Tell is also building a PC

notAnAlt · Post by **notAnAlt** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 3:04 pm

You asked for suggestions. Tough shit if the way it's delivered offends you, I'm not trying to be persuasive here, just stating the facts.

Low budget builds are a waste of money. If you already know how to build a rig (which you do), there's no reason to spend 400$ on a crappy computer when you could save up and get one that can actually do things.

This guy does a great job explaining why.

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If you genuinely don't want to run anything I have no idea why you're trying to make a build. Might as well just buy some stock HP desktop and take it apart if you just want to mess with things.

Tell · Post by **Tell** » Sun Apr 12, 2015 6:51 pm

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($172.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.95 @ OutletPC)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.49 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($118.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($96.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($52.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($193.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($57.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Micro Center)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.95 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($86.89 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Acer H226HQLbid 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($116.99 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($27.87 @ Amazon)
Headphones: Logitech G430 7.1 Channel Headset ($39.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $1135.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-12 20:50 EDT-0400

Recently got a boost in the budget. What do you guys think?

Post by **Error** » Sun Apr 12, 2015 7:02 pm

I'd suggest an nvidia graphics card, but that's mainly personal preference.

Hrm. You planning on getting 2 drives and a RAID array, perchance?

Tell · Post by **Tell** » Sun Apr 12, 2015 7:15 pm

Commander Error wrote:I'd suggest an nvidia graphics card, but that's mainly personal preference.

Hrm. You planning on getting 2 drives and a RAID array, perchance?

Yes, but would I have any problems having a AMD CPU and a nvidia graphics card?

Post by **Error** » Sun Apr 12, 2015 8:23 pm

Not sure, actually. I use an Intel CPU IIRC and a GTX 460.

Professor Fenway · Post by **Professor Fenway** » Sun Apr 12, 2015 9:54 pm

No problems, I have AMD cpu and Nvidia graphics.

Chairman_Tiel · Post by **Chairman_Tiel** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 6:19 am

lol why would you

you gotta realize next to nothing in this market is proprietary, everything is designed to work with everything if it's the right part. A zotac brand nvidia 660 is exactly the same as a sapphire amd 6850 if they're both PCIe; the only difference is the GPU chip on the silicon and what's in there.

you should talk to your brother more often about this kind of thing

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