How could I lower the cost of this build?

Bluetangkid

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I am working on my 2nd gaming pc. It's an attempt at a 2K gaming PC.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6bVHHx

1. Needs to be overclockable
3. Keep gaming ability in mind
4. Already have a display, case, case fans, gpu, and psu
5. Already have cooling solution
6. No particular budget, just make it cheaper and if possible equal speed

Thanks :)
 

dangus

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for gaming...

1) ditch the K series and get a plain old i5-6600. you will see ~1-2 fps difference between 3.9 and 4.8ghz in games...and that saves you like $40-50 right there.

2) get an h170 motherboard like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157642&cm_re=h170-_-13-157-642-_-Product

3) maybe put some of that saved $ towards a better ssd...? look at the conclusion of this review...not good http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/6868/silicon-power-s60-240gb-ssd-review/index9.html
 

glitchmaster0001

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well here's my suggestion do you really need a quad core intel i5? intel has great performance but price to performance is so off balance you can go with an 8 core fx 8350 or if your into cray cray 5.0GHz turbo then the amd fx 9590 but thats a bit over kill but i dont know your needs. anyways by going with amd you say money and get reasonable price to performance (bang for your buck) and for mobo you can use a MSI 970 Gaming or a MSI 990FXA this way you can pool in extra cashfor other things AMD is GREAT for overclocking. you just need a good cooler and do you really need DDR4? DDR4 is only slightly faster than DDR3 and the only justification i see in using DDR4 is future proofing. hell my gaming pc uses DDR2 and still can handle today's titles at 1080p on medium to low. so my tips are switch to AMD and use DDR3 instead of DDR4
 

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but do you really need DDR4? i dont think that its worth the extra bucks as performance is rather similar and the only justification is future proofing. but i use DDR2 and AM2+ for gaming and it holds up fine just have to put settings to medium on latest titles and you can play on high for TF2, minecraft, and unturned.

but if you want to use DDR4 i understand. in that case just swap the HDD from a WD Black to a WD Blue hell even WD Green would be fine cuz its just a storage drive it doesnt need blazing fast speeds. it would just need more storage space for less.
 
There is no advantage to DDR4 right now. None. The clock speeds are faster, but the latency is generally about double that of DDR3 because of the lower voltage, so you're giving all the performance increase right back. In most instances, DDR4 is actually SLOWER than high-performance or even mid-high DDR3.

To get a rough idea of the "true" RAM speed, divide clock speed by latency, so:

Your set of DDR4-2400: 2400/15 = 160
7 latency DDR3-1600: 228.57

The ONLY reason you would have any gain from "future-proofing" with DDR4 is if you plan to reuse it in your next system ... but since a new Intel CPU/motherboard combo should be good for gaming for 6-7 years with a GPU refresh in the middle - are you really going to reuse that same set of RAM for a new system you build in 2022, when DDR5 will probably be all the rage? No, I didn't think so. CPU, motherboard, and RAM are all one-and-done right now.

Anyway - that aside, the obvious way to save a few bucks would be to lose the fan controller, and depending on how much storage you REALLY need, either make the 1TB black your main drive and skip the SSD until later, or go with a 256 GB SSD as your main and add a storage drive later.

In either situation, I would not go with a 120 GB solid state drive as your main - you will get tired of the low capacity REAL fast. Much better to go with at least 256 if using a HDD for mass storage; if you can afford it, a 500+ SSD is extra convenient because it lets you just keep everything in one place. Either one would be a valid reason to skip the 120 for now until you can get one with better capacity.