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#1
Oct 4 2015 11:47pm
Budget: $800, willing to go up maybe 850~ if it's a good difference
More specific use (what games, what programs): CSGO, Arma 3, Black Ops 3, Battlefront and WoW
Planned time until purchase: 1 Nov
Do you need an Operating System?: Yes but I plan on getting a key from Reddit
Do you have any specific preferred components?: No
Do you need a sound or wireless card?: No
Do you want stock cooling or do you plan on overclocking?: Never OC'd before so stock?
Do you need a monitor? mouse? keyboard?: Keyboard and monitor. Have a mouse
Zip code/location? (Shipping costs): 68113
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Oct 5 2015 12:02pm
Prices changes regularly, so please come back for a build when you are very close to buying, preferably within 3 days, ideally on same day.
If you do come back and bump your topic when you are ready to buy and are not getting responses quick enough, please feel free to shoot me a PM.
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Oct 5 2015 06:10pm
Quote (Rapture @ Oct 5 2015 02:02pm)
Prices changes regularly, so please come back for a build when you are very close to buying, preferably within 3 days, ideally on same day.
If you do come back and bump your topic when you are ready to buy and are not getting responses quick enough, please feel free to shoot me a PM.


I guess I worded it wrong, I plan on buying by Nov 1st, but ideally I'll be buying everything within the week. If anything is planned to be coming out within that time frame than I'd rather wait to buy it (i.e new processor etc)
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Oct 6 2015 09:27am
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/fcXbMp

Maybe a build like this?
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Oct 6 2015 11:14am
Quote (Eternal_Amaranth @ Oct 6 2015 11:27am)
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/fcXbMp

Maybe a build like this?


Edited.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/NrGJrH

I3's are not good gaming processors.
that motherboard is very basic, if yo uever think you might want to SLI/crossfire or overclock, you'd need to consider a different motherboard (for multi gpu)/K series processor(for overclocking).

Edit:
This build is the same but I changed the motherboard to something that costs more, but is Full size and has more features such as Front USB 3.0 and additional slots for graphics cards
If it's in your budget, I'd recommend it, since it will give you more options for the future, or be more appealing to whoever you sell/give this to in the future.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/TmFZYJ

otherwise, the parts you picked look fine.

This post was edited by Rapture on Oct 6 2015 11:41am
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Oct 6 2015 12:52pm
Quote (Rapture @ Oct 6 2015 01:14pm)
Edited.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/NrGJrH

I3's are not good gaming processors.
that motherboard is very basic, if yo uever think you might want to SLI/crossfire or overclock, you'd need to consider a different motherboard (for multi gpu)/K series processor(for overclocking).

Edit:
This build is the same but I changed the motherboard to something that costs more, but is Full size and has more features such as Front USB 3.0 and additional slots for graphics cards
If it's in your budget, I'd recommend it, since it will give you more options for the future, or be more appealing to whoever you sell/give this to in the future.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/TmFZYJ

otherwise, the parts you picked look fine.


Could you explain the difference between processors? I play a lot of Dayz and Arma which are extremely CPU intensive so this is a big ticket for me
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Oct 6 2015 03:31pm
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Could you explain the difference between processors? I play a lot of Dayz and Arma which are extremely CPU intensive so this is a big ticket for me


The difference between an i3 and an i5 is that an I3 has 2 cores with hyperthreading.
[Hyperthreading is 1 core being simulated as 2 cores. This generally isn't good for gaming, but it is better than just 2 physical cores like the Pentium g3258.]

The i5 has 4 actual cores, so you will get much more performance than out of the i3.

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Oct 6 2015 06:15pm
Quote (Eternal_Amaranth @ Oct 6 2015 11:52am)
Could you explain the difference between processors? I play a lot of Dayz and Arma which are extremely CPU intensive so this is a big ticket for me


That's exactly why you need to get i5 over i3
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Oct 6 2015 09:08pm
You deff want an i5 over an i3 if your going to be playing arma
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Oct 7 2015 03:44pm
Quote (Rapture @ Oct 6 2015 05:31pm)
The difference between an i3 and an i5 is that an I3 has 2 cores with hyperthreading.
[Hyperthreading is 1 core being simulated as 2 cores. This generally isn't good for gaming, but it is better than just 2 physical cores like the Pentium g3258.]

The i5 has 4 actual cores, so you will get much more performance than out of the i3.


Thanks for the explanation!
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