total 3 fans). Coz' graphic cards generate a lotta heat and you will have to somehow direct it out of your case without distributing the heat inside the case itself to other components.

Whoa! If you put in another $100 you could get a better graphic card and suddenly you will start getting kick ass 1080p gaming performance ! But you might have to get some extra fans or something to cool things down a bit. In addition, check if your Case would support the form factor of the graphic and your power supply will be able to survive. From what I see in newegg maybe R9 280. But don't take my word! I have never actually bought a high end graphic card. Someone else can help I suppose.

Wait...wait...if you have a PC already, will you be selling it? Then you can make money out of that and add it to increase the budget of your present build right? Or have you already taken that into account in your budget?

This. BTW @d1screet Nice build mate! If you are going to put up a build log I would follow. I love budget gaming builds! If you had time put up some benchmarks too.

Give us a number. Like 1000 USD or whatever your currency is.

What about peripherals?? Also, if I were you, I would rather go for a cheaper graphic card (Like a 750 Ti or R7 260X) and get a better case and a cooling solution. Will help in future upgrades. A 212 EVO might do good. Check out the Deepcool Tesseract SW. It seems to be 10$ more at newegg and that is the one I use personally use.

I am going with a 1100VA one. This one exactly: http://www.apc.com/products/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=BR1100CI-IN&total_watts=200

Oh! That explains it. All these UPS manufacturers have different jargon and it is pretty intimidating and confusing for a noob buyer. Since you are saying it works fine with a AX760 I am gonna go ahead and buy the UPS I showed you before or maybe go for a higher VA.

I asked Corsair: This is what Corsair tech support said and I quote I asked 'Will it work?' and they said 'We recommend'. Does this mean 'It will work buddy but we wouldn't advice you to go with it' or 'Don't do it, it won't work'..... I dunno. So i need help from you guys. Wait .... that UPS I showed you earlier says 'step approximated wave'...I suppose that basically means 'square sine wave'. Also as you could have read from Corsair's reply PF correction PSU seem to demand true or rather 'truer' sine waves. BTW, if I am going to need pure sine waves....I would have to pretty much sell my PSU and get a new one without active PFC.

Hey, I just realized something! That CX500 PSU has Active Power Factor Correction 0.99 . So should I get a pure sine wave UPS compulsorily or is it fine to get a approx. sine wave UPS like the one I just have ordered and not able to cancel????!!!! EDIT:- Contacted customer support and cancelled. Woof! Thank god I didn't choose 1 day delivery ! It would've become pretty difficult to cancel it then. EDIT:- I have even contacted Corsair tech support about this. Lets see what they seem to think...

@Hanshin This looks inspiring! All the best! I am an amateur builder and it would be nice if you could clear a doubt that has been lingering in my mind for a long time....How to get sponsors for a build? I need to make a friend inside the company or I need to submit like a project proposal or what should I do???

How was this video captured? Was Brandon(or whoever else was the cameraman) running along or riding a bike or something? Also if Luke had a GoPro attached..................

UPDATE:- So I went ahead and bought the games. Here is what I went with: Bioshock 1 & 2 Far cry 3 Tomb raider(Yep. Doing the download) Entire Splinter cell series (I WILL EXPLAIN WHY) Deus Ex: HR Director's Cut I know I said I didn't want stealth games. But, a friend of mine convinced me so damn hard to get into stealth games and start with the SC series. He is my bestie and the cost of the entire collection was less than 20 USD and so I had to sacrifice going with the Batman Arkham series(which is comparatively costlier than the SC series). Hope I don't get disppointed by the move. But I will make it a point to buy the Batman Arkham series in the not so distant future. Also the Deus Ex: HR.... Mankind divided trailer seems pretty good. I want to get into the series now and be prepared for that and so I went for it. The other 3 games, I had already mentioned in the OP. Further, since my last update in the OP, I was (luckily) able to make some money and so I am buying all these games in one go! So yeah.... There is fun around the corner (provided the SC series is good :mellow: ). THANKS A TON FOR ALL OF YOU, AGAIN. Cheers!

UPDATE(its about time) :- I have not had time to properly spend time for overclocking. I once just closed my eyes and set the CPU multiplier to 4.2GHz and voltage to 1.375. Seemed pretty stable but the thermal margin(which AMD overdrive shows) seems to be only 15oC at 100% load. But I think I can crank down the voltage a bit and get more thermal margin. Anyways, that is what I have done so far now. Will have to find time to properly overclock by playin' with the BCLK and all. I will probably do that by 10th of May or so(when all the bloody exams will get over). BTW, I am actually pretty happy I haven't overclocked properly yet, because in the last two days I have been having frequent power cuts here and just realized that my UPS wasn't supplying enough power to the PSU when the power went off !! (Check out my thread here) So if I had overclocked, there would have been some chances for a few fatalities! Anyways, I am getting a new 800VA APC UPS. Also if you see my OP I have decided not to buy a Monitor and SSD. That was because I couldn't sell my older PC for as much as I thought I could. So I have started saving money now and after a couple of years I will upgrade along with a new graphics card. I believe that before that time, 4K FreeSync monitors would have become practical 'Value' purchases and in addition many more graphics card would get supported by Dual graphics which would have overcome all the frame pacing issues. We will see how that goes.... For now, instead of buying that monitor I have put some money into buying games(Yeah baby!) Check out my thread here . Also I haven't put pics of the build running since my cable management is pretty much in ruins for now. Will have to figure that out and then post the pics. So, lot of work and at the same time (with the games)lot of fun to have with my new build! That's it for now. TL;DR:- Will have to find time to properly overclock and do cable management. Also decided not to buy a Monitor and SSD and bought some games instead.

I will, even on 100% load with my rig will not exceed 400W or so, I suppose. The graph seems to show it will give me a 2 minute window in case there is a power cut. That would be more than enough even for my mom to close all apps and switch off the PC! So that will do.

LOLZ, mate!! Nice one there!