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mesay4
By mesay4
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Get 8gb of ram to save a lot of money and a 500w psu is a little overkill. A lower wattage like 400 will probably also save money.

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1 minute ago, DiscoDuck101 said:

Get 8gb of ram to save a lot of money and a 500w psu is a little overkill. A lower wattage like 400 will probably also save money.

Thank you very much for the suggestion? Should I worry about games that may require over 8 gb ram in future, if may be the case, not sure really? And do you know if prices on amazon.ca are tax inclusive?

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9 minutes ago, mesay4 said:

Thank you very much for the suggestion? Should I worry about games that may require over 8 gb ram in future, if may be the case, not sure really? And do you know if prices on amazon.ca are tax inclusive?

Get 8gb and then you can always get another 8gb stick when you have the money in the future.

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On cutting prices:

PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/YpHncc
Price breakdown by merchant: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/YpHncc/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($263.25 @ shopRBC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350-Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($98.00 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($219.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Mini Video Card  ($324.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Memory Express) 
Total: $976.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-15 05:09 EST-0500

 

450W unit is good enough for now, but if you want to hold upgrades then get the 550w version

80+ Gold gives better efficiency than Bronze, but unless electricity is very expensive, usually the money saved from going for a Bronze rated unit outweighs the extra money spent on the bills. If you want a Gold rated one though the CSM isnt the best choice at nearly $100. If you want one though then this one. I know it's a 650W unit, but it comes at a good price.

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SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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Canadian prices scare me now, it's like looking at Australian dollars.

 

 

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Do not get a single stick of ram for ryzen, it really needs fast ram in dual channel mode.

You could wait a while for ram prices to drop :/.

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