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falloutguy
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1. Budget & Location
700$ us would be nice if it could be 600$
2. Aim
Like the title says gaming and a workstation 
3. Monitors
already have 1 1080p 
4. Peripherals
Don't need them
5. Why are you upgrading?

No real reason 

 

 

 

would like to go with Intel and need an os.

 

 

 

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What kind of work is being done on it? Programs being used? 

Your budget is quite tight and AMD would probably be the best bang for your buck.

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Motherboard:  Asus A88XM-A Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($83.99 @ Mwave) 

Memory:  Mushkin Blackline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($62.99 @ NCIX US) 

Storage:  Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($84.98 @ Outlet PC) 

Video Card:  MSI Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card  ($169.19 @ Amazon) 



Operating System:  Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($95.99 @ Adorama) 

Total: $734.02

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-22 22:24 EDT-0400)

 

This would work. And DON'T change the motherboard. I chose FM2+ for upgradeability for newer APUs and processors.

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 500GB Crucial P3 Plus, 4TB Silicon Power UD90 | GPU: AsRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Corsair SF850

Main Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | RAM: 64GB (2x32GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 | Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair VII Hero WiFi | Storage: 512GB SKHynix NVMe | GPUs: NVIDIA TITAN Xp 2-way SLI | Cooling: Thermalright Frozen Prism 360mm | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM850

File and Media Server (AOOSTAR WTR Pro): CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5825U | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Silicon Power DDR4-3200 SODIMMs | Storage: 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x14TB Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC530

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Just general home office use, I don't know if you would call that a workstation or not?

By work station it is usually inferred that the machine will perform very heavy work loads, like simulations, computations and that stuff (and to a lesser extent renderings and other creative production, although if these forums were any indications, professionals do nothing but rendering videos :P). If you want a machine for general home office use and you don't know what a work station is supposed to do, then chances are you don't need one ;)
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Just general home office use, I don't know if you would call that a workstation or not?

No workstation is more hardcore rendering and coding and stuff along those lines

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CPU:  AMD Athlon II X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($77.00 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard:  Asus A88XM-A Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($83.99 @ Mwave) 

Memory:  Mushkin Blackline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($62.99 @ NCIX US) 

Storage:  Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($84.98 @ Outlet PC) 

Video Card:  MSI Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card  ($169.19 @ Amazon) 

Case:  Silverstone PS08B (Black) MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.90 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply:  Cooler Master i500 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 

Operating System:  Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($95.99 @ Adorama) 

Total: $734.02

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-22 22:24 EDT-0400)

 

This would work. And DON'T change the motherboard. I chose FM2+ for upgradeability for newer APUs and processors.

Get a smaller hard drive and get a 7950 (dem overclocks man)

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Get a smaller hard drive and get a 7950 (dem overclocks man)

A 7950 would be bottlenecked by a 760K anyways, so why bother? I do agree on the hard drive though.

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 500GB Crucial P3 Plus, 4TB Silicon Power UD90 | GPU: AsRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Corsair SF850

Main Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | RAM: 64GB (2x32GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 | Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair VII Hero WiFi | Storage: 512GB SKHynix NVMe | GPUs: NVIDIA TITAN Xp 2-way SLI | Cooling: Thermalright Frozen Prism 360mm | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM850

File and Media Server (AOOSTAR WTR Pro): CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5825U | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Silicon Power DDR4-3200 SODIMMs | Storage: 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x14TB Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC530

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A 7950 would be bottlenecked by a 760K anyways, so why bother? I do agree on the hard drive though.

True

I think I have a build with an i3 and 7950 saved somewhere...

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I think I have a build with an i3 and 7950 saved somewhere...

xD

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 500GB Crucial P3 Plus, 4TB Silicon Power UD90 | GPU: AsRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Corsair SF850

Main Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | RAM: 64GB (2x32GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 | Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair VII Hero WiFi | Storage: 512GB SKHynix NVMe | GPUs: NVIDIA TITAN Xp 2-way SLI | Cooling: Thermalright Frozen Prism 360mm | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM850

File and Media Server (AOOSTAR WTR Pro): CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5825U | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Silicon Power DDR4-3200 SODIMMs | Storage: 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x14TB Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC530

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Just general home office use, I don't know if you would call that a workstation or not?

Most people refer to workstations as systems for editing/rendering/simulations. 

Any gaming?

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Yes gaming and just home office use, nothing to advanced the most I'd like it to be able to do is play something like skyrim at medium.

I'd really like to stay cheap as well.

A bit on the overkill side: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1S7jb

Should play Skyrim on high/ultra just fine.

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Get a smaller hard drive and get a 7950 (dem overclocks man)

Don't worry

PC: Corsair C70 Arctic, FX 9370, Corsair H80i, Gigabyte 990fxa-ud3, Corsair Vengence 16gb, Palit JetStream GTX 970, OCZ Vertex 4 128gb and Western Digital Blue 1Tb + 500gb, Antec Gamer 520w

Peripherals: Logitech G19 and SteelSeries Sensei RAW

Toshiba L50-A: i7 4700mq, 8gb, 1TB HDD, GT 740M 2gb

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A bit on the overkill side: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1S7jb

Should play Skyrim on high/ultra just fine.

Why don't you get a fx6300

PC: Corsair C70 Arctic, FX 9370, Corsair H80i, Gigabyte 990fxa-ud3, Corsair Vengence 16gb, Palit JetStream GTX 970, OCZ Vertex 4 128gb and Western Digital Blue 1Tb + 500gb, Antec Gamer 520w

Peripherals: Logitech G19 and SteelSeries Sensei RAW

Toshiba L50-A: i7 4700mq, 8gb, 1TB HDD, GT 740M 2gb

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Why don't you get a fx6300

It's like $40 more just for the cpu/mobo upgrade for 2 cores and even more if you want a better oc'ing mobo. 

The 760K is quite capable already so paying more for a bit of gaming performance when it's not needed is just spending in excess.

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It's like $40 more just for the cpu/mobo upgrade for 2 cores and even more if you want a better oc'ing mobo. 

The 760K is quite capable already so paying more for a bit of gaming performance when it's not needed is just spending in excess.

Ok, if it was me i would have got the 6300.

PC: Corsair C70 Arctic, FX 9370, Corsair H80i, Gigabyte 990fxa-ud3, Corsair Vengence 16gb, Palit JetStream GTX 970, OCZ Vertex 4 128gb and Western Digital Blue 1Tb + 500gb, Antec Gamer 520w

Peripherals: Logitech G19 and SteelSeries Sensei RAW

Toshiba L50-A: i7 4700mq, 8gb, 1TB HDD, GT 740M 2gb

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