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[Enrax94]

Hi guys I've decided to upgrade from my FM2 plaform with an Athlon x4 750k and wanted to hear some feedback.The build is going to be used for gaming the resolution im using is 1680x1050.Im thinking of upgrading the GPU once Pascal comes out.The prices i use are from my country and the budget is 950$

 

CPU:Intel i5-6600K 3.5GHz 6MB LGA1151 BOX:293$
MOBO:ASUS Z170-K /LGA1151:143$
GPU:ASUS STRIX GTX 960 2GB(Owned)
RAM:G.SKILL DDR4 2x4 3200 RipjawsV F4-3200C16D-8GVKB:83$
COOLER:NZXT KRAKEN X61 LIQUID COOLER:151$
CASE:NZXT H442W-W1 White Mid Tower Case Window:127$
PSU:Corsair RM650x 650W GOLD CP-9020091-EU:127$

 

Total:930$

[Tomthedrum]

You don't  need suchelp a beefy cooler a be quiet dark rock 3 should be sufficient for your  needs

[MagnusGrønstad]

42 minutes ago, Enrax94 said:

Hi guys I've decided to upgrade from my FM2 plaform with an Athlon x4 750k and wanted to hear some feedback.The build is going to be used for gaming the resolution im using is 1680x1050.Im thinking of upgrading the GPU once Pascal comes out.The prices i use are from my country and the budget is 950$

 

CPU:Intel i5-6600K 3.5GHz 6MB LGA1151 BOX:293$
MOBO:ASUS Z170-K /LGA1151:143$
GPU:ASUS STRIX GTX 960 2GB(Owned)
RAM:G.SKILL DDR4 2x4 3200 RipjawsV F4-3200C16D-8GVKB:83$
COOLER:NZXT KRAKEN X61 LIQUID COOLER:151$
CASE:NZXT H442W-W1 White Mid Tower Case Window:127$
PSU:Corsair RM650x 650W GOLD CP-9020091-EU:127$

 

Total:930$

you could skimp the cooler down to a 120mm one (not cooler master liquid AIO, they're usually loud.) and buy some nice fans for the extra cash

[Streetguru]

7 hours ago, Enrax94 said:

 

So what country and what budget?

You should probably upgrade your display before anything

 

paying extra for overclocking generally isn't worth it as well, especially for 60hz gaming.

[Enrax94]

50 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

So what country and what budget?

You should probably upgrade your display before anything

 

paying extra for overclocking generally isn't worth it as well, especially for 60hz gaming.

Country is Bulgaria and the budget is 950$

[Streetguru]

7 minutes ago, Enrax94 said:

Country is Bulgaria and the budget is 950$

Well, germany, bulgaria, they're like the same place right?

I'd start here on parts, you should really upgrade that display, probably to something 1440p IPS with a VESA mount.

 

or maybe 1080p 144hz if you play a lot of twitch shooter games. Though they would be TN if you care about color accuracy or viewing angles

Also I'd wait more for polaris than pascal, you're going to save money on a free-sync display vs a G-sync display

255 EU for a free-sync 1080p 144hz display

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/part/aoc-monitor-g2460pf

 

400 for the G-sync equivalent

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/part/aoc-monitor-g2460pg

 

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/HtNfYJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/HtNfYJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€202.93 @ Mindfactory)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-S2HP Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€71.20 @ Mindfactory)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (€36.41 @ Mindfactory)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€66.92 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €377.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-29 19:49 CEST+0200

[Enrax94]

6 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

ImWell, germany, bulgaria, they're like the same place right?

I'd start here on parts, you should really upgrade that display, probably to something 1440p IPS with a VESA mount.

 

or maybe 1080p 144hz if you play a lot of twitch shooter games. Though they would be TN if you care about color accuracy or viewing angles

Also I'd wait more for polaris than pascal, you're going to save money on a free-sync display vs a G-sync display

255 EU for a free-sync 1080p 144hz display

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/part/aoc-monitor-g2460pf

 

400 for the G-sync equivalent

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/part/aoc-monitor-g2460pg

 

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/HtNfYJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/HtNfYJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€202.93 @ Mindfactory)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-S2HP Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€71.20 @ Mindfactory)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (€36.41 @ Mindfactory)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€66.92 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €377.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-29 19:49 CEST+0200

Im fine with my current resolution i will probably upgrade the monitor when i get the new Pascal GPU im planing to upgrade.For now i want a platform that will last me for a while and with Skylake i think it will perfect unless Zen outperforms it by alot which is probably unluckly.

[Streetguru]

3 minutes ago, Enrax94 said:

Im fine with my current resolution i will probably upgrade the monitor when i get the new Pascal GPU im planing to upgrade.For now i want a platform that will last me for a while and with Skylake i think it will perfect unless Zen outperforms it by alot which is probably unluckly.

the i5 will be fine for a while.

 

but your 960 is hardly being stressed with that display, and I don't know how ya live with such a small resolution, suppose it's not too bad if you're just gaming, but I'd highly recommend upgrading to a 1440p display over spending a bunch of money to overclock your CPU, if anything just buy an i7 6700 if you want your PC to last a while, it already turbos to 4ghz

 

your display is going to last you a lot longer than your PC hardware most likely if you invest in a higher end one. and your 960 should be fine for low-med 1440p gaming.

 

or if you're just gaming go for the 1080p 144hz free-sync display, even if you can't use the free-sync part now you still have a 144hz display which is going to make gameplay much much smoother.

[Enrax94]

1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

the i5 will be fine for a while.

 

but your 960 is hardly being stressed with that display, and I don't know how ya live with such a small resolution, suppose it's not too bad if you're just gaming, but I'd highly recommend upgrading to a 1440p display over spending a bunch of money to overclock your CPU, if anything just buy an i7 6700 if you want your PC to last a while, it already turbos to 4ghz

 

your display is going to last you a lot longer than your PC hardware most likely if you invest in a higher end one. and your 960 should be fine for low-med 1440p gaming.

i want a better card cuz the gtx 960 cant max every game at that resolution

[Streetguru]

11 minutes ago, Enrax94 said:

i want a better card cuz the gtx 960 cant max every game at that resolution

at 1050p? Your GPU shouldn't have any real issue running games at that resolution. If you buy a high end GPU it's basically going to sit idle running that resolution. which is why I'd keep to the suggestion of upgrading your display.

[Enrax94]

6 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

at 1050p? Your GPU shouldn't have any real issue running games at that resolution. If you buy a high end GPU it's basically going to sit idle running that resolution. which is why I'd keep to the suggestion of upgrading your display.

with the x4 750k i cant max out Witcher 3 for instance.It bottlenecks in cpu intesive games but that is to be expected since the cpu is weak but that is to be expected

[Streetguru]

33 minutes ago, Enrax94 said:

with the x4 750k i cant max out Witcher 3 for instance.It bottlenecks in cpu intesive games but that is to be expected since the cpu is weak but that is to be expected

It shouldn't be having issues hitting 60fps, the FX 4320 here is on par with the 750K you have

 

your bottleneck is most likely your GPU, just try turning down your settings, and this was at 1080p as well

 

http://www.techspot.com/review/1006-the-witcher-3-benchmarks/page5.html

GPU benchmarks for 1080p medium the 960 struggles to hit 60fps

http://www.techspot.com/review/1006-the-witcher-3-benchmarks/page2.html

 

If you're trying to run the game on ultra the 960 hits 30fps at 1080p

http://www.techspot.com/review/1006-the-witcher-3-benchmarks/page4.html

 

 

So it's unlikely that your 750K is the bottleneck for running The Witcher 3 on ultra

[Enrax94]

2 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

It shouldn't be having issues hitting 60fps, the FX 4320 here is on par with the 750K you have

 

your bottleneck is most likely your GPU, just try turning down your settings, and this was at 1080p as well

 

http://www.techspot.com/review/1006-the-witcher-3-benchmarks/page5.html

Thats medium settings.Im talking about ultra it drops below 30fps.And the diffrence between 1080p and 1050p isnt that big

[Enrax94]

13 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

It shouldn't be having issues hitting 60fps, the FX 4320 here is on par with the 750K you have

 

your bottleneck is most likely your GPU, just try turning down your settings, and this was at 1080p as well

 

http://www.techspot.com/review/1006-the-witcher-3-benchmarks/page5.html

GPU benchmarks for 1080p medium the 960 struggles to hit 60fps

http://www.techspot.com/review/1006-the-witcher-3-benchmarks/page2.html

 

If you're trying to run the game on ultra the 960 hits 30fps at 1080p

http://www.techspot.com/review/1006-the-witcher-3-benchmarks/page4.html

 

 

So it's unlikely that your 750K is the bottleneck for running The Witcher 3 on ultra

Thats why i want to swap it with a new pascal gpu