My first gaming computer

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is the rx 480 with getting instead of the r9 380/x? this is going to be my first gaming computer and i think this will be good for me. i already have 12 gigs of ddr3 ram. is there anything that could be improved before going over 700$ or even just a tiny bit over?

thanks

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Go skylake

and yes wait for the 480 after market cards most likely

I'd just sell that DDR3 man, and then pick up the GPU when you get a chance, or drop to the i3 6100 which is still fine for gaming, since it has 4 threads

the haswell i5 won't be horrible exactly, it's just that you almost might as well go for skylake if possible

and I would suggest that you buy a WD red 2TB if you want a 2TB hard drive for whatever reason

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/8sXpbj
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/8sXpbj/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($197.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI B150M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($61.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($29.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380X 4GB DD XXX OC Video Card ($233.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $675.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-30 03:31 EDT-0400

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RX 480 is faster by a big margin over R9 380x, but if I were you I'd wait for custom board partners for RX 480. Unless you plan on staying at stocks and your rig absolutely must have a blower design. Gamer Nexus did a tear down on it and it shows you just how lackluster the stock is.

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is there a release date or anything saying when the other custom boards will be out?

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probably a few weeks like the 10xx cards

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He refers to allen key/hex drive as proprietary facepalm

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Oh just wait, that gets better

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would that computer run most games at 1080p at a pretty good frame rate?

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Just look up 480 benchmarks man, it's pretty 1080p 60fps ultra settings capable,

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I love big coolers.
Thanks for reminding me of the existance of that channel!