What do you think?

[olidem123]

Hi there,

 

I am a young gamer and I'd like a "budget" build. However I'm not an expert in PC parts and I need some suggestions from you guys.

Here is a build project I just made: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/olidem123/saved/W3JzK8

Could you tell me if there would be ways to get more "bang for the buck"

 

thx

[aeroencychris]

Hi, welcome to the forums

What's your budget (and in what currency)? Including monitor + keyboard and mouse?

Where are you buying from (outside US?)

What are you going to be doing on this? 1080p gaming?

 

I see lots of changes I could make but I need to know your situation beforehand

[PRTI]

1 minute ago, cdsboy2000 said:

Hi, welcome to the forums

What's your budget (and in what currency)? Including monitor + keyboard and mouse?

Where are you buying from (outside US?)

What are you going to be doing on this? 1080p gaming?

 

I see lots of changes I could make but I need to know your situation beforehand

It pretty much says everything just form the PPP link

 

Its CA and he already added a monitor + keyboard

[olidem123]

1 minute ago, cdsboy2000 said:

What's your budget (and in what currency)? Including monitor + keyboard and mouse?

My budget is about the price of the build I just sent (lower than 900$CAD), including monitor and keyboard

 

2 minutes ago, cdsboy2000 said:

Where are you buying from (outside US?)

Canada

 

2 minutes ago, cdsboy2000 said:

What are you going to be doing on this? 1080p gaming?

Mostly gaming, recording (I'd like an Nvidia GPU for Shadowplay) and video editing/rendering

[PRTI]

6 minutes ago, olidem123 said:

My budget is about the price of the build I just sent (lower than 900$CAD), including monitor and keyboard

 

Canada

 

Mostly gaming, recording (I'd like an Nvidia GPU for Shadowplay) and video editing/rendering

Well if the budget is 900 CAD this

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($94.99 @ PC Canada) 
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A68M-DG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($51.00 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Patriot Signature 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($68.99 @ NCIX) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($62.93 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Mini Video Card  ($330.24 @ shopRBC) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($44.98 @ NCIX) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  ($23.19 @ DirectCanada) 
Monitor: AOC i2267Fw 22.0" 60Hz Monitor  ($150.22 @ Amazon Canada) 
Keyboard: Thermaltake CHALLENGER PRIME Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($29.98 @ NCIX) 
Total: $906.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-16 16:15 EDT-0400

 

Or 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($94.99 @ PC Canada) 
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A68M-DG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($51.00 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($32.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($62.93 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Mini Video Card  ($330.24 @ shopRBC) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($44.98 @ NCIX) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  ($23.19 @ DirectCanada) 
Monitor: AOC i2267Fw 22.0" 60Hz Monitor  ($150.22 @ Amazon Canada) 
Keyboard: Thermaltake CHALLENGER PRIME Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($29.98 @ NCIX) 
Total: $870.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-16 16:16 EDT-0400

 

The difference is the ram amount,the first one has 16gb and the second one has 8gb

 

The 1060 is a MUCH MUCH MUCH better card than a 750 Ti

[olidem123]

1 hour ago, keNNySOC said:

Well if the budget is 900 CAD this

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($94.99 @ PC Canada) 
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A68M-DG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($51.00 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Patriot Signature 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($68.99 @ NCIX) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($62.93 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Mini Video Card  ($330.24 @ shopRBC) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($44.98 @ NCIX) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  ($23.19 @ DirectCanada) 
Monitor: AOC i2267Fw 22.0" 60Hz Monitor  ($150.22 @ Amazon Canada) 
Keyboard: Thermaltake CHALLENGER PRIME Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($29.98 @ NCIX) 
Total: $906.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-16 16:15 EDT-0400

 

Or 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($94.99 @ PC Canada) 
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A68M-DG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($51.00 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($32.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($62.93 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Mini Video Card  ($330.24 @ shopRBC) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($44.98 @ NCIX) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  ($23.19 @ DirectCanada) 
Monitor: AOC i2267Fw 22.0" 60Hz Monitor  ($150.22 @ Amazon Canada) 
Keyboard: Thermaltake CHALLENGER PRIME Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($29.98 @ NCIX) 
Total: $870.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-16 16:16 EDT-0400

 

The difference is the ram amount,the first one has 16gb and the second one has 8gb

 

The 1060 is a MUCH MUCH MUCH better card than a 750 Ti

Both part lists has compatiblility note:

"Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case has front panel USB 3.0 ports, but the ASRock FM2A68M-DG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard does not have onboard USB 3.0 headers"

Does that mean that I won't be able to use the front usb 3.0 port but will still be able to use the 2 usb 2.0?

 

Note: I don't think 16Gb is very usefull for me. I prefer the 2nd one.

 

thx

[aeroencychris]

Personally I think this is the lowest I can comfortably go before things start getting way too cheap/low quality:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/n8knLD
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/n8knLD/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($147.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Motherboard: ASRock H170A-X1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($89.50 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($48.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($62.93 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 480 8GB Video Card  ($329.99 @ NCIX) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Monitor: Asus VS228T-P 21.5" 60Hz Monitor  ($128.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator - OEM Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($30.00 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $943.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-16 22:03 EDT-0400

 

• Intel is a must for me at this point, I've had some eh experiences with budget AMD chips and I think the 6100 is a very affordable and highly capable CPU
• Mobo supports Crossfire with the 600W PSU to add another RX 480 later on
• Wish I could add an SSD but you can always do that later on
• RX 480 is very similar to the 1060 but much cheaper. Couldn't find a way to squeeze it in (but believe me, I'm an advocate for it)
• I would get the Source 210 Elite if you can afford it but the regular 210 isn't bad either
• EVGA 600W is the same price as the 500W so you might as well
• AOC and Asus monitors were the same price but the Asus one seemed better to me
• I've used the CM Storm Devastator before (still use the mouse) and it's an incredible bundle for the price, can't recommend it enough

If you want to go for the above build go for it, but it feels like it's skimping out on way too much to be viable down the line. Skylake offers lots of benefits for future-proofing your build (in addition to Crossfire) so I truly feel this is the best option.

[PRTI]

11 hours ago, olidem123 said:

Both part lists has compatiblility note:

"Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case has front panel USB 3.0 ports, but the ASRock FM2A68M-DG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard does not have onboard USB 3.0 headers"

Does that mean that I won't be able to use the front usb 3.0 port but will still be able to use the 2 usb 2.0?

 

Note: I don't think 16Gb is very usefull for me. I prefer the 2nd one.

 

thx

That does mean you won't be able to use the front USB 3.0 ports but you will USB 2.0