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Hi, I'm looking for a US/CA based tech store where they accept international Visa/MC cards. Anything you can recommend? I do plan on using a middleman shipping courier from US to Philippines

and how much do they cost? thats the important factor

edit on the ta970, i mislooked it, it was a ta890

both asrocks are roughly between ~$5-15 cheaper than MSI

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Can you get the following boards over there?
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-970performance

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-fatal1ty970performance

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-970mpro3

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-ga970aud3p

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a97evor20

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/biostar-motherboard-ta970

 

If you can get ahold of any of these over there, to a reasonable price. then you're in luck.

As for CPU selection.

I fully support a i5 4460 or above, but only if you can get a R9 380/GTX960.  If you have to drop down to a GTX 750Ti or R9 260X to compensate for that, then it simply isnt worth it.

 

fatal1ty, ta970 are commonly available in 3 stores, the asrock 970 performance is only available in 1 store.

anyway, how much does the FX 6300 cost over there?

and do you have any  ASRock, ASUS, Gigabyte or Biostar 970 boards over there?

~$105 if bought with a board, $110 if bought w/o a board. My target theme is either black/red or black/gray, Gigabyte has their HD3 model available here.

then again, the 370 is a R7 265... so if he can get a nicely used R9 270X, or hell a R9 280/HD7950... well, let me show you the difference.

265 vs 270X

http://anandtech.com/bench/product/1127?vs=1043

 

265 = 370...

so, used or new 270X, should be a chance that they have some lieing around that is as cheap or cheaper then a high end 950...

R9 200 series are getting out of stock as if someone's Bitcoin mining with them. Or stores return to the manufacturers... 

in some titles. In others not.

Generally faster, yes. Flat out 20% on average -> no, far from it.

 

Also, fun fact, but depending on where OP lives, you can get a Powercolor PCS+ R9 380 for around 160 bucks. Most 950s hover around 145-175 USD....

950 vs 380, not even a competition. 380 destroys it

higher-end Powercolors are rare here. they are usually on the R7 240/250 ranges

maybe when pushing it to the max. if you have money to spare you can get a cooler.

 

 

and how much more expensive is a 950 over 370 where you live?

comparing gigabyte 370 with 950, 950 is $20 more expensive

you really don't need a cooler. but sure.

aren't stock fans are a bit noisy?

so i5 becomes the best option at around that price. it's just so much better than both i3 and the fx6300

hmm.. 4460 + hyper 212x?

and how much are you paying for that h60 you don't need?

 

seasonic all the way.

$45-50 for h60

i3 6100

 

nvm you have ddr3. then get an i5 4460 and drop the cooler.

 

and especially drop the cx500 if you live in hot environments.

4460 here costs $200-220.

it's either cx500 or Seasonic M12ii-520

i3 6100

can't go Skylake with DDR3. I don't intend to upgrade within 1 year. Sooner or later, I'll find out that my memory controller has been burned

Purposes:

- Maya rendering (with mental ray)

- OBS/XSplit streaming to YT Gaming @ 720p30fps

- 80% MOBA gaming and SimCity 5, 20% on AAA titles (will be paired with R7 370)

I put ~$130 (estimated exchange rate) for my CPU. I already bought a DDR3 RAM (this was a pretty bad mistake since I bought it last December, where DDR4 RAMs are starting to rise) and a case.

Projected build:

- FX 6300 / i3-4170

- Corsair H60 (I am a temperature-conscious guy since I'm living in a tropical country)

- MSI 970 / B85 Gaming

- Corsair 2x4GB RAM

- Corsair CX500M

- R7 370 (prolly Sapphire Nitro since MSI TF costs an additional $40)

- Corsair SPEC-03

- Adata SP900 (i do currently use it on my AMD build)

- a bunch of 1TB disk drives (1 for games, 1 for media storage, 1 for academic purpose, 1 for actual academic purpose)

If that ping is fine for you sure, personally i bit too high for me to play but i3 should have to stream 720p 30fps fine, if you have trouble turning down res is your best option 

how about going fx-6300?

Are you streaming online games? if you are you might have some trouble .. 

only mobas. i do reach 250ms on average, but i can play with that. 300 isnt playable for me anymore, but 250 can

you're gonna be struggling, but it *should* somewhat work.

my a8-6600k (paired with 7750) was pretty fine with some frame drops on the game (not on xsplit).

Streaming mostly depends on your GPU. And idk wtf manikyath was on to make that prediction lol

 

EDIT: Also your internet speed, but that's kind of irrelevant here.

my preset for streaming now is set to the CPU encoding.

For internet speed, I have 1.2up

My target stream settings is 720p30fps. Downsampling the record from 1080p. Games played are usually MOBA/s and SimCity 5.

Well if you aren't doing heavy gaming, you could just get like 2 A8 7650Ks and those will run a game like dota or CS:GO just fine rather than going to a ton of trouble.

2 separate systems? Wouldn't make it more pricey?

I have no idea why I quoted my post, rather than edit it

It would basically be 2 4xxx CPUs, or basically 2 750Ks which are overall fine for gaming, you could technically do it, do you already have all the hardware or something? What's your budget if you don't have the hardware?

I don't specifically have a budget for yet. This plan will be used for my team, 2 sets of 8xxx virtualization PCs and a single 4460 for me (I am the video streamer/recorder of the team)

Your GPU is lacking too much to do this with normal results..

90% use of it will be with mobas on 1080p, so no need for a Crysis 3 on Ultra capable card

Given AMD FX-8320e, 16GB RAM, 2 R7 360, 620W Seasonic, and a mid-tower that can handle this parts. Would it make a decent 2 gamers 1 cpu on a budget?

PS: How would unRAID work given our location is prone to internet disruptions? (5-60 mins of downtime, not-so-often, probably happens 5-8 times per month)

Nevermind found it. 'twas Alan Walker's Spectre

The Signal by Bertycox

any particular remix of that? doesn't seem they sound the same

Sarude Dandstorm I guess. Trying to figure out what song did Kyle use on the first part of this vid: https://youtu.be/F3R9MXpQm6I?t=37s

His video description's music library is too big (Kevin and AudioMicro)

As far as I know, XSplit needs a CPU with PassMark bench score of 6000 or higher to produce quality 1080p 30fps.  I'm going for a 4460 + R7 370 build, does XSplit use or affect GPU load considering R7 370 ain't that high for a 1080p30fps card?