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Kosher
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To start it out, you are looking at something like an i5 4670, 8 gigs of RAM, and say a GTX 760 or Radeon 7950. With that you will need to pick a motherboard, case, and I would say a 500-650 watt power supply. Might leave just a few bucks left over for a SSD ;)

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Also someone was willing to see me this for $750

is it a rip off or...?

Specs:
-Intel i3 3220 (acts as quad core in games)
-MSI B75MA-E33 motherboard
-Power Color 7870 2gb (Tahiti LE, same as 7950!)
-2x2GB G.Skill Trident RAM 1600mhz
-Eco h60 Liquid Cooling
-400watt Silencer Mk iii 80+ modular PSU
-Asus DVD drive/burner
-500GB 7200RPM Samsung HDD
-NZXT Source 210 Elite
-Also added 1x NZXT 140mm top fan, and 1x NZXT 120mm white LED radiator fan
-Windows 8 64-bit

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it's slightly over your budget($10), but this would be my recommendation. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1qVX6

 

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Also someone was willing to see me this for $750

is it a rip off or...?

Specs:

-Intel i3 3220 (acts as quad core in games)

-MSI B75MA-E33 motherboard

-Power Color 7870 2gb (Tahiti LE, same as 7950!)

-2x2GB G.Skill Trident RAM 1600mhz

-Eco h60 Liquid Cooling

-400watt Silencer Mk iii 80+ modular PSU

-Asus DVD drive/burner

-500GB 7200RPM Samsung HDD

-NZXT Source 210 Elite

-Also added 1x NZXT 140mm top fan, and 1x NZXT 120mm white LED radiator fan

-Windows 8 64-bit

use the stock cooler

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Also someone was willing to see me this for $750

is it a rip off or...?

Specs:

-Intel i3 3220 (acts as quad core in games)

-MSI B75MA-E33 motherboard

-Power Color 7870 2gb (Tahiti LE, same as 7950!)

-2x2GB G.Skill Trident RAM 1600mhz

-Eco h60 Liquid Cooling

-400watt Silencer Mk iii 80+ modular PSU

-Asus DVD drive/burner

-500GB 7200RPM Samsung HDD

-NZXT Source 210 Elite

-Also added 1x NZXT 140mm top fan, and 1x NZXT 120mm white LED radiator fan

-Windows 8 64-bit

rip off

 

the i3 acts like a dual core in gaming hyperthreading never used in games really

the 7950 can be gotten for cheaper than a 7870 xt

you want 8gb of ram

the eco h60 isn't all that great of a cooler

that psu is so-so

a 1tb drive is pretty cheap these days

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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1qW3d

 

 

Might end up being a bit too much once you put a nice case and hhd/ssd in there. but you can get a cheaper motherboard, or go the AMD route. 

 

Also, you can find a 7950 for cheaper than that price in the link. 

Rig: i7 13700k +Contact Frame - - Asus Z790-P Wifi - - RTX 4080 - - 4x16GB 6000MHz - - Samsung 990 Pro 2TB NVMe Boot + Main Programs - - Crucial P3 2TB NVMe for photo work - - Corsair RM850x - - Sound BlasterX EA-5 - - Corsair XC8 JTC Edition - - Corsair GPU Full Cover GPU Block - - PTM 7950 - - XT45 X-Flow 420 + UT60 280 rads externally mounted - - EK XRES RGB PWM - - Fractal Define S2 - - DellAlienware AW3423DWF 34" -- Logitech Pro X Superlight - - Logitech G710+ - - LTT Northern Lights Deskpad

 

Headphones/amp/dac: Schiit Bifrost Multibit - -  Schiit Lyr 3 - - Fostex TR-X00 - - Sennheiser HD 6xx

 

Homelab/Media Server: Proxmox VE host - - 512 NVMe Samsung 980 RAID Z1 for VM's/Proxmox boot - - Xeon e5 2660 V4- - Supermicro X10SRF-i - - 128 GB ECC 2133 - - 10x8TB WD Red RAID Z2 - - 2x 800 GB SAS SSD’s (1 SLOG, 1 L2Arc) - - 45 HomeLab HL15 15 Drive 4U - - Corsair RM650i - - LSI 9305-16i HBA - - TreuNAS + many other VM’s

 

Unifi UDM Pro in front of full unifi network infrastructure

 

iPhone 17 Pro - - MacBook Air M3

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Less efficient. It will use more power out of the wall to make the same amount of power to the components of the computer. Basically not as good quality, but its not a very big difference. The BEST you will ever see is about 92% efficient, where a bronze is still over 80%.

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Headphones/amp/dac: Schiit Bifrost Multibit - -  Schiit Lyr 3 - - Fostex TR-X00 - - Sennheiser HD 6xx

 

Homelab/Media Server: Proxmox VE host - - 512 NVMe Samsung 980 RAID Z1 for VM's/Proxmox boot - - Xeon e5 2660 V4- - Supermicro X10SRF-i - - 128 GB ECC 2133 - - 10x8TB WD Red RAID Z2 - - 2x 800 GB SAS SSD’s (1 SLOG, 1 L2Arc) - - 45 HomeLab HL15 15 Drive 4U - - Corsair RM650i - - LSI 9305-16i HBA - - TreuNAS + many other VM’s

 

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Less efficient. It will use more power out of the wall to make the same amount of power to the components of the computer. Basically not as good quality, but its not a very big difference. The BEST you will ever see is about 92% efficient, where a bronze is still over 80%.

What he said^

You don't need it. It's more of a marketing ploy that they say bronze, silver, etc. instead of just putting the efficiency in numbers.

 

Is the budget just for the tower? Do you need a copy of Windows?

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I would put forward all the money into the tower in the initial build.

 

 

run ubuntu on it and hook it up to an old lcd and ps2 keyboard and mouse sitting in the corner. Then work your way up

 

 

Desk

chair

Monitor

Windows

Mouse

Keyboard

 

 

Then your set in about 5 months

 

 

I would like to point out that I sold my bed to even afford my rig...

 

been sleeping on the floor ever since and it was worth it

 

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