Posted July 8, 2015 Hi guys, building a new gaming rig and heres what I think of building on a very tight budget. Intel I5-4690K MSI Gaming Z97 gaming 5 MSI GTX 960 M.2 SSD 250GB Samsung 1TB WD Black 7200rpm Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz 2x8gb Corsair 300R Zallman 750W gold Corsair H80i GT CPU cooler can I play the game decently? comments and suggestions are welcome! thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 8, 2015 Wait, M.2 SSD? Not a regular Sata one..? Can you make this build on PCPartPicker please? Looks alright, but the SSD may we waaay high priced. GTX 960 is.. meh.. I would personally re-evaluate a bit and go for GTX 970 at least "We're all in this together, might as well be friends" Tom, Toonami. mini eLiXiVy: my open source 65% mechanical PCB, a build log, PCB anatomy and discussing open source licenses: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1366493-elixivy-a-65-mechanical-keyboard-build-log-pcb-anatomy-and-how-i-open-sourced-this-project/ mini_cardboard: a 4% keyboard build log and how keyboards work: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1328547-mini_cardboard-a-4-keyboard-build-log-and-how-keyboards-work/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 8, 2015 Replace the m.2 ssd with a normal samsung ssd and get a msi 970 CPU:Intel Core i3 3210 Mobo:MSI B75MA-E33 GPU:Intel 2500 HD Graphics SSD:Adata SP600 128gb HDD:Seagate 1tb 7200rpm PSU:Corsair CX430 Case:Antec ASK4000bU3 Monitor:Dell S2240l 21.5 inch 1080p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 8, 2015 In this case, hairworks is still broken on many nvidia cards, save their super high end, so you can count on not having that running, unless you like 12fps every time a person with hairworks enabled walks into view. The ram is fine, you might cut it back to 2x4gb dims if you want to save money, but it's fine at 16gb. I prefer 16gb in a computer, 8 wont hurt you, but it's nice to have some cushion. Swap the 960 for a 280X, it'll perform better, and costs the same if not cheaper. As stated before, you can't run hairworks, even with the nvidia card.\ you might swap the m.2 ssd for a regular sata ssd, save the money, or splerg it on a better gpu, like a 970 or 390. (even with the 970 hairworks won't really run that well whatsoever. everything else is fine Updated 2021 Desktop || 3700x || Asus x570 Tuf Gaming || 32gb Predator 3200mhz || 2080s XC Ultra || MSI 1440p144hz || DT990 + HD660 || GoXLR + ifi Zen Can || Avermedia Livestreamer 513 || New Home Dedicated Game Server || Xeon E5 2630Lv3 || 16gb 2333mhz ddr4 ECC || 2tb Sata SSD || 8tb Nas HDD || Radeon 6450 1g display adapter || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 8, 2015 Get an i5 4460, a cheaper cooler (or stock cooler even) and a H81 or B85 motherboard and use the money you saved for a GTX 970. Also get a SATA SSD, it will be cheaper and in day to day usage you won't notice the slower sequential speed. ~non cogito, ergo non sum?~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 8, 2015 +1 to reduce RAM, maybe skip SSD if required, skip AIO water cooler for now, but get GTX 970/R9 390 Finally got PS4 Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 8, 2015 Author I plan to put my OS on the M.2 SSD since it will boot up faster, if not I have an exisiting SSD anyhow but only 120GB so just enough to run my OS. 16GB since I will do some editing as well, mostly lightroom and photoshop. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/QNVHTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 8, 2015 can I play the game decently? http://www.techspot.com/review/1006-the-witcher-3-benchmarks/ Finally got PS4 Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 8, 2015 Author the GTX 970 here is waaayyyy too expensive and only 25 usd less to a zotac 980. thats why im sticking to the gtx 960 since its only 196 usd here. I already have the psu and case and processor so thats why its there. the motherboard and vid and maybe the m.2 still need to buy. I can get my RAM and HDD from my current rig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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