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hi people my build will be as follows, going for a red/black/white theme. semi budget, and was jsut wondering if people had any suggestions on ram i should look for to compliment the build. thankyou for any help.

 

cpu; intel g4560 £62

mobo; msi b150m mortar m-atx £68

case; bitfenix nova white £30

gpu; asus geforce gtx 1050ti strix 4gb £161

memory ; wd blue 1tb hdd £47

psu; corsair cx550m 80+bronze modular £65

 

future upgrades or an i5,corsair h55 and a 120gb ssd for O.S

Amd fx 8350,asus sabertooth R2,corsair c70,corsair h100i,palit gtx 580,corsair 8gb vengeance Ram,corsair txm 750.

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just buy the cheapest ram you can, doesn't really matter a bunch. 

afaik ballistix have white ram to go along with the board and stuff, but B150m will not work with the g4560 without a BIOS update. 

idk

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ah no way @droidbot is bios update easy ? sorry ima noob apart from popping in parts lol and if its more hasstle than worth do you know any good mobo alternatives ?

Amd fx 8350,asus sabertooth R2,corsair c70,corsair h100i,palit gtx 580,corsair 8gb vengeance Ram,corsair txm 750.

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5 minutes ago, Optimusgrime said:

ah no way @droidbot is bios update easy ? sorry ima noob apart from popping in parts lol and if its more hasstle than worth do you know any good mobo alternatives ?

it's more hassle than worth, go for a b250 mobo like the AsRock Pro4 which is black/white

idk

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ok pal thankyou il look into that board then :) appreciate the help @Droidbot and just added my build up and its around £600 so recon i should bite the bullet and get a i5 ?

 

Amd fx 8350,asus sabertooth R2,corsair c70,corsair h100i,palit gtx 580,corsair 8gb vengeance Ram,corsair txm 750.

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1 minute ago, Optimusgrime said:

ok pal thankyou il look into that board then :) appreciate the help @Droidbot and just added my build up and its around £600 so recon i should bite the bullet and get a i5 ?

 

if you do do it, get a 6500 and the arctic board. 

idk

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My Build

i5-7600k

hyper x fury 16gb (2133)mhz

asus strix 1070 

CM 212x

asus z270-p

corsair 550w psu

 

agon 1440p 144hz tn monitor

corsair strafe mx silent KB

corsair void rbg (wired)

razer mamba te with firefly mouse pat

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1 minute ago, CatXice said:

it's a partlist, with a kit of ram only. 

is it bad that I fucking died laughing?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£180.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£117.46 @ BT Shop) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£61.80 @ Alza) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£42.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 4GB ARMOR OC Video Card  (£169.98 @ Novatech) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.93 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£65.42 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £697.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-16 23:45 GMT+0000

 

This would kick ass, white case, grey ram (can be swapped out for white), white/black gpu, white board.

idk

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4 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

it's a partlist, with a kit of ram only. 

is it bad that I fucking died laughing?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£180.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£117.46 @ BT Shop) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£61.80 @ Alza) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£42.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 4GB ARMOR OC Video Card  (£169.98 @ Novatech) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.93 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£65.42 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £697.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-16 23:45 GMT+0000

 

This would kick ass, white case, grey ram (can be swapped out for white), white/black gpu, white board.

cba to find it on corsairs website and i had pcpp open at the time

international racing driver

My Build

i5-7600k

hyper x fury 16gb (2133)mhz

asus strix 1070 

CM 212x

asus z270-p

corsair 550w psu

 

agon 1440p 144hz tn monitor

corsair strafe mx silent KB

corsair void rbg (wired)

razer mamba te with firefly mouse pat

ps4 controller using ds4 windows

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Main Gaming PC (old, still own) : Intel Core i7 7700K @5.0Ghz || GPU: GTX 1080 Seahawk EK X || Motherboard: Maximus VIII Impact || Case: Fractal Design Define Nano S || RAM : 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 

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Peripherals: 3x U2412M (5760x1200), 1x U3011 (2560x1600) || Logitech G710 (Cherry Blues) || Logitech G600 || Brainwavz HM5 with @Gofspar Mod 

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