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Okay, lets see what you guys can come up with. Ive got $700 CAD for a gaming pc. I don't need a monitor, a mouse,  a keyboard, or an SSD (have one already). I need to use a nvidia gpu so I can stream games to my shield tablet. Also the 700 must include shipping to Canada. 

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/tHQZbv

 

any chance you can buy this? its a liitle over budget BUT you can get rid of the hard drive if you have an ssd 

Main PC |CPU - i7-6700k|GPU - R9 290x tri-x 4gb|RAM - 16gb ddr4|MOBO - MSI z170 - A PRO|HDD - WD 1TB/240gb Sandisk |PSU - 700w Raidmax

Laptop |CPU - i7 4720hq|GPU - 960m 2gb|Ram - 8gb 2x4|Model - y50-70 Touch|SSD - 240gb Patriot drive|Display - 1920x1080 IPS touch

 

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($132.50 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: ASRock 970M PRO3 Micro ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard  ($99.25 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($56.95 @ NCIX)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($57.94 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB Superclocked Video Card  ($249.98 @ DirectCanada)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.99 @ Memory Express)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($64.98 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $706.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-14 15:52 EDT-0400

 

here.....

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I'm assuming you also have the OS and you're 1080p gaming soo..

 

 
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($84.99 @ NCIX) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($57.94 @ DirectCanada) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($87.25 @ Vuugo) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $692.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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And with a decent oc to the pentium it should do good.

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I'm assuming you also have the OS and you're 1080p gaming soo..

 

 
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($84.99 @ NCIX) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($57.94 @ DirectCanada) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($87.25 @ Vuugo) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $692.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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And with a decent oc to the pentium it should do good.

 

it will sutter badly in AAA titles

 

remember, he is streaming to his tablet. so you need more cores to do both game + streaming.... i would either go with FX or i5 here... i3 would probably struggle a bit and the G3258 would be a trainwreck when you try to stream AND play....

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it will sutter badly in AAA titles

 

remember, he is streaming to his tablet. so you need more cores to do both game + streaming.... i would either go with FX or i5 here... i3 would probably struggle a bit and the G3258 would be a trainwreck when you try to stream AND play....

Oh ok, sorry, i'm kinda new to the whole idea of this. I think I focussed more on his budget than his needs...

 

So this: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/mxjynQ would be better?

 

EDIT: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/pKV6WZ

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Oh ok, sorry, i'm kinda new to the whole idea of this. I think I focussed more on his budget than his needs...

 

So this: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/mxjynQ would be better?

drop the TX3.... you wont need it, as you wont be able to OC that FX very much at all and the stock cooler will be good enough to handle whatever OC that mobo can pull off

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drop the TX3.... you wont need it, as you wont be able to OC that FX very much at all and the stock cooler will be good enough to handle whatever OC that mobo can pull off

All right, thanks for educating me on this.

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Okay, lets see what you guys can come up with. Ive got $700 CAD for a gaming pc. I don't need a monitor, a mouse,  a keyboard, or an SSD (have one already). I need to use a nvidia gpu so I can stream games to my shield tablet. Also the 700 must include shipping to Canada. 

<--in canada..I wouldn't suggest trying to build a gaming rig for 700$ cad right now...its really hard to get anything decent for the price

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Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($76.75 @ Vuugo) 



Video Card: Club 3D Radeon R9 380 4GB royalQueen OC Video Card  ($284.99 @ NCIX) 

Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($52.98 @ NCIX) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Newegg Canada) 

Total: $755.91

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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something like this maybe

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($144.50 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($73.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($58.89 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($57.94 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 2GB Dual-X Video Card  ($249.99 @ NCIX)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.99 @ Memory Express)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($92.09 @ shopRBC)
Total: $722.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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The site has changed....

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Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($76.75 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: Club 3D Radeon R9 380 4GB royalQueen OC Video Card  ($284.99 @ NCIX) 
Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($52.98 @ NCIX) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $755.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-14 16:59 EDT-0400
something like this maybe

 

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($144.50 @ Vuugo)

Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($73.99 @ Newegg Canada)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($58.89 @ Amazon Canada)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($57.94 @ DirectCanada)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 2GB Dual-X Video Card  ($249.99 @ NCIX)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.99 @ Memory Express)

Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($92.09 @ shopRBC)

Total: $722.39

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-14 17:03 EDT-0400

 

 

both of you, he is using a Nvidia SHIELD TAB.... if you had bothered to read the OP, you would have noticed he "must" stream to his tablet.

 

Thus a Radeon card wont work, also, i think the i3 will be a tad too weak to handle game + streaming, it lacks cores, so either i5 or the FX 6300 for this... pref i5, but its hard to make a i5 fit into budget while not getting shafted on the GPU side.

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my best shot with i5-nvidia gpu(tho i hate to add that psu)

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($226.25 @ Vuugo)

Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($62.98 @ Newegg Canada)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($58.89 @ Amazon Canada)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($57.94 @ DirectCanada)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($209.99 @ NCIX)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.99 @ Memory Express)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ NCIX)

Total: $721.03

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-14 18:05 EDT-0400

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both of you, he is using a Nvidia SHIELD TAB.... if you had bothered to read the OP, you would have noticed he "must" stream to his tablet.

 

Thus a Radeon card wont work, also, i think the i3 will be a tad too weak to handle game + streaming, it lacks cores, so either i5 or the FX 6300 for this... pref i5, but its hard to make a i5 fit into budget while not getting shafted on the GPU side.

the i3 will be fine for it...as for the card..no biggy..he can change it

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the i3 will be fine for it...as for the card..no biggy..he can change it

the i3 struggles with some AAA titles already, adding streaming ontop of these will not help this. Not at all

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not very many

true, but this is today, and tomorrow will arrive (unless a mega asteroid wipes us all out).

Saying a i3 is fine today, while having no indication if it will fare much better in newer titles is a bit risky.... The FX wont perform miraculously, but DX12 atleast DO use 6 cores (from AMDs slides regarding DX12, it seems like 6 cores/threads are the point where you start seeing diminishing returns in terms of draw calls)... So if anything, we know that pretty much every new DX12 game should exploit all the potential of the FX...

 

This means that while it WONT be gaining much performance, you will if nothing else, not having to guess if the game will even use the CPU properly...

 

If a game is made to make good use of more then 4 cores/threads, a i3 will struggle.... we see this today with The Witcher 3. It performs good, but it dips more often then the FX 6300.... i realize that this is DX11 and that Witcher 3 is a fantastically well optimized game, but non-the less, i wouldnt bet on a i3 being AS good with DX12 compared to a i5 or FX 6/8 core, as it is in DX11...

 

After all, we know by now that DX11 puts most of the load on core 1 and 2, even if the game is written to use more cores....

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