$430 build, help!

[asdf2061]

1 minute ago, Energycore said:

Waste of money for someone on a budget (not to mention potentially illegitimate).

There's something called Kinguin Buyer Protection where if you get a bad key, you can get a new one. Their customer support is actually really good.

 

2 minutes ago, Energycore said:

You Don’t Need a Product Key to Install and Use Windows 10

You'll have a really ugly looking watermark though.

[Zyndo]

11 minutes ago, Skeng said:

Would a Radeon HD 5770 XFX be better? There's one for $30 on my CL.

Yes. that GPU is significantly better than the GT 610. great find especially if you can get it for 30 bucks. it will do a pretty decent job of your games until you can upgrade. still not nearly as good as a 1060, but quite a bit better than the 610

[Energycore]

3 minutes ago, I_IHaveNoLife_l said:

There's something called Kinguin Buyer Protection where if you get a bad key, you can get a new one. Their customer support is actually really good.

 

You'll have a really ugly looking watermark though.

Eh I guess if anyone wants to pay $30 to remove the watermark, they have the right to do so.

 

The 5770 is quite a capable graphics card, for the price of $30 it's a good deal as a placeholder.

[Streetguru]

2 hours ago, Skeng said:

 

I'd just go for an i3 and an RX 460 man, since it'll probably actually work and you'd be able to actually play games, if you really need to hit the budget you can just run on the i3's iGPU for a while, you'd just want to switch to dual channel RAM in that case

Feel free to take the gamble on that hardware, but that's pretty cheap for that hardware from craigslist
 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/XHcfd6
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/XHcfd6/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H110M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($54.72 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($32.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon RX 460 2GB Red Dragon Video Card  ($111.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($42.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $434.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-22 00:14 EDT-0400

And I'd avoid buying a key from one of those grey market sites

[Skeng]

14 hours ago, Streetguru said:

I'd just go for an i3 and an RX 460 man, since it'll probably actually work and you'd be able to actually play games, if you really need to hit the budget you can just run on the i3's iGPU for a while, you'd just want to switch to dual channel RAM in that case

Feel free to take the gamble on that hardware, but that's pretty cheap for that hardware from craigslist
 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/XHcfd6
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/XHcfd6/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H110M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($54.72 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($32.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon RX 460 2GB Red Dragon Video Card  ($111.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($42.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $434.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-22 00:14 EDT-0400

And I'd avoid buying a key from one of those grey market sites

I get what you mean; but I doubt that stuff can run things I'd like. I wouldn't be able to run after effects or photoshop, which I like using. It won't take me that long (only a couple months if I try hard or something) to get cash for a new GPU, which is all I would need at the end of it.

[Streetguru]

8 minutes ago, Skeng said:

I get what you mean; but I doubt that stuff can run things I'd like. I wouldn't be able to run after effects or photoshop, which I like using. It won't take me that long (only a couple months if I try hard or something) to get cash for a new GPU, which is all I would need at the end of it.

If it all works out then great, but you could also just upgrade to an i7 6700 down the line as well

 

photoshop would probably work fine, you'd maybe just want 16gbs of RAM for after effects stuff,

[Skeng]

Just now, Streetguru said:

If it all works out then great, but you could also just upgrade to an i7 6700 down the line as well

 

photoshop would probably work fine, you'd maybe just want 16gbs of RAM for after effects stuff,

yeah but if you think about it this system will cost around $430 for me to have something better than my shit laptop, and then $250 later on for a 1060 when i have the cash.

 

that other build? idk man i feel like this might be a better deal for my cash.

[Streetguru]

4 minutes ago, Skeng said:

 

It is if you're taking the gamble

otherwise, I'd shoot for an RX 470 over a 1060 man, depends on pricing for the after market 470 of course

[Skeng]

Just now, Streetguru said:

It is if you're taking the gamble

otherwise, I'd shoot for an RX 470 over a 1060 man, depends on pricing for the after market 470 of course

i play sa-mp so shadowplay is pretty useful to me so i'd go with the 1060...plus i like evga a lot c:

[Streetguru]

Just now, Skeng said:

i play sa-mp so shadowplay is pretty useful to me so i'd go with the 1060...plus i like evga a lot c:

AMD has Raptr software bundled with the drivers that does the same thing, in addition there's plays.tv for other GPU accelerated recording

I say RX 470 because it's capable of 60fps stable high-very high at a lower price point than a 6gb 1060, plus there's DX12/Vulkan to look forward to, and it allows the 470 to just edge out the 1060 in doom

Just don't buy a 3gb 1060 whatever you do

 

[Skeng]

AYYYYYYYYYYYYY so i might have got a better deal

NZXT S340, GTX 970, FX-8320 at 4.1 ghz, 16gb ram, 500gb ssd, 250gb ssd, windows 10, 4 case fans, gigabyte motherboard, and some other goodies.

This or my other deal, which one is better?

edit: this guy wont respond i think he's dead ;( i wanted this one!

[Skeng]

Hi - it's me again.

3570k 16gb ram, d92 cooler, gtx 650 vs some 5th gen i5k, 8gb ram, gtx 760 sli, 500gb ssd and 4tb storage drive.

Which is better?