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1. Budget and Location

Around 400-500 USD including $120 already bought GTX 970. Kentucky, USA

 

2. Aim

Game Mass Effect Andromeda on Medium 1080p @ 60 fps

Be able to Upgrade smoothly over next few years

 

3. Monitors

Unavaiable

 

4. Peripherals

Razer Mouse, Wireless Keyboard, USB Xbox Controller

Window 8.1 (Not Installed yet)

 

5. Why?

At a pass of current items (PC1) vs upgradability (PC2?)

 

6. Specs (PC1 vs PC2)

PC1:

AMD FX 8320 - Purchased

EVO 212

Asus M5A97 R2.0 - Purchased

Patroit Viper 2x8GB DDR3-1600 - Purchased

GTX 970 Windforce- Purchased

WD 250GB HDD - Purchased

EVGA 600W

 

PC2:

Pentium G4560

EVO 212

MSI B250M PRO-VD

1x8GB DDR4-2400

GTX 970 Windforce - Purchased

WD 250GB HDD - Purchased

EVGA 600W

 

8. Problem

I am thinking PC2 is better because of the way DDR4 is looking and also Intel has loads of CPU compatibility, but I already have most parts in PC1. Any thoughts?

 

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Keep PC1 and save up until you can get something better. PC2 is just a joke and probably even worse than what you have, or similar.

 

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Might be a good idea to get an ssd, that would help the PC regardless which one it is and you can swap it into a newer pc if you ever get one.

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Since you have all the parts for pc 1 keep that intel you cant get a better pc2

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PC1 has absolutely no upgrade path. PC2 will have an upgrade up to an i7 from skylake and kabylake, as well the the next-gen intel cpus(IIRC there's still 1 last generation for lga 1151). what's your budget?

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Just now, herman mcpootis said:

what's your budget?

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Number 2 is better, but both PSUs aren't very good.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($218.88 @ NCIX US) AMD will release cpus for am4 until 2020 so you won't have an issue upgrading in the future.

Motherboard: ASRock AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($93.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($109.88 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Zalman Z1 Neo ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($48.89 @ Newegg) 
Total: $501.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-12 10:38 EDT-0400

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1 hour ago, herman mcpootis said:

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($48.89 @ Newegg) 
 

I have seen multiple Ryzen builds with the SeaSonic PSU. What is the appeal? just Quality?

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2 hours ago, Marenoc said:

1. Budget and Location

Around 400-500 USD including $120 already bought GTX 970. Kentucky, USA

 

2. Aim

Game Mass Effect Andromeda on Medium 1080p @ 60 fps

Be able to Upgrade smoothly over next few years

 

3. Monitors

Unavaiable

 

4. Peripherals

Razer Mouse, Wireless Keyboard, USB Xbox Controller

Window 8.1 (Not Installed yet)

 

5. Why?

At a pass of current items (PC1) vs upgradability (PC2?)

 

6. Specs (PC1 vs PC2)

PC1:

AMD FX 8320 - Purchased

EVO 212

Asus M5A97 R2.0 - Purchased

Patroit Viper 2x8GB DDR3-1600 - Purchased

GTX 970 Windforce- Purchased

WD 250GB HDD - Purchased

EVGA 600W

 

PC2:

Pentium G4560

EVO 212

MSI B250M PRO-VD

1x8GB DDR4-2400

GTX 970 Windforce - Purchased

WD 250GB HDD - Purchased

EVGA 600W

 

8. Problem

I am thinking PC2 is better because of the way DDR4 is looking and also Intel has loads of CPU compatibility, but I already have most parts in PC1. Any thoughts?

 

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PC 1 look pretty good but i would recommend picking up a hard drive because you will most likely play other games and it will slow down the ssd but everything else is good. 

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7 minutes ago, Marenoc said:

I have seen multiple Ryzen builds with the SeaSonic PSU. What is the appeal? just Quality?

there just good power supplies and they carry 520 watts and the fully modular version

is only 54 bucks

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7 hours ago, Marenoc said:

I have seen multiple Ryzen builds with the SeaSonic PSU. What is the appeal? just Quality?

it's well priced and good quality.

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