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hello so im going to get a new pc and a blue snowball for my new youtube setup just hit 1k subs

 

so my pc that i was planing on was a i5 4460 and gtx 970 

 

but i will be rendering so i made 2 builds a i5 and 970 or a i7 4790 and gtx 960

 

which one shoud i get

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hello so im going to get a new pc and a blue snowball for my new youtube setup just hit 1k subs

 

so my pc that i was planing on was a i5 4460 and gtx 970 

 

but i will be rendering so i made 2 builds a i5 and 970 or a i7 4790 and gtx 960

 

which one shoud i get

I would get the i5 since the i5 will do decently at rendering

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i7 build but you might want to consider a Xeon

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hello so im going to get a new pc and a blue snowball for my new youtube setup just hit 1k subs

 

so my pc that i was planing on was a i5 4460 and gtx 970 

 

but i will be rendering so i made 2 builds a i5 and 970 or a i7 4790 and gtx 960

 

which one shoud i get

if you dont plan on overclocking, it would be a much better route to go with a xeon 1231 v3. price of the i5, with good rendering capabilities as the i7.

 

best of both worlds

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Xeon + 970 is best

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The i5 and the 970. It still packs a performance punch but you'll be able to use the 970 for some performance gaming. You'll be more happy waiting for a video to render than waiting for a frame to load

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a xeon is a good idea im looking for a 800$ computer with a side panel case and a ssd

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hello so im going to get a new pc and a blue snowball for my new youtube setup just hit 1k subs

 

so my pc that i was planing on was a i5 4460 and gtx 970 

 

but i will be rendering so i made 2 builds a i5 and 970 or a i7 4790 and gtx 960

 

which one shoud i get

out of the two, i'd go i5.

 

but a xeon is waay better.

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Heyyo,

This if you don't care about overclocking. That Xeon will do great.

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4460 with the GTX 970.

why not Xeon?

Because he had a hard drive.

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Bit out of your range and no SSD but you can play around with it... (No rebate reductions included)

 
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Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($54.99 @ Micro Center) 
Total: $836.92
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can you get a better Power Supply and couldn't you change the 960 to a 970?

i cant spend more than 850$ tops

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i5 would be better deal in my opinion. Lots are saying go xeon but thats $70 more then the i5 you are looking at. And for your usage the i5 will do the job nicely. And that will get you more money for whats important, the GPU. 

 

EDIT and going i5 you might be able to get 16gb ram along with a 970. A better GPU and 8gb more ram will be better then skimping on those just to get hyperthreading

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Using only amazon, newegg, and NCIX

 

 
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