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Dustin22
By Dustin22
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Wondering what experienced builders think of my first build. Primarily for gaming and basic school purposes.

Intel core i5-4460

Gigabyte ga-h97M-D3H

Kingston hyper x fury black (2x4gb)

Seagate barracuda 1tb

Gigabyte gtx 950 xtreme

Corsair cx500

Corsair spec 01

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I would get a cheaper board for a R9 380. The 950 has such a bad value, for 10-15 dollars you can usually get a 960 or better a R9 380.

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You're pretty good. Have fun building it

Specs: i7-4790k with Thermaltake Water 3.0, EVGA GTX 970, MSI Z97 Gaming 3, Kingston HyperX 2x8 DDR3 1600Mhz, SSD Boot Drive/1TB HD, CM Storm Stryker, EVGA Supernova G2 750W

Peripherals: SS Rival, HyperX Cloud, G710+

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It's a humble build, good for a first time. It will do okay gaming at 1080p.

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600X            | Cooler: Deepcool AK400      | Motherboard: B550 Elite AX V2  | Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 1TB  |

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB   | GPU: MSI RTX 3060 Ti        | Case: NZXT H440 (Red/Black)    | PSU: EVGA 650W G2             |

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looks gr8, but if you want a cheaper case go ahead and look at the Cooler Master N200

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Change the psu to a seasonic s12ii 520w/ xfx ts 550w and you are good.

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Wondering what experienced builders think of my first build. Primarily for gaming and basic school purposes.

Intel core i5-4460

Gigabyte ga-h97M-D3H

Kingston hyper x fury black (2x4gb)

Seagate barracuda 1tb

Gigabyte gtx 950 xtreme

Corsair cx500

Corsair spec 01

Looks good but change the PSU and GPU, what is your budget?

 

Tier 1 (Best)

Antec - High Current Pro, High Current Platinum, EDGE, TruePower Classic

Be Quiet - Dark Power Pro P10

Corsair - AX, AXi, HXi, RMi

Cooler Master - V-series (fully modular)

Enermax - Platimax

EVGA - G2, P2, GS, PS

Fractal - Newton R3

LEPA - G1600

Seasonic - G, S12G, X, Platinum, Snow Silent

Super Flower - Leadex

XFX - TS Gold, Pro Gold, Pro XXX, XTR

 

Tier 2 (Good)

Antec - High Current Gamer, Neo ECO, EarthWatts/EA Green

Be Quiet - Power Zone, Straight Power E9, E10

Corsair - RM, HX

Cooler Master - VSM ("V-series" Semi modular)

EVGA - B2

Fractal - Tesla R2, Edison M

Enermax - Revolution X't

OCZ*1 - ZX

PC Power & Cooling*1 - Silencer Mk III, Turbo Cool*2

Rosewill - Capstone, Lightning, Silent Night, Tahyon, Fortress

Seasonic - M12II, M12II EVO, S12II

Silverstone - Gold SFX, Gold Evolution, Strider Gold

Super Flower - Golden Green

Thermaltake - DPS Gold

XFX - Core, ProSeries Bronze, TS Bronze

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Consider a z97 board and i5 4690k instead. Over clocking can get u far. As well, I prefer WD hard drives over sea gate. But that's just me.

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Desktop:

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CPU: i7 6700k, CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3, Motherboard: MSI Z170a KRAIT GAMING, RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Series 4x4gb DDR4-2666 MHz, Storage: SanDisk SSD Plus 240gb + OCZ Vertex 180 480 GB + Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM, Video Card: EVGA GTX 970 SSC, Case: Fractal Design Define S, Power Supply: Seasonic Focus+ Gold 650w Yay, Keyboard: Logitech G710+, Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum, Headphones: B&O H9i, Monitor: LG 29um67 (2560x1080 75hz freesync)

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CPU: Pentium G4400, CPU Cooler: Stock, Motherboard: MSI h110l Pro Mini AC, RAM: Hyper X Fury DDR4 1x8gb 2133 MHz, Storage: PNY CS1311 120gb SSD + two Segate 4tb HDDs in RAID 1, Video Card: Does Intel Integrated Graphics count?, Case: Fractal Design Node 304, Power Supply: Seasonic 360w 80+ Gold, Keyboard+Mouse+Monitor: Does it matter?

Laptop (I use it for school):

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Surface book 2 13" with an i7 8650u, 8gb RAM, 256 GB storage, and a GTX 1050

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