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Ze_Plague_Doctor
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Hey Guys and Gals I am a college student looking to build a gaming pc. I have saved about $1500 cad for the pc and have put together a potential build. Anything that I should change?

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/XgrQbj

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/XgrQbj
Price breakdown by merchant: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/XgrQbj/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i5-7600 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($294.99 @ PC Canada) 
Motherboard: MSI - H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($166.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($84.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Kingston - A400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($74.99 @ Memory Express) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.95 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Dual Video Card  ($389.99 @ Memory Express) 
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($81.50 @ Vuugo) 
Monitor: Asus - VS228T-P 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  ($129.99 @ NCIX) 
Total: $1383.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-13 13:03 EDT-0400

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Looks pretty good and HEY LOOK! A FELLOW CANADIAN! IM NOT THE ONLY ONE! YES!

 

Since I am to lazy to put something interesting here, I will put everything, but slightly abbreviated. Here is everything:

 

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also, some questions to make you wonder about life:

 

What is I and who is me? Who is you? Which armrest in the movie theatre is yours?

 

also,

 

Welcome to the internet, I will be your guide. Or something.

 

 

My build:

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor,

 Motherboard: ASRock B250M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard, 

Memory: Corsair 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory,

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive, 

Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 4GB ARMOR OC Video Card, 

Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case , 

Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply, 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Full, 

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN725N USB 2.0 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter, Case Fan: Corsair Air Series White 2 pack 52.2 CFM  120mm Fan

 

ou do not ask why, you ask why not -me

 

Remeber kinds, the only differ between screwing around and scince is writing it down. -Adam Savage.

 

Only two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not even sure of the former. - Albert Einstein.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($199.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($134.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($82.32 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: NVIDIA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Founders Edition Video Card  ($549.99 @ Best Buy)
Case: Corsair - Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($56.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: LG - 29UM58-P 29.0" 2560x1080 75Hz Monitor  ($226.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $1417.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-13 14:37 EDT-0400

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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Oh my bad I didn't see it was canada, change the 1080 for a 1070 then

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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2 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($199.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($134.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($82.32 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: NVIDIA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Founders Edition Video Card  ($549.99 @ Best Buy)
Case: Corsair - Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($56.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: LG - 29UM58-P 29.0" 2560x1080 75Hz Monitor  ($226.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $1417.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-13 14:37 EDT-0400

would the ryzen 5 not bottleneck the 1080?

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Just now, Ze_Plague_Doctor said:

would the ryzen 5 not bottleneck the 1080?

Of course it won't.

 

Just now, Ze_Plague_Doctor said:

why ryzen?

Because Ryzen 5 is a superior CPU to the current Kaby Lake i5

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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Just now, Ze_Plague_Doctor said:

why ryzen?

Because Intel is currently worth only if you are buying i7 6700k/7700k or Pentium G4560.

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3 minutes ago, Ze_Plague_Doctor said:

its such a shame the canadian GPU market if so awful right now

It's not just you it's everyone. Damn you cripto miners....... I am exited for the crash of the minding when all the GPUs are cheap as all hell. 

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2 minutes ago, frozeNNN said:

Because Intel is currently worth only if you are buying i7 6700k/7700k or Pentium G4560.

Not for long. There going to perposly bump up the price of the G4560 in order to boost i3 sales.........

 

 

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Just now, doomsriker said:

Not for long. There going to perposly bump up the price of the G4560 in order to boost i3 sales.........

 

 

I said "currently". I REPEAT: currently.

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6 minutes ago, frozeNNN said:

I said "currently". I REPEAT: currently.

The G4560 is CURRENTLY only selling for 30$ less than an i3 (on Amazon).

 

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Just now, doomsriker said:

The G4560 is CURRENTLY only selling for 30$ less than an i3 (on Amazon).

 

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