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well the gpu kind of sucks considering you're blowing 90$ on cables that do nothing different other than the fact that they are red.

and there's two ssd's both of which are different sizes 

 

and again , a 110$ water cooler for a system with a 1050 in it 

 

the machine is more unbalanced than the tower of pisa

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Im assuming its for gaming? Get a 8400 or 8700k. Both will perform the same if not better. Get 1x16 or 2x8gb sticks if you want 16g, not 4x4. Just get one bigger SSD and get W10 from kenguin. Also a bit underwhelming GPU, youre overspending on everything else.

Ion (Main Build)                                                                                        Overall Setup

i5 6500 3.2 GHz                                                                     -Blue snowball (White) thanks goodwill

MSI Mortar Arctic                                                                   -Logitech K120

Asus 1060 6GB Dual                                                             -Logitech Daedalus Prime G302

PNY CS1311 120 GB                                                            -Mousepad I made in 1st grade with my name on it                                                 

WD Caviar Blue 1 TB                                                              

Crucial Ballistix Sport LT White 16GB (8x2GB) 2400

NZXT S340 White

Corsair CXM 450W 

 

Lenovo H320 (Old Pre-built PC)                                      Possible upgrade for H320          

i5 650 3.2 GHz (heh)                                                                                    Xeon X3470

Motherboard unknown                                                       Same Motherboard

iGPU                                                                                   GT 1030 (MSI Low Profile Half Height)

Crucial 240GB SSD                                                           Crucial 240GB SSD

6GB DDR3 (4+2GB)                                                           8-10GB DDR3 (4+2+2GB/4+4+2GB)

Lenovo H320 case                                                             Lenovo H320 case

Unknown PSU (210W?)                                                     Same PSU (210W?)    

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Welcome to the forums! Grab a copy of windows off kinguin for ~$20 and get this:

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/s8PRjc
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/s8PRjc/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($287.89 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI - Z270 GAMING M3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($100.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Mushkin - Silverline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($171.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: SanDisk - Ultra II 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING Video Card  ($263.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($32.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1147.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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I'd change the RAM to 2x8GB sticks, it'll be cheaper and still give you some open slots for upgrading in future.

 

Also, I'd change one of those SSD's into a much higher capacity HDD. I would keep one SSD for the OS (the 480GB would be my recommendation) then spend the money you would have spent on the other SSD on as high a capacity HDD from a reputable brand as possible.

 

Other than that, looks like a good build to me.

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me personally i would get rid of the 240gb ssd and get a better gpu.

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8 minutes ago, iiWolfZz said:

me personally i would get rid of the 240gb ssd and get a better gpu.

yep, get rid of the ssd, choose an i5 or ryzen 5 and a gtx 1070

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Hey @AtomicSkunk, please don't make multiple topics about the same build. Otherwise we will remove them or merge them into one.

 

Merry Christmas :)

We have a NEW and GLORIOUSER-ER-ER PSU Tier List Now. (dammit @LukeSavenije stop coming up with new ones)

You can check out the old one that gave joy to so many across the land here

 

Computer having a hard time powering on? Troubleshoot it with this guide. (Currently looking for suggestions to update it into the context of <current year> and make it its own thread)

Computer Specs:

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Mathresolvermajig: Intel Xeon E3 1240 (Sandy Bridge i7 equivalent)

Chillinmachine: Noctua NH-C14S
Framepainting-inator: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC2 Hybrid

Attachcorethingy: Gigabyte H61M-S2V-B3

Infoholdstick: Corsair 2x4GB DDR3 1333

Computerarmor: Silverstone RL06 "Lookalike"

Rememberdoogle: 1TB HDD + 120GB TR150 + 240 SSD Plus + 1TB MX500

AdditionalPylons: Phanteks AMP! 550W (based on Seasonic GX-550)

Letterpad: Rosewill Apollo 9100 (Cherry MX Red)

Buttonrodent: Razer Viper Mini + Huion H430P drawing Tablet

Auralnterface: Sennheiser HD 6xx

Liquidrectangles: LG 27UK850-W 4K HDR

 

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If your gonna spend that much this is a better way to go change the case to one you like it's just a place holder also you can add a optical drive but I don't see much point also get an windows 10 of kingiun or eBay usually 20 dollars https://pcpartpicker.com/list/RTNKCy 

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Building a system you want balance. You have a high-end CPU with low end graphics also I wouldn't buy an Intel i7 6xxx or 7xxx at this juncture an Intel I5 8600k or a Ryzen R5 or R7 is the way to go. I put a Ryzen chip in the build I recommend as there will be CPUs made for the Am4 socket for at least a couple more years where's Intel is likely to change with each chip

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($199.89 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: MSI - Z370-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($96.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: GeIL - SUPER LUCE RGB SYNC 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($174.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: SanDisk - Ultra 3D 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($79.99 @ Best Buy) 
Storage: Toshiba - P300 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($39.88 @ Other World Computing) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB G1 Gaming Video Card  ($538.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Silverstone - Redline RL06BR-PRO ATX Mid Tower Case  ($68.52 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.90 @ Newegg) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($92.99 @ B&H) 
Other: CableMod Basic ModFlex Cable Extension Kit - Dual 6+2 Pin Series - RED  ($34.95 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1387.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-24 20:29 EST-0500

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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