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Hello everybody,

 

I'm planning to do a build with a budget of 700$ with the os. I was wondering if the gtx 660 is any good? I plan on doing video editing gaming and school work. The video editing part is more important than the gaming. The cpu that I might buy are either the fx 8350 or the I5 4690k. What's your opinion. Is this GPU better than the r9 270? Thank you all .

 

 

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Nah, save up for a GTX 760, with a FX-6300

Case: Corsair Carbdie 330R Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P Asus Z97-A CPU: AMD FX-6300 i5 4690K 3.5 GHZ + 212 EVO GPU: ASUS GTX 760 DirectCUII Ram: Corsair Vengeance LP 8gb (2x4gb) HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB PSU: Corsair CX500M
Monitor: AOC Q2963pm 29'' 21:9 IPS Mouse: Mionix Naos 8200 Mousepad: Mionix Sargas 320 Headset: HyperX Cloud Keyboard: Corsair Gaming K70 RGBIKEA Headset/Headphone Holder
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Hello everybody,

 

I'm planning to do a build with a budget of 700$ with the os. I was wondering if the gtx 660 is any good? I plan on doing video editing gaming and school work. The video editing part is more important than the gaming. The cpu that I might buy are either the fx 8350 or the I5 4690k. What's your opinion. Is this GPU better than the r9 270? Thank you all ..

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What's your location O.o

 

Do you need any peripherals/OS/Monitor O.o

 

Do you need anything specific (like nVidia GPU, or a huge HDD...) O.o

http://animezone.boards.net/

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Motherboard: MSI Z97-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($122.99 @ Newegg) 



Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  ($156.00 @ Newegg) 



Total: $704.44

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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What's your location O.o

 

Do you need any peripherals/OS/Monitor O.o

 

Do you need anything specific (like nVidia GPU, or a huge HDD...) O.o

I have a budget of 850$  ALL the parts. I use vegas pro 13 and I only need 1tb of storage.  And I'm in Canada

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Motherboard: MSI Z97-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($122.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  ($156.00 @ Newegg) 
Total: $704.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Thanks for the build but in canada it costs 950$ 

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Thanks for the build but in canada it costs 950$ 

yea i just transfered it and started feeling bad for canada

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There's really a big price margin between the two counrties for pc parts

yea....................... ill update it for 850 canadian right

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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jP92zy

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jP92zy/by_merchant/

 

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core OEM/Tray Processor 

Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($87.55 @ Newegg) 

Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Seagate Momentus LP 1TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card  ($175.66 @ Newegg) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($45.98 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $504.16

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jP92zy
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jP92zy/by_merchant/
 
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core OEM/Tray Processor 
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($87.55 @ Newegg) 
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Momentus LP 1TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card  ($175.66 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($45.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $504.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-12 14:19 EDT-0400
 

 

Oh nice Build man thanks aLOT

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If video editing is more important than gaming; Get an Intel Xeon 1230 V3/ 1231 V3. Price of an i5, and it is locked so no overclocking, but the Hyperthreading feature will come in handy.

 

Then you can add a GTX760 and still enjoy decent gaming performance at 1080p :)

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If video editing is more important than gaming; Get an Intel Xeon 1230 V3/ 1231 V3. Price of an i5, and it is locked so no overclocking, but the Hyperthreading feature will come in handy.

 

Then you can add a GTX760 and still enjoy decent gaming performance at 1080p :)

I want to overclock to 4.0-4.2ghz

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There's really a big price margin between the two counrties for pc parts

cpu basically a 4770 with no igpu 
 
 
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($279.79 @ DirectCanada) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($104.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.99 @ Memory Express) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($189.99 @ NCIX) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ NCIX) 
Total: $863.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jP92zy
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jP92zy/by_merchant/
 
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core OEM/Tray Processor 
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($87.55 @ Newegg) 
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Momentus LP 1TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card  ($175.66 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($45.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $504.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-12 14:19 EDT-0400
 

 

Dude, do you know anything about the problems on MSI AM3+ boards? 

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Dude, do you know anything about the problems on MSI AM3+ boards? 

also besides the fact that lookat that hdd overpriced and 2.5 in what the and dat ram do

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cpu basically a 4770 with no igpu 
 
 
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($279.79 @ DirectCanada) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($104.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.99 @ Memory Express) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($189.99 @ NCIX) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ NCIX) 
Total: $863.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-12 14:26 EDT-0400

 

Thanks for the build but its too expensive for my needs. I want a build of 850$ with the OS and monitor

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Thanks for the build but its too expensive for my needs. I want a build of 850$ with the OS and monitor

okay will do

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No hate Guys

Giving you advice OP, MSI AM3+ boards are known for high VRM failure, they could ruin your cpu......

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php/733680-MSI-970A-G46-MOSFET-VRM-HEAT-ISSUES

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/330572-30-970a-warning

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=msi+970a-g46+vrm

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