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Since you guys are so helpful, I was wondering if you guys can answer another quesiton. Recently my girlfriend decided to get into gaming again, but she has a crummy laptop that would overheat to quickly, so I decided to build her own computer to play games and draw on. Not very graphically intensive but something that she can play Goat Simulator or GTA V a reasonable level when those come out. What do you think, could I go a little lower on this build.

 

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for GTA V you want an i3 atleast, judging from how gta 4 sucked.

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She doesn't care either way, gta 4 or 5. Not very picky.

you need 4 threads judging by how new aaa games dislike dual cores.

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There is no real performance boost from getting an i3 versus the Pentium. But I would Go with a Quad Core seeing as how many games don't even load with dual cores.

(Just a suggestion, But you could always buy these parts and upgrade later)

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There is no real performance boost from getting an i3 versus the Pentium. But I would Go with a Quad Core seeing as how many games don't even load with dual cores.

(Just a suggestion, But you could always buy these parts and upgrade later)

stop joking. there is a performance boost AND the dual cores get locked out from new games nowadays.

http://techbuyersguru.com/haswellgaming5.php

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DON'T CHEAP OUT ON YOUR GIRL!!!!!

 

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DjFxNG
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DjFxNG/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($549.95 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($128.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 12g Thermal Paste  ($13.25 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty X99X Killer ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($278.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($249.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($249.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($122.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($122.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($122.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($219.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (3-Way SLI)  ($594.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (3-Way SLI)  ($594.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (3-Way SLI)  ($594.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master 1200W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($249.99 @ Newegg) 
 
Total: $4845.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-19 17:17 EST-0500
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There is no real performance boost from getting an i3 versus the Pentium. But I would Go with a Quad Core seeing as how many games don't even load with dual cores.

(Just a suggestion, But you could always buy these parts and upgrade later)

 

 

stop joking. there is a performance boost AND the dual cores get locked out from new games nowadays.

http://techbuyersguru.com/haswellgaming5.php

I'll take that into consideration lol

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DON'T CHEAP OUT ON YOUR GIRL!!!!!

 

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DjFxNG
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DjFxNG/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($549.95 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($128.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 12g Thermal Paste  ($13.25 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty X99X Killer ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($278.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($249.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($249.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($122.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($122.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($122.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($219.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (3-Way SLI)  ($594.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (3-Way SLI)  ($594.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (3-Way SLI)  ($594.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master 1200W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($249.99 @ Newegg) 
 
Total: $4845.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-19 17:17 EST-0500

 

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for GTA V you want an i3 atleast, judging from how gta 4 sucked.

Gta 5 port is made by the same people who made the max payne 3 port which runs fantastic in my opinion aside from msaa seeming to be a little more intensive than normal for your average game.

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Gta 5 port is made by the same people who made the max payne 3 port which runs fantastic in my opinion aside from msaa seeming to be a little more intensive than normal for your average game.

well good, but still there are many games which benefit quite a bit from 4 cores. We need to stop the pentium hype.  :lol:

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For the case, I think something like an NZXT Source 210 would be more than suitable. Also, go with a Seagate 1TB drive. 

Eric S. Raymond used an E6600 from 2005 until 12/30/14 or open source software creation. Raw data computations in excess of 18GB each. Core 2 Duos still have tons of life left, my friend.

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