I'm building a new PC

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Ok so I'm building myself a new PC. I'm gonna use it for gaming, photo editing and 3D render mostly. Things here are a bit more expensive so before anyone says "get a 6700K an GTX 1070" I can't, my budget is a bit under the cost of the cheapest 1080 here  and also I don't plan on OCing anything, if I do I might OC the GPU sometime later but I'd get an aftermarket cooler for it (but low chance that I'll OC) 

 

This is what I've come up with that fits right in my budget:

CPU: Intel i5 6500 

CPU cooler: LC Power LC CC 95 

GPU: Sapphire Platinum RX 470 (4GB by default plan, 8GB if it's price won't break my budget) 

Mobo: Gigabyte GA B150M D3H mobo

RAM: Hyper X Fury 2x4GB DDR4 2133mhz (I'll add 2 more 4GB sticks later, same ones of course) 

Storage: Western Digital Blue 1TB 7200rpm 64mb cache 

Hyper X Fury 120GB SSD 

PSU: Cooler Master B600 600W 

Case: Fractal Design R4 Black Pearl 

Case fans: Arctic cooling F12 120mm x2 (+ the 2 140mm already installed in the R4) 

 

So I know it's not bad, but is it good?

 

Also can anyone tell me if this is gonna be any improvement over my current rig?

AMD FX4300 (and the LC power cooler)

Gigabyte OCed HD7770 1GB

Gigabyte GA78LMT S2P

Hyper X Fury 1x8GB DDR3 1866mhz 

WD Blue 500GB 7200rpm

LC Power 500W 

Frontier(?) s***y case with no cooling and no nothing 

 

[pwn_intended]

Looks good to me. Since you wont be overclocking that CPU, I would spend that extra money and make sure that you can get the 8GB version of the GPU or maybe a slightly larger SSD.

[GDRRiley]

can you please make it into a PCpartpicker list. also I would grab a xeon and 16gb of ram

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4 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

can you please make it into a PCpartpicker list. also I would grab a xeon and 16gb of ram

Well here it is http://pcpartpicker.com/list/3M7Wbj but for some reason I can't find the CPU cooler (LC Power LC CC 95), SSD (Hyer X Fury 120GB) and the PSU (Cooler Master B600) in partpicker  

 

And yeah, I will get another set of 2x4GB RAM later but I can't fit it in the budget right now but it will be done a bit later. But I can't find a Xeon in stores right now, and how better would a Xeon be than a Skylake i5? 

[GDRRiley]

Just now, -X- said:

Well here it is http://pcpartpicker.com/list/3M7Wbj but for some reason I can't find the CPU cooler (LC Power LC CC 95), SSD (Hyer X Fury 120GB) and the PSU (Cooler Master B600) in partpicker  

 

And yeah, I will get another set of 2x4GB RAM later but I can't fit it in the budget right now but it will be done a bit later. But I can't find a Xeon in stores right now, and how better would a Xeon be than a Skylake i5? 

thanks just makes changing parts easier for me

[GDRRiley]

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/qgNPnn 

[david cassar]

14 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/qgNPnn 

That xeon does not have hyperthreading meaning it has basically the same performance as an i5 in most cases.

[GDRRiley]

4 minutes ago, david cassar said:

That xeon does not have hyperthreading meaning it has basically the same performance as an i5 in most cases.

then you need to grab http://pcpartpicker.com/product/w4dFf7/intel-cpu-bx80662e31230v5

[Captain_WD]

15 hours ago, -X- said:

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Hi there -X-

 

The build generally looks good and should serve you well. You don't really need the aftermarket CPU cooler as you won't be OCing the CPU. The stock one should suffice. 

You could go for a single 8GB memory stick as it should be more budget-friendly and easier to upgrade down the road and the performance difference shouldn't be anything dramatic. 

The WD Blue is a great choice for a data and gaming drive for such a budget build. I'd also consider a larger SSD as you'd want your rendering and editing software and your projects on it besides the OS and 120GB may not be enough. 

You could look for a cheaper case and consider adding more fans down the road if needed (see if the stock ones can give you good operating temperatures).

 

Post back if you need more help! 

 

Captain_WD.

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3 hours ago, Captain_WD said:

Hi there -X-

 

The build generally looks good and should serve you well. You don't really need the aftermarket CPU cooler as you won't be OCing the CPU. The stock one should suffice. 

You could go for a single 8GB memory stick as it should be more budget-friendly and easier to upgrade down the road and the performance difference shouldn't be anything dramatic. 

The WD Blue is a great choice for a data and gaming drive for such a budget build. I'd also consider a larger SSD as you'd want your rendering and editing software and your projects on it besides the OS and 120GB may not be enough. 

You could look for a cheaper case and consider adding more fans down the road if needed (see if the stock ones can give you good operating temperatures).

 

Post back if you need more help! 

 

Captain_WD.

I'm not buying the CPU cooler now, I already have it in my current PC, but since it's not bad I just thought about putting it in the new rig (that and in the store where I found the i5 6500 to be the cheapest they say the cooler isn't included ) I also planned on getting a single 8GB stick but I found 2x4GB to be cheaper (weird) but in case I run out of luck with the 2x4GB sticks good to know that a single 8GB won't be too much different than with 2x4. For the SSD I have thought about the AMD R3 240GB or SanDisk 256GB but they'd sadly break my budget but I will be getting either 1 more 120GB SSD a bit later or maybe even a 240-250GB. Oh and the case is also on sale right now, that's why I wanted to get it, if it wasn't on sale the only cheaper one would be a Silencio 452 so that's also awesome

 

There is one thing I can't decide on (but I shouldn't decide now anyway) and that's what GPU to get. I wouldn't get an old series like the R300/GTX900, and due to my budget the only GPU I'll be able to fit is either an RX 470 or a 480 if the new Nitro 4GB won't cost too much (gotta wait and see). But most likely I'm gonna go with a 470, tho Idk which one to get. So far only confirmed 470 releasing in August is the Sapphire Platinum which is just the 480s reference cooler in a different color scheme. But besides it being a reference cooler I'd also want to get an OCed one since I won't be doing it myself, but the only problem with that is the release date of the custom OCed ones, I hate to wait (I've been waiting since last September to get a GPU and decided to build a new PC a week ago.....very long wait) 

[Captain_WD]

21 hours ago, -X- said:

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Since that's the situation with the CPU, the cooler, the case and the memory you should be all fine.

 

I'm sure the guys here will have excellent advice on the GPU! 

 

Adding another SSD may be a good idea down the road. Just try to avoid installing the OS on a HDD now and then cloning it to a SSD later as this involves quite a lot of potential problems.

 

Captain_WD.

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1 hour ago, Captain_WD said:

Since that's the situation with the CPU, the cooler, the case and the memory you should be all fine.

 

I'm sure the guys here will have excellent advice on the GPU! 

 

Adding another SSD may be a good idea down the road. Just try to avoid installing the OS on a HDD now and then cloning it to a SSD later as this involves quite a lot of potential problems.

 

Captain_WD.

Ok I wasn't planning on installing the OS on the HDD  Also when I do get another SSD later, if it's the same capacity should I run them in mirror or raid mode? (unless those are the same thing ) or should I just keep them working seperately and use the other one for maybe games or programs? 

[Captain_WD]

On 27.07.2016 г. at 1:37 PM, -X- said:

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You don't necessarily need to combine the SSDs in a RAID array or something like that. They can easily work separately. 

Mirror mode or RAID1 (one and the same thing) means that you will have an exact copy of one of the SSDs on the other for redundancy. This way you won't be able to use the capacity of the second SSD for anything as it will be used for the redundancy, holding copies of everything you do on the primary SSD. 

 

RAID offers either redundancy (safety in case something happens with a drive so you have ways to reconstruct your data when you swap the failed drive), speed increase (by writing the data on multiple drives at the same time instead of on a single drive) or a combination between both of them, depending on the RAID type. 

 

Here's a video by Linus on RAID0, RAID1 and RAID10

 

I would use the drive separately

 

Captain_WD.

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36 minutes ago, Captain_WD said:

You don't necessarily need to combine the SSDs in a RAID array or something like that. They can easily work separately. 

Mirror mode or RAID1 (one and the same thing) means that you will have an exact copy of one of the SSDs on the other for redundancy. This way you won't be able to use the capacity of the second SSD for anything as it will be used for the redundancy, holding copies of everything you do on the primary SSD. 

 

RAID offers either redundancy (safety in case something happens with a drive so you have ways to reconstruct your data when you swap the failed drive), speed increase (by writing the data on multiple drives at the same time instead of on a single drive) or a combination between both of them, depending on the RAID type. 

 

Here's a video by Linus on RAID0, RAID1 and RAID10

 

I would use the drive separately

 

Captain_WD.

Oh, well that clears things up. The video explains very well (even I understood :D) I'll probably use them seperately tho Thanks for the help!