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May 29 2016 12:42pm

Topic Title: Need a Desktop PC built
Description: Gaming/ playing WoW and other steam games
Budget:750
More specific use (what games, what programs): Wow/ steam games
Planned time until purchase: 1-2 weeks
Do you need an Operating System?: windows 10
Do you have any specific preferred components?: intel CPU/ good GFX card/ SSD hdd wouldn't mind a liquid cooler if it's in budget
Do you want stock cooling or do you plan on overclocking?: stock cooling
Do you need a monitor? mouse? keyboard?: no
Zip code/location? (Shipping costs): 28443

This post was edited by ToXicMiSfiT on May 29 2016 12:45pm

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May 29 2016 01:01pm

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/hDBxFd

Consider saving up another 120$ for a Intel Core i5-6600K

and a win10 cheap key on kinguin http://www.kinguin.net/catalogsearch/result/index/?q=windows+10

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May 29 2016 01:04pm

Quote (ZwiX @ May 29 2016 03:01pm)

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/hDBxFd

Consider saving up another 120$ for a Intel Core i5-6600K

and a win10 cheap key on kinguin http://www.kinguin.net/catalogsearch/result/index/?q=windows%2010

ill take a look at it thanks... I see it's a i3 dual core.. i'm looking for more of a quad core i was always a fan of them.. .what's the big difference from the 960 vs the AMD series cards, I haven't messed with any of them in a long time so i don't really know the difference

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May 29 2016 01:12pm

Quote (ToXicMiSfiT @ 29 May 2016 21:04)

You can go for a shitty AMD CPU build tho. You won't get quad core intel with that budget. Why you gotta consider another 120$ for the i5.
the r9 380 is 5-10% better game performance wise compared to gtx 960. They are both 200$ ish

sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTpNZEW31G0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66yhd36PdYg
http://wccftech.com/nvidia-evga-gtx-960-ssc-amd-xfx-r9-380-oc/

i3 6100 vs fx 8300 (same price range) i3 is superior as dual core plus hyperthreading vs octa core AMD xD
see irl performance differences:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4dUCeF2jnU

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May 29 2016 02:02pm

Quote (ZwiX @ May 29 2016 03:12pm)

thank you, I'll be looking around might have to spend that extra cash.. to get the intel..

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May 29 2016 02:21pm

Quote (ToXicMiSfiT @ 29 May 2016 22:02)

thank you, I'll be looking around might have to spend that extra cash.. to get the intel..

Yeah surely is my recommendation. But you should wait for a second opinion

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May 30 2016 10:36am

It's not really worth it to spend the extra money on an intel quad core over an i3, unless you have one of the better graphics cards.
This is because, if you have a spare 120 dollars, spend it on the graphics, you will get more performance.
The only exception to this rule is if you need more computational power (i.e. you are doing something that is not gaming).

So, until you have a gtx 1070 or maybe a 390/970, would not get anything past an i3.
Unless of course you have cpu needs such as serious video rendering or streaming.

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May 30 2016 01:02pm

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dTvYcc