If you want help: >State the budget for your build (and country if not the USA). >List games/software you use often, as well as your monitor resolution + refresh rate. >Clarify your goal for build improvements: lower price or improved specs?
CPUs: >G4560 - Budget builds (R5 1400 is stretching it, but I got mine to 3.9 ghz with the stock cooler. >R5 1500x - All you really need for 60fps with power to spare; Don’t get an i5 right now. >R5 1600 - Best value for higher fps gaming / mixed usage; Get a 1600x if you don't OC >R7/Xeon/Threadripper - Compute/Multitask/mixed use; Not required for just gaming.
GPUs: >Integrated CPU Graphics - Desktop stuff and very light games >RX 560 and GTX 1050Ti - Lower end budget cards, drop settings on newer games >RX570 - 1080p@60hz at high, running most maxed older games at 144+hz >GTX1060 3gb paired with a g4560 for those with a really tight budget. >RX580 and GTX1060 - 1080p@60hz maxed, 1440p@60hz at lower settings; Go for the RX580 if you can. >GTX 1070 - 1080p@144hz /1440p@60hz at high >GTX 1080 - 1080p@144hz / 1440p@60hz maxed, 4k@60hz in a few games; Probably the highest end card you need for 1080p/1440p. >GTX 1080 Ti - 1440p@144 hz and 4k@60hz maxed/high in many games; You're kind of going overboard with this one. >Titan XP - 4k@60hz maxed in most, if not all games; You don't need this unless you're curing cancer or something.
General: >ALWAYS LOOK AT PRODUCT REVIEWS! >Always consider an SSD. Try buying a large SSD for what you'd pay for your SSD+HDD combined, and add a HDD later >NVMe SSDs aren't for a faster OS boot, they're for productivity/scratch disk/VMs. NVMe and M.2 are not the same thing, M.2 is a form factor.
Please be nice to people asking questions. No fanboy arguments please.
Building a new rig from scratch. Usage will be software and games development, and some casual gaming from time to time. What do you guys think? I would like to keep it under 700 USD but apparently couldn't. Any revisions are welcome.
Picked it for an aussie friend but I don't know shit about mobos. He doesn't have a ton of cash so cost efficiency is important. Plays at 1080p, looking for solid 60fps on upcoming games (future-proofing not possible, ik ik).
Thanks!
Thomas Perry
>tfw pulled the trigger on a 480 8G for 238€ in may, kinda felt like I paid too much but the 5XX were still a bit too above my price range >tune in again now because a friend asked for advice >the same card literally do not exist under 275€+ anymore What the fuck is happening? Shouldn't 4XX go DOWN when their replacement is released?
Hudson Anderson
Also no overclocking.
Jason Taylor
So the 1060 > 980ti right?
If so is the 1080 worth buying at this point or just wait for the 1160 or whatever the next gen equivalent is called and pay Half the price
Dominic Morgan
Are those pentium builds worth a damn? I keep seeing them everywhere.
Gavin Wilson
Barracuda 2tb is cheaper right now iirc
Mason Harris
I would cut down on the SSD and get the ar5 1600. It's $50 difference and well worth it. That PSU is complete and utter garbage, get a budget 500-550w one.
You can get only 8GB ram now, and upgrade later.
Change the HDD for a Hitachi Ultrastar 3TB. It's the same price and it's more reliable.. and comes with an extra TB.
Kayden Scott
Not in this specific case.
There's crypto currency mining going on right now. And it's done by using a bunch of graphics cards working 24/7... and you know, supply and demand and that's why there's either NO cards available, or at extremely high prices.
Mason Walker
EVGA or Seasonic are always quality PSU
Nicholas Rogers
what's with the garbage cpu suggestions in the OP? no current and older games will run good on any of that shit, and it will take years before devs start to give a fuck
Brayden Cox
is this build ok or am I el retardo. I'm considering not buying the 1060 and just using my old 5770 until a 580 becomes available or something
Luke Gutierrez
I purchased a 600W VS600 from Corsair, after rebate is 24$
Did I make a mistake?
Michael Wilson
don't get an amd 3200 ddr4 costs as much as anything lower
Gavin Wright
Is the i7 7700K worth the price increase if I have a 144hz monitor? It's gonna be like almost $200 more with all things considered then a R5 1600 setup would be.
Cooper Thomas
>don't get an amd literally LITERALLY L I T T E R A L L Y why though
Ryan James
do you know if 3200 will work on that motherboard?
Levi Campbell
pcbuttpicker link?
Juan Cox
1600 can do 144 hz on games where that actually matters
Justin Ortiz
because an intel cpu that costs a few ten dollars more that is in top10 on single thread benchmarks will out perform that amd shit for any game released recently, old games and for games released several years in the future
Grayson Phillips
You're probably right. The only game I'm thinkin I might get more out of an i7 7700K is PUBG but that game is just a mess for various reasons.
Kevin Williams
Go online and read reviews. Cheap corsair are normally a miss on the hit or miss scale.
Cooper Flores
How are the 4k Ultrasharps? And is Asus quality control improved on their 4k TNs since 2015 ( when a large amount of reviews still had problems ln the third monitor they had to reorder)
Gabriel Torres
Anybody have any knowledge on Mini ITX cases? I've looked over a few and seen some builds but all in all I think the best build quality comes from something like the Node 202.
I assume that means using anything higher than 2666 on that board is useless, what mobo should I get then?
Caleb Wilson
Are Intel motherboards the same price as Ryzen motherboards? I haven't looked into it extensively just kinda guestimated because a 7700K is $125 more and it doesn't come with a cooler.
Thomas Lopez
>580 maybe next year lul
Wyatt Cruz
>580 Good luck goyim
Anthony Parker
It's Intel, what do you think?
Evan Reyes
I'm planning on building a PC pretty much as soon as possible, but I'm also moving to a big city in August.
I was wondering if it would be better to build it now, and use it for a month or so, then ship it, or should I just hold off, and build it after I move?
Evan Wilson
What do you guys mean? are they hard to get ahold of?
Austin Parker
Go look how much they are selling for Ebay right now goyim
Jack Jackson
My GTX 680 2GB is dying and I need to replace it. I'm considering the 1050Ti -- I don't really care for VR, 120Hz etc, I just want to be able to play the Witcher 3. at 1080p at midish settings smoothly, Overwatch etc. What kind of performance can I expect with an i7 3770k compared to my 680?
Jason Watson
manually lots of useful info on pcbuttpicker you can't search for like virtualization and raid controllers
Noah Powell
1050TI will do just fine.
Daniel Lewis
yes, just save up an extra $200 and buy a 1070 or wait for vega
Jaxson Garcia
eh Ill get the 480 I dont care
Michael Turner
Why that?
James Thompson
480 Isn't any easier to find
Cameron Ward
there's none on stock either and it will stay that way for a long time
Aaron Perry
...
Isaac Rogers
>Barracuda
Good brand? Sounds like trash
Kayden Nelson
Good luck goyim
Juan Carter
I want to build a linux machine for windows gpu passthrough I only play older titles but plan to play bannerlord a few games would be warband, dwarf fort, skyrim (porn mods), dragons dogma, borderlands I'd like 25 frames I have a 1440p monitor I currently use and plan to use an old vga monitor for the pass through I was recommended a pentium my budget is 700 also raid support for my 1 array
Aiden Collins
Get AMD gpus if you wanna do a passthrough, Nvidia makes it a bitch to do so but good luck getting any AMD gpus in the current climate.
Jonathan Collins
>Old asus LGA1155 motherboard just died >Running on a frankenstein rig with a 955 Black edition in it for the time being >Try to see if anywhere sells LGA1155 motherboards anymore >Only find sketchy shit on ebay >Mfw >Go completely apeshit and order a R5 1600 bundled with an MSI B350 and 16GB of 3000Mhz DDR4 Ram >Throw in a new case to replace my 12 year old husk >F to pay respects to my old i5-3570
Is the 1600 really that much of a step up from my 3570?
Jeremiah Richardson
enjoy not having to close any program ever i guess
Sebastian Hughes
Having multiple program open is more RAM dependent than CPU
Evan Foster
not when your CPU is already being the bottleneck in your games
Nolan Miller
What the fuck is wrong with people making overpriced build around an i5? Seriously triggers me.
Ian Cox
Any particular reason for AMD over nvidia? I was thinking of getting a 1050Ti. I haven't done any GPU passthrough before but it doesn't look too hard to setup.
Currently I have an i3-6100, 8GB DDR4-2133, 500GB Samdung SSD. Thought about adding an additional 8GB when I get my GPU.
Luke Cook
AMD drivers are easier to do passthrough with. Go look up the guides.
Gavin Mitchell
Gotcha. I haven't researched AMD gpus in at least 6-7 years. I guess the 560 is comparable to the 1050Ti? I work at best buy so hopefully I'll get a discount on it. I've heard AMD prices are outrageous these days due to bitcoinfags
Alexander Watson
what?
Hudson Walker
Good luck finding any stock in the first place.
Ayden Davis
Shit build. i5s seem like a huge waste of money compared to Ryzen. why not just get an i7 if you want Intel? Toshiba HDDs are garbage. I fix PCs for a living and over half of the bad hard drives I encounter are Toshibas. Also just get 1 8GB stick. It's cheaper and gives you room in case you want to bump up to 16GB later.
Luke Rodriguez
It's Seagate you mong. Barracuda is the series
Ian Robinson
>Also just get 1 8GB stick. Not him but wouldn't you run into trouble with just one stick? Or at least decreased performances?
Carter Phillips
I'll look around. I work at a big box retailer and I just saw that we have some listed online. I live in the middle of nowhere so I'm sure there aren't many crypto miners in my area.
Dylan Lopez
Any one got any idea why my PC would shut it's self off if I play a game in a larger resolution?
I can play Darksiders in any format fine unless I enlarge the window on my 2nd monitor (it's a 4k TV) then it'll instantly shut down the PC. I've been able to full screen other games without an instant crash as soon as the gameplay starts so I'm scratching my head here.
I have Hwinfo64 logs of it happening. What should I be looking for that's suspicious?
Aiden Powell
Trouble? No. You'll get a bit of a performance boost if you have 2x of the same stick running in dual-channel, but it certainly isn't bad. OP wouldn't notice any difference.
It affects integrated GPUs more than anything else, anyways.
Aaron Rogers
Look at temps.
Lucas Miller
Temps are all damn near perfect even though we're having a heat wave right now.
Nolan Murphy
Insufficient power? Trying running a power virus program like Furmark
Grayson Bailey
Could be a faulty GPU or PSU.
Wyatt Hall
rate pls
Lucas Davis
>Buys a 1800x >But buys 2400 mhz RAM >Buys FE >Razer keyboard This is cancer boys
i7700k is currently discounted heavily which is why i chose it. Gonna use it for mainly music production in ableton with a lot of vsts. The gpu is probs overkill but i dont want to run in to bottlenecks if i do choose to do other stuff with it (will be emulating for one)
Easton Edwards
If you're going to get a 7700K, get a Z270 motherboard. I'm not going to suggest Ryzen like everyone else, if only because Ableton seems to hate Ryzen processors. Beyond that, don't see an issue
Ryder Carter
>Gets unlocked CPU on a locked Mobo Lmao
Asher Collins
z270 for overclocking? doesnt intel sday not to overclock the 7700k because of heat?
Kevin Walker
The entire point of buying the K version is to overclock because it's unlocked. If you aren't going to overclock, just grab a normal 7700
Jason Anderson
Fuck off shill.
Ian Rodriguez
updated. thanks bros.
What do you guys think now?
Nolan Torres
The entire point of the K version is it's high stock clocks, the fact that it's unlocked is irrelevant to most people and rightly so: they're already getting a 4.5GHz CPU, very few of them benefit from higher than that. The 7700 doesn't have that clock advantage, and can't be overclocked to reach it.
Nolan Martin
Stop posting.
Michael Turner
Drop to 1700 or 1700x
Nathan Ramirez
why?
Jack Evans
You can overclock both to get similar performances as the 1800x but for much cheaper, and the 1800x overclocked performs barely any better.
