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After stumbling across Linus' channel I realise what an idiot I was for buying a console. Now I a planning a Gaming PC build.

 

Requirements:

 

$300-$400 USD

1080p-1440p single monitor 

Gaming and light programming

SSD

ATX/micro ATX/mini ITX

 

I'm prepared to by parts second hand and I'm prepared to pay for peripherals and a monitor separately.

I'm grateful for all feedback 

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Well, I'd say aim for gaming at 1080p.

No console can do 1440p, nor can a $400 budget.

Specs: CPU - Intel i7 8700K @ 5GHz | GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Motherboard - ASUS Strix Z370-G WIFI AC | RAM - XPG Gammix DDR4-3000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) | Main Drive - Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 | Other Drives - 7TB/3 Drives | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i Pro | Case - Fractal Design Define C Mini TG | Power Supply - EVGA G3 850W

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2 minutes ago, CHEESEM0NSTER55 said:

After stumbling across Linus' channel I realise what an idiot I was for buying a console. Now I a planning a Gaming PC build.

 

Requirements:

 

$300-$400 USD

1080p-1440p single monitor 

Gaming and light programming

SSD

ATX/micro ATX/mini ITX

 

I'm prepared to by parts second hand and I'm prepared to pay for peripherals and a monitor separately.

I'm grateful for all feedback 

Best bet is to spend the $400 on a tower and get everything else seperately. 

Do you have a monitor, keyboard and mouse you could reuse?

 

Fine you want the PSU tier list? Have the PSU tier list: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1116640-psu-tier-list-40-rev-103/

 

Stille (Desktop)

Ryzen 9 3900XT@4.5Ghz - Cryorig H7 Ultimate - 16GB Vengeance LPX 3000Mhz- MSI RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3x OC - SanDisk Plus 480GB - Crucial MX500 500GB - Intel 660P 1TB SSD - (2x) WD Red 2TB - EVGA G3 650w - Corsair 760T

Evoo Gaming 15"
i7-9750H - 16GB DDR4 - GTX 1660Ti - 480GB SSD M.2 - 1TB 2.5" BX500 SSD 

VM + NAS Server (ProxMox 6.3)

1x Xeon E5-2690 v2  - 92GB ECC DDR3 - Quadro 4000 - Dell H310 HBA (Flashed with IT firmware) -500GB Crucial MX500 (Proxmox Host) Kingston 128GB SSD (FreeNAS dev/ID passthrough) - 8x4TB Toshiba N300 HDD

Toys: Ender 3 Pro, Oculus Rift CV1, Oculus Quest 2, about half a dozen raspberry Pis (2b to 4), Arduino Uno, Arduino Mega, Arduino nano (x3), Arduino nano pro, Atomic Pi. 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($73.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A78M PRO3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($51.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($31.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB Superclocked Video Card  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $415.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-06 15:35 EST-0500

 

That's the cheapest I'd go.

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You are looking at a much higher price point if you are including a monitor, SSD, and a Micro ATX/MIni ITX chassis.

My legit rig:

CPU: i5 6600k GPU: Asus Strix 1070 RAM: 16 GB of Corsair LPX CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 Motherboard:  Asus Z170I Pro Gaming Storage: Adata Sp550 120 GB and WD Black 3 TB Case: NZXT Manta Power Supply: EVGA 550 GS Monitors: 2 LG 25UM58-P Ultrawides Keyboard: Cooler Master Quickfire Rapid-i Mouse: Logitech G502 RGB

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Just now, Brink2Three said:

Best bet is to spend the $400 on a tower and get everything else seperately. 

Do you have a monitor, keyboard and mouse you could reuse?

 

Yes I have  the monitor, keyboard and mouse thanks

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lololololol

 

This is your best bet for $400

 

Or spend an extra 25 for a r7 370. Paying a console prices will get you a JUST a bit better than console performance.

 

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4 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($73.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A78M PRO3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($51.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($31.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB Superclocked Video Card  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $415.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-06 15:35 EST-0500

 

That's the cheapest I'd go.

Thanks really helpful if I were to go the second hand route I think I can get more for my money.

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Just now, CHEESEM0NSTER55 said:

Thanks really helpful if I were to go the second hand route I think I can get more for my money.

If you're going second hand look for a HD 7970, it's basically a 280X.

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2 minutes ago, Zeruel said:

lololololol

 

This is your best bet for $400

 

Or spend an extra 25 for a r7 370. Paying a console prices will get you a JUST a bit better than console performance.

 

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Ewww that PSU and GPU.

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3 minutes ago, CHEESEM0NSTER55 said:

Yes I have  the monitor, keyboard and mouse thanks

Go for something like @TheRandomness posted. Good starter build, though you might want to put a bit more cash into it and go for a motherboard platform that isn't dead. (I can recommend a build if you're Ok with going used as well. ) 

Fine you want the PSU tier list? Have the PSU tier list: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1116640-psu-tier-list-40-rev-103/

 

Stille (Desktop)

Ryzen 9 3900XT@4.5Ghz - Cryorig H7 Ultimate - 16GB Vengeance LPX 3000Mhz- MSI RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3x OC - SanDisk Plus 480GB - Crucial MX500 500GB - Intel 660P 1TB SSD - (2x) WD Red 2TB - EVGA G3 650w - Corsair 760T

Evoo Gaming 15"
i7-9750H - 16GB DDR4 - GTX 1660Ti - 480GB SSD M.2 - 1TB 2.5" BX500 SSD 

VM + NAS Server (ProxMox 6.3)

1x Xeon E5-2690 v2  - 92GB ECC DDR3 - Quadro 4000 - Dell H310 HBA (Flashed with IT firmware) -500GB Crucial MX500 (Proxmox Host) Kingston 128GB SSD (FreeNAS dev/ID passthrough) - 8x4TB Toshiba N300 HDD

Toys: Ender 3 Pro, Oculus Rift CV1, Oculus Quest 2, about half a dozen raspberry Pis (2b to 4), Arduino Uno, Arduino Mega, Arduino nano (x3), Arduino nano pro, Atomic Pi. 

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2 minutes ago, Brink2Three said:

Go for something like @TheRandomness posted. Good starter build, though you might want to put a bit more cash into it and go for a motherboard platform that isn't dead. (I can recommend a build if you're Ok with going used as well. ) 

Definitely down with going used.

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1 minute ago, TheRandomness said:

If you're going second hand look for a HD 7970, it's basically a 280X.

^That^

 

Fine you want the PSU tier list? Have the PSU tier list: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1116640-psu-tier-list-40-rev-103/

 

Stille (Desktop)

Ryzen 9 3900XT@4.5Ghz - Cryorig H7 Ultimate - 16GB Vengeance LPX 3000Mhz- MSI RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3x OC - SanDisk Plus 480GB - Crucial MX500 500GB - Intel 660P 1TB SSD - (2x) WD Red 2TB - EVGA G3 650w - Corsair 760T

Evoo Gaming 15"
i7-9750H - 16GB DDR4 - GTX 1660Ti - 480GB SSD M.2 - 1TB 2.5" BX500 SSD 

VM + NAS Server (ProxMox 6.3)

1x Xeon E5-2690 v2  - 92GB ECC DDR3 - Quadro 4000 - Dell H310 HBA (Flashed with IT firmware) -500GB Crucial MX500 (Proxmox Host) Kingston 128GB SSD (FreeNAS dev/ID passthrough) - 8x4TB Toshiba N300 HDD

Toys: Ender 3 Pro, Oculus Rift CV1, Oculus Quest 2, about half a dozen raspberry Pis (2b to 4), Arduino Uno, Arduino Mega, Arduino nano (x3), Arduino nano pro, Atomic Pi. 

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3 minutes ago, CHEESEM0NSTER55 said:

Definitely down with going used.

Ok. I'll edit this post with an ebay build in a minute

 

Fine you want the PSU tier list? Have the PSU tier list: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1116640-psu-tier-list-40-rev-103/

 

Stille (Desktop)

Ryzen 9 3900XT@4.5Ghz - Cryorig H7 Ultimate - 16GB Vengeance LPX 3000Mhz- MSI RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3x OC - SanDisk Plus 480GB - Crucial MX500 500GB - Intel 660P 1TB SSD - (2x) WD Red 2TB - EVGA G3 650w - Corsair 760T

Evoo Gaming 15"
i7-9750H - 16GB DDR4 - GTX 1660Ti - 480GB SSD M.2 - 1TB 2.5" BX500 SSD 

VM + NAS Server (ProxMox 6.3)

1x Xeon E5-2690 v2  - 92GB ECC DDR3 - Quadro 4000 - Dell H310 HBA (Flashed with IT firmware) -500GB Crucial MX500 (Proxmox Host) Kingston 128GB SSD (FreeNAS dev/ID passthrough) - 8x4TB Toshiba N300 HDD

Toys: Ender 3 Pro, Oculus Rift CV1, Oculus Quest 2, about half a dozen raspberry Pis (2b to 4), Arduino Uno, Arduino Mega, Arduino nano (x3), Arduino nano pro, Atomic Pi. 

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10 minutes ago, Zeruel said:

lololololol

 

This is your best bet for $400

 

Or spend an extra 25 for a r7 370. Paying a console prices will get you a JUST a bit better than console performance.

 

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thanks with my build I would go used and upgrade the case and GPU.

 

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If you're going used on a $400 budget, go Intel. You'll be able to at least get an i5, if not an i7, from the second gen. I seen a Dell on CL with a 2600 (non-k) for about $130-$140 (somewhere in there). Granted it has an OEM mobo, but it came with dedicated graphics and a 500GB HDD (I think, it may have been 1TB).

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7 minutes ago, Brink2Three said:

Ok. I'll edit this post with an ebay build in a minute

 

 

6 minutes ago, CHEESEM0NSTER55 said:

 

 

 

CPU: http://www.ebay.com/itm/151975753581 (CPU cooler: http://www.ebay.com/itm/301315403751 )

Motherboard: http://www.ebay.com/itm/171823154293

RAM: http://www.ebay.com/itm/321872623406

GPU: http://www.ebay.com/itm/231835532782

HDD: http://www.ebay.com/itm/111797512683

PSU: http://www.ebay.com/itm/371539065142

Case: http://www.ebay.com/itm/381324925710

TOTAL: $447.20 (Most are free shipping, but it may very slightly.) 

This was quickly thrown together. Give me a few more minutes and I may be able to find a few better deals. 

Fine you want the PSU tier list? Have the PSU tier list: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1116640-psu-tier-list-40-rev-103/

 

Stille (Desktop)

Ryzen 9 3900XT@4.5Ghz - Cryorig H7 Ultimate - 16GB Vengeance LPX 3000Mhz- MSI RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3x OC - SanDisk Plus 480GB - Crucial MX500 500GB - Intel 660P 1TB SSD - (2x) WD Red 2TB - EVGA G3 650w - Corsair 760T

Evoo Gaming 15"
i7-9750H - 16GB DDR4 - GTX 1660Ti - 480GB SSD M.2 - 1TB 2.5" BX500 SSD 

VM + NAS Server (ProxMox 6.3)

1x Xeon E5-2690 v2  - 92GB ECC DDR3 - Quadro 4000 - Dell H310 HBA (Flashed with IT firmware) -500GB Crucial MX500 (Proxmox Host) Kingston 128GB SSD (FreeNAS dev/ID passthrough) - 8x4TB Toshiba N300 HDD

Toys: Ender 3 Pro, Oculus Rift CV1, Oculus Quest 2, about half a dozen raspberry Pis (2b to 4), Arduino Uno, Arduino Mega, Arduino nano (x3), Arduino nano pro, Atomic Pi. 

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8 minutes ago, Brink2Three said:

 

 

CPU: http://www.ebay.com/itm/151975753581 (CPU cooler: http://www.ebay.com/itm/301315403751 )

Motherboard: http://www.ebay.com/itm/171823154293

RAM: http://www.ebay.com/itm/321872623406

GPU: http://www.ebay.com/itm/231835532782

HDD: http://www.ebay.com/itm/111797512683

PSU: http://www.ebay.com/itm/371539065142

Case: http://www.ebay.com/itm/381324925710

TOTAL: $447.20 (Most are free shipping, but it may very slightly.) 

This was quickly thrown together. Give me a few more minutes and I may be able to find a few better deals. 

Just outdid myself. :P 

http://cart.payments.ebay.com/sc/add?ssPageName=CART:ATC&item=iid:181998817300,qty:1

(Make sure your ebay cart is clear or you open the window incognito or it will add the items you already had to these.)

Edited by Brink2Three

Fine you want the PSU tier list? Have the PSU tier list: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1116640-psu-tier-list-40-rev-103/

 

Stille (Desktop)

Ryzen 9 3900XT@4.5Ghz - Cryorig H7 Ultimate - 16GB Vengeance LPX 3000Mhz- MSI RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3x OC - SanDisk Plus 480GB - Crucial MX500 500GB - Intel 660P 1TB SSD - (2x) WD Red 2TB - EVGA G3 650w - Corsair 760T

Evoo Gaming 15"
i7-9750H - 16GB DDR4 - GTX 1660Ti - 480GB SSD M.2 - 1TB 2.5" BX500 SSD 

VM + NAS Server (ProxMox 6.3)

1x Xeon E5-2690 v2  - 92GB ECC DDR3 - Quadro 4000 - Dell H310 HBA (Flashed with IT firmware) -500GB Crucial MX500 (Proxmox Host) Kingston 128GB SSD (FreeNAS dev/ID passthrough) - 8x4TB Toshiba N300 HDD

Toys: Ender 3 Pro, Oculus Rift CV1, Oculus Quest 2, about half a dozen raspberry Pis (2b to 4), Arduino Uno, Arduino Mega, Arduino nano (x3), Arduino nano pro, Atomic Pi. 

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1 hour ago, CHEESEM0NSTER55 said:

yes you did out do your self thanks so much.

No problem!! 

Fine you want the PSU tier list? Have the PSU tier list: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1116640-psu-tier-list-40-rev-103/

 

Stille (Desktop)

Ryzen 9 3900XT@4.5Ghz - Cryorig H7 Ultimate - 16GB Vengeance LPX 3000Mhz- MSI RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3x OC - SanDisk Plus 480GB - Crucial MX500 500GB - Intel 660P 1TB SSD - (2x) WD Red 2TB - EVGA G3 650w - Corsair 760T

Evoo Gaming 15"
i7-9750H - 16GB DDR4 - GTX 1660Ti - 480GB SSD M.2 - 1TB 2.5" BX500 SSD 

VM + NAS Server (ProxMox 6.3)

1x Xeon E5-2690 v2  - 92GB ECC DDR3 - Quadro 4000 - Dell H310 HBA (Flashed with IT firmware) -500GB Crucial MX500 (Proxmox Host) Kingston 128GB SSD (FreeNAS dev/ID passthrough) - 8x4TB Toshiba N300 HDD

Toys: Ender 3 Pro, Oculus Rift CV1, Oculus Quest 2, about half a dozen raspberry Pis (2b to 4), Arduino Uno, Arduino Mega, Arduino nano (x3), Arduino nano pro, Atomic Pi. 

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