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I'm planning on building a new pc, and I'm on a really tight budget. I got an r9 285 for $90 on eBay, and I now have $200 for a CPU, motherboard, and ram. I'm leaning towards the Pentium g4560, as it is only $72 on newegg, and has hyperthreading. What do you guys think?

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5 minutes ago, TheKingOfGaming said:

I'm planning on building a new pc, and I'm on a really tight budget. I got an r9 285 for $90 on eBay, and I now have $200 for a CPU, motherboard, and ram. I'm leaning towards the Pentium g4560, as it is only $72 on newegg, and has hyperthreading. What do you guys think?

200$ is not a lot...this would do the trick i think it's hard to do any better than that with 200$

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($75.00 @ B&H)
Motherboard: ASRock B250M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($82.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($44.38 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Total: $202.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-18 23:04 EST-0500

 

| CPU: Core i7-8700K @ 4.89ghz - 1.21v  |  Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING  |  CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 |
| GPU: MSI RTX 3080Ti Ventus 3X OC  |  RAM: 32GB T-Force Delta RGB 3066mhz |
| Displays: Acer Predator XB270HU 1440p Gsync 144hz IPS Gaming monitor | Oculus Quest 2 VR

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Just now, i_build_nanosuits said:

200$ is not a lot...this would do the trick i think it's hard to do any better than that with 200$

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($75.00 @ B&H)
Motherboard: ASRock B250M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($82.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($44.38 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Total: $202.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-18 23:04 EST-0500

 

find a cheaper skylake mobo with bios update?

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Just now, deXxterlab97 said:

find a cheaper skylake mobo with bios update?

what do you mean with ''bios update''?! i doubt this user has a skylake chip in hands to perform the update?

| CPU: Core i7-8700K @ 4.89ghz - 1.21v  |  Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING  |  CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 |
| GPU: MSI RTX 3080Ti Ventus 3X OC  |  RAM: 32GB T-Force Delta RGB 3066mhz |
| Displays: Acer Predator XB270HU 1440p Gsync 144hz IPS Gaming monitor | Oculus Quest 2 VR

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Just now, i_build_nanosuits said:

what do you mean with ''bios update''?! i doubt this user has a skylake chip in hands to perform the update?

with an already updated bios 

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Just now, deXxterlab97 said:

with an already updated bios 

there is no way to know if the board is already updated...it can be on a shelf for the past 5 months for all we know...right?

| CPU: Core i7-8700K @ 4.89ghz - 1.21v  |  Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING  |  CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 |
| GPU: MSI RTX 3080Ti Ventus 3X OC  |  RAM: 32GB T-Force Delta RGB 3066mhz |
| Displays: Acer Predator XB270HU 1440p Gsync 144hz IPS Gaming monitor | Oculus Quest 2 VR

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This motherboard is cheaper and would do just fine...it's just the Pro4 looks a lot better and IMHO it's worth the extra 11$ but maybe not to everyone:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157733&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker, LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

| CPU: Core i7-8700K @ 4.89ghz - 1.21v  |  Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING  |  CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 |
| GPU: MSI RTX 3080Ti Ventus 3X OC  |  RAM: 32GB T-Force Delta RGB 3066mhz |
| Displays: Acer Predator XB270HU 1440p Gsync 144hz IPS Gaming monitor | Oculus Quest 2 VR

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ok coming clean...the processor support up to 2400mhz memory on this motherboard so if the goal is the best performance possible with the money this one would be better it has an uglier and a bit cheaper motherboard but the ram is better:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($75.00 @ B&H)
Motherboard: ASRock B250M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($71.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($49.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $196.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-18 23:11 EST-0500

| CPU: Core i7-8700K @ 4.89ghz - 1.21v  |  Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING  |  CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 |
| GPU: MSI RTX 3080Ti Ventus 3X OC  |  RAM: 32GB T-Force Delta RGB 3066mhz |
| Displays: Acer Predator XB270HU 1440p Gsync 144hz IPS Gaming monitor | Oculus Quest 2 VR

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Are you open to buying used? I have an i5 2500k, Asus P8Z68-V LX, and some RAM I'm not opposed to selling. It's a few generations old but it's still pretty solid. 

4k Main Rig: CPU: Intel 4770k || MOBO: MSI Z87-GD65 || GPU: 2x GTX 780 DCIIs || MEM: 4x4Gb 1600MHz Corsair Vengeance || CASE: Corsair 750D || STORAGE: Corsair 240Gb Force GS (OS), Corsair 120Gb Force GT (games) and Seagate 3TB (storage) || PSU: Corsair 860i || DISPLAYS: ASUS PB287Q 4k || COOLING: 360mm x 45mm Rad, 280mm x 60mm Rad, EK Supremacy EVO, 2x EK GXT 780 ti DCII blocks

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I mean I have an i5 4690k, Asus Z-97 AR motherboard and 8 GB of Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz ram that I would be more than willing to drop to you for $200 usd.

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5 minutes ago, Thelillypad123 said:

I mean I have an i5 4690k, Asus Z-97 AR motherboard and 8 GB of Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz ram that I would be more than willing to drop to you for $200 usd.

That's actually a really amazing deal OP

4k Main Rig: CPU: Intel 4770k || MOBO: MSI Z87-GD65 || GPU: 2x GTX 780 DCIIs || MEM: 4x4Gb 1600MHz Corsair Vengeance || CASE: Corsair 750D || STORAGE: Corsair 240Gb Force GS (OS), Corsair 120Gb Force GT (games) and Seagate 3TB (storage) || PSU: Corsair 860i || DISPLAYS: ASUS PB287Q 4k || COOLING: 360mm x 45mm Rad, 280mm x 60mm Rad, EK Supremacy EVO, 2x EK GXT 780 ti DCII blocks

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12 minutes ago, OutlawsThoughts said:

That's actually a really amazing deal OP

Didn't mean to undercut your posting, sorry about that haha. I was typing my comment and didn't see yours appear until after I posted.

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It's all good bud

4k Main Rig: CPU: Intel 4770k || MOBO: MSI Z87-GD65 || GPU: 2x GTX 780 DCIIs || MEM: 4x4Gb 1600MHz Corsair Vengeance || CASE: Corsair 750D || STORAGE: Corsair 240Gb Force GS (OS), Corsair 120Gb Force GT (games) and Seagate 3TB (storage) || PSU: Corsair 860i || DISPLAYS: ASUS PB287Q 4k || COOLING: 360mm x 45mm Rad, 280mm x 60mm Rad, EK Supremacy EVO, 2x EK GXT 780 ti DCII blocks

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Used office machine + some RAM?

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Optiplex-990-Mini-Tower-MT-Quad-Core-i7-2600-3-4Ghz-4GB-Windows-10-12407-/361876411957?var=&hash=item544183d635:m:mOdy39vNAZkCrUaAbksR1Qw

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-OptiPlex-790-MT-i7-2600-Quad-Processor-3-4-8-gb-500gb-Windows-7-PRO-COA-/122315953135?hash=item1c7a9953ef:g:QzYAAOSwKfVXLhG6

 

 

SFF-ish:  Ryzen 5 1600X, Asrock AB350M Pro4, 16GB Corsair LPX 3200, Sapphire R9 Fury Nitro -75mV, 512gb Plextor Nvme m.2, 512gb Sandisk SATA m.2, Cryorig H7, stuffed into an Inwin 301 with rgb front panel mod.  LG27UD58.

 

Aging Workhorse:  Phenom II X6 1090T Black (4GHz #Yolo), 16GB Corsair XMS 1333, RX 470 Red Devil 4gb (Sold for $330 to Cryptominers), HD6850 1gb, Hilariously overkill Asus Crosshair V, 240gb Sandisk SSD Plus, 4TB's worth of mechanical drives, and a bunch of water/glycol.  Coming soon:  Bykski CPU block, whatever cheap Polaris 10 GPU I can get once miners start unloading them.

 

MintyFreshMedia:  Thinkserver TS130 with i3-3220, 4gb ecc ram, 120GB Toshiba/OCZ SSD booting Linux Mint XFCE, 2TB Hitachi Ultrastar.  In Progress:  3D printed drive mounts, 4 2TB ultrastars in RAID 5.

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As soon as I sell my old parts, I might have to hit you up on that deal Thelillypad123 :)

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5 hours ago, TheKingOfGaming said:

As soon as I sell my old parts, I might have to hit you up on that deal Thelillypad123 :)

No problem, just PM me whenever. 

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