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Looking to see if anyone has any suggestions for my friends first gaming PC. He mainly plays Leagues H1Z1 and other games around the low to mid stress level on hardware. His budget is going to be around 500-600 Canadian dollars, and it will probably be an mATX or mITX system

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($152.50 @ shopRBC) 
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A/M.2 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($66.99 @ NCIX) 
Memory: Kingston FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($56.50 @ Vuugo) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($57.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Mini Video Card  ($185.40 @ Amazon Canada) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Memory Express) 
Power Supply: XFX XT 400W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($54.98 @ NCIX) 
Total: $614.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-11 19:59 EST-0500


If you need Windows too, buy it off of Kinguin.

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CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($152.50 @ shopRBC) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($42.98 @ NCIX) 
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($45.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Toshiba 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Mini Video Card  ($185.40 @ Amazon Canada) 
Case: Thermaltake Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($41.75 @ Vuugo) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Total: $583.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($152.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($78.86 @ Amazon Canada) 
Memory: Avexir Core Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 460 4GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card  ($171.11 @ Amazon Canada) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($55.51 @ Amazon Canada) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply 
Total: $458.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-11 20:03 EST-0500

CPU: I5-6600k | MOBO: MSI Z170-A XPOWER Gaming Titanium Edition | Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO |RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB DDR4 2800 | GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition | Case: MasterCase Pro 5 | Storage: SAMSUNG 850 EVO 500GB, WD Blue 1 TB 7200rpm | PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2 | Display: Acer Predator XB271HU 1440p 144hz | Keyboard:Logitech G910 Orion Spark | Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum | Headset: Logitech Artemis G933 | PcPP: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/sfgGjc

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Canadian price inflation = I cri

 

Proud to say that this build has the best GPU :P

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($96.99 @ PC Canada) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($59.95 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($49.20 @ NCIX) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($57.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 470 4GB ARMOR OC Video Card  ($229.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Memory Express) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Total: $594.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-11 20:01 EST-0500

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5 minutes ago, danwager11 said:

[PCPartPicker part list](http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/RZ8sm8) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/RZ8sm8/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor](http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/hV7CmG/intel-cpu-bx80662i36100) | $152.50 @ shopRBC 
**Motherboard** | [ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard](http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/WXyxFT/asrock-motherboard-h110mhds) | $49.98 @ NCIX 
**Memory** | [Avexir Core Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory](http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/TW38TW/avexir-memory-avd4uz124001608g1cob) | $49.99 @ Newegg Canada 
**Storage** | [Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/MwW9TW/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd10ezex) | $57.99 @ Newegg Canada 
**Video Card** | [Gigabyte Radeon RX 460 4GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card](http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/JMVBD3/gigabyte-radeon-rx-460-4gb-windforce-oc-video-card-gv-rx460wf2oc-4gd) | $148.99 @ NCIX 
**Case** | [Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case](http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/TkkD4D/fractal-design-case-fdcacore1100bl) | $47.00 @ Vuugo 
**Power Supply** | [SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply](http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/4Vzv6h/seasonic-power-supply-s12ii430b) | $64.99 @ Newegg Canada 
 | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
 | Total (before mail-in rebates) | $616.44
 | Mail-in rebates | -$45.00
 | **Total** | **$571.44**
 | Generated by [PCPartPicker](http://pcpartpicker.com) 2016-11-11 20:00 EST-0500 |

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1 minute ago, 1Reshiram12 said:

[BB] Markup for this site :D

First time I exported, I've only just pasted the link before figures I'd mess it up.

CPU: I5-6600k | MOBO: MSI Z170-A XPOWER Gaming Titanium Edition | Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO |RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB DDR4 2800 | GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition | Case: MasterCase Pro 5 | Storage: SAMSUNG 850 EVO 500GB, WD Blue 1 TB 7200rpm | PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2 | Display: Acer Predator XB271HU 1440p 144hz | Keyboard:Logitech G910 Orion Spark | Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum | Headset: Logitech Artemis G933 | PcPP: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/sfgGjc

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2 minutes ago, 1Reshiram12 said:

you're gonna cause a pretty hard bottleneck with the 860k, not worth it.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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11 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

you're gonna cause a pretty hard bottleneck with the 860k, not worth it.

 

11 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

you're gonna cause a pretty hard bottleneck with the 860k, not worth it.

It's not that garbage, people don't give it enough credit especially considering it's dirt cheap.

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