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So I am not going to build this pc until december but I am just going to ask for you opinion. The pc that I am planning to build is linus's $300 tier of his holday buyers guilde later this year. As a example for this question I am going the use the $300 tier 2019. So the question is if you were to build this pc and had money to either upgrade your ram or get a graphics card which would you choose. Since I am not building this right now you do not need to give me a part just say which one you would choose. (that is why i am not saying how much you have to buy either of these "upgrades") edit: I am useing this pc for video creation/editing. I will be playing roblox in my videos

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/chCxHB

CPU: AMD Athlon 3000G 3.5 GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($49.99) 
Motherboard: ASRock B450M-HDV R4.0 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($73.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 Blackout 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory  ($41.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate FireCuda 1 TB 2.5" 5400RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive  ($59.99 @ Adorama) 
Case: Cougar MX330-G ATX Mid Tower Case  ($51.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair VS 450 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($161.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $439.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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I would scrap the whole thing.

 

For one - the 3000G doesn't make sense. A 2200G or 3200G can easily be found for cheap these days. Next - get a proper board such as the B450M Pro4. Next, I'd get a proper drive and not the shit-tier sorry excuse for an HDD that is the FireCuda abomination. Afterward, I'd probably get a decent dGPU and call it a day.

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25 minutes ago, 5x5 said:

I would scrap the whole thing.

 

For one - the 3000G doesn't make sense. A 2200G or 3200G can easily be found for cheap these days. Next - get a proper board such as the B450M Pro4. Next, I'd get a proper drive and not the shit-tier sorry excuse for an HDD that is the FireCuda abomination. Afterward, I'd probably get a decent dGPU and call it a day.

I did not put together this build together and second of all this build was put together in like november of last year, I was just useing it as a example. This is not even the build that I will use. I will use this years $300 tier of this years holiday buyers guide like I said. You could have just read the post and gave the answer. You did not have to go on a rant why the build was bad. Linus and his team put this together and I was just going off that.

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10 hours ago, turtlecraft said:

I did not put together this build together and second of all this build was put together in like november of last year, I was just useing it as a example. This is not even the build that I will use. I will use this years $300 tier of this years holiday buyers guide like I said. You could have just read the post and gave the answer. You did not have to go on a rant why the build was bad. Linus and his team put this together and I was just going off that.

dont plan upgrades for a build that dosent exist yet 

 

disclamer i am a pc noob

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