How does this look for a starting PC that can eventually be upgraded?
https://pcpartpicker.com/guide/kfttt6/modest-gaming-build
https://pcpartpicker.com/guide/kfttt6/modest-gaming-build
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The only thing i would suggest to change to CPU to a 6600K at least. The CPU isn't something you are going to change for years (at this rate they progress, this CPU should still be good enough +5 years later), you spending the extra 30-40$ for a OC able CPU (and ofc higher base clock) is very well worth it imho.
So yes, it is going to be pushing the budged a bit, but when all is done, you will see that it was worth it the years to come.
Darkstorne
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As a 2600k owner who is still GPU-bound by modern games (with a GTX 970), I can't agree with this enough =D
2500 owners have been starting to feel the age of their CPUs, but the 2600k just keeps on going.
Pegasus Actual
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I built a new PC for my brother while visiting for Christmas. The problem is I only tested the audio using the front panel connector. When he plugged his new speakers into the back of the mobo he is only getting good sound from one speaker (and very faint audio from the other). Speakers test good elsewhere. Same problem with headphones. Front panel audio is still good. Motherboard is an MSI Z170A Gaming Pro Carbon.
Returning the mobo would be a bit of a nightmare since I'm 2,000 miles away now and his computer teardown/rebuild skills are limited. Anyone have any ideas? I don't know if I've ever heard of a bad audio jack on one of these things out of the box. I'll try to call MSI support tomorrow when they're open I guess but I'm not expecting much. He seems somewhat OK with using the front panel headphone jack with his speakers. I don't know if I like that solution. Maybe an add-on sound-card?
Returning the mobo would be a bit of a nightmare since I'm 2,000 miles away now and his computer teardown/rebuild skills are limited. Anyone have any ideas? I don't know if I've ever heard of a bad audio jack on one of these things out of the box. I'll try to call MSI support tomorrow when they're open I guess but I'm not expecting much. He seems somewhat OK with using the front panel headphone jack with his speakers. I don't know if I like that solution. Maybe an add-on sound-card?
JonnyDBrit
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So, after some deliberation - and seeing Amazon's little discount code - I'm thinking I'll grab the Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3P. More affordable for me, but still gives me some options for the future.
My question then, is that since I'm currently using an Asus 970 Pro Gaming aura, what should I look out for in, well, changing over my motherboard? I currently have some Asus software installed which I imagine could get rather confused if there's Gigabyte hardware in its place.
My question then, is that since I'm currently using an Asus 970 Pro Gaming aura, what should I look out for in, well, changing over my motherboard? I currently have some Asus software installed which I imagine could get rather confused if there's Gigabyte hardware in its place.
If he did this he would also need a z series board. The 6400 is fine and if he needs to upgrade the 7700k would be a hell of a jump a couple years down the road.
TC McQueen
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There's like 6 jacks on the back of the Mobo. He has to test all of them, because the speaker systems only accept full output through one jack. I had the same problem with my speaker set until I figured out which jack was the right one (IIRC, it was the center channel, but I dunno what color that matches).
OK guys. My final build and I think it's time to finally pull the trigger. My original goal of $750 ended up being passed by a few bucks. My decision with help from you guys pushed me to the 6600K from the 6500, and of course a Z mobo had to follow. Oh, and more expensive ram, but hey, that's life I guess.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($234.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX 400 74.3 CFM CPU Cooler ($24.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($153.49 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LED 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($104.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: PNY CS1311 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.55 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 480 8GB GTR Video Card ($259.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.33 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1047.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-20 10:18 EST-0500
Is this a decent enough build to allow me a year or two of, well, not spending anymore money and still have a relevant machine? Any last words, changes, etc. before I pull the trigger?
I'm ordering before the end of the day.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($234.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX 400 74.3 CFM CPU Cooler ($24.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($153.49 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LED 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($104.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: PNY CS1311 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.55 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 480 8GB GTR Video Card ($259.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.33 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1047.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-20 10:18 EST-0500
Is this a decent enough build to allow me a year or two of, well, not spending anymore money and still have a relevant machine? Any last words, changes, etc. before I pull the trigger?
I'm ordering before the end of the day.
In many cases pcie ssds are actually slower as boot drives vs conventional ssds. However for tasks like scrubbing a 4K video file in Adobe Premiere or working with large data sets they are significantly faster. In some games like GTA V and Fallout 4 you will also notice a slight difference in game load times.
Solid build. Easily get three years before needing upgrades.
Lactose_Intolerant
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Time for your brother to learn. It isn't like it is complicated, give him a guide and tell him to read the mobo manual.
Tell him to take a picture of the insides.
noomi
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My Corsair Carbide 400r case started to short out my motherboard, and I didn't want to be bothered finding what the problem was (something with the power switch) so I set out to buy a new Case.
Purchased the Corsair 400c , very nice case and also an improvement in many ways over the 400r, but it is a tight and cable management can be a pain.... patience is the key.
Anyone else using the 400c and run into issues with cabling?
Purchased the Corsair 400c , very nice case and also an improvement in many ways over the 400r, but it is a tight and cable management can be a pain.... patience is the key.
Anyone else using the 400c and run into issues with cabling?
H60 showed up early!
I replaced the H50 with the H60 and also move the radiator from the back to the front of the case, switched it from an outake fan to an intake fan and this has seemingly done the trick!
Idle temps are still the same, hovering between 20-30 but I am now able to crank it up to 4.6gHz at 1.395 volt hitting below or at 80 C on the AIDA64 stress test.
I think I will leave it at that for now and see if its stable for the next few days as I only ran the AIDA stress test for 15 minutes. Might lower the voltage by .5 or so and see if its still stable as well.
You will be very, very happy with this. Upgrade to Vega for 4k in a year if you want and you'll be good to go for a long time. Otherwise this will last 4-5 years anyway.
UND3RxOATH
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I'm in the market for a new Wireless Network Card (PCI is fine). What's a good get that's not going to break the bank? I currently have a TP Link 4800 but it's been extremely spotty.
Thank you guys. This thread has been so helpful.
I hope everything works when I put together my first PC. Fingers crossed.
I bought it a little cheaper than that ($475 - $75 special from ebates - $25 dell rewards) and I absolutely love it. Awesome screen and I can never go back from 144hz/Gsync. People will tell you not to get it since it isn't an IPS screen, but I love it. I have it paired with a 27" Dell Ultrasharp IPS and they both look fantastic.
TC McQueen
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Not sure. Every time I see an AC card in the same price range as the TP-Link 4800, it has a lot more reviews with issues.
This doesnt seem so optimum.
I think that is 3000Mhz rram for that price, which wont run more than 2133mhz on H170.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£215.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£28.49 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard (£119.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£92.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£77.10 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 4GB GAMING X Video Card (£221.96 @ More Computers)
Case: Fractal Design Define Nano S Mini ITX Desktop Case (£57.35 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: be quiet! STRAIGHT POWER 10 500W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£65.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £879.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-20 17:39 GMT+0000
Dave_6
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Yes, I paid $499 at BB a couple of days ago. No regrets though, plus I finally got a ICC profile I liked and now it looks great!
I was using a VG248QE as well and it is still hooked up beside the new Dell.
UND3RxOATH
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Crazy! It's annoying playing a game and all of a sudden I'll disconnect from the game and reconnect moments later. Any suggestions on anything slightly more expensive?
This is what I use now. - http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5660#ov
Appears on Amazon for $30. Intel 8260.
About to order a 7700K.
How's this
Mobo: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132566&ignorebbr=1
Ram: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820236038&ignorebbr=1
How's this
Mobo: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132566&ignorebbr=1
Ram: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820236038&ignorebbr=1
It will not boot Kaby lake without a BIOS update. So be careful.
I doubt any z170 stock has the latest bios.
Bloodember
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If your getting a 7700K, don't skimp on the mobo, the Z170's are from last year and are designed for the 6000 series chips, go with a Z270 mobo. This one should be good Asus Prime Z270-K
The Ram should be good though.
Jumping on with everyone else, there's no point in getting a Z170 board when Z270 boards can be had for the same price or cheaper.
No. If you want to overclock an overclockable chip, you'd need a different motherboard. If you have no intention of ever overclocking, then get the cheaper H series board, and non-K chip (which comes with a cooler, saving even more money).
That all said - the 4.2ghz i7 7700K is hella fast even before overclocking, and I easily recommend it to people who don't want to overclock anyway. But it's a couple hundred more, and i'm sure an i5-6400 would be more than enough for you for a few years.
The memory is 2400Mhz.
Thanks for your part suggestions. However, I don't need to overclock and that case requires a blower style GPU. Also, I'm never buying a nonmodular PSU again.
Somehow PSU types slipped my research, and I ended up with this god awful Corsair VS550, made only worse by the fact I am doing a small form factor ITX build.
Wowfunhappy
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That requires actual effort though.
It's kinda ghetto but I've found this to be really useful.
Oh, this is neat. Are they any products I can buy that would do something like this except not be made out of cardboard? I don't save my empty rolls...
Somebody know the difference between these two?
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB £87.99
model: MZ-75E250B/EU
Samsung 850 EVO MZ-75E250W 250GB Solid State Drive - 5 Year UK Warranty and FFP packaging £74.99
model: MZ-75E250BW/EU
According to this it might be only warranty? where the cheaper has better warranty?
It also has longer delivery time and another packaging.
But there isn't any performance differences right?
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB £87.99
model: MZ-75E250B/EU
Samsung 850 EVO MZ-75E250W 250GB Solid State Drive - 5 Year UK Warranty and FFP packaging £74.99
model: MZ-75E250BW/EU
According to this it might be only warranty? where the cheaper has better warranty?
It also has longer delivery time and another packaging.
But there isn't any performance differences right?
Bloodember
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Looks like just the packaging, not sure about warranty as the other one doesn't state it anywhere, unless I missed it.
You seem to be limiting yourself for no reason.
I have an ITX build that is much smaller and i do not run a blower style cooler. That is old school strategy. My GTX 970 is pushing well over 230W in a Node 304. Plus a CPU pushing over 120W. All air cooled with fans set for ultimate silence - quieter than the AIO you have chosen.
Since TDP has dropped a lot, we dont need blower cards anymore.
Fair on the non modular stance, modular is preferred here, but yes the corsair is not so good.
Rather than spend on money on CPU cooling - which there is no use for with a non K chip, get a system which can be overclocked to stretch the systems legs for a few more years! You dont want to regret this down the line, think of people who bought the i5 2500 vs 2500k. You are talking 3 years of use vs 5. Remember your only upgrade path is i7, which will be pointless in 3 years.
I have the z270 motherboard Bloodember mentioned. It's more than enough for what you want, and it's quite cheap considering some of the other asus z270 boards.
I also have that ram (4 dims in my case due to a mistake by amazon that sent 2 sets of ram by mistake). If you go with the motherboard recommended make sure to check the clock speed of the ram in the motherboard BIOS/UEFI. It was set to 2133 mhz initially.
Nyteshade517
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could try and buy some PVC pipes like that...since they come in different sizes could be easy to find ones that would fit your needs
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157739
I think Imma roll with this.
Getting cold feet tho, I really want to know the GPU roadmap for this year. I don't want to get this now, and have to wait til June to grab the new high end.
I think Imma roll with this.
Getting cold feet tho, I really want to know the GPU roadmap for this year. I don't want to get this now, and have to wait til June to grab the new high end.
opticalmace
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What's your current system like?
ph1l0z0ph3r
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Yea switched the ram and PSU and ordered a GTX 1070 already on the side
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LED 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($124.89 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $194.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-20 14:48 EST-0500
opticalmace
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You could grab the new CPU etc now and use the 780 Ti for a little bit, if you're trying to hold out for the 1080 Ti or something.
CybernatonEvolution
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I just can't find a decent mid-high range Z97 motherboard. The Asus Z97I-plus is out of stock, and so are a lot of Z97 mini ITX motherboards. I guess it is time to move to Skylake and have a new 150$ Z97 motherboard around collecting dust.
Edit: I do find 60-120$ ones but not on Amazon (I have issues ordering from other websites/retailers).
Edit: I do find 60-120$ ones but not on Amazon (I have issues ordering from other websites/retailers).
Pakoe
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I'm looking to upgrade from the VG248QE as well, need to take a look at the Dell i guess.
Definitely, or even the end AMD but they both seem no where in sight
TatteredHat
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Deciding on a new monitor, wondering if it's worth buying a 24" with G-Sync over a 27" without. The rest of the specs are pretty much equal. (1440p, 144+ hz, TN Panels)
Pegasus Actual
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That's not the problem, I verified over desktop sharing software that the connection was detected on the correct port. And I have a similar MSI board on mine with an identical speaker layout in the back.
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