just did taxs so ill have around 1200-1300 to spend. Ive just been out of the building business for so long im not sure whats great anymore. Currently running a ASUS i5 Rog so looking to upgrade. Computer only as ive already got mouse/keyboard and 2x screens. Planning to play/stream things like pubg and whatnot.

Unfortunately, the vid card prices are crazy right now because of the bitcoin miners...



https://pcpartpicker.com/list/cGgs6X

Sorry to hi-jack the post, but say if I were to build something like this in parts would it still be usable? For example, if I got everything minus the graphics card, half the memory, and the cooler. (to reduce the price, and get them later)?

if u got a spare gpu. also u gotta make sure the cpu comes with a cooler

Well it would be usable w/o the grfx card, if you only do simple games. You will still need a cooler, but you could get a cheaper one.
As for the RAM, I would just get the 16GB set. I've seen too many people trying to add more RAM later on and having compatibility issues.


/e here's a cheaper build as well...

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Tg7znn

This post was edited by Ghot on Feb 3 2018 04:08pm

yea when i was kinda looking around i noticed vid cards are crazy right now. but thanks ill look over everything :D. ill have to see where i can trim it down some since that exceeds my budget quite a bit

/e that ryzen build is closer to my budget and ive been seeing that the ryzen 5 is pretty close to the i7's. havent used amd since the phenom II.

This post was edited by plent on Feb 3 2018 09:03pm

Well, AMD made a comeback with Ryzen.

https://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/2017?vs=2025

yea thats what i was hearing i know the I7 7700k is better than the ryzen but just barely so its not really a bad idea to save a little money there.

in the end i just wanna be able to play most games at least at 60fps atm playin pubg with 30-40 fps on low + random game lock ups im just looking forward to not having these issues anymore. as long as teh ryzen does that im going with it lol.

This post was edited by plent on Feb 3 2018 11:34pm

That comparison is for the 1600. There is a 1700 and an 1800 also.

yea i want to go with the i7 build just cause im used to the intel setups but i dunno if i can get the extra cash together for it :P. but in the end as long as i can go 2 years without upgrading ill be happy.