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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($85.00 @ Amazon) 



Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 360 2GB Video Card  ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: Cougar MX300 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Directron) 


Monitor: LG 23MP57HQ-P 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  ($134.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $742.67

 

 

Hi. I've been planning this build for a while now after a long thought. I'm from Asia so I can't rely on PcPartPicker to purchase the components. I'll be purchasing from local stores.

 

I chose one 8GB ram because I'll buy another stick in the near future. I was also planning on upgrading my graphics card maybe a year later. That's why I chose 550W PSU. Let me know what you think.

 

Thank you.

 

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Well haswell is probably going to cost less in any case

 

and look for whatever the cheapest decently reviewed IPS display is

 

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

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

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Asus H87M-E Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($73.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($32.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.98 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 380 2GB IceQ X² OC Video Card  ($169.99 @ Amazon)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($28.99 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($38.47 @ OutletPC)

Monitor: AOC I2269VW 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($99.99 @ Best Buy)

Total: $669.39

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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Are you planning on gaming? If so you'll need to allocate more money to the GPU

You might be better off getting a higher wattage PSU over a gold rating, or just get a cheaper PSU with the same wattage, seems like a bit of wasted budget tbh

Other than that, looks nice m'dude *tips fedora*

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Well haswell is probably going to cost less in any case

 

and look for whatever the cheapest decently reviewed IPS display is

 

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

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

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Asus H87M-E Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($73.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($32.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.98 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 380 2GB IceQ X² OC Video Card  ($169.99 @ Amazon)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($28.99 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($38.47 @ OutletPC)

Monitor: AOC I2269VW 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($99.99 @ Best Buy)

Total: $669.39

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-21 21:01 EST-0500

^ also this

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Well haswell is probably going to cost less in any case

 

and look for whatever the cheapest decently reviewed IPS display is

 

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

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

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Asus H87M-E Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($73.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($32.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.98 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 380 2GB IceQ X² OC Video Card  ($169.99 @ Amazon)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($28.99 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($38.47 @ OutletPC)

Monitor: AOC I2269VW 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($99.99 @ Best Buy)

Total: $669.39

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-21 21:01 EST-0500

Why u add shitty PSU bby

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($85.00 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 360 2GB Video Card  ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Cougar MX300 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Directron) 
Monitor: LG 23MP57HQ-P 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  ($134.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $742.67
 
 
Hi. I've been planning this build for a while now after a long thought. I'm from Asia so I can't rely on PcPartPicker to purchase the components. I'll be purchasing from local stores.
 
I chose one 8GB ram because I'll buy another stick in the near future. I was also planning on upgrading my graphics card maybe a year later. That's why I chose 550W PSU. Let me know what you think.
 
Thank you.

 

It's good but I'd replace the i5 with a 4460, save money there with DDR3 and older stuff like that, then put in an Antec HCG 520W or XFX TS, or, if it's cheap today, the Seasonic G-series.

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So many people get wound up over PSUs on LTT... It's crack up. Corsair, EVGA both make fantastic PSUs. I'd recommend sticking with something 500W or more, bronze or higher rated. 

 

The build looks great. I support the move to Haswell, but it doesn't matter too much you won't notice the difference other than missing $$ from your bank acc. I'd recommend adding a small 120GB or 250GB SSD as you'll notice the biggest difference in performance by adding an SSD. 

 

Probably worth getting a GPU with 4GB of VRAM. 

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Well haswell is probably going to cost less in any case

Yes. I was planning on building Haswell as well. But an employee at a local pc store told me that Skylake is future proof and stuff. It also seems to have max turbo frequency of 3.6 Ghz which sounds better. Now I'm torn between Skylake and Haswell. Haswell also seems to have more bang for the buck. 

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Why u add shitty PSU bby

It's cheap with good reviews all around and there won't be any overclocking on the CPU anyways

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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Yes. I ws planning on building Haswell as well. But an employee at a local pc store told me that Skylake is future proof and stuff. It also seems to have max turbo frequency of 3.6 Ghz which

All skylake really gives you is USB 3.1, and a 5% IPC jump, so virtually nothing you'll notice in games as a haswell i5 will already be fairly capable of hitting 60fps and over

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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It's cheap with good reviews all around and there won't be any overclocking on the CPU anyways

It's cheap, yes, but good user reviews mean nothing at all. You see plenty of good reviews on Diablotek units and that doesn't make them good, does it! With a hot GPU like a 380 a good PSU should be considered,

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Yes. I was planning on building Haswell as well. But an employee at a local pc store told me that Skylake is future proof and stuff. It also seems to have max turbo frequency of 3.6 Ghz which sounds better. Now I'm torn between Skylake and Haswell. Haswell also seems to have more bang for the buck. 

Haswell is currently a better choice.

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It's cheap, yes, but good user reviews mean nothing at all. You see plenty of good reviews on Diablotek units and that doesn't make them good, does it! With a hot GPU like a 380 a good PSU should be considered,

Those are probably fine for a build using less than 100W

 

but the one I have has like a thousand reviews almost on amazon, it should get the job done, at 100% the card is going to draw like 200W, so it'll be a fair bit less than that with a game running

 

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-Continuous-Warranty-Supply-100-W1-0500-KR/dp/B00H33SFJU

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-HD3-A Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($67.99 @ SuperBiiz) 




Case: Cougar MX300 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Directron) 


Monitor: LG 23MP57HQ-P 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  ($134.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $577.89

 

How about this build? Seems good? Btw, thank you for your time.

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Those are probably fine for a build using less than 100W

 

but the one I have has like a thousand reviews almost on amazon, it should get the job done, at 100% the card is going to draw like 200W, so it'll be a fair bit less than that with a game running

 

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-Continuous-Warranty-Supply-100-W1-0500-KR/dp/B00H33SFJU

I'm not talking about wattage. It's for low-end builds and the W1 is pretty crappy. It's worse than a *gasp* CX-series and I wouldn't put a CX-series in this build.

 

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-HD3-A Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($67.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Cougar MX300 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Directron) 
Monitor: LG 23MP57HQ-P 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  ($134.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $577.89
 
How about this build? Seems good? Btw, thank you for your time.

 

Swap PSU with a Seasonic S12 or XFX TS/Antec HCG and I see no problem. You may want an SSD down the road just to let you know ;)

My account is almost entirely dormant. Hope you all are having a grand time. Many years of fun were had here.

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