Is the RX480 enough for 2560x1080?

[Trav_X]

Just now, vojta.pokorny said:

You could cheap out on the case and go with the Zalman Z1, taht's 25$, and buy something nicer to transplant the PC to when you have some more money.

Actually, I used to have a build in an Orange 230T I donated to the parents, I could take back that case and buy a cheap $20 case or something for their system, which is just an APU and a PSU that sits there for an email and Yahoo! News machine.

[Trav_X]

2 minutes ago, vojta.pokorny said:

You could cheap out on the case and go with the Zalman Z1, taht's 25$, and buy something nicer to transplant the PC to when you have some more money.

If I went the 230T route I could replace the case in my budget with an SSD

[Hulkbert]

3 minutes ago, Trav_X said:

If I went the 230T route I could replace the case in my budget with an SSD

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($309.99) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG M9i 48.4 CFM CPU Cooler  ($19.99) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($112.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Mushkin Blackline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($55.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($88.48 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ B&H) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 480 8GB NITRO+ OC Video Card  ($269.99) 
Case: *Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Rosewill 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1007.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-30 11:41 EDT-0400

Have you seen that build? The case doesn't look that bad and you get a ssd.

[Mr.Humble]

2 minutes ago, Trav_X said:

If I went the 230T route I could replace the case in my budget with an SSD

Here's a build, the SSD is cheap but I think it's good, and the HDD is 2TB instead of 1TB, so it's much better value in terms of capacity/price.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/kyLqm8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/kyLqm8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($309.99)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-E ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($119.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($77.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.99 @ Best Buy)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($61.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 480 8GB NITRO+ OC Video Card  ($289.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1043.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-30 11:53 EDT-0400

[Trav_X]

1 minute ago, vojta.pokorny said:

Here's a build, the SSD is cheap but I think it's good, and the HDD is 2TB instead of 1TB, so it's much better value in terms of capacity/price.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/kyLqm8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/kyLqm8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($309.99)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-E ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($119.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($77.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.99 @ Best Buy)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($61.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 480 8GB NITRO+ OC Video Card  ($289.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1043.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-30 11:53 EDT-0400

Also, that one has no case  I don't know I can really squeeze over that $1000 budget. I made this

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/2NB78K

 

if I do that 230T case swap with the parents, then I could easily do this with $30 left in the budget to get like a windows license off of Kinguin or something like that, don't really want to pay for the disk or flash drive copy that costs over $100.

[Trav_X]

4 minutes ago, Hulkbert said:

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($309.99) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG M9i 48.4 CFM CPU Cooler  ($19.99) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($112.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Mushkin Blackline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($55.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($88.48 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ B&H) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 480 8GB NITRO+ OC Video Card  ($269.99) 
Case: *Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Rosewill 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1007.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-30 11:41 EDT-0400

Have you seen that build? The case doesn't look that bad and you get a ssd.

That's a little over budget but I did make this

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/2NB78K

If I take my parent's 230T then this would be a nice build indeed.

[i_build_nanosuits]

1 minute ago, Trav_X said:

That's a little over budget but I did make this

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/2NB78K

If I take my parent's 230T then this would be a nice build indeed.

here's what i would do...grab the case, put the parent computer on your motherboard box and say ''the hell with it, it still work'' and then let go the SSD...if this is a gaming machine you want the FPS, the gaming performance, and consider to put in an SSD later when you get money for it or ask one for christmas gift or something...till then, enjoy this build with BOTH the good CPU and the amazing GPU:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($309.99)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG M9i 48.4 CFM CPU Cooler  ($19.99)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($60.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Windforce OC Video Card  ($409.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: EVGA BQ 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($50.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $992.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-30 12:01 EDT-0400

[Trav_X]

35 minutes ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

here's what i would do...grab the case, put the parent computer on your motherboard box and say ''the hell with it, it still work'' and then let go the SSD...if this is a gaming machine you want the FPS, the gaming performance, and consider to put in an SSD later when you get money for it or ask one for christmas gift or something...till then, enjoy this build with BOTH the good CPU and the amazing GPU:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($309.99)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG M9i 48.4 CFM CPU Cooler  ($19.99)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($60.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Windforce OC Video Card  ($409.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: EVGA BQ 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($50.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $992.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-30 12:01 EDT-0400

Yeah I've never owned an SSD, and I've really never had a strong urge to buy one or had the need to buy one. Booting on a 7200RPM WD Blue I used to have is perfectly fine, and the laptop I have now boots up super quick on a regular 2.5" hard drive.

[Mr.Humble]

3 hours ago, Trav_X said:

Yeah I've never owned an SSD, and I've really never had a strong urge to buy one or had the need to buy one. Booting on a 7200RPM WD Blue I used to have is perfectly fine, and the laptop I have now boots up super quick on a regular 2.5" hard drive.

30s boot time on my desktop PC, 4s boot time on my laptop, both SSD based.

 

I tried booting from a mechanical drive after I got my SSD once. It was terrible.

[FPS-Russia]

No one need SSD, is BS.

You can use Shadowplay (NVENC)

[FPS-Russia]

need

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