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Hotpeppa1
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1. Budget & Location

$800, Canadian Dollar -_-, Canada

2. Aim

To game at 1080p 60hz

3. Monitors

1 Monitor 1080p @60hz

4. Peripherals

Nope

5. Why are you upgrading?

Im not just want to build a gaming powerhouse

:D

 

I would prefer skylake, and future upgrade-ability to the system  xD

 

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Skylake would be a stretch... but this is what I could pack at 800 CAD, tax included:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8300 3.3GHz 8-Core Processor  ($198.07 @ Newegg Canada)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper T2 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($25.42 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($74.56 @ NCIX)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($56.48 @ NCIX)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($55.23 @ Canada Computers)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card  ($303.74 @ shopRBC)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($56.36 @ Amazon Canada)
Power Supply: EVGA 400W ATX Power Supply  ($45.20 @ Vuugo)
Total: $815.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-07 21:12 EDT-0400

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The problem is that this is an nVidia product and scoring any nVidia product a "zero" is also highly predictive of the number of nVidia products the reviewer will receive for review in the future.

On 2015-01-28 at 5:24 PM, Victorious Secret said:

Only yours, you don't shitpost on the same level that we can, mainly because this thread is finally dead and should be locked.

On 2016-06-07 at 11:25 PM, patrickjp93 said:

I wasn't wrong. It's extremely rare that I am. I provided sources as well. Different devs can disagree. Further, we now have confirmed discrepancy from Twitter about he use of the pre-release 1080 driver in AMD's demo despite the release 1080 driver having been out a week prior.

On 2016-09-10 at 4:32 PM, Hikaru12 said:

You apparently haven't seen his responses to questions on YouTube. He is very condescending and aggressive in his comments with which there is little justification. He acts totally different in his videos. I don't necessarily care for this content style and there is nothing really unique about him or his channel. His endless dick jokes and toilet humor are annoying as well.

 

 

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No. 3 

Do you already have the monitor or are looking for one of those too, and is that part of the budget or excluded from the budget?


Also you didn't mention if you needed a Windows license.

 

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2 minutes ago, Shahnewaz said:

Skylake would be a stretch... but this is what I could pack at 800 CAD, tax included:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8300 3.3GHz 8-Core Processor  ($198.07 @ Newegg Canada)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper T2 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($25.42 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($74.56 @ NCIX)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($56.48 @ NCIX)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($55.23 @ Canada Computers)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card  ($303.74 @ shopRBC)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($56.36 @ Amazon Canada)
Power Supply: EVGA 400W ATX Power Supply  ($45.20 @ Vuugo)
Total: $815.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-07 21:12 EDT-0400

God damn the Canadian dollar -_-

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Okay, this would be a better buy for a budget build, tax included:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($153.84 @ Vuugo)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper T2 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($25.42 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($74.56 @ NCIX)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($56.48 @ NCIX)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($55.23 @ Canada Computers)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card  ($303.74 @ shopRBC)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($56.36 @ Amazon Canada)
Power Supply: EVGA 400W ATX Power Supply  ($45.20 @ Vuugo)
Total: $770.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-07 21:15 EDT-0400

 

1 minute ago, wcreek said:

I'd recommend that you not go for that build. Many reasons not to.

Heh, I wish I could recommend him something better, but it's already over his budget.

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The problem is that this is an nVidia product and scoring any nVidia product a "zero" is also highly predictive of the number of nVidia products the reviewer will receive for review in the future.

On 2015-01-28 at 5:24 PM, Victorious Secret said:

Only yours, you don't shitpost on the same level that we can, mainly because this thread is finally dead and should be locked.

On 2016-06-07 at 11:25 PM, patrickjp93 said:

I wasn't wrong. It's extremely rare that I am. I provided sources as well. Different devs can disagree. Further, we now have confirmed discrepancy from Twitter about he use of the pre-release 1080 driver in AMD's demo despite the release 1080 driver having been out a week prior.

On 2016-09-10 at 4:32 PM, Hikaru12 said:

You apparently haven't seen his responses to questions on YouTube. He is very condescending and aggressive in his comments with which there is little justification. He acts totally different in his videos. I don't necessarily care for this content style and there is nothing really unique about him or his channel. His endless dick jokes and toilet humor are annoying as well.

 

 

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4 minutes ago, wcreek said:

I'd recommend that you not go for that build. Many reasons not to.

 

2 minutes ago, Shahnewaz said:

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What if I throw in $200? What could I get? Also I dont need a windows license or monitor.

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4 minutes ago, Shahnewaz said:

Okay, this would be a better buy for a budget build, tax included:

 

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Heh, I wish I could recommend him something better, but it's already over his budget.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($153.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Motherboard: Asus H170M-E D3 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($121.26 @ shopRBC) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($84.99 @ NCIX) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($63.15 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: Club 3D Radeon R9 380 4GB royalQueen OC Video Card  ($259.99 @ NCIX) 
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.98 @ NCIX) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Total: $803.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-07 21:19 EDT-0400


FX 6300 and FX 8300 will perform right around any current i3 and lower end i5s, and cost more.

 

Also by going with a DDR3 Skylake mobo it allows the OP to get 16GB of RAM, even though 16GB of DDR4 isn't that much more expensive.

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2 minutes ago, valdyrgramr said:

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5 minutes ago, wcreek said:

Snip

 

14 minutes ago, Shahnewaz said:

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6 minutes ago, Amit27_ said:

 

What if I throw in $200? What could I get? Also I dont need a windows license or monitor.

^^^^

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Just now, Amit27_ said:

 

 

 

^^^^

Perhaps an i5 and or R9 380X. With that low of a CPU it's not ideal to pair the more demanding R9 390 and 390X with them.

6600K and 6700K are better suits for those two cards.

I have a distaste for Nvidia but perhaps a GTX 970 might fit into the budget.

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@Amit27_ 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($263.15 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($121.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($97.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Storage: OCZ TRION 150 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($68.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($63.15 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: Club 3D Radeon R9 380 4GB royalQueen OC Video Card  ($259.99 @ NCIX) 
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.98 @ NCIX) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Total: $995.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-07 21:31 EDT-0400

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17 minutes ago, Amit27_ said:

What if I throw in $200? What could I get? Also I dont need a windows license or monitor.

Can you squeeze this? This is what I'd recommend for the most bang for the buck (again, tax included):

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($297.35 @ Vuugo)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper T2 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($25.42 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($83.62 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($53.74 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($88.98 @ BestDirect)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card  ($485.61 @ Vuugo)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($56.36 @ Amazon Canada)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($62.13 @ Canada Computers)
Total: $1153.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-07 21:34 EDT-0400

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The problem is that this is an nVidia product and scoring any nVidia product a "zero" is also highly predictive of the number of nVidia products the reviewer will receive for review in the future.

On 2015-01-28 at 5:24 PM, Victorious Secret said:

Only yours, you don't shitpost on the same level that we can, mainly because this thread is finally dead and should be locked.

On 2016-06-07 at 11:25 PM, patrickjp93 said:

I wasn't wrong. It's extremely rare that I am. I provided sources as well. Different devs can disagree. Further, we now have confirmed discrepancy from Twitter about he use of the pre-release 1080 driver in AMD's demo despite the release 1080 driver having been out a week prior.

On 2016-09-10 at 4:32 PM, Hikaru12 said:

You apparently haven't seen his responses to questions on YouTube. He is very condescending and aggressive in his comments with which there is little justification. He acts totally different in his videos. I don't necessarily care for this content style and there is nothing really unique about him or his channel. His endless dick jokes and toilet humor are annoying as well.

 

 

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2 minutes ago, valdyrgramr said:

If you mean your budget is now 1k then

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($263.15 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($74.00 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: A-Data XPG Z1 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($44.88 @ Canada Computers) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($418.79 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.98 @ NCIX) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.98 @ Amazon Canada) 
Total: $955.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-07 21:29 EDT-0400

 

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That build is missing storage... Otherwise not a bad config. H110 supports gen 2 PCIe instead of gen 3 but I'm not sure how much that affects performance.

Also OP can probably get 16GB of DDR4 in his budget.


The 6500 is sort of pushing it for a 390, though it would handle it a bit better than the 6400 or i3.

Getting into that price range with the CPU, Nvidia (sadly) might be the better choice.

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($242.15 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($61.50 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($62.04 @ Canada Computers) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ NCIX) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($64.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card  ($419.15 @ Vuugo) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ NCIX) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($76.99 @ NCIX) 
Total: $1016.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-07 21:45 EDT-0400

'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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