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Give me a bit...

 

950 > 370

 

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CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($112.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: MSI H81I Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($62.99 @ Directron) 

Memory: Mushkin Essentials 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($28.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($38.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  ($188.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case: Silverstone Sugo SG13B Mini ITX Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: Silverstone 500W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply  ($94.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $567.93

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Hot damn.

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Okay my trusty laptop just crapped the bed and i need help putting together a small compact gaming pc for around 600$usd Also if possible i would like some average FPS in CSGO,GTA5 and Arma 3. (I play alot of csgo with my amazing mouse)

Build list here:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/tWQ3hM :D 

Thank you!!

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Okay my trusty laptop just crapped the bed and i need help putting together a small compact gaming pc for around 600$usd Also if possible i would like some average FPS in CSGO,GTA5 and Arma 3. (I play alot of csgo with my amazing mouse)

Build list here:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/tWQ3hM :D 

Thank you!!

Overkill on the RAM, maybe get some more storage.

Main Gaming Rig:

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Core i7-4770, Cryorig M9i Cooler, ASUS B85M GAMER, 8GB HyperX Fury Red 2x4GB 1866MHz, KFA2 GTX 970 Infin8 Black Edition "4GB", 1TB Seagate SSHD, 256GB Crucial m4 SSD, 60GB Corsair SSD for Kerbal and game servers, Thermaltake Core V21 Case, EVGA SuperNOVA 650W G2.

Secondary PC:

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i5-2500k OCed, Raijintek Themis, Intel Z77GA-70K, 8GB HyperX Genesis in grey, GTX 750 Ti, Gamemax Falcon case.

 

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Maybe add a hard drive to that list. I doubt 128GB will be enough to last.

Novus Anima

CPU - 4670K @ 4.2 GHz | Motherboard - ASUS Z97-PRO | CPU Cooler - Corsair H105 

RAM - Corsair Vengeance (4x4GB) | GPU - EVGA GTX 1060 SSC  

Storage - Samsung M.2 64GB SSD, PNY 240GB SSD , WD 1TB Caviar Blue, WD 500GB HDD

PSU - EVGA 650W G2 | Peripherals - Logitech G710, Logitech G602 

 

Laptops

MacBook Pro Mid-2011 

Surface Pro 3

 

 

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*reading post*

"$600"

:/

"CS:GO"

:D

"GTA 5"

:(

LIBERATOR: Core i5 6400 @ 2.7GHz | GeForce GTX 670 2 GB | HyperX Fury 8GB DDR4 @ 2133 MHz | 250 GB Samsung 850 Evo SSD
My new build; Liberator, Check it out

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MY OLD BUILD (AKA PREBUILT MONSTROSITY)
INSANITY: AMD Athlon II X2 @ 3.0 GHz | Geforce GT 720 2 GB | 4 GB DDR3 @ 1333 MHz | 120 GB Silicon Power SSD | 500 GB Hitachi HDD

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Btw I have a spare HDD i can use

Capacity? Used?

LIBERATOR: Core i5 6400 @ 2.7GHz | GeForce GTX 670 2 GB | HyperX Fury 8GB DDR4 @ 2133 MHz | 250 GB Samsung 850 Evo SSD
My new build; Liberator, Check it out

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MY OLD BUILD (AKA PREBUILT MONSTROSITY)
INSANITY: AMD Athlon II X2 @ 3.0 GHz | Geforce GT 720 2 GB | 4 GB DDR3 @ 1333 MHz | 120 GB Silicon Power SSD | 500 GB Hitachi HDD

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In ARMA? Are you kidding me you cannot get average in ARMA even with i7-4790K! :o

Zen-III-X8-5900X (Gamestation 5)

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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) / Controller: Sony Dualshock 4 Wireless (DS4Windows) / Cooler: AMD Near-silent 125w Thermal Solution / CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600, 6-cores, 12-threads, 4.2/4.2GHz, 35,3MB cache (T.S.M.C. 7nm FinFET) / CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 12(8)-cores, 24(16)-threads, 4.5/4.8GHz, 70.5MB(68,35MB) cache (T.S.M.C. 7nm FinFET) / Display: HP 24" L2445w (64Hz OC) 1920x1200 / GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OC "Afterburner" @1450MHz (T.S.M.C. 28nm) / GPU: ASUS Radeon RX 6600 XT DUAL OC RDNA2 32CUs @2.6GHz 10.6 TFLOPS (T.S.M.C. 7nm FinFET) R.ID (NimeZ drivers) / Keyboard: HP KB-0316 PS/2 (Nordic) / Motherboard: ASRock B450M Pro4, Socket-AM4 (SAM enabled) / Mouse: Razer Abyssus 2014 / PCI-E: ASRock USB 3.1/A+C (PCI Express x4) / PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2, 550W / RAM A1 & B1: G.SKILL DDR4-3600MHz CL18-20-21-39-60-1T "Samsung 8Gbit C-Die" (2x8GB) / RAM A2 & B2: HyperX DDR4-3600MHz CL16-18-19-37-85-1T "SK Hynix 8Gbit CJR" (2x16GB) / Operating System: Windows 10 Home / Sound 1: Zombee Z500 / Sound 2: Logitech Stereo Speakers S-150 / Storage 1 & 2: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD / Storage 3: Western Digital My Passport 2.5" 2TB HDD / Storage 4: Western Digital Elements Desktop 2TB HDD / Storage 5: Kingston A2000 1TB M.2 NVME SSD / Wi-fi & Bluetooth: ASUS PCE-AC55BT Wireless Adapter (Intel)

 Lake-V-X6-10600 (Gaming PC)

R23 score MC: 9190pts | R23 score SC: 1302pts

R20 score MC: 3529cb | R20 score SC: 506cb

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Case: Cooler Master HAF XB Evo Black / Case Fan(s) Front: Noctua NF-A14 ULN 140mm Premium Fans / Case Fan(s) Rear: Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition (red) / Case Fan(s) Side: Noctua NF-A6x25 FLX 60mm Premium Fan / Controller: Sony Dualshock 4 Wireless (DS4Windows) / Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo / CPU: Intel Core i5-10600(ASUS Performance Enhancement), 6-cores, 12-threads, 4.4/4.8GHz, 13,7MB cache (Intel 14nm++ FinFET) / Display: ASUS 24" LED VN247H (67Hz OC) 1920x1080p / GPU: Gigabyte Radeon RX Vega 56 Gaming OC GCN5 56CUs @1.7GHz 12.19 TFLOPS (Samsung 14nm FinFET) R.ID (NimeZ drivers) / Keyboard: Logitech Desktop K120 (Nordic) / Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B460 PLUS, Socket-LGA1200 (SAM enabled) / Mouse: Razer Abyssus 2014 / PCI-E: ASRock USB 3.1/A+C (PCI Express x4) / PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2, 850W / RAM A1 & B1: HyperX DDR4-2666MHz CL13-15-15-30-45-2T "Samsung 8Gbit C-Die" (2x8GB) / RAM A2 & B2: Juhor DDR4-3200MHz CL16-20-20-38-72-2T "SK Hynix 8Gbit MFR" (2x16GB) / Operating System: Windows 10 Home / Sound: Zombee Z300 / Storage 1 & 2: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD / Storage 3: Seagate® Barracuda 2TB HDD / Storage 4: Seagate® Desktop 2TB SSHD / Storage 5: Crucial P1 1000GB M.2 SSD/ Storage 6: Western Digital WD7500BPKX 2.5" HDD / Wi-fi: TP-Link TL-WN851N 11n Wireless Adapter (Qualcomm Atheros)

Vishera-X8-9370 | R20 score MC: 1476cb

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Case: Cooler Master HAF XB Evo Black / Case Fan(s) Front: Noctua NF-A14 ULN 140mm Premium Fans / Case Fan(s) Rear: Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition (red) / Case Fan(s) Side: Noctua NF-A6x25 FLX 60mm Premium Fan / Case Fan VRM: SUNON MagLev KDE1209PTV3 92mm / Controller: Sony Dualshock 4 Wireless (DS4Windows) / Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo / CPU: AMD FX-8370 (Base: @4.4GHz | Turbo: @4.7GHz) Black Edition Eight-Core (Global Foundries 32nm) / Display: ASUS 24" LED VN247H (67Hz OC) 1920x1080p / GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OC "Afterburner" @1450MHz (T.S.M.C. 28nm) / GPU: Gigabyte Radeon RX Vega 56 Gaming OC @1501MHz (Samsung 14nm FinFET) / Keyboard: Logitech Desktop K120 (Nordic) / Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING, Socket-AM3+ / Mouse: Razer Abyssus 2014 / PCI-E: ASRock USB 3.1/A+C (PCI Express x4) / PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2, 850W PSU / RAM 1, 2, 3 & 4: Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1866MHz CL8-10-10-28-37-2T (4x4GB) 16.38GB / Operating System 1: Windows 10 Home / Sound: Zombee Z300 / Storage 1: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD (x2) / Storage 2: Seagate® Barracuda 2TB HDD / Storage 3: Seagate® Desktop 2TB SSHD / Wi-fi: TP-Link TL-WN951N 11n Wireless Adapter

Godavari-X4-880K | R20 score MC: 810cb

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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) / Controller: Sony Dualshock 4 Wireless (DS4Windows) / Cooler: AMD Near-silent 95w Thermal Solution / Cooler: AMD Near-silent 125w Thermal Solution / CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K Black Edition Elite Quad-Core (T.S.M.C. 28nm) / CPU: AMD Athlon X4 880K Black Edition Elite Quad-Core (T.S.M.C. 28nm) / Display: HP 19" Flat Panel L1940 (75Hz) 1280x1024 / GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SuperSC 2GB (T.S.M.C. 28nm) / GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OC "Afterburner" @1450MHz (T.S.M.C. 28nm) / Keyboard: HP KB-0316 PS/2 (Nordic) / Motherboard: MSI A78M-E45 V2, Socket-FM2+ / Mouse: Razer Abyssus 2014 / PCI-E: ASRock USB 3.1/A+C (PCI Express x4) / PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2, 550W PSU / RAM 1, 2, 3 & 4: SK hynix DDR3-1866MHz CL9-10-11-27-40 (4x4GB) 16.38GB / Operating System 1: Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) / Operating System 2: Windows 10 Home / Sound 1: Zombee Z500 / Sound 2: Logitech Stereo Speakers S-150 / Storage 1: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD (x2) / Storage 2: Western Digital My Passport 2.5" 2TB HDD / Storage 3: Western Digital Elements Desktop 2TB HDD / Wi-fi: TP-Link TL-WN851N 11n Wireless Adapter

Acer Aspire 7738G custom (changed CPU, GPU & Storage)
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CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo P8600, 2-cores, 2-threads, 2.4GHz, 3MB cache (Intel 45nm) / GPU: ATi Radeon HD 4570 515MB DDR2 (T.S.M.C. 55nm) / RAM: DDR2-1066MHz CL7-7-7-20-1T (2x2GB) / Operating System: Windows 10 Home / Storage: Crucial BX500 480GB 3D NAND SATA 2.5" SSD

Complete portable device SoC history:

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Apple A4 - Apple iPod touch (4th generation)
Apple A5 - Apple iPod touch (5th generation)
Apple A9 - Apple iPhone 6s Plus
HiSilicon Kirin 810 (T.S.M.C. 7nm) - Huawei P40 Lite / Huawei nova 7i
Mediatek Dimensity 700 (T.S.M.C 7nm) - Cherry Mobile Aqua S10 Pro 5G
Mediatek MT2601 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - TicWatch E
Mediatek MT6580 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - TECNO Spark 2 (1GB RAM)
Mediatek MT6592M (T.S.M.C 28nm) - my|phone my32 (orange)
Mediatek MT6592M (T.S.M.C 28nm) - my|phone my32 (yellow)
Mediatek MT6735 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - HMD Nokia 3 Dual SIM
Mediatek MT6737 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - Cherry Mobile Flare S6
Mediatek MT6739 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - my|phone myX8 (blue)
Mediatek MT6739 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - my|phone myX8 (gold)
Mediatek MT6750 (T.S.M.C 28nm) - honor 6C Pro / honor V9 Play
Mediatek MT6765 (T.S.M.C 12nm) - TECNO Pouvoir 3 Plus
Mediatek MT6797D (T.S.M.C 20nm) - my|phone Brown Tab 1
Qualcomm MSM8926 (T.S.M.C. 28nm) - Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE
Qualcomm MSM8974AA (T.S.M.C. 28nm) - Blackberry Passport
Qualcomm SDM710 (Samsung 10nm) - Oppo Realme 3 Pro

 

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yeah... a gpu would be nice

 

Am I looking at an edited list or something?

A GPU is listed (namely a Gigabyte GeForce GTX 950 2GB Dual WindForce Video Card )

 Two motoes to live by   "Sometimes there are no shortcuts"

                                           "This too shall pass"

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Give me a bit...
 

not a 950, glorious 370 from AMD


950 > 370
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
 
CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($112.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: MSI H81I Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($62.99 @ Directron) 
Memory: Mushkin Essentials 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($28.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($38.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  ($188.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Silverstone Sugo SG13B Mini ITX Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Silverstone 500W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply  ($94.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $567.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-25 16:49 EST-0500

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($112.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: MSI H81I Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($62.99 @ Directron) 

Memory: Mushkin Essentials 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($28.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($38.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  ($188.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case: Silverstone Sugo SG13B Mini ITX Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: Silverstone 500W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply  ($94.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $567.93

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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ezpz

So much better than either, CPU will outperform and GPU is much better.

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Give me a bit...

 

950 > 370

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($112.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: MSI H81I Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($62.99 @ Directron) 

Memory: Mushkin Essentials 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($28.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($38.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  ($188.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case: Silverstone Sugo SG13B Mini ITX Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: Silverstone 500W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply  ($94.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $567.93

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-25 16:49 EST-0500

 

ezpz

Hot damn.

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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8TQ3hM

 

EDIT: use an sfx PSU.

Shaved some money away in some areas to fit an SFX PSU of the appropriate wattage @GasmaskedCat:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($112.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97M-ITX/AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($29.75 @ Newegg) 

Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($38.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  ($188.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case: Silverstone Sugo SG13B Mini ITX Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Gold 450W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply  ($88.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $589.69

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-25 16:56 EST-0500

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