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This will be a build for my friend who is selling his laptop for this so I need for this to work first try unless a part fails. The biggest reason I am putting up this post is because I have no idea if a r7 360 would fit in the Source 210, with drive cages when people have used bigger cards apparently. Also better builds would be appreciated for ~500 if there are better ones. GAMING + Web Browsing build

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LyLr4D
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LyLr4D/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($178.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($43.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.98 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 360 2GB Core Edition Video Card  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($41.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 350W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($42.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $497.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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My i5 6500 is bad and can't even maintain 4.5ghz, and 4.4ghz causes it to slowly become unstable over weeks with a vcore of 1.395. FML

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get an r7 260x it performs better and go for a haswell i5

 

 

This will be a build for my friend who is selling his laptop for this so I need for this to work first try unless a part fails. The biggest reason I am putting up this post is because I have no idea if a r7 360 would fit in the Source 210, with drive cages when people have used bigger cards apparently. Also better builds would be appreciated for ~500 if there are better ones.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LyLr4D
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LyLr4D/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($178.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($43.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.98 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 360 2GB Core Edition Video Card  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($41.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 350W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($42.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $497.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Your build has no balance at all. First, go i3.

Next, just get him a cheaper case.

After that, get him at least an R7 265/370 or 750 Ti/950

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get an r7 260x it performs better and go for a haswell i5

He could probably get a used one for $85 USD

This a gaming build? Workstation? Web surfing?

Gaming mainly

My i5 6500 is bad and can't even maintain 4.5ghz, and 4.4ghz causes it to slowly become unstable over weeks with a vcore of 1.395. FML

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.88 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 



Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($36.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($48.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $480.81

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Pretty sure a 265 performs better than a 370.

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Your build has no balance at all. First, go i3.

Next, just get him a cheaper case.

After that, get him at least an R7 265/370 or 750 Ti/950

A 360 is about on par with a 750 ti but it has better fps per watt

My i5 6500 is bad and can't even maintain 4.5ghz, and 4.4ghz causes it to slowly become unstable over weeks with a vcore of 1.395. FML

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($36.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($48.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $480.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Pretty sure a 265 performs better than a 370.

 

I might just get a used 260x because of the price

My i5 6500 is bad and can't even maintain 4.5ghz, and 4.4ghz causes it to slowly become unstable over weeks with a vcore of 1.395. FML

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CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($68.88 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M PRO3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($52.38 @ Newegg) 



Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($159.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($37.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $475.20

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($68.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M PRO3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($52.38 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($159.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($37.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $475.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Well he probably will have  more money in 1 year, enough to get him an 980 ti and a 6400 probably wouldn't bottleneck, this would

My i5 6500 is bad and can't even maintain 4.5ghz, and 4.4ghz causes it to slowly become unstable over weeks with a vcore of 1.395. FML

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I might just get a used 260x because of the price

The 265 is better than the 260X though.

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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rkwr4D

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rkwr4D/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.88 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($56.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($32.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.88 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($159.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($36.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $563.70

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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10 minutes ago, Stardar1 said:

Well, with an i7, GTX 1080, Full tower and flashy lights, it can obviously only be for one thing:

Solitaire. 

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Took the liberty of a nice itx build a bit bigger than a console:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($111.92 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-ITX/WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($44.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Pipeline HD 500GB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB SSC ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Silverstone ML07B HTPC Case  ($66.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Silverstone 450W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $503.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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You can probably go mid tower ATX and get a 380 instead but at that point the i3 might cut it close in future games.

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.88 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 




Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($45.99 @ Directron) 


Total: $513.30

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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