Old is Gold???

[Luqman Khan]

I live in Pakistan and have a budget of around 85,000 Rs. (=737$) for a PC build. After a lot of research, I think I will be going with these parts for my first build ( I don't need any storage cuz' I have an hdd). All of these are available in my country in a used condition (except the coolers):-

 

CPU:              Core i7-4770k                                                        (130$)

MOBO:          Gigabyte Z97X Gaming 3                                       (91$)  

GPU:              Zotac AMP GTX 1060 6gb                                     (286$)

RAM:             Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600MHz 4x4=16GB     (87$)

PSU:              Corsair CX500W PSU                                             (21$)

CASE:            Corsair 400C                                                          (61$)

COOLER-1:   Hyper 212 EVO (New)                                             (31$)

                                   OR

COOLER-2:   MasterLiquid Lite 120 (New)                                    (47$)

 

 

Total: 707-723$ (Satisfies my budget)

 

Q.1) Are all of these compatible with each other (especially the cooler)?

Q.2) Is this a good buy?

Q.4) Any bottleneck?

 

[Princess Luna]

yes

maybe depends your country specific economy, doesn't seem bad at all though.

no bottleneck outside maybe memory frequency, might want to try overclocking it past 1600mhz.

[79wjd]

Everything is compatible and is well balanced. I'd opt for an air cooler rather than a 120mm AIO (since 120mm AIOs are generally just more expensive for the same performance). Also get a different PSU -- anything >= 450w from tier 1-3 from the PSU tier list in my signature. 

[gbergeron]

4 minutes ago, Luqman Khan said:

I live in Pakistan and have a budget of around 85,000 Rs. (=737$) for a PC build. After a lot of research, I think I will be going with these parts for my first build ( I don't need any storage cuz' I have an hdd). All of these are available in my country in a used condition (except the coolers):-

 

CPU:              Core i7-4770k                                                        (130$)

MOBO:          Gigabyte Z97X Gaming 3                                       (91$)  

GPU:              Zotac AMP GTX 1060 6gb                                     (286$)

RAM:             Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600MHz 4x4=16GB     (87$)

PSU:              Corsair CX500W PSU                                             (21$)

CASE:            Corsair 400C                                                          (61$)

COOLER-1:   Hyper 212 EVO (New)                                             (31$)

                                   OR

COOLER-2:   MasterLiquid Lite 120 (New)                                    (47$)

 

 

Total: 707-723$ (Satisfies my budget)

 

Q.1) Are all of these compatible with each other (especially the cooler)?

Q.2) Is this a good buy?

Q.4) Any bottleneck?

 

Looks good

 

1 bottleneck tho : the HDD

 

Consider getting a 120 GB SSD for OS at least this will be a game changer for your overall performance.

The HDD will slow you down

[Crunchy Dragon]

18 minutes ago, gbergeron said:

Looks good

 

1 bottleneck tho : the HDD

 

Consider getting a 120 GB SSD for OS at least this will be a game changer for your overall performance.

The HDD will slow you down

I respectfully disagree.

 

The HDD isn't going to slow down the system or hold anything back from performing as it would normally.

[gbergeron]

15 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

I respectfully disagree.

 

The HDD isn't going to slow down the system or hold anything back from performing as it would normally.

OS loading time, OS responding time, ALL apps installed on the HDD Chrome internet office etc

 

Games loading time

 

FPS won't change

[Luqman Khan]

Thanks to all for bringing life in me. I though this build of mine was going to be criticized again.

22 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

Everything is compatible and is well balanced. I'd opt for an air cooler rather than a 120mm AIO (since 120mm AIOs are generally just more expensive for the same performance). Also get a different PSU -- anything >= 450w from tier 1-3 from the PSU tier list in my signature. 

So what about this PSU:-

 

Corsair Gaming Series GS700    (61$)

[Ordinarily_Greater]

40 minutes ago, Luqman Khan said:

Q.1) Are all of these compatible with each other (especially the cooler)?

Q.2) Is this a good buy?

Q.4) Any bottleneck?

first, yes the parts are all compatible

second, i guess so i mean a 4770K isn't that bad so i think it will be able to give a good gaming experience. And for that price, yeah

fourth, no bottleneck in this configuration

 

my question: is the graphics card also in an used condition? just be cautious if it's been used for mining 

[Luqman Khan]

40 minutes ago, gbergeron said:

Looks good

 

1 bottleneck tho : the HDD

 

Consider getting a 120 GB SSD for OS at least this will be a game changer for your overall performance.

The HDD will slow you down

If budget allowed, I might go with the SSD as well:-

 

Kingston SSD Now v300 (120-GB)   (31$)

[Ordinarily_Greater]

2 minutes ago, Luqman Khan said:

Thanks to all for bringing life in me. I though this build of mine was going to be criticized again.

So what about this PSU:-

 

Corsair Gaming Series GS700    (61$)

if you can, find the seasonic Focus Plus series. It is a good PSU

 

now for the GS700, it is tier 4 i wouldn't recommend it especially for the price

[Luqman Khan]

2 minutes ago, Ordinarily_Greater said:

first, yes the parts are all compatible

second, i guess so i mean a 4770K isn't that bad so i think it will be able to give a good gaming experience. And for that price, yeah

fourth, no bottleneck in this configuration

 

my question: is the graphics card also in an used condition? just be cautious if it's been used for mining 

I don't think he will be doing any mining stuff as we Pakistanis know less about these things (including me, lol). These are the words in the description of his add:-

 

" Slightly used Zotac AMP Edition 6GB Card. , only used for playing Skyrim. Selling because i am buying a Rizen Laptop. Price is negotiable. Thank you. "

 

Link: https://www.olx.com.pk/item/zotac-gtx-1060-amp-6gb-IDV5mpS.html#ff25c79f6f

[Ordinarily_Greater]

4 minutes ago, Luqman Khan said:

I don't think he will be doing any mining stuff as we Pakistanis know less about these things (including me, lol). These are the words in the description of his add:-

 

" Slightly used Zotac AMP Edition 6GB Card. , only used for playing Skyrim. Selling because i am buying a Rizen Laptop. Price is negotiable. Thank you. "

 

Link: https://www.olx.com.pk/item/zotac-gtx-1060-amp-6gb-IDV5mpS.html#ff25c79f6f

ok then i guess you can negotiate to like $240

yeah and i only expect the tech nerds in pakistan are little

[Crunchy Dragon]

11 minutes ago, Luqman Khan said:

Zotac AMP Edition 6GB Card

If you can, avoid Zotac cards. They're prone to VRM problems due to bad cooling.

[Luqman Khan]

1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

If you can, avoid Zotac cards. They're prone to VRM problems due to bad cooling.

Well, there is an MSI card being sold at 251$ (its some white fan version, maybe Armor). But he has not uploaded a picture from front. If I found his card working, then I might go for that.

 

Link: https://www.olx.com.pk/item/gtx-1060-6g-IDV4PRM.html#ff25c79f6f

[Crunchy Dragon]

Just now, Luqman Khan said:

Well, there is an MSI card being sold at 251$ (its some white fan version, maybe Armor). But he has not uploaded a picture from front. If I found his card working, then I might go for that.

 

Link: https://www.olx.com.pk/item/gtx-1060-6g-IDV4PRM.html#ff25c79f6f

I've heard problems with the MSI Armor cards as well, although those were all 1070 and higher models.

[Luqman Khan]

1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

I've heard problems with the MSI Armor cards as well, although those were all 1070 and higher models.

MSI GTX 1060 6GT OC   (303$)

 

Now, this card is going to disturb my budget. I don't think the other two might cause serious problems because I have no intentions of seriously overclocking the GPU (at least right now)

[Luqman Khan]

Is this a good deal:-

 

PSU: Corsair TX-M Series TX550M (85$)

[Luqman Khan]

1 hour ago, djdwosk97 said:

Everything is compatible and is well balanced. I'd opt for an air cooler rather than a 120mm AIO (since 120mm AIOs are generally just more expensive for the same performance). Also get a different PSU -- anything >= 450w from tier 1-3 from the PSU tier list in my signature. 

Q:1) Will the 212-Evo fit in 400C?

Q:2) Is this a good deal?    Corsair TX-M Series TX550M (85$)

[79wjd]

3 minutes ago, Luqman Khan said:

Q:1) Will the 212-Evo fit in 400C?

Yes

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Q:2) Is this a good deal?    Corsair TX-M Series TX550M (85$)

Whether it's a good deal depends on pricing in your area. If it's priced well compared to other tier 1-2 units, then yes, otherwise, no. 

[Luqman Khan]

24 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

Whether it's a good deal depends on pricing in your area. If it's priced well compared to other tier 1-2 units, then yes, otherwise, no. 

So is this the same as above but with a lower price?:-

 

Cooler Master MasterWatt 550 Power Supply   (70$)

[Luqman Khan]

Thank you friends. I hope you agree with the final form of the build (SSD will be bought later )

 

CPU:             Core i7-4770k                                                                         (130$)
MOBO:         Gigabyte Z97X Gaming 3                                                        (91$)
GPU:            MSI GTX 1060 6gb Armor                                                        (251$)
RAM:            Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600MHz 4x4=16GB                      (87$)
PSU:             CoolerMaster MasterWatt 550W                                             (70$)
CASE:          Corsair 400C                                                                           (61$)
COOLER:     Hyper 212 EVO                                                                       (31$)

 

Total: 721$ (in my budget of 737$)

Edited June 10, 2018 by Luqman Khan

[gbergeron]

36 minutes ago, Luqman Khan said:

Thank you friends. I hope you agree with the final form of the build (SSD will be bought later )

 

CPU:             Core i7-4770k                                                                         (130$)
MOBO:         Gigabyte Z97X Gaming 3                                                        (91$)
GPU:            MSI GTX 1060 6gb Armor                                                        (251$)
RAM:            Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600MHz 4x4=16GB                      (87$)
PSU:             CoolerMaster MasterWatt 550W                                             (70$)
CASE:          Corsair 400C                                                                           (61$)
COOLER:     Hyper 212 EVO                                                                       (31$)

 

Total: 721$ (in my budget of 737$)

Try to cheap out the case maybe and the motherboard maybe and even the PSU to fit an SSD !!!!

 

The biggest bottleneck of this decade is the HDD

[Luqman Khan]

1 hour ago, gbergeron said:

Try to cheap out the case maybe and the motherboard maybe and even the PSU to fit an SSD !!!!

 

The biggest bottleneck of this decade is the HDD

I think I have to go hard on my pocket instead.

[79wjd]

6 hours ago, gbergeron said:

Try to cheap out the case maybe and the motherboard maybe and even the PSU to fit an SSD !!!!

 

The biggest bottleneck of this decade is the HDD

Cheaping out on a PSU to fit in an SSD is absolutely horrible advice.....

7 hours ago, Luqman Khan said:

Thank you friends. I hope you agree with the final form of the build (SSD will be bought later )

 

CPU:             Core i7-4770k                                                                         (130$)
MOBO:         Gigabyte Z97X Gaming 3                                                        (91$)
GPU:            MSI GTX 1060 6gb Armor                                                        (251$)
RAM:            Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600MHz 4x4=16GB                      (87$)
PSU:             CoolerMaster MasterWatt 550W                                             (70$)
CASE:          Corsair 400C                                                                           (61$)
COOLER:     Hyper 212 EVO                                                                       (31$)

 

Total: 721$ (in my budget of 737$)

Looks good. 

[gbergeron]

5 hours ago, djdwosk97 said:

Cheaping out on a PSU to fit in an SSD is absolutely horrible advice.....

Looks good. 

Not saying to buy a goddamn defect PSU....

 

Buying performance parts with HDD is a mistake.

 

If OP can't fit it in his budget, there a mistake in the build somewhere.