JanusBananus

Thank you this is very helpful. The performance hit is not that big downgrading to the i3, and it fits the budget much better so I'm 95% sure that I will go with the i3.

Ok I see. Well if that is the case I have pretty much made up my mind. Unless I can convince my brother to get the R9 285 I'll probably go with the R9 270.

Thank you very much for the help, I'll try convincing my brother on upgrading to an i5...

Wow thanks! But that build is 1000 over budget and if you add the OS that makes it almost 2000 over budget How big is the differance between the i5 and i3 in terms of gaming performance? Is there a very large performance downgrading to the i3? If I downgrade to the R7 270/370 I can make it work in the budget, what do you think?

Ok so after talking with my brother I've narrowed it down to this: CPU: Intel Core i3 4130 3,4GHz Socket Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury Black DDR3 PC12800/1600MHz CL10 4GB GPU: MSI Radeon R9 285 Gaming OC HDMI DP 2xDVI 2GB Case: Cooler Master Elite 342 HDD: Kingston SSDNow V300 SV300S37A 120GB PSU: Corsair CX500M 500W OS: Win 8.1 This is a bit of a downgrade but I think it will suit him well as a gaming PC. Also just want to say thank you for the help, I appreciate it!

Thank you so much for the help everyone, you've been really helpful! This is what I've come up with so far: CPU: Intel Core i5 4440 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury Black DDR3 PC12800/1600MHz CL10 4GB GPU: Asus GeForce GTX 960 Strix DirectCU II OC Case: Cooler Master Elite 342 HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST500DM002 16MB 500GB PSU: Corsair CX500M 500W OS: Win 8.1 For a grand total of 7 000 SEK (850 USD). It's 1000 over budget but I don't really feel like downgrading the CPU... Any suggestions or improvements I can make?

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Ok so I'll try to fit the i5-4440 into my budget. Do you have any good GPU recommendations? Also which chipset will be best for the i5-4440?

So the FX-8350 and the i5-4440 are very similar in price (about 1700 SEK) but the i5-4460 is just 85 SEK more while the FX-8370 is 1900 SEK which I think is a bit much, what is the difference between the three? And should I consider downgrading to the FX-6300 or the i3?

Would you recommend the i5-4460, i5-4440, the FX-8370 or even the 8350? I'm a bit conflicted as to which CPU to chose...

After looking the parts up it came to about 8000 SEK (960 USD) without the OS, which is way over budget. But thanks nonetheless.

Thank you very much

Thank you. I put the parts together and it came out to about 5 140 SEK (619 USD) excluding the case fans and using a corsair cx500 PSU instead of the Seasonic. Do you have any good suggestions on a GPU?

sure I need all the help I can get

I'm looking for parts that I myself can put together. It's been a while since I've looked at the latest hardware, so I just don't want to get something outdated.

I'm building a PC for my older brother that will pretty much only be used as a gaming PC and maybe as a media PC. However he wants to use it like a console of some sorts (still using mouse and keyboard though) since his apartment is quite small and there wont be any room for a desk with a monitor. He plans on using his wall-mounted TV as a monitor and a wireless mouse and keyboard on the kitchen table (it's a 25 square metre apartment). His budget is 6 000 SEK (swedish crowns) which is about 720 USD and I plan on building the PC for him this summer. The budget is only for the PC components and the OS. We live in Sweden and for finding the cheapest prices I will be using prisjakt.se (almost like a swedish version of PC part picker). I have no personal experience overclocking but I consider it a possibility, especially if the system allows for it but that seems unlikely since it's on a tight budget. From personal experience I can say that an SSD is a must, there is no way in hell I can go back to only having an HDD. It doesn't have to be that large but at least room for the OS and a couple of programs. In the future he plans on buying a NAS so a very large HDD won't be necessary either. The theme of this build is "the best bang for your buck". A smaller form factor is definitely a plus but not a deal-breaker. Sorry for the wall of text but hope it gave valuable information at least. Thanks in advance.

Ahh what a bummer. Can you by chance lead me on the right path as to what I should go about doing next? P.S Do you also happen to know how I can at the very least save all the pictures (that should be doable right?) since it's RAID 1? Thanks

Alright here it is: 1 (initial error) 2 3 Sorry its in Swedish, but it's the best I can do.

Will I lose any data doing this? I have some really important pictures and videos. Also do you know what might have caused this? Thanks

Opend up the PC and it's not the cables, it just for some reason quit working...

So I did this but it's says that the disk is not allocated?

Hey everyone, i'ts been a while scince i've been on the forum, and I come looking for help. I bulit a gaming system about a year or so ago and it's been running pefectly fine until today. I went to start up the computer, just as per usual, and for some reason it said something like E/desktop cannot be found. Basically it can't find my hard drive(s) in windows. It might be worth mentioning that I have a RAID 1 volume of 2 1GB Barracuda drives. I tried just restarting it but that did nothing. Then I checked the BIOS and it said all my drives were there. Thanks in advance. My system: CPU: i5 4670K Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB GPU: Asus 280X Case: Fractal Design XLR2 Storage: 840 evo 120GB (Boot), 2x 1TB Seagate (RAID 1) PSU: Corsair RM750 Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212 evo OS: Windows 8 64 bit

I'm down to play if you are still taking in people. I live in Sweden, so time won't be an issue. I also have a mic. It's not the best, but it works. Hope to hear from you soon.

Hello everyone! I just finished building my PC, I have an SSD and two HDDs. I'm a bit uncertain about whether I should do RAID 0 or RAID 1. I know what they do, but I'm just unsure if I should go with RAID 1/0. How's the performance in RAID 0, will there be a noticeable difference? Any replies will be appreciated.

Thank you for the feedback, but a build of that caliber will have a significantly different price point here in Sweden.