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I am going to build my first PC, with a strict $500.

I know that I need to start by choosing a CPU, but I do not know which to choose.

I use the programs League of Legends on high settings, Open Broadcast Software (OBS), & Sony Vegas Pro.

I am going to be building in a Mid Tower, so space shouldn't be an issue, and I plan to use the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO.

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no other games? just LoL?

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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6 minutes ago, SlyJack said:

I am going to build my first PC, with a strict $500.

I know that I need to start by choosing a CPU, but I do not know which to choose.

I use the programs League of Legends on high settings, Open Broadcast Software (OBS), & Sony Vegas Pro.

I am going to be building in a Mid Tower, so space shouldn't be an issue, and I plan to use the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO.

The problem with TAX mid towers for a budget buil is the mobo's are often $50 more. That's a 10th of your budget, just because you wanted a bigger size which has no benefits.

 

For budget, mATX is best

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5 minutes ago, SlyJack said:

I am going to build my first PC, with a strict $500.

I know that I need to start by choosing a CPU, but I do not know which to choose.

I use the programs League of Legends on high settings, Open Broadcast Software (OBS), & Sony Vegas Pro.

I am going to be building in a Mid Tower, so space shouldn't be an issue, and I plan to use the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO.

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/vHFqsJ

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Toshiba 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($41.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R7 370 2GB PCS+ Video Card  ($103.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($21.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: FSP Group Berzerker 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($35.91 @ Newegg) 
Total: $488.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/LBVgsJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/LBVgsJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($34.59 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 370 2GB Video Card  ($119.99 @ Micro Center) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $506.03
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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i5 6500

Asus Z170-AR 

Saphhire Nitro 380X

 Hyper X Fury Black 16gb (2x8gb) 2133

 

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43 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

no other games? just LoL?

I also play overwatch and hearthstone occasionally. But mostly LoL.

 

42 minutes ago, UberGamerKing said:

The problem with TAX mid towers for a budget buil is the mobo's are often $50 more. That's a 10th of your budget, just because you wanted a bigger size which has no benefits.

 

For budget, mATX is best

I'm going with a mid tower because I'm using an old one that I got for free.

I'm kind of overwhelmed by the entire builds posted; I was just looking for the CPU to use.

Nevertheless, thanks for all of the helpful replies.

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1 hour ago, SlyJack said:

I am going to build my first PC, with a strict $500.

I know that I need to start by choosing a CPU, but I do not know which to choose.

I use the programs League of Legends on high settings, Open Broadcast Software (OBS), & Sony Vegas Pro.

I am going to be building in a Mid Tower, so space shouldn't be an issue, and I plan to use the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO.

Location? (Country of residence)

Do you have an existing PC? If yes, its specs please.

Looks like your workloads are more CPU heavy than GPU heavy.

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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, Shahnewaz said:

Location? (Country of residence)

Do you have an existing PC? If yes, its specs please.

Looks like your workloads are more CPU heavy than GPU heavy.

Miami, Florida USA

I have a Laptop, not a PC.

Intel Core i5-5200U @2.2GHz

6GB RAM

Intergrated Graphics

about 1TB of space

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19 minutes ago, SlyJack said:

Miami, Florida USA

I have a Laptop, not a PC.

Intel Core i5-5200U @2.2GHz

6GB RAM

Intergrated Graphics

about 1TB of space

Alright, this should be a good build for your use cases, and leave room (in PSU wattage) for future upgrades.

Recommending a Micro-ATX motherboard because they are significantly cheaper than ATX variants. They will fit into bigger cases no problem.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($197.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ B&H)
Memory: Kingston FURY 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($31.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 370 4GB Vapor-X Video Card  ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($62.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $520.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-14 23:49 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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14 minutes ago, Shahnewaz said:

Alright, this should be a good build for your use cases, and leave room (in PSU wattage) for future upgrades.

Recommending a Micro-ATX motherboard because they are significantly cheaper than ATX variants. They will fit into bigger cases no problem.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($197.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ B&H)
Memory: Kingston FURY 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($31.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 370 4GB Vapor-X Video Card  ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($62.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $520.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-14 23:49 EDT-0400

 

I was comparing the i5 6500 and the i5 4460. They both have the same frequency and # of cores. The only difference seems the be that the 4460 requires more watts, but is cheaper. Since there will be extra watts, would it be advisable to get the 4460 to save money?

 

Also, the Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard only take DDR3 memory.

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14 minutes ago, SlyJack said:

I was comparing the i5 6500 and the i5 4460. They both have the same frequency and # of cores. The only difference seems the be that the 4460 requires more watts, but is cheaper. Since there will be extra watts, would it be advisable to get the 4460 to save money?

If it saves you money, then definitely. Haswell and Skylake are pretty much identical in performance, and the two we are comparing have exactly the same base clocks. So yeah, good find! ;)

Wattage isn't really important in mainstream CPUs. 84W is nothing for a 300W or above PSU, and cooling it should be a breeze for any aftermarket cooler.

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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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26 minutes ago, SlyJack said:

I was comparing the i5 6500 and the i5 4460. They both have the same frequency and # of cores. The only difference seems the be that the 4460 requires more watts, but is cheaper. Since there will be extra watts, would it be advisable to get the 4460 to save money?

 

Also, the Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard only take DDR3 memory.

the i5 6500 is running a newer architecture, with a 10% increase in ipc over the i5 4460, but you shouldn't see too much of a difference. if its not too much of a difference, get the 6500 instead.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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