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>Have a budget, but don't know where to start? This will recommend you a parts list based on price. >Consider substituting an i5 6500 for an i3 in any RX470/480 or GTX 1060 tier build >Consider stock fan+heatsink for any i3 or locked i5 build >Consider a B150 mobo for any i3 build >Add a 240GB SSD to the "Great" tier build logicalincrements.com/
>General build advice including chipset compatibility, power supply advice, Windows activation information. pastebin.com/9Pbm4nHL (embed)
What's a good way to tidy up these fan cables and the AC'97 on the bottom?
Brandon Hall
Yes, I know I need to be using reusable ties to start. I've been making the switch gradually.
Matthew Sanders
my next builds:
workstation: > 8c * 3 GHz Zen/Summit Ridge > 64 GB ECC DDR4 > 512 GB Samsung Pro > 10 GbE NIC if on-die controller isn't exposed in SR platform > whatever RX 4xx/GTX 10xx card is on sale
gaymen box: > high clocked 4c Skylake or Kaby Lake I guess > 16-32 GB DDR4 > 512 GB Samsung Pro > Vega 10 or 1080 Ti
NAS: > Gigabyte MB10-DS4 (4c Xeon-D with onboard SFP+ 10GbE) > 32 GB ECC DDR4 > 5x 4 TB in RAID5 or equivalent > Intel 750 SSD cache
Any good HDD deals going on right now? Looking to get a 2TB and a 1TB. Just had my one and only storage drive die on me, a 3TB drive, and I'm turbomad because everything was on it. Gonna use the 1TB as dormant storage of stuff I won't often look at often, and the 2TB for active shit (music, toku, games etc).
Brayden Cox
any word on when will cryorig fans be avaible again? no shop around me has them
Also, what the hell is happening to DDR4? I only paid $68 for those 2 sticks back in June.
Luis Myers
Everyone is buying it silly. Well not me because I don't know if I should upgrade to DDR4 or not.
Noah Morgan
Get a current gen meme70.
Jacob Torres
No HDD? Bigger SSD for #2? You're already set for 2 years.
James Smith
I plan on saving for a 1080 instead of buying a 1070 now and trying to sli it later. Nope, never had an HDD in it. I was thinking about getting a 950 evo m.2
Robert Sullivan
I'm using a tv as a monitor, should I just upgrade and get a proper monitor?
Parker Mitchell
Pic related
Jaxon Scott
>saving for a 1080 Good choice. *70s don't last as long.
Nolan Miller
I don't think the performance difference is worth the price now. Maybe when it was cheaper.
Jaxson Roberts
I've had my 970 for a while, but I've been looking to upgrade it since I bought it. I don't want to do that shit again with a 1070.
Hunter Sanders
970 owner here, what's so bad about it? other than it being 3.5gb
Use: Photoshop, Illustrator, Blender (mostly modeling), After Effects (mostly compositing still images), Microsoft Visual Studio, make it Source 2 engine proof and able to play games like Red Orchestra 2 and EU4 on max
Chase Foster
Nothing wrong with it for 1080p gaming, but I want to move to high refresh and 1440p. It probably wouldn't survive that.
How big of a difference will the 1x8 RAM sticks and Mini 1060 make over 2x4 sticks and a regular 1060? I'm trying to stay around $670 here since ive always spent $150 on monitor + accessories and I want to stay under $850 (not including rebates).
Julian Butler
>t. paid Intel shill The market needs this. Intel's monopoly has given us a stagnation.
Jaxson Stewart
pcpartpicker.com/list/PWnLwV Just want to get some opinions on this build and if I might need a better power supply. I already have the GPU and PSU listed here.
David Nguyen
It wouldn't be vast. I'd get the 1x8 so you can buy another one later and run 16gb in dual channel,.
Eli Wright
If it's even remotely good I plan on buying one to go with AMD's RX 490 or whatever Vega ends up being called. I want AMD to succeed an if it can keep up with a 6 core Intel processor in any application, it should be more than good enough for my desktop needs.
Laptop will stay Intel though
Carter Peterson
Get a modular seasonic PSU instead. They're quiet and well made.
Mason Campbell
Give it to me straight desus I'm planning on buying the parts for a solid build over the next couple of months. au.pcpartpicker.com/list/bLkWBP 1. Am I memeing myself by buying parts over the course of a couple months or should I just save all the money until I'm ready to buy everything 2. Am I memeing myself with an i5 this late into their lifespan? I'm just gonna be doing some gayming on a 1440p 75hz monitor, will it bottleneck before the 1070 does? 3. Am I memeing myself with a 1070, or should I buy everything a couple weeks earlier with the cheaper 1060? 4. What's the cheapest but still decent motherboard for this build? I don't want to fork out 250 bucks for a meme gaymer board but I don't know exactly how different z170 boards get.
Nicholas Cox
Is 16 GB of RAM worth it? All current games only require 8.
Grayson Flores
It makes no discernable difference in any current game, and extra ram is easy enough to install. I'm just getting 8gb on a 1070 build.
Jack Martinez
>i7 >GTX 1080 >120GB SSD One of these does not fit
Get 3000MHz RAM Depends on what moderate gaming means, but the 1060 is for 1080p AAA games
Hudson Garcia
If you use production software, 16gb has its benefits.
(You'd) Get 3000MHz RAM Get 240GB SSD 1. Yes 2. No 3. Not for 1440p 4. 120USD, not sure about kangabux
No
Worth it for what?
Jeremiah Miller
au.pcpartpicker.com/list/YtpzFd There is some thermal compound preapplied on the cooler, but you might want to get some NT-H1 or whatever.
Aaron Sanders
Do you spread thermal paste with something like an old debit card or do you just plop it on there? I think i've been doing it wrong.
Owen Davis
I like AMD and I never said that it was going to be shit. I just said I wasn't going to hold my breath. The market needs the competition, but I don't know if AMD will be able to deliver.
Brayden Scott
Tiny dot in center of chip
Jaxson Allen
And that's it? nothing else?
Benjamin Clark
>get a nice 1440p Gsync monitor and a GTX 1070, probably a little under 1000USD Dude, I only have $400.
Jose Moore
This and then spread it like pic related for maximum concentration of thermal compound.
Bentley Butler
thanks for the (you)s and attempted (you)s fellas Last question; some guy is willing to sell me a HP computer that has an i7 chip in it and a 27 inch 1080p samsung monitor for 250 kangbux, but he doesn't know the actual product names. Should I go for it anyway?
Jose Turner
>best zen >as powerful as i7 6900k >300usd
On the 0.1% chance that's true, I'll buy one day one.
Caleb Garcia
That it's. The paste will spread itself when the heat sink is put on the cpu.
Chase Diaz
That's why I literally said "save up" right before I suggested the monitor + 1070
Joseph Ramirez
>maximum concentration
Jason Gonzalez
Maybe, you could put a 1050Ti in it but that's probably as powerful a graphics card as you can use because no PCIe power connectors in prebuilts
Tyler Anderson
I was thinking more along the lines of taking the chip out, considering i7 chips cost around 400 bucks in aus. Take out the cpu and cannabilise whatever else I can from the case and save me buying more parts.
Brody Martinez
Huh, I guess I've been doing it the wrong way then.
Andrew Lopez
pcpartpicker.com/list/b4mkgL Ayy i'm planning on buying this for gayming i have about 600$ budget. should i spend more on a i5 and buy a cheaper MOBO? i got a little upgrade on budget so i planned on buying a 70$ mATX.
Also i don't plan on buying especifically that ZOTAC 1050ti, i'm just using it as a placeholder for any 1050ti really.
Adam Rodriguez
Oh, I didn't notice. So, what til January for the 1080ti then?
Jose Miller
If I move a cpu between two different computers, will I keep the OS?
an user in the previous /pcbg/ made me paranoid about this hsf
Cryorig H7 literally disappeared in Australia, so the 212 is my backup, any replacement?
Josiah James
Move the storage drive that has the os installed on it.
Nolan Flores
>should i spend more on a i5 and buy a cheaper MOBO? If you don't plan on getting a Kaby Lake CPU, definitely yes. If you can stretch your budget just a little and don't want the mentioned Kaby Lake, get this: pcpartpicker.com/list/RLytKZ You can obviously skip the HDD and cooler since the i5-6500 has one included and maybe get a cheaper case like the N300, but this build is a quality budget silent build with reasonable power, upgradeability and reuseability.
Daniel Collins
Can I move the OS to a different storage drive then get rid of it afterwards?
Camden Sullivan
>this build Fucking why...
Samuel Edwards
Why not just get the Evo for dirt cheap? And a 620w PSU would likely accommodate you fine as well.
Christopher Baker
You could migrate the os to another drive, yes. But, get rid of what?
Nathaniel Bailey
If you keep a Z170 mobo get 3000MHz RAM For an i3 all you need is a B150 Get the RX470 instead of the GTX1050Ti, keep the i3
Yep
No but pirating windows is easy
Mason Barnes
what's wrong with it?
Ethan Garcia
thanks a lot my dude i couln't get decide since i'm not really all that great at building PC's
have this dank meme as a reward
Mason Martin
the original storage drive
Evan Green
Transfer mobo and HDD as well, if it's an OEM key
Nah m8 you're fucking up, read the other reply to your post. I can't see why people take the first reply as truth. You're on Sup Forums
Luke Myers
Yeah, you can do that.
Ian Sanchez
not that guy but your parts aren't really balanced for that build. Unnecessary PSU, Mobo etc.
Isaiah Myers
Used the guide in the OP, how does this look? Will be salvaging a 750 psu and a 1070 from my old build
Can someone confirm all this stuff is compatible?
Josiah Foster
>1070 >old build ??
Joshua Rogers
It's fine but I would prefer to have redundant storage
Dylan Bennett
I'm in a cycle of upgrade computer, then upgrade gpu, then upgrade computer, then upgrade gpu
I've been doing this for like 20 years now
Jonathan Campbell
Too much. If you have to ask, you should do some research..
Josiah Hughes
I do the same thing but every 2-3 years because I'm not rolling in dosh.
Sebastian Watson
Tryna get a pretty good, future proof build. >inb4 muh 1070 i7 meme!!! just tell me if my build will blow up anytime soon, as it's my 1st one, i have literally no idea what i'm doing
why can't the first reply be correct? also, i feel as if i'm buying the RX470 i may as well buy a 1060 3gb for like 20 bucks more and that i can't really afford
Liam Carter
I don't really expect anyone to know the answer, but here goes anyway. GTX 1080 SLI suffers from PCI-E bandwidth bottlenecks on my Z87 (4.7GHz 4790K) system, since the cards are only running at PCI-E x8 and the required bandwidth at 4K with certain techniques (temporal AA & co.) just doesn't fit.
The "obvious" solution where performance is better is a x16/x16 X99 system, but 5930K/6850K are very expensive. Does anyone know if Z87/97 mobos which come with those PLX PCI-E switches can alleviate the b/w bottleneck? I know the CPU still only has 16 lanes available, but I'm thinking that since the GPUs should only have to talk to each other for SLI data transfer, that could potentially be done through the PLX chip. I'm very happy with my CPU as far as performance goes and spending $600 on one just so I get more PCI-E lanes seems like a huge waste, not to mention that I'd have to dump my perfectly good mobo and RAM too.
Gabriel Williams
whats the best monitor i can get, budget is around 350-400 USD?
Brayden Jackson
For 1080 or 1440? Anything by Acer is relatively good for the price.
