How to build a PC
by
Sevoo
May 24, 2015 at 3:05 PM UTC
So I recently got permission to make a PC from my parents, in condition of me doing to research and the parts not being expensive.
Could anyone give me a guide? I want the PC being good enough to hold a steady 60 FPS on most games, and good enough for everyday stuff (Internet browsing, watching vids in HD, word, etc)
Get an SSD; it really boosts your PC's performance a lot.
I'm sure this is a good idea, but one of my tech-savvy friends told me that SSD's break fairly often (about once a year), making them a bit unstable. Don't quote me on this, but it's something to do some research on before getting one :p
This is a good build however, I think a 4th Gen Intel Core i3 with Hyperthreading will outperform a 2nd Gen i5. Also, Sevo needs a monitor, OS, WiFi adapter and DVD drive therefore making his budget a bit hard to work with. The GTX 750 I chose for him is EVGA so he can use the Step-Up Program to upgrade it easily instead of having to pay full price for a new one. Also, I would not recommend AMD, specially CPUs.
I'm sure this is a good idea, but one of my tech-savvy friends told me that SSD's break fairly often (about once a year), making them a bit unstable. Don't quote me on this, but it's something to do some research on before getting one :p
I've used the same SSD for over four years, and it's still working perfectly fine.
His pick is alright. I would definately go for more than 4GB of RAM though. Also your processor should not be i3 as it cannot overclock when you need it to. Here is my part list if you want to look at it (It is a bit expensive though) ----> http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/kycTxr
His pick is alright. I would definately go for more than 4GB of RAM though. Also your processor should not be i3 as it cannot overclock when you need it to. Here is my part list if you want to look at it (It is a bit expensive though) ----> http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/kycTxr
Of course this is better, it's $300 more than what his budget allows.
This is a good build however, I think a 4th Gen Intel Core i3 with Hyperthreading will outperform a 2nd Gen i5. Also, Sevo needs a monitor, OS, WiFi adapter and DVD drive therefore making his budget a bit hard to work with. The GTX 750 I chose for him is EVGA so he can use the Step-Up Program to upgrade it easily instead of having to pay full price for a new one. Also, I would not recommend AMD, specially CPUs.
aaah, I thought $500-600 was just the PC itself xD Although despite that i5 being 2nd gen, it just manages to outperform the i3, although the i3 is a lot cheaper, so it's a better choice :P
AMD build - http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mxp2GX This time including OS - win7, 1080p monitor and DVD drive ---> $680 USD - FX 6300 - 8GB RAM - r9 270 - 600w PSU
His pick is alright. I would definately go for more than 4GB of RAM though. Also your processor should not be i3 as it cannot overclock when you need it to. Here is my part list if you want to look at it (It is a bit expensive though) ----> http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/kycTxr
Absolutely horrible. CPU can't be overclocked, no need for a water cooler with a locked CPU or even an unlocked one most of the time. Motherboard is overpriced. Way more RAM than what is needed. Overpriced laptop drive. The GPU and case just cost too much for what you get.
My budget is 600-700$ and I will be getting windows 7
The RAM will be 6-8 GB since I will buy a new stick.
The build itself is good enough, I dont need extreme RAM, or a overpriced unmatchable GPU, and that sort of stuff. All I need now is a guide to build a PC.
His pick is alright. I would definately go for more than 4GB of RAM though. Also your processor should not be i3 as it cannot overclock when you need it to. Here is my part list if you want to look at it (It is a bit expensive though) ----> http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/kycTxr
Absolutely horrible. CPU can't be overclocked, no need for a water cooler with a locked CPU or even an unlocked one most of the time. Motherboard is overpriced. Way more RAM than what is needed. Overpriced laptop drive. The GPU and case just cost too much for what you get.
Jeez the hate is real.
If your such of a expert then, can you suggest a good build that will hold around 80 fps for all FPS games and over 100 fps for games like minecraft? My budget is $600 to $1000
If your such of a expert then, can you suggest a good build that will hold around 80 fps for all FPS games and over 100 fps for games like minecraft? My budget is $600 to $1000
I can't tell if you're being serious and if you really need help. If you do, a $400 difference in budget is too much. You need something more specific.
My budget is 600-700$ and I will be getting windows 7
The RAM will be 6-8 GB since I will buy a new stick.
The build itself is good enough, I dont need extreme RAM, or a overpriced unmatchable GPU, and that sort of stuff. All I need now is a guide to build a PC.
There are a lot of good guides out there, when I was in the process of researching I watched a lot of videos so by the time I had the parts to build my PC, I knew what to do. However, I did still follow a video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsyxM_j3Y4U) to make sure I was doing things correctly.
If your such of a expert then, can you suggest a good build that will hold around 80 fps for all FPS games and over 100 fps for games like minecraft? My budget is $600 to $1000
Not hate, honest feedback. What country are you from?
Overclocking is basically increasing the speed of your CPU and/or GPU. It's pretty much free extra performance, however, overclocking results in higher temperatures and TDP so you'll need to have good enough cooling and a Power Supply that can handle it. The build I put together for you does not have an overclockable processor, the cheapest overclockable Quad-Core CPU from Intel is the i5 which is like $200 more. There is also a $70 Pentium but that is a Dual-Core so I wouldn't recommend it, especially since you said you wanted to record. The i3 is also a Dual-Core but it has Hyperthreading so it acts as a Quad-Core.
Overclocking is basically increasing the speed of your CPU and/or GPU. It's pretty much free extra performance, however, overclocking results in higher temperatures and TDP so you'll need to have good enough cooling and a Power Supply that can handle it. The build I put together for you does not have an overclockable processor, the cheapest overclockable Quad-Core CPU from Intel is the i5 which is like $200 more. There is also a $70 Pentium but that is a Dual-Core so I wouldn't recommend it, especially since you said you wanted to record. The i3 is also a Dual-Core but it has Hyperthreading so it acts as a Quad-Core.
Vewy nice, I like how you thought this through, and btw, I dont need a WIFI adapter, because I already have a USB one, and its very good.
There are a lot of good guides out there, when I was in the process of researching I watched a lot of videos so by the time I had the parts to build my PC, I knew what to do. However, I did still follow a video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsyxM_j3Y4U) to make sure I was doing things correctly.
I just looked at the tutorial, and it seems pretty easy. I only have 2 questions.
1: Do all the plugs come with the parts, or do I have to buy them? 2: I saw that theres a fan in the video, will I have one?
Overclocking is basically increasing the speed of your CPU and/or GPU. It's pretty much free extra performance, however, overclocking results in higher temperatures and TDP so you'll need to have good enough cooling and a Power Supply that can handle it. The build I put together for you does not have an overclockable processor, the cheapest overclockable Quad-Core CPU from Intel is the i5 which is like $200 more. There is also a $70 Pentium but that is a Dual-Core so I wouldn't recommend it, especially since you said you wanted to record. The i3 is also a Dual-Core but it has Hyperthreading so it acts as a Quad-Core.
Wouldn't this offer much more performance for the price?
Not the best processor, but certainly more powerful than the i3 8gb's of 1600mhz ram an r9 270 will allow for great gaming and recording and 600watt psu for posssible future upgrades - It's always good to have a quality PSU
Not the best processor, but certainly more powerful than the i3 8gb's of 1600mhz ram an r9 270 will allow for great gaming and recording and 600watt psu for posssible future upgrades - It's always good to have a quality PSU
Yeah, he lives in Canada so that build is like $900-$1000 there, probably should've mentioned that earlier x)
Also, the i3 beats the FX-6300 in single core performance by a significant bit. Yes, it has less cores but unless youre doing some crazy photoshop or rendering, the i3 will beat it everytime.
Yeah, he lives in Canada so that build is like $900-$1000 there, probably should've mentioned that earlier x)
Also, the i3 beats the FX-6300 in single core performance by a significant bit. Yes, it has less cores but unless youre doing some crazy photoshop or rendering, the i3 will beat it everytime.
oh, lol. Yeah, would've helped to know where he lives first xD
If anything, I would recommend going with an SSD/SSHD and HDD, not just a hardrive, the boot times for the windows updates and all those stuff are just a pain.
Hey guys, so finally I came up with my final build, can anyone point what youd change? I live at Quebec, and my budget is 600-760$ Canadian
Also, take a look at the keyboard, because I needed something flashy to go with the PC and mouse (Razer DeathAdder 2k13) and I liked this since its so cheap, has macros and an armwrest, extremely good for the price. And no, I will absolutely NOT pay like 30$ more for a mechanical one, I hate the noise (my family does too) and it honestly makes no difference to me.
If anyone has any keyboard suggestions, my budget is about 20-25$
Hey guys, so finally I came up with my final build, can anyone point what youd change? I live at Quebec, and my budget is 600-760$ Canadian
Also, take a look at the keyboard, because I needed something flashy to go with the PC and mouse (Razer DeathAdder 2k13) and I liked this since its so cheap, has macros and an armwrest, extremely good for the price. And no, I will absolutely NOT pay like 30$ more for a mechanical one, I hate the noise (my family does too) and it honestly makes no difference to me.
If anyone has any keyboard suggestions, my budget is about 20-25$
Hey guys, so finally I came up with my final build, can anyone point what youd change? I live at Quebec, and my budget is 600-760$ Canadian
Also, take a look at the keyboard, because I needed something flashy to go with the PC and mouse (Razer DeathAdder 2k13) and I liked this since its so cheap, has macros and an armwrest, extremely good for the price. And no, I will absolutely NOT pay like 30$ more for a mechanical one, I hate the noise (my family does too) and it honestly makes no difference to me.
If anyone has any keyboard suggestions, my budget is about 20-25$
Not bad, but I strongly suggest more ram. With 4gb you can only allocate minecraft a maximum of 2gb to stay safe. With 8gb of systemram you can give minecraft at least 4gbs. This will improve performance for all games, not jsut minecraft. You can also handle 512x512+ resource packs with lots of ram
Not bad, but I strongly suggest more ram. With 4gb you can only allocate minecraft a maximum of 2gb to stay safe. With 8gb of systemram you can give minecraft at least 4gbs. This will improve performance for all games, not jsut minecraft. You can also handle 512x512+ resource packs with lots of ram
Hey guys, so finally I came up with my final build, can anyone point what youd change? I live at Quebec, and my budget is 600-760$ Canadian
Also, take a look at the keyboard, because I needed something flashy to go with the PC and mouse (Razer DeathAdder 2k13) and I liked this since its so cheap, has macros and an armwrest, extremely good for the price. And no, I will absolutely NOT pay like 30$ more for a mechanical one, I hate the noise (my family does too) and it honestly makes no difference to me.
If anyone has any keyboard suggestions, my budget is about 20-25$
Not bad, but I strongly suggest more ram. With 4gb you can only allocate minecraft a maximum of 2gb to stay safe. With 8gb of systemram you can give minecraft at least 4gbs. This will improve performance for all games, not jsut minecraft. You can also handle 512x512+ resource packs with lots of ram
No, 4GB of ram is PERFECTLY fine for gaming right now, mainly your GPU's VRAM is being used to play games, with 4GB right now, he will definitely go through.
Sure there will be a decrease of about 4-5 FPS, but thats nothing.
EDIT: 512x512 doesn't depend on your RAM, it depends on Graphics Memory...
As for the build itself, 1GB of vram won't be enough for most games (minecraft yes), others no. I highly suggest going with an R7 260X or a 750 Ti
No, 4GB of ram is PERFECTLY fine for gaming right now, mainly your GPU's VRAM is being used to play games, with 4GB right now, he will definitely go through.
Sure there will be a decrease of about 4-5 FPS, but thats nothing.
EDIT: 512x512 doesn't depend on your RAM, it depends on Graphics Memory...
As for the build itself, 1GB of vram won't be enough for most games (minecraft yes), others no. I highly suggest going with an R7 260X or a 750 Ti
How much more would that cost me?
And is this build good enough for 256x256 textures?
No, 4GB of ram is PERFECTLY fine for gaming right now, mainly your GPU's VRAM is being used to play games, with 4GB right now, he will definitely go through.
Sure there will be a decrease of about 4-5 FPS, but thats nothing.
EDIT: 512x512 doesn't depend on your RAM, it depends on Graphics Memory...
As for the build itself, 1GB of vram won't be enough for most games (minecraft yes), others no. I highly suggest going with an R7 260X or a 750 Ti
You still need a few gb's of ram to run a 512x512 pack smoothly. 2gb will be barely enough.... As for other games, having 8gb over 4gb doesn't necessarily increase fps by much, but it does increase performance. What I mean is that quite a few games stutter with 4gb's of ram, 8gb solves the problem. And if Sevo wants to record, that probably means edit videos too. And rendering the video will be much faster with 8gb's of ram.
I'm doing perfectly fine with 1GB of VRAM, but if you can, get the Ti. If you want to save $10, this one also has 2GB of RAM (https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-gtx750dcsl2gd5), the only major differences between the regular version and the Ti are that the Ti is overclocked (which you can do yourself) and needs less power. I would actually recommend the Asus one because it has 2 fans so the cooling will be better and overclocking it won't be much of a problem.
You still need a few gb's of ram to run a 512x512 pack smoothly. 2gb will be barely enough.... As for other games, having 8gb over 4gb doesn't necessarily increase fps by much, but it does increase performance. What I mean is that quite a few games stutter with 4gb's of ram, 8gb solves the problem. And if Sevo wants to record, that probably means edit videos too. And rendering the video will be much faster with 8gb's of ram.
Yup, especially if he wants to play some newer games, GTAV for example. I have a friend who was getting stuttering on GTAV with 4GB of RAM and he upgraded to 8GB and it improved a lot. 4GB is standard for most gaming needs but 8GB is ideal.
You still need a few gb's of ram to run a 512x512 pack smoothly. 2gb will be barely enough.... As for other games, having 8gb over 4gb doesn't necessarily increase fps by much, but it does increase performance. What I mean is that quite a few games stutter with 4gb's of ram, 8gb solves the problem. And if Sevo wants to record, that probably means edit videos too. And rendering the video will be much faster with 8gb's of ram.
From my experience, when I edit simple videos, it doesn't use more than 8GB of ram (Which i have) Around 4.2 - 5GB is used and it renders a 10 minute video (1080p) in about 15-25 minutes, but that includes the fact I had a 4790K, but still.
But for CPU based games, yes 4GB won't really stand up, but for the money, it works.
From my experience, when I edit simple videos, it doesn't use more than 8GB of ram (Which i have) Around 4.2 - 5GB is used and it renders a 10 minute video (1080p) in about 15-25 minutes, but that includes the fact I had a 4790K, but still.
But for CPU based games, yes 4GB won't really stand up, but for the money, it works.
I'm doing perfectly fine with 1GB of VRAM, but if you can, get the Ti. If you want to save $10, this one also has 2GB of RAM (https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-gtx750dcsl2gd5), the only major differences between the regular version and the Ti are that the Ti is overclocked (which you can do yourself) and needs less power. I would actually recommend the Asus one because it has 2 fans so the cooling will be better and overclocking it won't be much of a problem.
I just added the ASUS GTX 750 and the whole build, including my keyboard and mouse of choice (Ima see if I can pay less because I dont want the mouse) it comes up to abouit 725$
I just added the ASUS GTX 750 and the whole build, including my keyboard and mouse of choice (Ima see if I can pay less because I dont want the mouse) it comes up to abouit 725$
If you don't want to spend as much, you should get the first 750 from EVGA and then use their Step-Up Program to upgrade. The way it works is you send them your old card and you pay the price difference between yours and the one you wanna get and they ship it to you. I think you can only do it for the first three months but that's plenty of time to get enough money for a 2GB 750 or even a 760/960.
Only EVGA had this type of program and you should definitely take advantage of it :)
If you don't want to spend as much, you should get the first 750 from EVGA and then use their Step-Up Program to upgrade. The way it works is you send them your old card and you pay the price difference between yours and the one you wanna get and they ship it to you. I think you can only do it for the first three months but that's plenty of time to get enough money for a 2GB 750 or even a 760/960.
Only EVGA had this type of program and you should definitely take advantage of it :)
I think Ill just buy the ASUS, I have enough money and I asked my dad and he said yes. Anyways, the Video card I have now is like 7 years old, it would probs cost like 20$ =P
Got caught up with school work so I'm a bit late, but this will do http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/pCjWLk Left some money over for a case, just choose one on pcpp thatbid compatable and that you like and you're good to go. Prices are from msy ( msy.com.au ) I highly recomend buying parts from there
Not bad, but I strongly suggest more ram. With 4gb you can only allocate minecraft a maximum of 2gb to stay safe. With 8gb of systemram you can give minecraft at least 4gbs. This will improve performance for all games, not jsut minecraft. You can also handle 512x512+ resource packs with lots of ram
4gb of RAM is more than enough. You absolutely do not need more than a gigabyte assigned to the game.
If anything, I would recommend going with an SSD/SSHD and HDD, not just a hardrive, the boot times for the windows updates and all those stuff are just a pain.
You still need a few gb's of ram to run a 512x512 pack smoothly. 2gb will be barely enough.... As for other games, having 8gb over 4gb doesn't necessarily increase fps by much, but it does increase performance. What I mean is that quite a few games stutter with 4gb's of ram, 8gb solves the problem. And if Sevo wants to record, that probably means edit videos too. And rendering the video will be much faster with 8gb's of ram.
I think Ill just buy the ASUS, I have enough money and I asked my dad and he said yes. Anyways, the Video card I have now is like 7 years old, it would probs cost like 20$ =P
Get a radeon 260x cheaper than the 750 in canada and better than the 750ti.
4gb of RAM is more than enough. You absolutely do not need more than a gigabyte assigned to the game.
4gb of ram is enough, but not more than enough. And I doubt Sevo will only want to play Minecraft. Therefore 8gb is a lot mroe futureproof. Also ram is quite cheap, so he's not really losing anything.
Ok so I don't want to make a new post about computers but, I got a question. Is there any way to figure out if your computer will definetly work without a graphics card?
Get a radeon 260x cheaper than the 750 in canada and better than the 750ti.
For gaming the 260x is only just better than a 750, but worse than a 750ti. There are some models of the 260x which obviosly perform better, but then there are 750ti models which also perform better. As for benchmarks, the 260x is way behind both the 750 and 750ti.
Ok so I don't want to make a new post about computers but, I got a question. Is there any way to figure out if your computer will definetly work without a graphics card?
It will only work without one, if the motherboard has an intergrated GPU. Link me motherboard, and we can see :)
For gaming the 260x is only just better than a 750, but worse than a 750ti. There are some models of the 260x which obviosly perform better, but then there are 750ti models which also perform better. As for benchmarks, the 260x is way behind both the 750 and 750ti.
Tbh, your logic makes no sense whatsoever. Why does minecraft use your RAM for graphics? VRAM is needed. There is no point in getting 8GB of RAM and a 1GB GB Card... As well, GTA runs of Graphics memory. While yes, Games use regular memory, but how does it make sense you get a 1GB card if he's going to play other games. The 260X and the 750Ti is basically the same. They perform the same in games, SURE there is a couple FPS difference but I don't see a difference, (My friend has a 260X) and it performs fine...
Tbh, your logic makes no sense whatsoever. Why does minecraft use your RAM for graphics? VRAM is needed. There is no point in getting 8GB of RAM and a 1GB GB Card... As well, GTA runs of Graphics memory. While yes, Games use regular memory, but how does it make sense you get a 1GB card if he's going to play other games. The 260X and the 750Ti is basically the same. They perform the same in games, SURE there is a couple FPS difference but I don't see a difference, (My friend has a 260X) and it performs fine...
well, minecraft is a strange game. It appears to load its textures into ram, because higher textures do require more ram. I've tested it with 256x, 512x and 1024x textures, and the higher you get, the more ram you need to stop minecraft from crashing. e.g when I played 512x textures on 1gb of ram, minecraft crashed after a few min, with the error log reading "ran out of system memory". With 2gb's of ram, the same thing happened after about 10 min. etc. As for vram, I never said 1gb was good and that he should get it, I was arguing for system ram. Although there are games that use over 4gb's of system ram and less than a gb of system ram however, like bf4. And the 260x and 750ti are very similar. If Sevo wants to save money, he may like to get the 260x, I was simply stating that the 750ti slightly outperforms the 260x. If I was him, I'd get a 270.
4gb of ram is enough, but not more than enough. And I doubt Sevo will only want to play Minecraft. Therefore 8gb is a lot mroe futureproof. Also ram is quite cheap, so he's not really losing anything.
No. 4gb is more than enough. 2gb can run minecraft, so any more is more than enough.
No. 4gb is more than enough. 2gb can run minecraft, so any more is more than enough.
As I stated before, 2gb is enough to run minecraft, but not enough for a 512x512 pack. 4gb is the bare minimum nowadays. If you want to stay moderately future proof, don't go with 4gb. And as I also said before, I doubt Sevo is only gonna play minecraft. And for a smooth experience, it's best to have more than 4gb.
well, minecraft is a strange game. It appears to load its textures into ram, because higher textures do require more ram. I've tested it with 256x, 512x and 1024x textures, and the higher you get, the more ram you need to stop minecraft from crashing. e.g when I played 512x textures on 1gb of ram, minecraft crashed after a few min, with the error log reading "ran out of system memory". With 2gb's of ram, the same thing happened after about 10 min. etc. As for vram, I never said 1gb was good and that he should get it, I was arguing for system ram. Although there are games that use over 4gb's of system ram and less than a gb of system ram however, like bf4. And the 260x and 750ti are very similar. If Sevo wants to save money, he may like to get the 260x, I was simply stating that the 750ti slightly outperforms the 260x. If I was him, I'd get a 270.
The 260x outperforms the 750ti in the vast majority of applications.
As I stated before, 2gb is enough to run minecraft, but not enough for a 512x512 pack. 4gb is the bare minimum nowadays. If you want to stay moderately future proof, don't go with 4gb. And as I also said before, I doubt Sevo is only gonna play minecraft. And for a smooth experience, it's best to have more than 4gb.
Ram is easy to upgrade. There is zero reason for someone to buy more ram than they need at current or in the foreseeable future.
For gaming the 260x is only just better than a 750, but worse than a 750ti. There are some models of the 260x which obviosly perform better, but then there are 750ti models which also perform better. As for benchmarks, the 260x is way behind both the 750 and 750ti.
I dont care about benchmarks. In just about every gaming test, the 260x outperforms the 750ti.
What are you uses, what country are you and and what is your budget? I'll make you a list from scratch.
I don't need a list from scratch, I already have one. It seems like you know a lot about PCs, but all I could use is some help on current parts. You just tell me what graphics card is best, and compare some to it so I can decide depending on my budget.
I don't need a list from scratch, I already have one. It seems like you know a lot about PCs, but all I could use is some help on current parts. You just tell me what graphics card is best, and compare some to it so I can decide depending on my budget.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WRgpLk Under $600 due to rebates and promos, make sure to get this if you're buying it in the next few days. This will massively outperform anything else mentioned in is thread.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WRgpLk Under $600 due to rebates and promos, make sure to get this if you're buying it in the next few days. This will massively outperform anything else mentioned in is thread.
Dude you just gave him a build in USD. He lives in Canada, your build will be around $900 CAD.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WRgpLk Under $600 due to rebates and promos, make sure to get this if you're buying it in the next few days. This will massively outperform anything else mentioned in is thread.
Honestly, if you can spend $10 more, get this http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-02gp43751kr. It's a 2GB GTX750 Ti. It beats both the 750 and the 260x. It draws significantly less power and you can overclock it to get a 10-15% performance boost. Also, I would not recommend going with AMD cards because they produce more heat and require more power. Also, NVIDIA has a really nice recording software that you can use if you have one of their cards. And like I said before, you can use EVGA's step-up program if you want to upgrade your card in the future without having to pay full price.
If you can't spend $10 more, get the ASUS GTX750.
Also to add on to what others were saying, The Witcher 3 (a new AAA game, very demanding) only uses about 1-1.5 VRAM, 2GB is enough for most games.
Honestly, if you can spend $10 more, get this http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-02gp43751kr. It's a 2GB GTX750 Ti. It beats both the 750 and the 260x. It draws significantly less power and you can overclock it to get a 10-15% performance boost. Also, I would not recommend going with AMD cards because they produce more heat and require more power. Also, NVIDIA has a really nice recording software that you can use if you have one of their cards. And like I said before, you can use EVGA's step-up program if you want to upgrade your card in the future without having to pay full price.
If you can't spend $10 more, get the ASUS GTX750.
Also to add on to what others were saying, The Witcher 3 (a new AAA game, very demanding) only uses about 1-1.5 VRAM, 2GB is enough for most games.
Yes, it's not so much that EVGA is NVIDIA, it's more that certain cards are NVIDIA. In today's market, all cards that start with "GT" or "GTX" are NVIDIA. All cards that start with "R7" or "R9" are AMD. NVIDIA and AMD are the only graphics cards developers. Then they pass on their cards to companies like EVGA, ASUS, MSI, etc so they can install their own coolers, overclock and design it to their liking.
Honestly, if you can spend $10 more, get this http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-02gp43751kr. It's a 2GB GTX750 Ti. It beats both the 750 and the 260x. It draws significantly less power and you can overclock it to get a 10-15% performance boost. Also, I would not recommend going with AMD cards because they produce more heat and require more power. Also, NVIDIA has a really nice recording software that you can use if you have one of their cards. And like I said before, you can use EVGA's step-up program if you want to upgrade your card in the future without having to pay full price.
If you can't spend $10 more, get the ASUS GTX750.
Also to add on to what others were saying, The Witcher 3 (a new AAA game, very demanding) only uses about 1-1.5 VRAM, 2GB is enough for most games.
Looks good, get this. With your budget you won't be able to get much better.
Because there is zero reason to and the money can be better spent elsewhere.
Actually, there are plenty of reasons to get it. But I'm not going to waste my time listing them and explaining why, because you'll just keep finding reasons why it's not good.
But since you're looking for a graphics card around the $160 mark... The 260X basically comes out in front... - Even with Nvidia optimized games the 260X edges out the 750 Ti by a slight 5-10 fps. - If you want something out of your 750 Ti, you need to overclock the VRAM (Nobody wants that) Since the original speed is 5.4GHz, compared to 260X's 6.5Ghz - Call of duty games, (AW, MW etc.) Play very smooth at Medium > 1080p (70 fps +) while the 750 Ti manages around 50-60.
But since you're looking for a graphics card around the $160 mark... The 260X basically comes out in front... - Even with Nvidia optimized games the 260X edges out the 750 Ti by a slight 5-10 fps. - If you want something out of your 750 Ti, you need to overclock the VRAM (Nobody wants that) Since the original speed is 5.4GHz, compared to 260X's 6.5Ghz - Call of duty games, (AW, MW etc.) Play very smooth at Medium > 1080p (70 fps +) while the 750 Ti manages around 50-60.
Sevo's budget of $700 needs to include OS and a monitor
Sevo's budget of $700 needs to include OS and a monitor
How about we get sevo here to list his needs, budget, and everything else rather than yourself and him shooting down anything listed because it doesn't abide by a hidden checklist.
How about we get sevo here to list his needs, budget, and everything else rather than yourself and him shooting down anything listed because it doesn't abide by a hidden checklist.
I am not shooting down anyone, or saying that everything on here is incorrect. I was only arguing my point that 8gb of ram is a lot mroe useful than 4gb. Please don't be so rude.
Edit. Sevo has listed his needs, if not on the OP, he did so in the comments.
But since you're looking for a graphics card around the $160 mark... The 260X basically comes out in front... - Even with Nvidia optimized games the 260X edges out the 750 Ti by a slight 5-10 fps. - If you want something out of your 750 Ti, you need to overclock the VRAM (Nobody wants that) Since the original speed is 5.4GHz, compared to 260X's 6.5Ghz - Call of duty games, (AW, MW etc.) Play very smooth at Medium > 1080p (70 fps +) while the 750 Ti manages around 50-60.
Even better, he should just get http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-1003662l, it's cheaper and slightly better. Also, our build has no space for CPU upgrade, with a 1150 socket from Intel, he can upgrade to an i7 in the future and get a few years of good performance without having to change motherboard.
I think Sevo should just stick with his build and get the R7 260x or the GTX 750 depending on what he thinks is worth the disadvantages and advantages.
Even better, he should just get http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-1003662l, it's cheaper and slightly better. Also, our build has no space for CPU upgrade, with a 1150 socket from Intel, he can upgrade to an i7 in the future and get a few years of good performance without having to change motherboard.
I think Sevo should just stick with his build and get the R7 260x or the GTX 750 depending on what he thinks is worth the disadvantages and advantages.
By the time the time he chooses to upgrade will be obsolete to get a 4th generation i7, since Intel is moving away from 1150 to 2011, There is just no point, in a couple months, yea, He can, but later on he will need to upgrade to a 2011 socket or else the build is useless for gaming (At least for modern games at that time)
By the time the time he chooses to upgrade will be obsolete to get a 4th generation i7, since Intel is moving away from 1150 to 2011, There is just no point, in a couple months, yea, He can, but later on he will need to upgrade to a 2011 socket or else the build is useless for gaming (At least for modern games at that time)
No, not at all what Im saying. Alien was saying if you wanted to get an i7, then you wouldn't have to upgrade the board. But the thing is, 4th generation i7's are going to be obsolete in the near future, they're still good though, but there is no point in getting them, when you can get the same 5th or 6th generation i7 for the same price, and that performs the same or better.
4th generation i7's support the Z97 chipset on your motherboard. 5th + generation Intel CPU's in general, Will need an X99 chipset.
the build the alien showed you is fine, Im not forcing anything upon it.
No, not at all what Im saying. Alien was saying if you wanted to get an i7, then you wouldn't have to upgrade the board. But the thing is, 4th generation i7's are going to be obsolete in the near future, they're still good though, but there is no point in getting them, when you can get the same 5th or 6th generation i7 for the same price, and that performs the same or better.
4th generation i7's support the Z97 chipset on your motherboard. 5th + generation Intel CPU's in general, Will need an X99 chipset.
the build the alien showed you is fine, Im not forcing anything upon it.
Explain in Sevo language? Me no understand Tech sweg
No, not at all what Im saying. Alien was saying if you wanted to get an i7, then you wouldn't have to upgrade the board. But the thing is, 4th generation i7's are going to be obsolete in the near future, they're still good though, but there is no point in getting them, when you can get the same 5th or 6th generation i7 for the same price, and that performs the same or better.
4th generation i7's support the Z97 chipset on your motherboard. 5th + generation Intel CPU's in general, Will need an X99 chipset.
the build the alien showed you is fine, Im not forcing anything upon it.
I understand but, if money is tight in the future, he can get a much better upgrade using the same motherboard than using an AMD socket. Of course he's gonna have to upgrade motherboard as well if he really wants something new when he decides to upgrade. Also, there are people that still have 1st-Gen i7s and Q6600s and are doing just fine.
By the time the time he chooses to upgrade will be obsolete to get a 4th generation i7, since Intel is moving away from 1150 to 2011, There is just no point, in a couple months, yea, He can, but later on he will need to upgrade to a 2011 socket or else the build is useless for gaming (At least for modern games at that time)
intel isn't really moving away from the 1150 to 2011 socket. They are still going to continue having a consuemr and an enthusiast platform. Asrock even showed of the first Z170 motherboards (they are so sexy O_O) with the new 1151 sockel for skylake which is the consumer variant of the 2011-3 plattform.
Hey guys. So recently I found out that my cousin's bf builds PCs, and he told me if I knew if the processor can fit in the socket, you know, if they are the same generation socket and processor. He also told me the video card is amazing, so no worries on that. Can anyone tell me if it fits in the socket? thanks
Hey guys. So recently I found out that my cousin's bf builds PCs, and he told me if I knew if the processor can fit in the socket, you know, if they are the same generation socket and processor. He also told me the video card is amazing, so no worries on that. Can anyone tell me if it fits in the socket? thanks
Yes, the socket is compatible (pcpartpicker has a compatibility checker so it only shows parts that are compatible). The only incompatibility it doesn't help with is stuff fitting in cases but after looking at your case, it has enough space for everything and a little more. Good luck and enjoy your build :)
Ok now, sorry for the bump. Im building my PC in the next 2-4 weeks, and I have just been given permission to pay with my own money, so I can knock myself out. Either way, I dont wanna spend too much money, so I bumped my budget to 800-850$. I have done a lot of upgrades myself, and I only need one thing from you guys, and its very simple. Find me a MAX 100$ SSD with at least 80GB in it. Thanks!
Ok now, sorry for the bump. Im building my PC in the next 2-4 weeks, and I have just been given permission to pay with my own money, so I can knock myself out. Either way, I dont wanna spend too much money, so I bumped my budget to 800-850$. I have done a lot of upgrades myself, and I only need one thing from you guys, and its very simple. Find me a MAX 100$ SSD with at least 80GB in it. Thanks!
Im having a few problems with my pc, I upgraded my RAM so now theres 4 sticks all in. Now the pc doesnt boot at all. Could this mean i need to boost the voltage on the bios or what.
its build from scratch so its relevent, just thought id mention + its kinda sad i have only minecraft on it
So you have all your DIMM slots filled, with the SAME EXACT ram and it doesn't boot up?
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