I put together a pcparts picker build for myself but sense I'm not all to firmilliar in picking parts I thought I might ask the forums. I tried to make the build almost entirely for gaming and as good for overclocking as I could get it. My budget is $650 U.S. and I don't need any prehiphreals or an os if you edit it. This is what I have so far http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2bvH8
Any help will be much appreciated.
pretty sure if you shave much off of that you'll get a disappointing debut...
are you buying right this second or is this a christmas build? Cause I can find current deals... but they're of no use if you're not purchasing basically today yano
Mostly today because of black Friday but I could later on around the holiday season if its really worth it in your opinion
I'd upgrade the PSU to at least 650, but other than that it's pretty damn solid for the price... if you want to know whether to sit on it... look at your line graph below your parts... if it's at a low.... buy everything that's marked off... if not... wait and see if you don't need right this second...
Alright I was planning on buying the black Friday deals today and waiting for the gpu and cpu until Christmas, is everything compatible? I'm not too good with that end of things and I don't necessarily trust parts picker
I mean assuming everything has proper clearance, yea... the parts should talk to each other without any problem... I'm not gonna 3D model your setup for clearance though:P
Haha thanks for everything I appreciate it
I've found that PCPartpicker is very reliable, everything "here" fits.
This AMD Athlon x4 II 760k CPU runs native on this DDR3-2133, so the lack of the SSD isn't as noticeable. The CPU is only a 4 core, but can run BF4 with high settings and good frame rates when paired with this a R9 270X. Especially with mantle on the way.
The PSU is only 500 watts, but its reliable. If you plan on adding another R9 270X in the future and putting them in Crossfire you might want to get a 650 or 700 watt version of this PSU.
This build isn't necessarily better or worse, just what I would build for $650.
Here's mine based on ThePostMaster's build: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Maligned/saved/2Zpi
I chose a slightly slower RAM at 1866, but upgraded the Mobo to an ASUS brand one that supports PCIe 3.0 and is part of a very solid/reliable series of mobos.
I also made a second build:http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Maligned/saved/2Zpn
If you have a CD/DVD drive laying around or in an older PC, or if you don't need one and can load windows with a USB then you can ditch that and upgrade to a 760. This ASUS model has a slight overclock but has a nice cooling unit that you can overclock on.
Thanks for the recommendation, would it change anything if I went for the cheaper g skill ram at the same price? And can I ask why you chose the Asus 270x I'm just kinda curious
i don't think the 760 is much of an upgrade over the 270x... the 280x is.... but that's $100... we're talking like 5 FPS vs 20... in $50 intervals
Also are nvidia gpus gonna be able to use mantle and is it worth it to go to the 280x even if some corners have to be cut?
just FYI... most RAM will clock in at 1333 or 1600 unless you overclock it... and really unless you're running RAM intensive programs (like photoshop, powerdirector, illustrator, solidworks, mastercam, etc...) you won't particularly notice a big difference between the speed you clock your RAM at... and even then, it'll be 5 seconds less on a 30 second filter type of thing...
Now don't get me wrong, I'm a big proponent of building up a PC around a CPU/GPU combo... but shaving a little off expensive bling RAM isn't going to kill your PC
well... what do you want? ... and what do you want NOW? ... and do you mind making small upgrades in the near future over Huge upgrades in a year or two?
your main 2 investments in building a PC will always be your CPU/GPU... coincidentally... the main two advancements in technology will be in those two expensive items... if you're using this PC for gaming, your GPU will be the most significant component you buy... as to is a 280x worth it over 270x or 760? ..... you tell me...
760 vs 280x: http://www.hwcompare.com/15839/geforce-gtx-760-vs-radeon-r9-280x/
760 vs 270x: http://www.hwcompare.com/15662/geforce-gtx-760-vs-radeon-r9-270x/
if performance vs power consumption was an issue nVidia would be a monster... but unless you live in Russia with breakers that trip at 2 volts.... then AMD is just a better GPU for the price tag across the board...
If you're like me, when I buy a GPU I want to know it'll run everything on ultra awesome spectacular so a year from now I can at least play on medium settings... it's totally up to you... I just don't see how anybody can recommend nVidia anymore after the r9 290x came out... it doesn't even outdo the top end GPU that's $150 cheaper
In the CPU market.... there's an argument at least cause one has top end performance and one has price faults that ouperform
I'd rather make smaller upgrades in the future and is it possible to fit a 280x in a $650 budget?
drop the SSD (which is sold out already anyways and won't be at that price when they get more) get one later when you have the cash and upgrade to the 280x... might be 10-20 over budget but if you can't splurge for 10-20 then I dunno what to tell you haha
What build do you want me to go off of there was a lot recommended and the sad was only there because it was cheap anyways haha
gimme a minute and i'll see what strings I can pull.... builds this cheap around black friday are hard to pull off unless people have the CC ready
K, here's as close as I can get... $16 over budget...
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/DrunkenPanda/saved/2Zsd
it's also one of those "line keep going down" builds... aka BUY NOW... no SSD... 7970 GPU
Is it worth spending an extra $20-$30 for the 280x even though its just a rebadge? Does it add anything all that special?