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neither build actually. what is your budget?

 

EDIT: I am going to guess 900-1k

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Need a budget headphone for under 100$? Sennheiser HD 558 Headphones

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You should take the one I made for you :P

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)

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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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1 minute ago, Energycore said:

You should take the one I made for you :P

you peaked my curiousity?

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Need a budget headphone for under 100$? Sennheiser HD 558 Headphones

Got a Skylake CPU (k) Here is a guide to OC it!

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if you can live with your current monitor, mouse and keyboard here:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($240.98 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($27.97 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A Tomahawk AC ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($112.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($47.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($38.99 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.49 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card  ($404.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1033.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-03 19:47 EDT-0400

 

 

also to add there is a promo on the motherboard [MOBO] MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 ATX - $99.99 ($149.99 - $40.00 - $10 rebate card) from build a pc sale

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Need a budget headphone for under 100$? Sennheiser HD 558 Headphones

Got a Skylake CPU (k) Here is a guide to OC it!

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Ok spent a lot of time with this, got it right in the budget with 6600K, 16GB ram, G2 PSU and 1060 6GB, with some colour matching!

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($236.98 @ NCIX US) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($112.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($93.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.98 @ B&H) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.49 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING Video Card  ($239.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.88 @ OutletPC) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: Acer KN242HYL 23.8" 60Hz Monitor  ($110.98 @ Newegg) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master OCTANE Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($29.94 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1069.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-03 19:49 EDT-0400

 

 

 

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CPU - Ryzen 1700 @ 4Ghz  Motherboard - Gigabyte AX370 Aorus Gaming 5   Ram - 16Gb GSkill Trident Z RGB 3200  GPU - Palit 1080GTX Gamerock Premium  Storage - Samsung XP941 256GB, Crucial MX300 525GB, Seagate Barracuda 1TB   PSU - Fractal Design Newton R3 1000W  Case - INWIN 303 White Display - Asus PG278Q Gsync 144hz 1440P

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2 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

Ok spent a lot of time with this, got it right in the budget with 6600K, 16GB ram, G2 PSU and 1060 6GB, with some colour matching!

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($236.98 @ NCIX US) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($112.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($93.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.98 @ B&H) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.49 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING Video Card  ($239.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.88 @ OutletPC) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: Acer KN242HYL 23.8" 60Hz Monitor  ($110.98 @ Newegg) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master OCTANE Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($29.94 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1069.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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the fury x is a better card fyi though 1060 does have more VRAM sooo it is a toughy tbh

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Need a budget headphone for under 100$? Sennheiser HD 558 Headphones

Got a Skylake CPU (k) Here is a guide to OC it!

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1 minute ago, xephoneration said:

the fury x is a better card fyi though 1060 does have more VRAM sooo it is a toughy tbh

Fury X also costs quite a bit more too unfortunately and the X HBM memory is probably more efficient anyway 

 

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My Project Logs   Iced Blood    Temporal Snow    Temporal Snow Ryzen Refresh

 

CPU - Ryzen 1700 @ 4Ghz  Motherboard - Gigabyte AX370 Aorus Gaming 5   Ram - 16Gb GSkill Trident Z RGB 3200  GPU - Palit 1080GTX Gamerock Premium  Storage - Samsung XP941 256GB, Crucial MX300 525GB, Seagate Barracuda 1TB   PSU - Fractal Design Newton R3 1000W  Case - INWIN 303 White Display - Asus PG278Q Gsync 144hz 1440P

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CPU-i7 6700k O.C. 4.6Ghz-Motherboard-Asus z170-a-RAM-24gb DDR4-GPU-EVGA GTX 1080 FE-Case-Corsair 400c (white)-Storage-HDD: 2xWD Blue 1TB SSD: PNY SSDSC120GLC709B121-510 120GB-PSU-1000 watt coolermax-Display-ASUS VG248QE Black 24" 1080p 144 Hz -Cooling-Corsair H115i-Keyboard-G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX blues (Red backlight)-Mouse-Logitech G602-Sound-Logitech 5.1 z506

Need a budget headphone for under 100$? Sennheiser HD 558 Headphones

Got a Skylake CPU (k) Here is a guide to OC it!

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WAIT I LIED enter promo  (-$25) Amex Promo it will cost a total of $244.99 thank the internet for buildapcsales

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Need a budget headphone for under 100$? Sennheiser HD 558 Headphones

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3 minutes ago, xephoneration said:

WAIT I LIED enter promo  (-$25) Amex Promo it will cost a total of $244.99 thank the internet for buildapcsales

In that case put that Fury X in my build! 

 

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My Project Logs   Iced Blood    Temporal Snow    Temporal Snow Ryzen Refresh

 

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2 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

In that case put that Fury X in my build! 

eh still on the fence like the fury x is  only what 10% better but you do not get 6gb of VRAM which is interesting... soooo at this point its fps/$$ 

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Need a budget headphone for under 100$? Sennheiser HD 558 Headphones

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1 minute ago, xephoneration said:

eh still on the fence like the fury x is  only what 10% better but you do not get 6gb of VRAM which is interesting... soooo at this point its fps/$$ 

But the HBM is much more efficient, it gets better the higher res =)

 

Ryzen Ram Guide

 

My Project Logs   Iced Blood    Temporal Snow    Temporal Snow Ryzen Refresh

 

CPU - Ryzen 1700 @ 4Ghz  Motherboard - Gigabyte AX370 Aorus Gaming 5   Ram - 16Gb GSkill Trident Z RGB 3200  GPU - Palit 1080GTX Gamerock Premium  Storage - Samsung XP941 256GB, Crucial MX300 525GB, Seagate Barracuda 1TB   PSU - Fractal Design Newton R3 1000W  Case - INWIN 303 White Display - Asus PG278Q Gsync 144hz 1440P

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Just now, stealth80 said:

But the HBM is much more efficient, it gets better the higher res =)

I know! but eh still torn. though at this point its coming down to the OP doing 1080p gaming. Which I encourage the OP to save up for a 144hz screen. 

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Need a budget headphone for under 100$? Sennheiser HD 558 Headphones

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Get the XFX Fury X, better cooler and for AMD cards it goes something like this:

 

MSI>ASUS>XFX>Sapphire>Reference>Powercolor

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CPU i5-13600k | COOLING Corsair H150i Elite Capellix 360mm (White) | MOTHERBOARD Gigabyte Z690 Aero G DDR4 | GPU Gigabyte RTX 3070 Vision OC (White) | RAM  16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB (White)SSD Samsung 980 Pro 1TB | PSU ASUS STRIX 850W (White)CASE  Phanteks G360a (White) | HEADPHONES  Beyerdynamic DT990 Pro | KEYBOARD Zoom75 (KTT Strawberry w/ GMK British Racing Green keycaps) | MOUSE  Cooler Master MM711 (White) MONITOR HP X32 1440p 165hz IPS

 

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SECONDARY RIG "ALCATRAZ"

CPU i7-4770K OC @ 4.3GHz | COOLING Cryorig M9i (review| MOTHERBOARD ASUS Z87-PROGPU Gigabyte 1650 Super Windforce OC | RAM  16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 MHzSSD Samsung 860 Evo 512GB | HDD Toshiba 3TB 7200RPMPSU EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750WCASE  NZXT H230 | HEADPHONES  Sony WH-1000XM3  | KEYBOARD Corsair STRAFE - Cherry MX Brown | MOUSE  Logitech G602 MONITOR LG 34UM58-P 34" Ultrawide

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