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Hello

 

1. Budget & Location

I am thinking about 500 -750 EUR. I live in EU. I already have a 5y old case and few SSDs from dissembled laptops so no storage nor case needed.

2. Aim

I play mostly world of tanks, I want to try Frostpunk or similar non-AAA games. World of tanks is quite demanding after v.1.0 was released and my 675M even without those pesky bugs was not enough.

3. Monitors

I have one 1080p monitor. Someday maybe I will buy second one.

4. Peripherals

None needed.

5. Why are you upgrading?

My Alienware m17x R4 with GTX 675M is slowly dying, I am having constant "The Nvidia Geforce GTX 675M device is not removable and cannot be ejected or unplugged." which annoys me greatly. I am looking for cheap gaming build but I know nothing about recent hardware. The last build I did was on Radeon 4850 long time ago. 

 

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Eyy I've got a Radeon 4850 sitting in my basement. How big is your case? Will it hold a fullsize ATX motherboard?

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Nothing in particular can I recommend for it to be perfect for you but I would recommend something with a 1060 with 3 (preferably 4 or more) GB of DRAM. A couple of ideas to cut cost, use last-gem RAM and an almost top of the line CPU if upgradability is your issue. Past that, AMD CPUs are cheaper than intel ones for performance dollar, and something like a Ryzen 5 or an intel i5 is the best bank for the buck from each major cpu manufacture. 

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18 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Eyy I've got a Radeon 4850 sitting in my basement. How big is your case? Will it hold a fullsize ATX motherboard?

Yeah, it will fit, no problem.

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Pulled this up, it will cost more if you include Windows 10 in the list:

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/KpQb8Y
Price breakdown by merchant: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/KpQb8Y/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€84.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  (€85.59 @ Alza)
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (€84.87 @ Mindfactory)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Windforce OC Video Card  (€268.93 @ Mindfactory)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€63.12 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €587.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-18 22:38 CEST+0200

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1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Do you already have an operating system?

Yes, I have a non-OEM Win7 licence

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Just now, raren said:

Yes, I have a non-OEM Win7 licence

You'll want to upgrade to Windows 10. Anything later than 6th Gen Intel has no native support for Windows 7 and it's a real pain to get set up on a more modern platform such as Ryzen.

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@Crunchy Dragon I checked the Memory QVL for this mobo and it looks like proposed memory is not supported. Any memory above 2800 MHz needs OC on this board. 

 

Any hints?

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3 hours ago, raren said:

@Crunchy Dragon I checked the Memory QVL for this mobo and it looks like proposed memory is not supported. Any memory above 2800 MHz needs OC on this board. 

 

Any hints?

It'll run in your board, just not at 3000Mhz without an OC.

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For windows 10 there will be no problem, install windows 7 and download from there windows 10 iso from legally microsoft site for free:

https://www.microsoft.com/nl-nl/software-download/windows10ISO

 

As for the build you can buy these parts, also choosed the cheapes supplier to make shipping/time/cost etc easy for you:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (€153.69 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: ASRock - A320M-DGS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (€50.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (€152.74 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Mini Video Card  (€304.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: Corsair - Vengeance 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€64.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €727.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-19 16:59 CEST+0200

 

I hope i helped you.

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Last 20 hours I have been mostly reading on what is new in todays computing world with few hours of sleep and this is what I came by:

@Crunchy Dragon @Dah budget gamer666

I upped the budget a bit and switched to Ryzen 5 1600, 6GB 1060 (aorus is best availability in nearby store) and memory (picked this one because it is listed on mobo QVL capable of running at 3GHz - I read Ryzens are particulary impacted by memory clock). What do you think about this setup?

 

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

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (€153.69 @ Alternate) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  (€85.59 @ Alza) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (€185.99 @ Mindfactory) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB AORUS Video Card  (€339.90 @ Caseking) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€63.12 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €828.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-19 18:55 CEST+0200

 

 

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23 minutes ago, raren said:

Last 20 hours I have been mostly reading on what is new in todays computing world with few hours of sleep and this is what I came by:

@Crunchy Dragon @Dah budget gamer666

I upped the budget a bit and switched to Ryzen 5 1600, 6GB 1060 (aorus is best availability in nearby store) and memory (picked this one because it is listed on mobo QVL capable of running at 3GHz - I read Ryzens are particulary impacted by memory clock). What do you think about this setup?

 

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

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (€153.69 @ Alternate) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  (€85.59 @ Alza) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (€185.99 @ Mindfactory) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB AORUS Video Card  (€339.90 @ Caseking) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€63.12 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €828.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-19 18:55 CEST+0200

Looks like a really solid build, it should work very well for you.

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1 hour ago, raren said:

Last 20 hours I have been mostly reading on what is new in todays computing world with few hours of sleep and this is what I came by:

@Crunchy Dragon @Dah budget gamer666

I upped the budget a bit and switched to Ryzen 5 1600, 6GB 1060 (aorus is best availability in nearby store) and memory (picked this one because it is listed on mobo QVL capable of running at 3GHz - I read Ryzens are particulary impacted by memory clock). What do you think about this setup?

 

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

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (€153.69 @ Alternate) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  (€85.59 @ Alza) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (€185.99 @ Mindfactory) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB AORUS Video Card  (€339.90 @ Caseking) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€63.12 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €828.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-19 18:55 CEST+0200

 

 

This build is really good, especially the Ryzen 5 1600 and the GTX 1060 6GB, those component run great together!

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22 hours ago, raren said:

Hello

 

1. Budget & Location

I am thinking about 500 -750 EUR. I live in EU. I already have a 5y old case and few SSDs from dissembled laptops so no storage nor case needed.

2. Aim

I play mostly world of tanks, I want to try Frostpunk or similar non-AAA games. World of tanks is quite demanding after v.1.0 was released and my 675M even without those pesky bugs was not enough.

3. Monitors

I have one 1080p monitor. Someday maybe I will buy second one.

4. Peripherals

None needed.

5. Why are you upgrading?

My Alienware m17x R4 with GTX 675M is slowly dying, I am having constant "The Nvidia Geforce GTX 675M device is not removable and cannot be ejected or unplugged." which annoys me greatly. I am looking for cheap gaming build but I know nothing about recent hardware. The last build I did was on Radeon 4850 long time ago. 

 

BUILF SOMETHING LIKE THIS....

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  (€164.90 @ Caseking) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B360M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€92.53 @ Mindfactory) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (€152.74 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING Video Card  (€289.00 @ Caseking) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€62.35 @ Mindfactory) 
Total: €761.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-19 20:31 CEST+0200

SSD TIER LIST

 

 

CPU - Ryzen 7 3700X

Mobo - ASRock X470 Taichi

Memory - G.Skill Trident Z RGB (8x2 3200MHz) 

Storage - Sabrent Rocket 1TB - Seagate Barracuda 2TB - WD Black 1TB

GPU - MSI GeForce GTX 980Ti LIGHTNING

Case - Fractal Design Meshify C

PSU - Super Flower Leadex II Gold 650W

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