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El_Budgetio
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Hello, I WILL build a gaming PC for the first time, I really need your advices. My budget is tight so please don't be offering me buying Intel I5s xD

 

Right now my PC is rocking these epic stats:

 

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E4600

SPECS

 

GPU: Radeon R7 240 2GB DDR3, of year 2013

GPU SPECS

 

RAM: 2x DDR2 1GB 800Mhz, of year 2007

 

Motherboard: ASUS P5KPL-VM, of year 2007

GPU SPECS

 

 

 

I am stressing my current PC just because I want to show you what of an upgrade it will be for me :)

 

 

I am planning to build:

 

CPU: Intel i3 6100

GPU: Asus GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Dual

RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 (4Eur more than 2x 4GB)

Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-VD

 

Parts I'll reuse from the old PC:

SSD: Samsung 750 Evo

Case

PSU (Silverstone strider 500W)

 

 

Right now I'm using a 720P Samsung 940NW monitor but I am planning to get a 1080P monitor as soon as I get all the parts and make sure everything works.

 

Budget is pretty much 650eur

 

 

 

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looks good.

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a Wii and PS2 as your only consoles.

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Asrock RX9070xt Steel Legends, Corsair RM750X, 500gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 3x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a Obsidian 750D airflow.
GF PC: (NightHawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb 860 evo, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

HP probook 445R G6 review

 

"Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid."

Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 35mm F1.4, Helios 44

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http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/7gVVwV

 

Part picker, I'm thinking about different GPU variants. There are few 1060 choices. Would buy Rx 480 but the price in Lithuania (Europe) is even higher than Gtx 1060...

 

MSI GeForce GTX1060 OC 6GB

Asus Dual GeForce GTX1060 6GB

Asus AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB

Asus GeForce GTX1060 6GB STRIX

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Gaming X

 

And so on...

 

 

Wasn't RX 480 supposed to be sold at around 200USD? I see one being sold for 330Euros and thats the cheapest it gets from my country. :')

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Given the price differences,

1 minute ago, El_Budgetio said:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/7gVVwV

 

Part picker, I'm thinking about different GPU variants. There are few 1060 choices. Would buy Rx 480 but the price in Lithuania (Europe) is even higher than Gtx 1060...

 

MSI GeForce GTX1060 OC 6GB

Asus Dual GeForce GTX1060 6GB

Asus AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB

Asus GeForce GTX1060 6GB STRIX

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Gaming X

 

And so on...

 

With your budget you should be able to get i5-6400 or i5-6500 + RX480/1060 (http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/HYPC6X). If you need a bit of budget room the RX 470 is the best bang for buck by a bit.

 

Otherwise your upgrade path looks fine.

We have a NEW and GLORIOUSER-ER-ER PSU Tier List Now. (dammit @LukeSavenije stop coming up with new ones)

You can check out the old one that gave joy to so many across the land here

 

Computer having a hard time powering on? Troubleshoot it with this guide. (Currently looking for suggestions to update it into the context of <current year> and make it its own thread)

Computer Specs:

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Mathresolvermajig: Intel Xeon E3 1240 (Sandy Bridge i7 equivalent)

Chillinmachine: Noctua NH-C14S
Framepainting-inator: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC2 Hybrid

Attachcorethingy: Gigabyte H61M-S2V-B3

Infoholdstick: Corsair 2x4GB DDR3 1333

Computerarmor: Silverstone RL06 "Lookalike"

Rememberdoogle: 1TB HDD + 120GB TR150 + 240 SSD Plus + 1TB MX500

AdditionalPylons: Phanteks AMP! 550W (based on Seasonic GX-550)

Letterpad: Rosewill Apollo 9100 (Cherry MX Red)

Buttonrodent: Razer Viper Mini + Huion H430P drawing Tablet

Auralnterface: Sennheiser HD 6xx

Liquidrectangles: LG 27UK850-W 4K HDR

 

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grab a 1060. it is all your choose. 

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a Wii and PS2 as your only consoles.

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Asrock RX9070xt Steel Legends, Corsair RM750X, 500gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 3x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a Obsidian 750D airflow.
GF PC: (NightHawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb 860 evo, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

HP probook 445R G6 review

 

"Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid."

Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 35mm F1.4, Helios 44

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It looks fine

Project Iridium:   CPU: Intel 4820K   CPU Cooler: Custom Loop  Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Black Edition   RAM: Avexir Blitz  Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD and Seagate Barracuda 3TB HDD   GPU: Asus 780 6GB Strix   Case: IN WIN 909   PSU: Corsair RM1000      Project Iridium build log http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/451088-project-iridium-build-log/

 

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I have done quite a lot of research and a difference between for example I5 6500 vs I3 6100 is totally not worth the 100% increase in price from I3.

 

Some benches:

 

 

 

Offtopic, I must admit that LTT forums are veery nice. :)

 

 

I am not a messy person , there are barely any background apps that I dont need and arent forced on me running. You must adapt when you have such a s**t PC as I do right now. :)

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