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Ok so basically im trying to build my first PC and to find the perfect specs is hard to do

 

So these are the specs ive come up with

 

MSI PC Mate Z97 Board

Intel i5 4460

Hyper x Fury 8GB RAM

EVGA GTX 960 SSC

Samsung EVO 250GB ssd

EVGA 500w 80+ Bronze PSU

 

I want to be able to play games high to ultra setting at 60fps. I dont want to go any lower than a quad core CPU and i dont want to ditch the ssd.

 

The build must be £500 ($750 approx) or under. Under is better :D

 

 

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Need some mas storage with that, that 250gb will go away so fast.

CPU: Ryzen 5 5600 Motherboard: MSI B550 Tomahawk RAM: 32Gb DDR4  GPU(s): MSI 6800-XT Case: NZXT H440 Storage: 4x 250gb SSD + 2TB HDD PSU: Corsair RM850x with CableMod Displays: 1 x Asus ROG Swift And 3 x 24" 1080p Cooling: H100i Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB Mouse: Corsair M65 RGB Sound: AKG 553 Operating System: Windows 10

 

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Let me just say welcome to the PC Master race!!

 

What res is your monitor?

CPU: i7-4770k @4.8ghz---Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth z97---Ram 32gb Corsair Vengeance---GPU: 2 EVGA GTX 980 4gb way sli---Case: Corsair 600T White---Storage: 500gb 850 Pro & WD Black 4tb---PSU: Corsair RM1000

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Get a 280X as its got 3 GB of Vram and is generally better value for the money

 

 

Don't take a Z97 mobo if you don't have a K CPU. 

 
He may want to upgrade to a K series chip in the future.
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Ok so basically im trying to build my first PC and to find the perfect specs is hard to do

 

So these are the specs ive come up with

 

MSI PC Mate Z97 Board

Intel i5 4460

Hyper x Fury 8GB RAM

EVGA GTX 960 SSC

Samsung EVO 250GB ssd

EVGA 500w 80+ Bronze PSU

 

I want to be able to play games high to ultra setting at 60fps. I dont want to go any lower than a quad core CPU and i dont want to ditch the ssd.

 

The build must be £500 ($750 approx) or under. Under is better :D

 

 

That motherboard is overkill, since you cannot overclock the 4460.

Get an R9 280X instead of the GTX 960, it only costs a few more bucks but it is way better.

Also, you should go for a 600 watt (or higher) PSU to be ready for the future.

 

 

EDIT: and yeah, you should get a HDD for mass storage.

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Project Pluto
i3 4170 • MSI H97 PC Mate • MSI R9 380 2GD5T @ 1095MHz • Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 2x4gb @ 1600Mhz • WD 1TB Blue • be quiet! Pure Rock • NZXT S340 Black • XFX TS 550w • BenQ GW2265HM

 

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That motherboard is overkill, since you cannot overclock the 4460.

Get an R9 280X instead of the GTX 960, it only costs a few more bucks but it is way better.

Also, you should go for a 600 watt (or higher) PSU to be ready for the future.

So you want the PSU to be ready for the future, but not the motherboard? Doesn't really make sense to me

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That motherboard is overkill, since you cannot overclock the 4460.

Get an R9 280X instead of the GTX 960, it only costs a few more bucks but it is way better.

Also, you should go for a 600 watt (or higher) PSU to be ready for the future.

 

 

EDIT: and yeah, you should get a HDD for mass storage.

 

I agree, when you're on a budget usually you get more performance for the money with a AMD cards like the R9 280X. 

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Let me just say welcome to the PC Master race!!

 

What res is your monitor?

1080p to be realistic

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I want to be able to play games high to ultra setting at 60fps. I dont want to go any lower than a quad core CPU and i dont want to ditch the ssd.

 

The build must be £500 ($750 approx) or under. Under is better :D

 

128 gb ssd is enough for 2+ games and os then you should get like a 1tb hdd for the rest.

256gb won't be enough unless you only play 5 games or something and even if you do this it wouldn't be especially future proof.

Since you probably would want to try out some games in the future or store other stuff there.

PC  Specs 2022:

Spoiler
  • CPU
    AMD Ryzen R9 5900x @ 5.1GHz - Auto OC
  • Curve Optimizer Magnitude: -20
  • Motherboard
    ASUS ROG STRIX x570-F Gaming
  • RAM
                                        Kingston Fury 32GB DDR4 3200MHz 16x2GB
  • GPU
    MSI 3070 8GB Ventus 2x OC
  • Case
    LIAN LI LANCOOL MESH II Mesh RGB Black
  • Storage
    Kingston NV1 2TB M.2. NVMe
  • PSU
    Seasonic Focus GX 850w 
  • Display(s)
    MSI OPTIX MAG 251RX IPS 240hz & ASUS MG248Q Vertical 144hz & Dell 60hz
  • Cooling
    NZXT Kraken x73 360mm
  • Keyboard
    Tt eSports Meka G1
  • Mouse
    Logitech G Pro Wireless
  • Operating System
    -Windows 10 Professional 64bit
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128 gb ssd is enough for 2+ games and os then you should get like a 1tb hdd for the rest.

256gb won't be enough unless you only play 5 games or something.

Is 128gb enough for a boot drive?

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Is 128gb enough for a boot drive?

64 is enough, 128 leaves you some headroom for software and a couple of games.

Any unknown button should be pressed even number of times.

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So you want the PSU to be ready for the future, but not the motherboard? Doesn't really make sense to me

It's more important to have a strong psu than a future proof motherboard and he most likely won't upgrade the cpu within the next 2-3 years.

But he might upgrade the gpu in the future.

PC  Specs 2022:

Spoiler
  • CPU
    AMD Ryzen R9 5900x @ 5.1GHz - Auto OC
  • Curve Optimizer Magnitude: -20
  • Motherboard
    ASUS ROG STRIX x570-F Gaming
  • RAM
                                        Kingston Fury 32GB DDR4 3200MHz 16x2GB
  • GPU
    MSI 3070 8GB Ventus 2x OC
  • Case
    LIAN LI LANCOOL MESH II Mesh RGB Black
  • Storage
    Kingston NV1 2TB M.2. NVMe
  • PSU
    Seasonic Focus GX 850w 
  • Display(s)
    MSI OPTIX MAG 251RX IPS 240hz & ASUS MG248Q Vertical 144hz & Dell 60hz
  • Cooling
    NZXT Kraken x73 360mm
  • Keyboard
    Tt eSports Meka G1
  • Mouse
    Logitech G Pro Wireless
  • Operating System
    -Windows 10 Professional 64bit
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Best motherboard with an AM3+ socket?

MSI 970 gaming

Project Pluto
i3 4170 • MSI H97 PC Mate • MSI R9 380 2GD5T @ 1095MHz • Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 2x4gb @ 1600Mhz • WD 1TB Blue • be quiet! Pure Rock • NZXT S340 Black • XFX TS 550w • BenQ GW2265HM

 

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Is 128gb enough for a boot drive?

What @Zeke said was perfect.

PC  Specs 2022:

Spoiler
  • CPU
    AMD Ryzen R9 5900x @ 5.1GHz - Auto OC
  • Curve Optimizer Magnitude: -20
  • Motherboard
    ASUS ROG STRIX x570-F Gaming
  • RAM
                                        Kingston Fury 32GB DDR4 3200MHz 16x2GB
  • GPU
    MSI 3070 8GB Ventus 2x OC
  • Case
    LIAN LI LANCOOL MESH II Mesh RGB Black
  • Storage
    Kingston NV1 2TB M.2. NVMe
  • PSU
    Seasonic Focus GX 850w 
  • Display(s)
    MSI OPTIX MAG 251RX IPS 240hz & ASUS MG248Q Vertical 144hz & Dell 60hz
  • Cooling
    NZXT Kraken x73 360mm
  • Keyboard
    Tt eSports Meka G1
  • Mouse
    Logitech G Pro Wireless
  • Operating System
    -Windows 10 Professional 64bit
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Any Good cases for a build?

Look for your style in NZXT, Coolermaster or other gaming brand cases.

They gotta be mid-tower.

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Look for your style in NZXT, Coolermaster or other gaming brand cases.

They gotta be mid-tower.

 

I would say a clean looks for a case not an overkill pc case look

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Ok so basically im trying to build my first PC and to find the perfect specs is hard to do

 

So these are the specs ive come up with

 

MSI PC Mate Z97 Board

Intel i5 4460

Hyper x Fury 8GB RAM

EVGA GTX 960 SSC

Samsung EVO 250GB ssd

EVGA 500w 80+ Bronze PSU

 

I want to be able to play games high to ultra setting at 60fps. I dont want to go any lower than a quad core CPU and i dont want to ditch the ssd.

 

The build must be £500 ($750 approx) or under. Under is better :D

 

 

You're gonna need more than a 960 for high/ultra on 1080p

Ketchup is better than mustard.

GUI is better than Command Line Interface.

Dubs are better than subs

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