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I'm Looking to build a low to medium budget rig. I dont want pay 20% less for 80% less performance but I also want to keep costs at a minimum. Please give me any tips, advice or recomendations to help me construct this rig.

Here is my plan so far:

CPU - Intel core i5 4690k

CPU cooler - Cooler Master hyper 212 EVO

GPU - Asus GeForce GTX 970

Motherboard - Asus 797 A

Memory - Kingston fury black series 8gb

Storage - Kingston HyperX 3k 240gb SSD, Western Digital caviar blue 1TB HD

Power supply - Cooler Master V550

Case - Phanteks Enthoo Pro

P.S. I'm not an expert at rig building so please notify me of the "obvious" errors.

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Looks fine to me, should make a lot of fun to play on it

CPU: Xeon 1230v3 - GPU: GTX 770  - SSD: 120GB 840 Evo - HDD: WD Blue 1TB - RAM: Ballistix 8GB - Case: CM N400 - PSU: CX 600M - Cooling: Cooler Master 212 Evo

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I'm Looking to build a low to medium budget rig. I dont want pay 20% less for 80% less performance but I also want to keep costs at a minimum. Please give me any tips, advice or recomendations to help me construct this rig.

Yeah, looks good TBH. But if you were to do some overclocking you might want to consider getting a AIO liquid cooler, just my opinion though. Also, what's your budget?

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   CPU: Pentium G3258 @ 4.5GHz | GPU: GTX 760 reference | PSU: Corsair RM750 | Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V | Motherboard: Gigabyte B85M D3H | Case: NZXT S340 White | RAM: 8GB EVO Potenza @ 1600MHz | Storage: 3TB Seagate HDD, 60GB OCZ SSD, 620GB Toshiba HDD | Mouse: Steelseries Rival @1000 CPi |  OS: Windows 10 Pro | Phone: iPhone 6S 16GB  
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Don't be afraid to try used items on Ebay. Things like cases, motherboards, peripherals, and well-maintained graphics cards and CPUs sell cheap and can be a great value to a low-budget build. Many components with moving parts should be purchased new to be safe (though I've had pretty good luck with used graphics cards)

AMD FX8350  -  2x ASUS Radeon R9 270X 4GB  -  ASUS Sabertooth 990FX  -  Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 16GB

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Fairly standard cookie-cutter build. Nothing wrong with it that I can find.

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Yeah, looks good TBH. But if you were to do some overclocking you might want to consider getting a AIO liquid cooler, just my opinion though. Also, what's your budget?

 

You can OC on air, with no issue.

 

But I'd recommend a different 970. The Strix has some shaky power delivery.

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CPU: Dual Xeon E5-2650v2 || GPU: Dual Quadro K5000 || Motherboard: Asus Z9PE-D8 || RAM: 64GB Corsair Vengeance || Monitors: Dual LG 34UM95, NEC MultiSync EA244UHD || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 Pro 256GB in Raid 0, 6x WD Re 4TB in Raid 1 || Sound: Xonar Essense STX (Mainly for Troubleshooting and listening test) || PSU: Corsair Ax1500i

CPU: Core i7 5820k @ 4.7GHz || GPU: Dual Titan X || Motherboard: Asus X99 Deluxe || RAM: 32GB Crucial Ballistix Sport || Monitors: MX299Q, 29UB65, LG 34UM95 || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 EVO 1 TB in Raid 0, Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, 2TB Toshiba scratch disk, 3TB Seagate Barracuda || PSU: EVGA 1000w PS Platinum

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Is the MSI a better option

 

I went with the EVGA SSCs... they were the best of both worlds: run cool, but overclock like mad.

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CPU: Dual Xeon E5-2650v2 || GPU: Dual Quadro K5000 || Motherboard: Asus Z9PE-D8 || RAM: 64GB Corsair Vengeance || Monitors: Dual LG 34UM95, NEC MultiSync EA244UHD || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 Pro 256GB in Raid 0, 6x WD Re 4TB in Raid 1 || Sound: Xonar Essense STX (Mainly for Troubleshooting and listening test) || PSU: Corsair Ax1500i

CPU: Core i7 5820k @ 4.7GHz || GPU: Dual Titan X || Motherboard: Asus X99 Deluxe || RAM: 32GB Crucial Ballistix Sport || Monitors: MX299Q, 29UB65, LG 34UM95 || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 EVO 1 TB in Raid 0, Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, 2TB Toshiba scratch disk, 3TB Seagate Barracuda || PSU: EVGA 1000w PS Platinum

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What HD would you suggest

from personal experience:

 

my WD blue is shaky as hell. (vibration noise)

my WD black is silent, but has its well-known clickyclick when loading stuff.

 

from what i've heard:

 

seagate barracuda appears to be a really good choice.

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from personal experience:

 

my WD blue is shaky as hell. (vibration noise)

my WD black is silent, but has its well-known clickyclick when loading stuff.

 

from what i've heard:

 

seagate barracuda appears to be a really good choice.

Awesome! Really appreciate the help.
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from personal experience:

my WD blue is shaky as hell. (vibration noise)

my WD black is silent, but has its well-known clickyclick when loading stuff.

from what i've heard:

seagate barracuda appears to be a really good choice.

I own 4 wd blues for around 5-6 years now and they have no probs

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Awesome! Really appreciate the help.

 

from personal experience:

 

my WD blue is shaky as hell. (vibration noise)

my WD black is silent, but has its well-known clickyclick when loading stuff.

 

from what i've heard:

 

seagate barracuda appears to be a really good choice.

I +1 that, my seagate barracuda 3TB is brilliant, hardly ever makes a noise, and when it does it's not that audible.

#RIPTopGear  This is the best thread ever: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/53190-i-can-not-get-hard/ " French meetings are just people sitting in a semi-circle shouting at each other" -Dom Jolly  :lol:

My rig: 

   CPU: Pentium G3258 @ 4.5GHz | GPU: GTX 760 reference | PSU: Corsair RM750 | Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V | Motherboard: Gigabyte B85M D3H | Case: NZXT S340 White | RAM: 8GB EVO Potenza @ 1600MHz | Storage: 3TB Seagate HDD, 60GB OCZ SSD, 620GB Toshiba HDD | Mouse: Steelseries Rival @1000 CPi |  OS: Windows 10 Pro | Phone: iPhone 6S 16GB  
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Nothing wrong with WD Blue drives.

 

This is SLI ready.

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£185.94 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£89.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£49.90 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£72.40 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card  (£274.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  (£85.93 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£90.11 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £917.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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