Posts by crimsonstag84

Ryzen 3 1200 - $269($260 Intel Core i5-7600K on sale maybe)

The ASUS Prime B350-Plus motherboard, featuring an AM4 socket.
It’s an AMD Ryzen 5 1600 box, 3.2GHz with 16MB, AM4. I guess that's the one.
I guess it’s just a standard 1TB Seagate BarraCuda hard drive. Seems pretty straightforward. $1.25It’s a 3.5", 7200RPM drive with 64MB Cache, SATA3—specifically the Seagate ST1000DM010. I guess it's just your standard hard drive.
The Corsair CX550 from the CX Series—it's an ATX 2.4 unit with 550W. I guess it'll do the job.
G.Skill RipJaws DDR4 16GB kit (2x8GB), PC4-24000U, clocked at 3000MHz with CL15 latency (Part number: F4-3000C15D-16GVGB).
It’s a Sapphire RX560 4 g puls—4GB GDDR5, 128-bit, clock speeds at 1300/1750MHz (part number 11267-15-10G). Just heads up, this one comes in bulk packaging.
The Samsung LS24F350HHUX is a 23.5" FullHD led monitor featuring a PLS panel with a 16:9 aspect ratio. It offers VGA and HDMI connectivity, a brightness of 250cd/m2, and a 4 ms response time. I guess it covers the basics.
The Zalman R1 mid tower case.
Got some 120GB Kingston UV400 SSDs sitting around—SATA3, model SUV400S37/120G. I’ve got a whole bulk lot available if anyone's interested.

Total: $2.50 AMD.

Got a monitor with FreeSync, and here are the results for the graphics card:

I guess there’s some interesting stuff happening around that 1:57 mark. It seems like a decent breakdown, maybe.

The GTX 1060 3GB seems worth picking up over a 1050 Ti for about $150 more, since it’s consistently over 50% faster:



https://neutrinomobile.com/gigabyte-g...m_medium=click

I guess the 6GB version (which is maybe 5-10% better) isn't really worth the extra $233 though.

This guy makes some good points... you could grab this Intel Xeon or maybe an Intel Core i5 4440 along with a monitor, and if the graphics card doesn't quite cut it later on, you can always swap it out. For example, something like an NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD R9 290/380 x

Patrick Phillips94 said:Thanks, I like that idea. I'm doing a bit of digging and I think that might be the one... But how risky would it be to aim for an even cheaper graphics card?

By the way, my power supply is an EVGA 450W. Is that enough?

The next cheapest option is the GT 1030 for $100 less, but it's significantly weaker—barely half the performance of an RX 560.

That power supply could probably handle four of those cards at once.

https://www.google.com/search?q=GeForce+GTX+1050+gigabyte

Just grab this motherboard, everything else seems fine:

https://www.newegg.com/p/example-link&code=93040ADM

I'd suggest setting your RAM speed to at least 2933MHz in the BIOS, and maybe bump the CPU up to around 3.6GHz. 😉

I've got an HD 7850 2GB (around $150), an HD 7870 (which is basically the same as an R9 270), a GTX 660 Ti (up to $183 maybe?), and a GTX 950 (maybe up to $200)

neonjackal2 said:Motherboard: ASRock FM2A75M-DGS
Processor: AMD Athlon x4 740 (FM2)
Memory: 4 GB DDR3 (666 MHz?)
Current GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6450

I'm looking for an upgrade that can provide decent performance at something like 1280 x 1024 for games like Divinity : original sin, Pillars of Eternity, Wasteland 2, and things in that vein. I mostly stick to isometric RPG-ov, maybe the occasional strategy game like Starcraft II.. A lot of what I play is older, so most of it runs fine, but I'm hoping for something better for these *newer* titles.

This Radeon 6450 isn't really cutting it; it struggles even at 1024 x 768 in D:OS 2. It’s also possible the rest of my hardware isn't much to write home about.

Does anyone have any (budget-friendly) recommendations?

Maybe check out the used market... this looks like a pretty solid deal:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/graphics-card-listing-example

Kyle Martin67 said:Hey everyone,
I'm hunting for a GTX 1060 with 6GB of memory. I noticed there are at least 10 different versions available, and they all seem to vary by about $30-$50. Could someone explain the differences or recommend one?
Thanks!

Just grab the cheapest one that has a three-year warranty and dual fans. That's probably all you need to know.

That's a solid setup $1000, though you might want to consider $1100 as a starting point.

The monitor is about $400, and those speakers go for maybe 200-$83.

The price feels off, unless there's some insane overclocking potential I'm missing. Honestly, the CPU isn't worth more than $367.

Not really, since bumping up the power limit in MSI Afterburner usually just results in everyone boosting their clock speeds by about 100MHz (anywhere from 2000-2100MHz). I guess the G1 gaming edition has a slightly better cooler, so maybe you'll get an extra 50MHz out of it, but that's pretty much it. Besides, 1080s are fairly cool chips anyway, so it's probably not even necessary.

Your setup looks really solid... you might be able to squeeze some extra performance out of that CPU via overclocking if you haven't already. You've got an awesome motherboard, though I guess you'll need a decent cooler to handle it.

They’re just a bit cheaper than the GTX 1080s, but they're significantly weaker.

Honestly, neither one is really worth it... buying a GTX 1070 right now just doesn't make much sense. Maybe check this out instead:

https://www.newegg.com/p/gigabyte-geforce...2.html

Intel Core i5-7600K

Maybe I'll grab an $445 motherboard at a discount
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That’s my take, anyway. Getting the R5 1600 seems like a smarter move since you're looking at 50% more cores and threads, though that bumps your total up to about $750.
If you can swing the extra cash, I'd go with the R5 1600 paired with that GTX 1060 3GB. If not, the R5 1500 x is still a solid choice.

EDIT: We aren't including an optical drive because everything is digital nowadays—just a USB stick 😁 but if you have old DVDs you need to run, you could always add one; it shouldn't be more than $12 or $13, I guess.

Jack Alvarez:

http://www.mylemon.at/artikel/zotac/...2mb-pci-e.html
http://www.mylemon.at/artikel/amd/yd...0x-3-7ghz.html

EVGA GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 Ultra - from $1941

It’s definitely not a total steal 😬... but I guess if money isn't really an issue, it's a decent price.

AMD Ryzen 5 1400 WRAITH 3200 AM4 box
MSI B350 PC Mate
AntecVPF 550 EC (80+ Bronze)
Aerocool gt Black Advance ATX BarraCud
BarraCuda 1TB
SanDisk PLUS - SSD - 120 GB
G.Skill Aegis DIMM Kit 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3000 CL16-18-18-38
GIGA VGA NV PCIe 4GB GTX1050Ti TOC DP/H/DVI

Total: $770.00

The only thing that feels a bit off to me is how cheap that VPF550 is ($46)... maybe it's just an RMA model or something.😬