got recommended this motherboard

dayzsafan221

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But I'm on a budget, here is my part list http://pcpartpicker.com/user/dayzstandalonefan22/saved/3j1e. Is there anything I could get that's has good quality, but a little cheaper for the mobo?


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That motherboard is fine and I wouldn't go cheaper than that

How about swapping your 660 for a 7870 ghz edition like this, its around the same price (about 196 with mail in's), faster and overclocks like a beast especially the Asus direct cu ii
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Also, you missed out the power supply, or do you already have one?
 

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I have a 500 watt PSU/HDD/sata cables. Just need the parts that I'm looking for atm. Aren't those two gpu's about the same? They both have a edge on each other in certain games, but both overall good? If you can tell me why to purchase that one instead, I'll do it!

I'm trying to find some good cheap ram, the one I wanted sold out on sale. I was curious if the team vulcan ram is worth the $60?
 

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Okay have a look at this, don't worry about the card reviewed but look at the chart for each game, now compare the 7870 (not the XT) to a 660 and you will notice that the 7870 wins in almost every game and the ghz edition should be a bit faster more or less like the R9 270X
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Why you should get it:
1) Beast overclocker
2) Excellent brand and cooler
3) With mantle on the way (AMD's new api), might give it a boost in performance to the games that are going to use it, I wont go too in depth, but you can google search it in your free time
4) About the same price as the 660

For the RAM as long as its 8gb (2*4 kit, for dual channel) and clocked at 1600Mhz, it should be fine. In fact its actually quite cheap as I saw a kit for about $70, don't if its the same, maybe you could link it to me
 

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hmmm, so the 7870 > gtx 660?

I don't care what kind of ram it is, as long as it's good and 8 gbs. I can order from any site as long it it ships to USA

I just saw some team vulcan (cheapest) for $63 on newegg, didn't know if those were any good.
 

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Yes, 7870 > gtx 660

For the ram $63 is actually quite a good price so it should be good
Don't know too much about Team Vulcan RAM, but the best I could find was this
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I think Patriot is a bit better, brand wise