My Current Build

[xHotPixels503]

Hey, so this is my build with my budget of $2,300 AUD. Is it good? http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/dWMypb

i think it'd be awesome if it had a better CPU and PSU but I can always upgrade later (:

[desertcomputer]

Everything looks great, i would get hyper evo instead and also you can get window 10 keys for cheaper off reddit. Also go get Z170 series board as you have unlocked cpu ... 

[xHotPixels503]

1 minute ago, MrUnknownEMC said:

Everything looks great, i would get hyper evo instead and also you can get window 10 keys for cheaper off reddit. 

I'm buying my parts off different locations for discounted prices, so it's around $1600. Thanks!

[Pharohbender]

why micro atx board if you're going for a atx case, build a monster mini system

btw if you go cpl pay with paypal so you can get your warranty.. bastards.

[desertcomputer]

1 minute ago, xHotPixels503 said:

I'm buying my parts off different locations for discounted prices, so it's around $1600. Thanks!

Go get z series board like asrock make a good one around your budget. 

[desertcomputer]

2 minutes ago, Pharohbender said:

why micro atx board if you're going for a atx case, build a monster mini system

btw if you go cpl pay with paypal so you can get your warranty.. bastards.

What? you can always call up ACC or just get warranty by manufactures 

[Herman Mcpootis]

get a z170 board if you're getting an overclockable cpu, otherwise you won't be able to overclock. go for 1x8gb instead of 2x4gb to save one slot for future expansion. if you can wait,use your integrated graphics and go for pascal gtx 1070 or polaris.

[Pharohbender]

1 minute ago, MrUnknownEMC said:

What? you can always call up ACC or just get warranty by manufactures 

cpl will never get my business again.. im happy, it took paypal some time to get my refund when cpl didn't want to give me one and they took forever and are rude pricks. lucky i paid with paypal  

[desertcomputer]

5 minutes ago, Pharohbender said:

cpl will never get my business again.. im happy, it took paypal some time to get my refund when cpl didn't want to give me one and they took forever and are rude pricks. lucky i paid with paypal  

I never experience with CPL anyways ... prices and range is not too good. Had no problems with umart/pccasegear/mwave, the only problem is that only umart will give you refund via credit card/paypal and other two will offer instore credit which is kinda gay but after some haggy they will give it to you. 

[Pharohbender]

yeah i guess they are all good when things work fine but when they dont... well its good to know paypal have your back. i have had trouble with parts and paypal have issued refunds after some time but at least i didn't loose much. ie postage cost but usually they will give you that back too... 

 

btw you know that if you don't cap your fps that it puts more load on the gpu... interesting fact i learnt a few days ago testing some racing sims. running at 60hz/60fps the load on a card can half than running at 150 so that means more quality settings or running higher settings at lower fps 

quite interesting to see that the card starts to stutter when it hit 100% load and people on forums say it should reach 100% but if it doesn't reach that you will have a pretty smooth experience ie around the 90-95mark gpu usage 

you can even use afterburner to limit fps so your gpu doesn't hit 100 load and runs perfect!

use logitec arx software to pay close attention to gpu load

good luck with the build.

No freesync monitor since you're buying the amd card?