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Hey Guys, I want to build my own PC and also get my drivers license.

Because of this I want to get a PC as cheap as possible and still useful for the things I want to do.

Im just going for as cheap as possible because I will just sell the stuff afterwards and get a decent one in August-ish, aka probz a Coffee Lake Build.

 

I will be using my PC for gaming mostly, I dont really care about longer rendertimes in Photo editing etc. cuz Im just to shitty times.

I already own a GTX 1080 Founders

Games: BF1, Titanfall 2, R6 Siege and some other less intense games.

 

Dont care about case or anything, Ill just use my shitty keyboard and screen etc. OS is needed.

Mby I could already get some parts to use in my later build.

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I see people say this a lot ect... "cheap" to us may not be "cheap" to you. You own a GTX 1080, how did you get that? If you're on a budget and own a 1080, you'll want a balanced rig for sure. I'd suggest at minimum seeing how either the R6 1600x performs, that'll be about $250-$260 for the CPU, $90 for a mobo, $60 for RAM, $40-$90 for a case, $70 for a PSU and $50-$120 for storage to get a "balanced" rig.

 

 

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3 minutes ago, DarkBlade2117 said:

I see people say this a lot ect... "cheap" to us may not be "cheap" to you. You own a GTX 1080, how did you get that? If you're on a budget and own a 1080, you'll want a balanced rig for sure. I'd suggest at minimum seeing how either the R6 1600x performs, that'll be about $250-$260 for the CPU, $90 for a mobo, $60 for RAM, $40-$90 for a case, $70 for a PSU and $50-$120 for storage to get a "balanced" rig.

Maybe he won it from a giveaway or a friend gave it to him

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Get an i7 6700 on a H110M, 8gb of ram and a EVGA 450w Bronze

Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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13 minutes ago, DarkBlade2117 said:

I see people say this a lot ect... "cheap" to us may not be "cheap" to you. You own a GTX 1080, how did you get that? If you're on a budget and own a 1080, you'll want a balanced rig for sure. I'd suggest at minimum seeing how either the R6 1600x performs, that'll be about $250-$260 for the CPU, $90 for a mobo, $60 for RAM, $40-$90 for a case, $70 for a PSU and $50-$120 for storage to get a "balanced" rig.

Won it in a Giveaway, and I should get a Drivers License before my Final year, so I will work during vacation and save up for a decent one, thats why I want as cheap as possible

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15 minutes ago, DarkBlade2117 said:

I see people say this a lot ect... "cheap" to us may not be "cheap" to you. You own a GTX 1080, how did you get that? If you're on a budget and own a 1080, you'll want a balanced rig for sure. I'd suggest at minimum seeing how either the R6 1600x performs, that'll be about $250-$260 for the CPU, $90 for a mobo, $60 for RAM, $40-$90 for a case, $70 for a PSU and $50-$120 for storage to get a "balanced" rig.

Btw, it said as cheap as possible, aka it isnt an opinion, as cheap as possible means it costs the least amount of money

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5 minutes ago, iMike said:

Btw, it said as cheap as possible, aka it isnt an opinion, as cheap as possible means it costs the least amount of money

With that way I'd thought, I could get you a rig for like 50$. Granted, it would be terrible, by that is technically "as cheap as possible". It's way easier if you just give us a budget. I would also suggest just building your final PC and skip this cheap intermediate option as you are essentially throwing money down the drain. 

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6 minutes ago, bgibbz said:

With that way I'd thought, I could get you a rig for like 50$. Granted, it would be terrible, by that is technically "as cheap as possible". It's way easier if you just give us a budget. I would also suggest just building your final PC and skip this cheap intermediate option as you are essentially throwing money down the drain. 

Then Ill have to wait till atleast August, ok as cheap as possible whilst still being decent

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6 minutes ago, bgibbz said:

With that way I'd thought, I could get you a rig for like 50$. Granted, it would be terrible, by that is technically "as cheap as possible". It's way easier if you just give us a budget. I would also suggest just building your final PC and skip this cheap intermediate option as you are essentially throwing money down the drain. 

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18 minutes ago, iMike said:

Btw, it said as cheap as possible, aka it isnt an opinion, as cheap as possible means it costs the least amount of money

No, cheap as possible isn't an exact reference. "Cheap" to someone may be expensive to me. I've seen people say "cheap" upgrade and have $800. 

With a 1080, you don't want to throw no i5-2500k and use a 900p screen with it.

A 1080 is meant for at least 1440p60Hz gaming. At the very least you should pick up a used i5-4690k, Z97 Board, DDR3 kit of RAM. Buy some cheap mid tower case, get an EVGA GQ or B2 PSU along with a 1TB HDD and maybe a 120GB SSD for boot drive. I'd honestly go no less than  4690k with a 1080 and even then.. that is borderline recently for games like Bf1.

 

 

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16 hours ago, iMike said:

Which would cost me?

Maybe 300-550 dollars for a decent one. Keep an eye on eBay and Craigslist, you can get great deals. Just search for something like "used gaming computers" and you likely find something, or build one from used parts.

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15 hours ago, lexidobe said:

Maybe 300-550 dollars for a decent one. Keep an eye on eBay and Craigslist, you can get great deals. Just search for something like "used gaming computers" and you likely find something, or build one from used parts.

Maybe like this? http://www.ebay.com/itm/i7-2600K-Custom-Desktop-PC-GTX560Ti-8GB-Ram-1TB-ASUS-Maximus-Win7-Pro-Gaming-/172590974745?hash=item282f394719:g:-uEAAOSwCU1Y1Gx3

Throw a better GPU and SSD in when you have the money and you will have a beast.

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56 minutes ago, lexidobe said:

Maybe like this? http://www.ebay.com/itm/i7-2600K-Custom-Desktop-PC-GTX560Ti-8GB-Ram-1TB-ASUS-Maximus-Win7-Pro-Gaming-/172590974745?hash=item282f394719:g:-uEAAOSwCU1Y1Gx3

Throw a better GPU and SSD in when you have the money and you will have a beast.

Already have the GPU, and im not from 'Merica, so I will have to use other sites, but still thx

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