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Here's My Gaming Rig that i basically just finished (first GTX 780 died). Im a huge cheapskate and always want the best deal. I got the CPU, Mobo, and RAM from a friend. I traded him for a Gigabyte GA-H110MA ($54) and 8GB Crucial DDR4 ($32). The SSD was used on eBay. The HDD was from an old system i scraped. The GPU was used from eBay. 

 

So 1 month in, im super happy. I can play every game i have (Mostly Overwatch, CSGO, BF4, and PUBG) at Highest everything and around 60-70fps. 

 

CPU: Intel - Core i5-3570 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($0.00) 
Motherboard: Asus - B75M-A Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard  ($0.00) 
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($0.00) 
Storage: Transcend - Transcend MLC 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($30.00) 
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($0.00) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 780 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($130.00) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake - Smart 600W ATX 80+ Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Amazon) 

RGB: Deepcool 2x12in RGB Strips ($14.99 @ Amazon)

 

Other: LGA 1151 Motherboard and Ram that i traded ($76.00)

 

Total (I payed) : $345.98

Total (New) : $787.25

 

Any improvement suggestions would be great!

 

 

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Specs:

 Gaming PC: i5 3570, 16GB 1600MHz, GTX 780 3GB, Transcend 128GB, WD 500GB, Seagate 500GB, Thermaltake 600W Smart, S340 w/ RGB, Windows 10 Pro

 Server: Xeon E5 2650, 12GB 1600MHz ECC, 8400GS, WD 2TB + 1TB + 1TB, EVGA 500B 500W, Windows 10 Pro

 Laptop: Macbook Pro Retina 2013, i7 4558U, 8GB 1600MHz, Intel Iris Pro 1.5GB, Apple 256GB NVME, Mojave

 

 Internet: $70/month For 500/100, Actually get 525/102

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Pick up an MX300 525gb on black Friday and it'll be perfect, maybe a new CPU cooler (like the M9i)

Want to custom loop?  Ask me more if you are curious

 

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4 minutes ago, newcbomb said:

Here's My Gaming Rig that i basically just finished (first GTX 780 died). Im a huge cheapskate and always want the best deal. I got the CPU, Mobo, and RAM from a friend. I traded him for a Gigabyte GA-H110MA ($54) and 8GB Crucial DDR4 ($32). The SSD was used on eBay. The HDD was from an old system i scraped. The GPU was used from eBay. 

 

So 1 month in, im super happy. I can play every game i have (Mostly Overwatch, CSGO, BF4, and PUBG) at Highest everything and around 60-70fps. 

 

CPU: Intel - Core i5-3570 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($0.00) 
Motherboard: Asus - B75M-A Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard  ($0.00) 
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($0.00) 
Storage: Transcend - Transcend MLC 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($30.00) 
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($0.00) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 780 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($130.00) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake - Smart 600W ATX 80+ Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Amazon) 

RGB: Deepcool 2x12in RGB Strips ($14.99 @ Amazon)

 

Other: LGA 1151 Motherboard and Ram that i traded ($76.00)

 

Total (I payed) : $345.98

Total (New) : $787.25

 

Any improvement suggestions would be great!

 

 

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awesome, amazing budgeting yet performance is still there. This is what you show console peasants when you say that PC is way cheaper in the long run.

Retrowave

Air cooled version of my first PC.

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K

Cooler: Corsair H150i PRO

Thermal Compound: Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Thermal Paste

Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

RAM: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3600 Memory

SSD: Samsung 960 Pro 512Gb M.2-2280 Solid State Drive

SSD 2: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive

HDD: WD Black 6TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

HDD 2: Seagate Barracuda PRO 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FTW3

Case: LIAN LI O11 Dynamic XL

PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 1000W 80+ Platinum Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

Case Fans: Corsair LL120

Fan Controller: Corsair Commander Pro

 

Set Up

  • Mouse: Razer Deathadder Elite
  • Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow X Chroma
  • Mousepad: Steelseries QcK Gaming Mousepad
  • Monitor: Asus ROG Swift PG278QR
  • Audio
    • AMP: Sennheiser GSX1000
    • Headphones: Sennheiser 58X
    • Speakers: Bose Companion 2 Series III
  • Oculus Rift + Touch 3 Sensor Roomscale Setup
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the I5 3570 is a K yes?

 

Then a Z77 board or Z87 board would help to get a little more performance out of that little devil =) 

Main System:

Anghammarad : Asrock Taichi x570, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X @4900 MHz. 32 GB DDR4 3600, some NVME SSDs, Gainward Phoenix RTX 3070TI

 

System 2 "Igluna" AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Pro, Core I5 3570k @4300, 16 GB Ram DDR3 2133, some SSD, and a 2 TB HDD each, Gainward Phantom 760GTX.

System 3 "Inskah" AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Pro, Core I5 3570k @4300, 16 GB Ram DDR3 2133, some SSD, and a 2 TB HDD each, Gainward Phantom 760GTX.

 

On the Road: Acer Aspire 5 Model A515-51G-54FD, Intel Core i5 7200U, 8 GB DDR4 Ram, 120 GB SSD, 1 TB SSD, Intel CPU GFX and Nvidia MX 150, Full HD IPS display

 

Media System "Vio": Aorus Elite AX V2, Ryzen 7 5700X, 64 GB Ram DDR4 3200 Mushkin, 1 275 GB Crucial MX SSD, 1 tb Crucial MX500 SSD. IBM 5015 Megaraid, 4 Seagate Ironwolf 4TB HDD in raid 5, 4 WD RED 4 tb in another Raid 5, Gainward Phoenix GTX 1060

 

(Abit Fatal1ty FP9 IN SLI, C2Duo E8400, 6 GB Ram DDR2 800, far too less diskspace, Gainward Phantom 560 GTX broken need fixing)

 

Nostalgia: Amiga 1200, Tower Build, CPU/FPU/MMU 68EC020, 68030, 68882 @50 Mhz, 10 MByte ram (2 MB Chip, 8 MB Fast), Fast SCSI II, 2 CDRoms, 2 1 GB SCSI II IBM Harddrives, 512 MB Quantum Lightning HDD, self soldered Sync changer to attach VGA displays, WLAN

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Just now, Anghammarad said:

the I5 3570 is a K yes?

 

Then a Z77 board or Z87 board would help to get a little more performance out of that little devil =) 

Non-K

Specs:

 Gaming PC: i5 3570, 16GB 1600MHz, GTX 780 3GB, Transcend 128GB, WD 500GB, Seagate 500GB, Thermaltake 600W Smart, S340 w/ RGB, Windows 10 Pro

 Server: Xeon E5 2650, 12GB 1600MHz ECC, 8400GS, WD 2TB + 1TB + 1TB, EVGA 500B 500W, Windows 10 Pro

 Laptop: Macbook Pro Retina 2013, i7 4558U, 8GB 1600MHz, Intel Iris Pro 1.5GB, Apple 256GB NVME, Mojave

 

 Internet: $70/month For 500/100, Actually get 525/102

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Non-K

Oh a pity then... because those Ivy Core I5 K were little beasts ... using one myself still... 

Main System:

Anghammarad : Asrock Taichi x570, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X @4900 MHz. 32 GB DDR4 3600, some NVME SSDs, Gainward Phoenix RTX 3070TI

 

System 2 "Igluna" AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Pro, Core I5 3570k @4300, 16 GB Ram DDR3 2133, some SSD, and a 2 TB HDD each, Gainward Phantom 760GTX.

System 3 "Inskah" AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Pro, Core I5 3570k @4300, 16 GB Ram DDR3 2133, some SSD, and a 2 TB HDD each, Gainward Phantom 760GTX.

 

On the Road: Acer Aspire 5 Model A515-51G-54FD, Intel Core i5 7200U, 8 GB DDR4 Ram, 120 GB SSD, 1 TB SSD, Intel CPU GFX and Nvidia MX 150, Full HD IPS display

 

Media System "Vio": Aorus Elite AX V2, Ryzen 7 5700X, 64 GB Ram DDR4 3200 Mushkin, 1 275 GB Crucial MX SSD, 1 tb Crucial MX500 SSD. IBM 5015 Megaraid, 4 Seagate Ironwolf 4TB HDD in raid 5, 4 WD RED 4 tb in another Raid 5, Gainward Phoenix GTX 1060

 

(Abit Fatal1ty FP9 IN SLI, C2Duo E8400, 6 GB Ram DDR2 800, far too less diskspace, Gainward Phantom 560 GTX broken need fixing)

 

Nostalgia: Amiga 1200, Tower Build, CPU/FPU/MMU 68EC020, 68030, 68882 @50 Mhz, 10 MByte ram (2 MB Chip, 8 MB Fast), Fast SCSI II, 2 CDRoms, 2 1 GB SCSI II IBM Harddrives, 512 MB Quantum Lightning HDD, self soldered Sync changer to attach VGA displays, WLAN

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