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ibyguy
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I am planning on building a computer that will be used for gaming and for school work. The parts list can be found here http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/jzPmVn

I just have several questions:

1. Are the Fans that come with the case any good, or should I buy fans? If it is better to get aftermarket fans any suggestions for a white fan so I can stay with the theme

2.  Any suggestions for a white coloured fan that can go on the heat sink, or better are there any heat sinks that come with a white fan that is not too expensive?

3.  I plan to have this computer in my room so i need a wireless adapter card. Is the current card i have listed good or are there better ones for around the same price?

4.  Is the SSD a good choice or can I get a better one for roughly the same price?

5.  Any suggestions for a good monitor? I do not know which one to get and I can spend a couple hundred dollars on top of the build to get a decent monitor.

 

Your help is greatly appreciated. 

 

 

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1 minute ago, ibyguy said:

 

Not very good for the money at all

 

do you already have a PC? If so what specs, and what's your display set up?

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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Just now, ibyguy said:

I currently own a laptop and this will be my first build. 

But what are the specs of the laptop.

So then you have no monitor?

 

And then what are you using your PC for? There's probably not much reason to spend that much for just a gaming PC.

 

Also going to depend on what games you're playing, if it's E-sports games you're going to want a 144hz display, or maybe just get one in general if you can live with a TN display

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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4 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

But what are the specs of the laptop.

So then you have no monitor?

 

And then what are you using your PC for? There's probably not much reason to spend that much for just a gaming PC.

 

Also going to depend on what games you're playing, if it's E-sports games you're going to want a 144hz display, or maybe just get one in general if you can live with a TN display

Oh sorry, the laptop specs are:

15-3230M

Gt 730m/ 2gb ddr3

6gb ram ddr3

750gb hard drive

 

Other than gaming not much, but I should have mentioned that I plan to spend 2000-2300 on the system. If I can get something better for cheaper I can go for it.  

 

As for the display, as long as it look decent I am not that picky

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2 x 8gb RAM is a better idea than a pair of 2x4gb kits.

 

120gb really isn't good enough for a SSD anymore.  Can you find something 240gb, dropping the HDD, at least temporarily, if necessary?

 

Wow, those latest-generation i7's are expensive.  I paid $267 Canadian for my i7-2600 back in early 2011.

 

Don't know about the video card, but its practically half the system cost.  Maybe someone else can chime in on that.

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1 minute ago, ibyguy said:

 

Well if you aren't doing much gaming are you just mostly web browsing? Or doing productivity stuff?

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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Just now, Mark77 said:

2 x 8gb RAM is a better idea than a pair of 2x4gb kits.

 

120gb really isn't good enough for a SSD anymore.  Can you find something 240gb, dropping the HDD, at least temporarily, if necessary?

 

Wow, those latest-generation i7's are expensive.  I paid $267 Canadian for my i7-2600 back in early 2011.

 

Don't know about the video card, but its practically half the system cost.  Maybe someone else can chime in on that.

Yeah the problem with the ram is that I wanted white ones and those where the only ones i could find. for the ssd I only plan on putting games and windows on there and not much else

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1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

Well if you aren't doing much gaming are you just mostly web browsing? Or doing productivity stuff?

I'm sorry i tend to not be very clear when typing, but I plan on doing more gaming with this system, as with my laptop i am restricted too less intensive games. 

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4 minutes ago, ibyguy said:

I'm sorry i tend to not be very clear when typing, but I plan on doing more gaming with this system, as with my laptop i am restricted too less intensive games. 

I should probably add now that I want to also play on high settings at 1440k or 1080 depending on how much the monitor costs. 

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Go with 1080p. 4K is tough for any decent value GPUs.

Here's a build recommendation that's excellent for the money.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($194.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($35.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card  ($309.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($39.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($78.86 @ Amazon)
Total: $759.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-17 21:02 EDT-0400

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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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6 minutes ago, ibyguy said:

I'm sorry i tend to not be very clear when typing, but I plan on doing more gaming with this system, as with my

You could sub in a 360 + 1080p 60hz IPS display to ya know get it sooner

 

but here is an ITX build, the motherboard has built in wifi, and the Nano is a pretty high end GPU, includes a 1080p 144hz Free-sync display for smooth gaming, though it might be worth it to get the i7 6700, although you are just gaming

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/ZrnmVn
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/ZrnmVn/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($262.25 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: MSI B150I GAMING PRO AC Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($149.50 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($76.00 @ shopRBC)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($151.99 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 Nano 4GB Video Card  ($549.88 @ Canada Computers)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 110 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($49.82 @ shopRBC)
Power Supply: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ NCIX)
Monitor: AOC G2460PF 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($362.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Total: $1702.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-17 21:03 EDT-0400

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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4 minutes ago, ibyguy said:

1440k

Bro you are going to need like about 1000 Radeon Pro Duos to do that man

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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