Is this build worth it?

[IntenseFATE98]

PC Part Picker : http://in.pcpartpicker.com/p/y3Nwt6

 

Primarily for 1080p gaming at Medium-High setting. Will I be able to game at 60fps on these settings and at 1080p? I know its expensive compared to the US, but is it worth investing in? Will I be able to get a much better build if I go with an AMD build for the same price?

 

Games I'll be playing : GTA 5, The Culling, Battlefiled 4 and a few others. No editing and such.

 

 

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, Mr.FATE said:

PC Part Picker : http://in.pcpartpicker.com/p/y3Nwt6

 

Primarily for 1080p gaming at Medium-High setting. Will I be able to game at 60fps on these settings and at 1080p? I know its expensive compared to the US, but is it worth investing in? Will I be able to get a much better build if I go with an AMD build for the same price?

 

Games I'll be playing : GTA 5, The Culling, Battlefiled 4 and a few others. No editing and such.

 

 

The CPU is great, the PSU is trash, the GPU is meh. Try for a R9 380 or wait for Pascal's 1060 or Polaris' R9 480

[IntenseFATE98]

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

The CPU is great, the PSU is trash, the GPU is meh. Try for a R9 380 or wait for Pascal's 1060 or Polaris' R9 480

 

Can you recommend a PSU, please? And yeah sure, I can wait for Polaris. Pascal's 1060 might take a long time to arrive though.

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, Mr.FATE said:

 

Can you recommend a PSU, please? And yeah sure, I can wait for Polaris. Pascal's 1060 might take a long time to arrive though.

Well. this is what I did with your build (almost fit a 960). Avoid Corsair VS, CX and CS PSUs for now. The SeaSonic one is great, albeit the wattage is a overkill xD.

Anyhow, you can either wait for Polaris' 480 (due in 2-3 weeks) or grab the 960 in here. 4GB is really the minimum for VRAM nowadays.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  (₹9190.00 @ Amazon India)
Motherboard: Asus B150M-K Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (₹7825.00 @ Amazon India)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (₹2390.00 @ Amazon India)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (₹3835.00 @ Amazon India)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card  (₹19400.00 @ Amazon India)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  (₹3250.00 @ Amazon India)
Power Supply: SeaSonic EVO Edition 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (₹8750.00 @ Amazon India)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)
Monitor: BenQ GW2255 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  (₹6950.00 @ Amazon India)
Total: ₹61590.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-16 15:54 IST+0530

[IntenseFATE98]

7 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Well. this is what I did with your build (almost fit a 960). Avoid Corsair VS, CX and CS PSUs for now. The SeaSonic one is great, albeit the wattage is a overkill xD.

Anyhow, you can either wait for Polaris' 480 (due in 2-3 weeks) or grab the 960 in here. 4GB is really the minimum for VRAM nowadays.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  (₹9190.00 @ Amazon India)
Motherboard: Asus B150M-K Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (₹7825.00 @ Amazon India)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (₹2390.00 @ Amazon India)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (₹3835.00 @ Amazon India)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card  (₹19400.00 @ Amazon India)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  (₹3250.00 @ Amazon India)
Power Supply: SeaSonic EVO Edition 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (₹8750.00 @ Amazon India)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)
Monitor: BenQ GW2255 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  (₹6950.00 @ Amazon India)
Total: ₹61590.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-16 15:54 IST+0530

 

Alright, thanks! I'll probably wait for Polaris and then decide on the GPU.

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, Mr.FATE said:

 

Alright, thanks! I'll probably wait for Polaris and then decide on the GPU.

One last thing - the case is probably the best thing to cheap out on. As long as it has space and fan mounting areas, it can be made of jelly for all I care. When on a budget that's the last thing you want to waste money on

[Imakuni]

17 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

the PSU is trash

Sigh... please, link me the test that shows how "trash" the CX500 is. Because I couldn't find that.

 

The first test I pulled told me that, while it isn't a Titanium OMFG Masterpiece, the CX500 is a pretty good unit. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/power-supply-review-80-plus-bronze,3587-5.html

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, Imakuni said:

Sigh... please, link me the test that shows how "trash" the CX500 is. Because I couldn't find that.

 

The first test I pulled told me that, while it isn't a Titanium OMFG Masterpiece, the CX500 is a pretty good unit. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/power-supply-review-80-plus-bronze,3587-5.html

CX500 is meant for office PCs. Corsair themselves have stated so on their web page. Why you ask? Because it can't tolerate the heat of a GPU - it overheats and either shuts down or straight up dies

[Imakuni]

3 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Because it can't tolerate the heat of a GPU - it overheats and either shuts down or straight up dies

Please, link me the test that showed that. Please. I want sources, not any sort of random BS statments.

[don_svetlio]

Just now, Imakuni said:

Please, link me the test that showed that. Please. I want sources, not any sort of random BS statments.

Google the forum or OCN. You will see people with issues even those who've had the CX600 or CX500 kill components.

[Imakuni]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

Google the forum or OCN. You will see people with issues even those who've had the CX600 or CX500 kill components.

Just as I thought... you heard somewhere (likely that crap PSU Tier thread) that the CX500 is bad and now mindlessly repeats it, without any test of sorts to back it up. Thx, appreciate it.

[don_svetlio]

Just now, Imakuni said:

Just as I thought... you heard somewhere (likely that crap PSU Tier thread) that the CX500 is bad and now mindlessly repeats it, without any test of sorts to back it up. Thx, appreciate it.

It's a cheap CWT platform with low-end chinese caps, below-average temp tolerance and mediocre voltage stability and piss poor crossload performance. What exactly is there to like about the CX rev 3.0?

[Imakuni]

2 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

It's a cheap CWT platform with low-end chinese caps, below-average temp tolerance and mediocre voltage stability and piss poor crossload performance. What exactly is there to like about the CX rev 3.0?

Please, link me the source to that, for I have given you a link stating it isn't as trash as you make it sound.

 

Is it the best PSU ever? No. Are there better options for the price? Maybe.

 

But is it trash? Far from it....

[IntenseFATE98]

28 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Anyhow, you can either wait for Polaris' 480 (due in 2-3 weeks) or grab the 960 in here. 4GB is really the minimum for VRAM nowadays.

 

Also, I'll probably switch to a 1440p monitor within 6-8 months, is that why 4GB of VRAM is necessary? I remember seeing a video made by Linus where he said more VRAM is necessary for higher resolutions. Should I just save up and invest in a GPU with maybe 6 or 8GB of VRAM? My only problem is I dunno if the performance of the GPU will decrease due the CPU I've chosen.

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, Mr.FATE said:

 

Also, I'll probably switch to a 1440p monitor within 6-8 months, is that why 4GB of VRAM is necessary? I remember seeing a video made by Linus where he said more VRAM is necessary for higher resolutions. Should I just save up and invest in a GPU with maybe 6 or 8GB of VRAM? My only problem is I dunno if the performance of the GPU will decrease due the CPU I've chosen.

Several things

1 - Linus' statements are rarely true nowadays
2 - 4GB is the minimum for buying a new 1080p GPU. VRAM isn't connected to resolution that much as to the actual game. Most modern games use it up quite easily with Tomb Raider 2016 filling up 7GB of VRAM. Another myth is that certain GPUs are too weak for their VRAM - that is bullshit, VRAM and GPU core are not directly connected. You can fill up 8GB on a 390 and not max the core and you can also fill up 3GB on a Titan X and max the core.
3 - 1440p is not a good option for someone on a budget
4 - i3 6100 can feed a 980-class GPU but no more than that.

[IntenseFATE98]

2 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Several things

1 - Linus' statements are rarely true nowadays
2 - 4GB is the minimum for buying a new 1080p GPU. VRAM isn't connected to resolution that much as to the actual game. Most modern games use it up quite easily with Tomb Raider 2016 filling up 7GB of VRAM. Another myth is that certain GPUs are too weak for their VRAM - that is bullshit, VRAM and GPU core are not directly connected. You can fill up 8GB on a 390 and not max the core and you can also fill up 3GB on a Titan X and max the core.
3 - 1440p is not a good option for someone on a budget
4 - i3 6100 can feed a 980-class GPU but no more than that.

 

Thanks for the info! Just one more question, will the dual core i3 suffer on games which utilize more CPU cores? I've heard some games just refuse to run on a dual core. Is this true?

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, Mr.FATE said:

 

Thanks for the info! Just one more question, will the dual core i3 suffer on games which utilize more CPU cores? I've heard some games just refuse to run on a dual core. Is this true?

It has HT so it will run but a quad-core will obviously perform better