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Building a rig for a nephew who does some low-mid tier gaming. WoW, DOTA, LoL, steam indie games, and some of the newer FPS's but lower settings are fine. All at 1080p. He also streams movies/tv and does schoolwork but I doubt those will be an issue.

 

Trying to keep the rig under $450 with some ability for him to upgrade in the future if he wants. Just posting here to see if anybody has some constructive ideas to bring down the price or get more bang for my buck.

 

Right now I'm looking at:

 

CPU: Pentium G3258  ($63)

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE LGA1150 ($85)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport (1x8gb) DDR3-1600 ($39)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO ssd 250gb ($78)

Video card: Zotac GeForce GTX 560 Ti ($75 used from a co-worker)

Case: Corsair 200R ($50)

PSU: Corsair CX 430w 80+bronze semi-modular ($40)

 

Location: California, USA

 

Any budget 20+ inch IPS monitor suggestions would be welcome too (but thats for me)

 

Thanks party people

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paying too much for the 560 ti. Check craigslist or ebay for a better deal. I got a 570 2.5gb for 75$ and that slaps a 560 ti around

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Bit of an AMD fan I suppose. I don't bias my replies to anything however, I just prefer AMD and their products. Buy whatever the H*CK you want. 

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I would also get a normal hdd for more storage and use the ssd as a boot drive also consider an OS

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also, that PSU actually might not be ready for a 560 ti. Fermi in general is power hungry, you will for sure be pushing the limits with a 560 ti

CPU: INTEL Core i7 4790k @ 4.7Ghz - Cooling: NZXT Kraken X61 - Mobo: Gigabyte Z97X SLI - RAM: 16GB G.Skill Ares 2400mhz - GPU: AMD Sapphire Nitro R9 Fury 4G - Case: Phanteks P350X - PSU: EVGA 750GQ - Storage: WD Black 1TB - Fans: 2x Noctua NF-P14s (Push) / 2x Corsair AF140 (Pull) / 3x Corsair AF120 (Exhaust) - Keyboard: Corsair K70 Cherry MX Red - Mouse: Razer Deathadder Chroma

Bit of an AMD fan I suppose. I don't bias my replies to anything however, I just prefer AMD and their products. Buy whatever the H*CK you want. 

---QUOTE ME OR I WILL LIKELY NOT REPLY---

 

 

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Building a rig for a nephew who does some low-mid tier gaming. WoW, DOTA, LoL, steam indie games, and some of the newer FPS's but lower settings are fine. All at 1080p. He also streams movies/tv and does schoolwork but I doubt those will be an issue.

 

Trying to keep the rig under $450 with some ability for him to upgrade in the future if he wants. Just posting here to see if anybody has some constructive ideas to bring down the price or get more bang for my buck.

 

Right now I'm looking at:

 

CPU: Pentium G3258  ($63)

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE LGA1150 ($85)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport (1x8gb) DDR3-1600 ($39)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO ssd 250gb ($78)

Video card: Zotac GeForce GTX 560 Ti ($75 used from a co-worker)

Case: Corsair 200R ($50)

PSU: Corsair CX 430w 80+bronze semi-modular ($40)

 

Location: California, USA

 

Any budget 20+ inch IPS monitor suggestions would be welcome too (but thats for me)

 

Thanks party people

 

Newer FPS games may not support that Pentium 2-core as the games need 4-cores to run, If you can get atlest a 4-core OR a 2-core 4 thread processor you should be OK. Have a think about it.

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CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($99.99 @ Micro Center) 

Motherboard: ECS B85H3-M9 (1.0) Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($32.98 @ Newegg) 

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


Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($193.98 @ Newegg) 



Total: $453.42

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-12 23:46 EST-0500

 

Spend the 4 extra dollars. Worth it.

 

4GB 380 is a huge improvement over the 2GB model.

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Wow,

Thanks for the advice and the builds guys. I was flip flopping on the HDD vs SSD  debate as well as dual channel vs single dimm, and the power draw on the Fermi.

I've had bad luck with rebates in the past so i tend to shy away from them or end up paying full price.

I didn't know about the newer FPS games needing quad core (or 2 core threaded to 4), definitely something I'll keep in mind.

 

Think I'll probably go with ONOTech's AMD build.

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Wow,

Thanks for the advice and the builds guys. I was flip flopping on the HDD vs SSD  debate as well as dual channel vs single dimm, and the power draw on the Fermi.

I've had bad luck with rebates in the past so i tend to shy away from them or end up paying full price.

I didn't know about the newer FPS games needing quad core (or 2 core threaded to 4), definitely something I'll keep in mind.

 

Think I'll probably go with ONOTech's AMD build.

Just fyi. Rebates from good manufactures are basically foolproof. But I can understand the sentiment.

 

Secondly, it is highly recommended you shell out the extra money for a 4GB 380. It does much better in many games that have issues with the 2GB 380.

 

I would also say long term grabbing an SSD would be a good idea, but at the price point atm it doesn't make sense.

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HDDs: 4x HGST Deskstar NAS 3TB  // PSU: EVGA 650GQ // Case: Fractal Design Node 304 // OS: FreeNAS

 

 

 

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CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($99.99 @ Micro Center) 
Motherboard: ECS B85H3-M9 (1.0) Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($32.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($32.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($193.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $453.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-12 23:46 EST-0500
 
Spend the 4 extra dollars. Worth it.
 
4GB 380 is a huge improvement over the 2GB model.

 

Not that psu. NOT THAT PSU.

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Not that psu. NOT THAT PSU.

There are lots around that point... CX500, Thermalfake 500W B whatever...

 

Pick your poison.

LINK-> Kurald Galain:  The Night Eternal 

Top 5820k, 980ti SLI Build in the World*

CPU: i7-5820k // GPU: SLI MSI 980ti Gaming 6G // Cooling: Full Custom WC //  Mobo: ASUS X99 Sabertooth // Ram: 32GB Crucial Ballistic Sport // Boot SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB

Mass SSD: Crucial M500 960GB  // PSU: EVGA Supernova 850G2 // Case: Fractal Design Define S Windowed // OS: Windows 10 // Mouse: Razer Naga Chroma // Keyboard: Corsair k70 Cherry MX Reds

Headset: Senn RS185 // Monitor: ASUS PG348Q // Devices: Note 10+ - Surface Book 2 15"

LINK-> Ainulindale: Music of the Ainur 

Prosumer DYI FreeNAS

CPU: Xeon E3-1231v3  // Cooling: Noctua L9x65 //  Mobo: AsRock E3C224D2I // Ram: 16GB Kingston ECC DDR3-1333

HDDs: 4x HGST Deskstar NAS 3TB  // PSU: EVGA 650GQ // Case: Fractal Design Node 304 // OS: FreeNAS

 

 

 

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Went with ONOTech's AMD build for the most part, with a different HDD (I'm partial to western digital blue and black) and a different case (without case LEDs). If he runs into issues with the 2gb of VRAM he can get a paper route...

 

Thanks again everyone

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