Scrap yard wars: The Linus community edition

Pretty sure this has been done before. And why does it have to be my pc what?? this makes no sense why would you have 2 ssd's they dont add performance only price.

bobhays · November 16, 2015

That's a super unbalanced build if it's made for gaming.

Goodman2265 · November 16, 2015

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A8-5600K 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($89.99)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.59 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Asus A55BM-A/USB3 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($59.99)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($42.99 @ NCIX US)

Storage: PNY CS1111 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($59.99 @ B&H)

Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.00 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($249.00 @ Amazon)

Case: Enermax ECA3253-BW ATX Mid Tower Case ($46.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($35.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $667.53

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-15 21:16 EST-0500

AresKrieger · November 16, 2015

You spent a lot on those fans if you were trying to save everywhere as you can get great fans for 9 bucks with sales, and decent fans about what you have for 6 bucks a piece and you paid 13 a piece

MimigaKing · November 16, 2015

Pretty sure this has been done before. And why does it have to be my pc what?? this makes no sense why would you have 2 ssd's they dont add performance only price.

They are not even the same size, so most likely one for games and the other for OS only

ELSknutson · November 16, 2015

Sweet ill post one image of my build a week for 2 months.

SecretAuthor · November 16, 2015

Pretty sure this has been done before. And why does it have to be my pc what?? this makes no sense why would you have 2 ssd's they dont add performance only price.

I use the 128gb for OS and random programs. The other SSD is for my very small library of games.

I just wanted to see what people actually spent on their own PC, and what kind of performance they're getting for their dollar.

SecretAuthor · November 16, 2015

That's a super unbalanced build if it's made for gaming.

Honestly. You'd be hard pressed to get this kind of hardware for what I paid. I promise you, you would end up a few hundred dollars over what I spent if you tried to build this with the exact specs.

ThatOneRussian · November 16, 2015

They are not even the same size, so most likely one for games and the other for OS only

still no performance gains

ThatOneRussian · November 16, 2015

Honestly. You'd be hard pressed to get this kind of hardware for what I paid. I promise you, you would end up a few hundred dollars over what I spent if you tried to build this with the exact specs.

still not a great build.

EllieThePurpleFuzzy · November 16, 2015

I'll probably be pretty okayish for price to performance. bare in mind that this system isn;'t the latest :3. and was bought about a year ago

Just an old paste, ignore.
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/bLyQkL
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/bLyQkL/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4820K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For £190.00)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.00)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard (Purchased For £80.00)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£37.06 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£44.49 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£8.00)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£20.00)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For £20.00)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 6GB Toxic Video Card (£155.00)
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For £40.00)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£109.99 @ Dabs)
Other: Some Optical Drive made by TSSTCorp
Total: £729.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-16 02:36 GMT+0000

Soon to add on my used Samsung SSD to it :DPCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/sbpFjX

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/sbpFjX/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4820K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For £190.00)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (Purchased For £25.00)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard (Purchased For £80.00)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (Purchased For £30.00)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (Purchased For £35.00)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For £40.00)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For £8.00)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For £20.00)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For £20.00)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 6GB Toxic Video Card (Purchased For £155.00)
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For £40.00)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£109.99 @ Dabs)
Other: Some Optical Drive made by TSSTCorp
Total: £752.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-16 02:42 GMT+0000

The_Stig · November 16, 2015

Honestly. You'd be hard pressed to get this kind of hardware for what I paid. I promise you, you would end up a few hundred dollars over what I spent if you tried to build this with the exact specs.

That is true, but I think you got a lot of used parts, seeing as your 256gb is cheaper than the 128gb one, the mobo is 80$, you got a 390x for 166$, the PSU is 74$ when its usually well over 100$.etc (wait. HOW DID YOU GET A 390X FOR 166$?)

SecretAuthor · November 16, 2015

still not a great build.

It's not good because I have two different size SSDs? Is that your only argument? lol

Bro, People spend 1 grand on builds with i5's and a gtx 960... just saying...

SecretAuthor · November 16, 2015

That is true, but I think you got a lot of used parts, seeing as your 256gb is cheaper than the 128gb one, the mobo is 80$, you got a 390x for 166$, the PSU is 74$ when its usually well over 100$.etc (wait. HOW DID YOU GET A 390X FOR 166$?)

I just fixed the SSD prices. I mixed the two up while editing the PC part picker. The 256 was $84, and the 128 was $56. They were both lightly used.

PSU was brand new OEM bulk repackage. Mobo was used for 1 month by an acquaintance. He got rid of it for next to nothing because he got it new for next to nothing.

The 390x was the interesting one. I posted it on this LTT forum a while ago. I RMA'd a 280x and got back a brand new 390x. Spent $166 on the 280x. So yeah...

I edited the list. Wrote new or used on the parts.

Nena Trinity · November 16, 2015

My computers all uses 3 or more junk parts I found in the junk or at work!

Piledriver-Tux / Vishera-X8-8370 = Case: Cooler Master HAF XB Evo Black / Case Fan Rear: SUNON MagLev KDE1209PTV3 92mm / Case Fan Side: AVC DS06025R12U 60mm / Case Fan VRM: SUNON MagLev KDE1209PTV3 92mm / Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo / CPU: AMD FX-8370 Black Edition 4.5GHz / Display: ASUS 24" LED VN247H / GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OC "Afterburner" / Keyboard: Logitech Desktop K120 (Nordic) / Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING, Socket-AM3+ / Mouse: Logitech Desktop M120 / PSU: Cooler Master V650S, 650W PSU / RAM 1 & 3: HyperX Savage DDR3 2133MHz CL11 4GB (2x4GB) / RAM 2 & 4: Patriot Viper III DDR3 2133MHz CL11 4GB (2x4GB) / Operating System: Ubuntu Kylin 14.04 LTS / Operating System 2: Windows 10 Home / Sound: Logitech Stereo Headset H110 / Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD (x2) / Storage 2: Seagate Barracuda 2TB HDD / Wifi: TP-Link TL-WN951N 11n Wireless Adapter / http://pcpartpicker.com/p/tNjNt6

Steamroller-Tux / Kaveri-X4-860K = Case: Medion Micro-ATX Case / Case Fan Front: SUNON MagLev PF70251VX-Q000-S99 70mm / Case Fan Rear: Fanner Tech(Shen Zhen)Co.,LTD. 80mm (Purple) / Cooler: AVC FX Heat Sink Fan / CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K Black Edition / Display: HP 19" Flat Panel L1940 / GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC / Keyboard: HP KB-0316 PS/2 (Nordic) / Motherboard: MSI A78M-E45 V2, Socket-FM2+ / Mouse: HP M-SBF96 PS/2 / PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2, 550W PSU / RAM 1, 2, 3 & 4: Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133MHz CL9 4GB (4x4GB) / Operating System: Ubuntu Kylin 14.04 LTS / Operating System 2: Windows 10 Home / Sound: Logitech Stereo Headset H110 / Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD (x2) / Storage 2: WD Elements Desktop 2TB HDD / Wifi: TP-Link TL-WN851N 11n Wireless Adapter / http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZLBhf7

ThatOneRussian · November 16, 2015

It's not good because I have two different size SSDs? Is that your only argument? lol

Bro, People spend 1 grand on builds with i5's and a gtx 960... just saying...

its bad price per performance and a 960 isnt great....

SecretAuthor · November 16, 2015

its bad price per performance and a 960 isnt great....

I know the 960 sucks balls. I was just giving examples of what people spend their money on.

I spent half MSRP on the PSU, GPU and Mobo, and saved a lot of money on the other components. The only ones that I paid full price for were the fans and RAM. How exactly is this bad price/performance.

I just made a pcpartpicker with my exact parts at full retail price. I saved nearly $600. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Z2ZGQ7

How is that horrible? I saved over 30% off retail value on the entire build. $1089.93 vs $1619.58

bobhays · November 16, 2015

Honestly. You'd be hard pressed to get this kind of hardware for what I paid. I promise you, you would end up a few hundred dollars over what I spent if you tried to build this with the exact specs.

Yea, but if you're gaming you could do much better for the same price.

It's the story of the mac pro. No you can't get the exact same specs for the same price, but you can get different specs that achieve the same thing for a lower price. or different specs that achiever better performance for the same price.

7850OC · November 16, 2015

full price / fps on real games = best machine for the money

SecretAuthor · November 16, 2015

Yea, but if you're gaming you could do much better for the same price.

It's the story of the mac pro. No you can't get the exact same specs for the same price, but you can get different specs that achieve the same thing for a lower price. or different specs that achiever better performance for the same price.

I get what your saying. The i7 is overkill, but it was 25 bucks more than a 4690k.

And the GPU. If you can find a GPU under $170 that outperforms my 390x @ $166, then you win.

braneopbru · November 17, 2015

Here's the system that I've been building over the last year. Some of the parts have moved on to other systems. I'm only including what is in it currently. All prices in CAD

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($431.00 @ DirectCanada) - Used for $300

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($134.98 @ Newegg Canada) NEW

Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Formula ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($391.25 @ Vuugo) Used for $160

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($75.98 @ Newegg Canada) NEW

Memory: *Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($75.98 @ Newegg Canada) Used for $40

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.99 @ NCIX) Used for $40

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($58.01 @ Vuugo) NEW

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($269.99) Gift - FREE

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($269.99) Used $110

Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case ($154.99 @ NCIX) NEW

Power Supply: Corsair 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($189.99 @ NCIX) NEW for $150

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($119.99 @ NCIX) NEW

Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor ($862.98 @ Newegg Canada) Used for $400

Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($149.99) Used for $20

Mouse: SteelSeries Sensei - Fnatic Wired Laser Mouse ($109.99 @ Amazon Canada) FREE

Headphones: Razer BlackShark Headset ($127.59 @ Amazon Canada) NEW

UPS: APC SMT1500 UPS ($578.98 @ Amazon Canada) USED for a Medium Double-Double

Other: 3DCONNEXION Space Pilot Pro ($459.00) Used for $260

Other: Mellanox Connect-X 10Gb Network ($350.00) Used for $17

Other: Oculus Rift DK2 ($400.00) NEW - Gift

Other: Vizio Sound Bar ($100.00) Used for $20

Total: $5470.66 My total - About $2300 CAD

I think I've made out pretty well in my deal finding so far.

bobhays · November 17, 2015

I get what your saying. The i7 is overkill, but it was 25 bucks more than a 4690k.

And the GPU. If you can find a GPU under $170 that outperforms my 390x @ $166, then you win.

It's not about getting a better gpu for less. It's about saving money in all the other places (like the 25 from cpu, 8gb of ram, all the fans etc.) with all the money saved you can more money to put in the GPU and get something like a 980, or a used 980ti.

SecretAuthor · November 17, 2015

It's not about getting a better gpu for less. It's about saving money in all the other places (like the 25 from cpu, 8gb of ram, all the fans etc.) with all the money saved you can more money to put in the GPU and get something like a 980, or qa used 980ti.

Okay, so let's say i saved half off fans, that's 45. Plus half off ram, that's 50. Plus 25 off the cpu. Plus the 166 i spent on my brand new 390x. (Had a 280x, RMA'd it. Got back a brand new 390x as a replacement)

That's 281 bucks total. Tell me again how to get a 980 or a 980ti with that money??

There's no other significant amount of money to be saved after what you suggested. That is unless i stuck it inside a shoebox and used shady parts. Asus maximus VI is good for 87 bucks, h100i was 30 bucks off and is good, Seasonic SS-850km3 is unbeatable for 74 bucks brand new.

And fyi, the 390x is more or less equal to the gtx 980. And no, I'm not biased. I own both a gtx 970 and 390x. So I DID in fact get something relatively equal to a gtx 980 for 166 bucks. Hows that for price to performance.