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Alright time has come to build a new comp,  my last build just died,  only got 9 years out of it.  I'm looking around $1500 CAD.  i'll be used for work (word/accounting/picture editing) and gaming (battlegrounds, Mass Effect)

ill need new all the old video card is getting moved to my streaming rig.

so advice is needed.  infect im all for people giving specs on what i should buy

 

thanks community. ill be buying everything come monday

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8 minutes ago, Billiam617 said:

Alright time has come to build a new comp,  my last build just died,  only got 9 years out of it.  I'm looking around $1500 CAD.  i'll be used for work (word/accounting/picture editing) and gaming (battlegrounds, Mass Effect)

ill need new all the old video card is getting moved to my streaming rig.

so advice is needed.  infect im all for people giving specs on what i should buy

 

thanks community. ill be buying everything come monday

If you can, probably wait few days for Ryzen 3 to launch

Also check at pcpartpicker.com

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: MSI B350M GAMING PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($104.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($162.99 @ Memory Express) 
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($99.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($61.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  ($521.93 @ NCIX) 
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ NCIX) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($123.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit  ($30.00) 
Other: R5 1600 ($300.00)
Total: $1440.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-06 18:03 EDT-0400

 

 

 

Please note the CAD price for the 1600 is a rough guess based on the price of the 1700 for you guys. It may even be less and you might be able to stretch to a 1080

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7 minutes ago, tom_w141 said:

@Billiam617

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: MSI B350M GAMING PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($104.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($162.99 @ Memory Express) 
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($99.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($61.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  ($521.93 @ NCIX) 
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ NCIX) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($123.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Full 32/64-bit  ($30.00) 
Other: R5 1600 ($300.00)
Total: $1440.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-06 17:54 EDT-0400

 

 

Please note the CAD price for the 1600 is a rough guess based on the price of the 1700 for you guys. It may even be less and you might be able to stretch to a 1080

Is it me or you forgot the CPU?

Also, Microsoft does not support Ryzen (or Kaby Lake) on Win 7/8.

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3 minutes ago, killcomic said:

Is it me or you forgot the CPU?

Also, Microsoft does not support Ryzen on Win 7/8.

Windows was a misclick nice catch.

 

cpu see bottom because you cant add to a build yet.

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3 minutes ago, tom_w141 said:

Windows was a misclick nice catch.

 

cpu see bottom because you cant add to a build yet.

Ah, yes. I think this build will do just fine.

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