Is this PC a good build?

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  1. Posts : 12,012
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       #41

    Someone who did nothing but game might well prefer a standard hard drive and a $300 video card than an SSD and a $230 video card. And maybe a $140 CPU rather than a $190 CPU if it meant a better video card could be bought with the saved money.

    An SSD is noticeable mostly when you boot and open applications. For other stuff, it's nice, but not a night and day difference from an HDD.

    All that is stuff you have to sort out with your father and uncle.

    You've got $70 worth of headphones, mice, and keyboards that can likely be reduced if necessary.
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  2. Posts : 2,781
    Windows 10 Pro x64
    Thread Starter
       #42

    Okay i will follow your steps. I was thinking to have 3 harddrives anyway.

    2 TB
    298 GB (from my HP Laptop)
    223 GB (from my Samsung Laptop)
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  3. Posts : 2,781
    Windows 10 Pro x64
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       #43

    Now then? I have updated my build to the cheapest i can get.
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  4. Posts : 12,012
    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
       #44

    I see you got rid of the SSD and have gone with a GTX 960 2 GB video card.

    And you moved down to an i3-4150.

    Rather than an i5-4590 and a GeForce GT 630 video card.

    I'll leave it to gamers to tell you if that was wise.

    People will try to tell you that the Green drives are slow. I can tell you that they are faster than a "fast" 7200 rpm drive from say the 2011 era. Others will tell you they aren't reliable. Well, you can find horror stories on every hard drive.

    Do you need 2 TB of new storage? If not, look at the 1 TB WD blue series, for about $55.

    GeForce says this about that card:

    GeForce GTX 960 | Specifications | GeForce

    120 W Graphics Card Power (W)
    400 W Minimum Recommended System Power (W)

    So, if you are going with that card, you could probably go with a 450 watt PSU.

    I don't know how well that video card/CPU combination will play your chosen games.
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  5. Posts : 2,781
    Windows 10 Pro x64
    Thread Starter
       #45

    Well, 1TB is enough thats for sure. I'll be waiting for responses about my choice. Devlin said i cant run Advanced Warfare on it so thats a shame. I would love an i5 but thinking about the videocard i must cut off some money.
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  7. Posts : 2,781
    Windows 10 Pro x64
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       #47

    Updated.
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  8. Posts : 1,413
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit
       #48

    In terms of budget, getting an AMD card will cut your budget down, you can get a 3GB 280X a lot cheaper than gtx960, could also get a top end AMD CPU cheaper than intel as well, i3 i wouldn't recommend for high end gaming due to it only being a dual core, where as most games are now having quad cores as minimum requirements. Il spec a build for you for your budget and see what i can come up with.
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  9. Posts : 1,413
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit
       #49

    • *BASE_PRICE: [+829]
    • BLUETOOTH: None
    • CABLE: None
    • CAS: NZXT Source 340 Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ USB 3.0, Side-Panel Window [+9] (White/Black Color)
    • CASUPGRADE: None
    • CD: None [-13]
    • CD2: None
    • COOLANT: Standard Coolant
    • CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.50 GHz Eight-Core AM3+ CPU 8MB L2 Cache & Turbo Core Technology
    • CS_FAN: Maximum 120MM Case Cooling Fans for your selected case [+9]
    • DOCKINGSTATION: None
    • ENGRAVING: None
    • FA_HDD: None
    • FAN: AMD Certified CPU Fan & Heatsink [-30]
    • FLASHMEDIA: None
    • FREEBIE_TB: None
    • GLASSES: None
    • HDD: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)
    • HDD2: None
    • HEADSET: Cooler Master Storm Ceres-300 Gaming Headset [+35]
    • HS_HANGER: None
    • IUSB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
    • KEYBOARD: AZZA Multimedia USB Gaming Keyboard
    • MEMORY: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/2133MHz Dual Channel Memory (ADATA XPG V3)
    • MONITOR: 24" Widescreen 1920x1080 ASUS VS247H-P 1080P (23.6" Viewable) 2ms LED Backlight, DVI, HDMI Input [+169] (Single Monitor)
    • MOPAD: None
    • MOTHERBOARD: ASRock Fatal1ty 970 Performance AMD 970 ATX w/ 1 GbLAN, 3 PCIe x16, 2 PCIe x1, 1 PCI, 1 M.2 [+26]
    • MOUSE: AZZA Optical 1600dpi Gaming Mouse with Weight Adjustable Cartridge
    • NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
    • OS: Windows 7 Professional [+31] (64-bit Edition)
    • OVERCLOCK: No Overclocking
    • POWERSUPPLY: 550 Watts - Corsair CSM Series CS550M 80 Plus Gold Certified Modular Ultra Quiet Power Supply [+54]
    • RUSH: Standard Process Time: Ship within 8 Business Day
    • SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR [3 Year Labor, 1 Year Parts] LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT
    • SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
    • SPEAKERS: None
    • TEMP: None
    • TVRC: None
    • USBFLASH: None
    • USBHD: None
    • USBX: None
    • VIDEO: AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card (Single Card)
    • WNC: None
    • _PRICE: (+1119)
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  10. Posts : 2,781
    Windows 10 Pro x64
    Thread Starter
       #50

    Can you please make another build, all the parts are not in the list and most parts are priceless(they have no price).
    Last edited by Laith; 01 Mar 2015 at 05:30.
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