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Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5 GHz Quad-core processor

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler

Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2133 Memory

Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive

XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card

Raidmax Vortex ATX Mid Tower Case

Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply

 

Estimated Wattage: 471W

Price: 958.92€

+Shipping: Shipping is 31.96€, so Price+Shipping is 990.08€.

Ryzen 7 3700X / 16GB RAM / Optane SSD / GTX 1650 / Solus Linux

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Swap out that PSU. Any SeaSonic or XFX 550W would do.

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Be nice to each other boys and girls. And don't cheap out on a power supply.

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CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K - 4.5 GHz | Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO | RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 | SSD: Samsung 850 EVO - 500GB | GPU: MSI GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6GB | PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G2 | Case: NZXT Phantom 530 | Cooling: CRYORIG R1 Ultimate | Monitor: ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q | Peripherals: Corsair Vengeance K70 and Razer DeathAdder

 

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3 minutes ago, NunoLava1998 said:

I can't get a better PSU or fluctuactions make this build go over my max. price tag (1000€).

Save up and buy a better PSU. don't kill you 1000Euro investment.

Look at this list a chose a PSU from the top 2 tiers: linustechtips.com/main/topic/406160-psu-ranking-and-tiers/

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1 minute ago, NunoLava1998 said:

Not really. Do you really have to drop down to an i3 just to get a better PSU? Like I said, any EVGA GS/G2, XFX or SeaSonic PSUs you could get for about 50-70 euros? That 450W PSU is cutting it really it close with the R9 390.

'Fanboyism is stupid' - someone on this forum.

Be nice to each other boys and girls. And don't cheap out on a power supply.

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CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K - 4.5 GHz | Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO | RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 | SSD: Samsung 850 EVO - 500GB | GPU: MSI GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6GB | PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G2 | Case: NZXT Phantom 530 | Cooling: CRYORIG R1 Ultimate | Monitor: ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q | Peripherals: Corsair Vengeance K70 and Razer DeathAdder

 

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3 minutes ago, NunoLava1998 said:

Just save up a bit more for a better PSU, also the i5 would runs better without being held back as the i5 has 4 actual cores instead of the i3 2 cores + hyper threading.

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6 minutes ago, NunoLava1998 said:

@HKZeroFiveSome days ago, i went to a computer store. They told me that the CPU now matters almost nothing, the GPU is that matters a lot. And whatever, it's almost the same CPU.

Sorry, but that's shit advice. Games like Fallout 4 and GTA V rely alot on four core CPUs, especially CPU intensive games. And an dual core i3 is nowhere near as close as the i5 6600K. You can't even overclock it with the ASUS Z170 motherboard and CPU cooler.

'Fanboyism is stupid' - someone on this forum.

Be nice to each other boys and girls. And don't cheap out on a power supply.

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CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K - 4.5 GHz | Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO | RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 | SSD: Samsung 850 EVO - 500GB | GPU: MSI GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6GB | PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G2 | Case: NZXT Phantom 530 | Cooling: CRYORIG R1 Ultimate | Monitor: ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q | Peripherals: Corsair Vengeance K70 and Razer DeathAdder

 

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2 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

Sorry, but that's shit advice. Games like Fallout 4 and GTA V rely alot on four core CPUs. And an dual core i3 is nowhere near as close as the i5 6600K. You can't even overclock it with the ASUS Z170 motherboard and CPU cooler.

Any of those games will perform better on four true cores instead of hyper threading, also you know you can overclock locked Intel CPU's you just need to change your bios to the one which allows it.

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3 minutes ago, RZeroX said:

Any of those games will perform better on four true cores instead of hyper threading, also you know you can overclock locked Intel CPU's you just need to change your bios to the one which allows it.

I'm unaware if ASUS has an updated BIOS for overclocking locked CPUs. AFAIK, it's only ASRock, MSI and Gigabyte motherboards.

EDIT: Hang on, you're right.

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CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K - 4.5 GHz | Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO | RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 | SSD: Samsung 850 EVO - 500GB | GPU: MSI GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6GB | PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G2 | Case: NZXT Phantom 530 | Cooling: CRYORIG R1 Ultimate | Monitor: ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q | Peripherals: Corsair Vengeance K70 and Razer DeathAdder

 

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1 minute ago, HKZeroFive said:

I'm unaware if ASUS has an updated BIOS for overclocking locked CPUs. AFAIK, it's only ASRock, MSI and Gigabyte motherboards.

Current list of motherboards supporting this

http://overclocking.guide/intel-skylake-non-k-overclocking-bios-list/

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4 minutes ago, NunoLava1998 said:

http://de.pcpartpicker.com/user/NunoLava1998/saved/#view=NzZNnQ

Is that better?

if no then im gonna make a shitty ass build

You may as-well stick with your first build as it's the best but I'm not sure if 450w would be able to power the whole system.

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2 minutes ago, RZeroX said:

Current list of motherboards supporting this

http://overclocking.guide/intel-skylake-non-k-overclocking-bios-list/

Thanks for that, I just looked it up.

@NunoLava1998 Anyway, I still retain my point on having a four core CPU over a dual core. The performance difference is quite significant. At least try and get a i5 6400.

'Fanboyism is stupid' - someone on this forum.

Be nice to each other boys and girls. And don't cheap out on a power supply.

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CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K - 4.5 GHz | Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO | RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 | SSD: Samsung 850 EVO - 500GB | GPU: MSI GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6GB | PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G2 | Case: NZXT Phantom 530 | Cooling: CRYORIG R1 Ultimate | Monitor: ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q | Peripherals: Corsair Vengeance K70 and Razer DeathAdder

 

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