- Jun 20, 2015
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This is going to be my first real pc build that wasn't mostly just an off the shelf unit. I would split my questions into a couple different threads, but I think it would be easier to just have it all in one area. I'm a guy who's into old machinery and the like (as you can see from my avatar image), and I'm about to get a steam whistle in trade from a friend for doing a Wordpress site for him. He made the whistle for me from scratch, so it's not costing him as much as the whistle is worth, so it's an easy trade for both of us. I'm going to sell the whistle as soon as I receive it, (I was going to keep it but I want a PC now) and used the money to do the computer. I'm using PC Part Picker in order to make it easy to organize and order the parts (as well as find some deals). Below I'll post the link for what I intend to use. A lot of parts like the ram and some peripherals I already have. I have a fairly crappy Gateway pc with the integrated E1-1200 and a Nvidia Gtx GT 610 I bought so I could watch a little HD video on the side. I got a couple sticks of 4gb 1600mhz ram for my birthday last year. This was before I knew jack about ram vs gpu vs cpu and all that. I've since had time to do a little reading and figure out how things work. 
I plan to use what I have to save some money (such as the ram) and put together a new tower. I'm still considering getting a console, but I use my pc more now than my Xbox 360 for most entertainment now. I want to use a AMD FX-6300 and a GTX 750 TI so I can do some gaming. I figured this would be the right balance of budget and performance to meet most of my needs for a little while. I might get a more expensive card like a GTX 960 or something in the future, but that's outside of my budget ($400 approximately) for now. I'll leave my questions and any below. Thanks!
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Questions:
1.) Based on the build link I have, is there any suggestions you think I should make to this build to save money, increase performance (within the budget), etc?
2.) I plan to use a GTX 750 TI from Gigabyte with 4GB of ram. It's not on the higher end of the 750 TI series, but I figured I could overclock it and have a card with more dedicated ram for the card to use. Would it be better to do this, or look for one with a generally better clock speed in all areas? It may seem obvious to you, but I'm still a bit of a novice.
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I plan to use what I have to save some money (such as the ram) and put together a new tower. I'm still considering getting a console, but I use my pc more now than my Xbox 360 for most entertainment now. I want to use a AMD FX-6300 and a GTX 750 TI so I can do some gaming. I figured this would be the right balance of budget and performance to meet most of my needs for a little while. I might get a more expensive card like a GTX 960 or something in the future, but that's outside of my budget ($400 approximately) for now. I'll leave my questions and any below. Thanks!TL;DR...
Questions:
1.) Based on the build link I have, is there any suggestions you think I should make to this build to save money, increase performance (within the budget), etc?
2.) I plan to use a GTX 750 TI from Gigabyte with 4GB of ram. It's not on the higher end of the 750 TI series, but I figured I could overclock it and have a card with more dedicated ram for the card to use. Would it be better to do this, or look for one with a generally better clock speed in all areas? It may seem obvious to you, but I'm still a bit of a novice.
Build Link
Modified Build Link
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