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When these new cards come out it will great to see how much is hype and how much will be real. Either way with these new GPUs from AMD & Nvidia should push the performance per dollar to new heights for the consumer. I almost regret having upgraded my GPU last year, lol. I was talking to a Nvidia rep and he didn’t even know much details on the new models except to say these new GPUs will make it much easier to run 2K builds on a single GPU saving gamers hundreds of dollars on 2K builds. I’m really interested in seeing what all the new GPUs can do.
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Eximo

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Looks to be about $750. I think a 144hz monitor is a little ambitious for an R9-370. I would not buy that powersupply with this CPU/GPU combo. And I would lean away from the FX-8350. A more budget friendly chip would be the FX-8300 or FX-8320, whichever is cheaper at the moment. Even then I would opt to put more into the CPU and less into the monitor and get an i5.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($51.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($68.75 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($36.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: Asus VX248H 60Hz 24.0" Monitor ($150.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $779.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-08 17:54 EDT-0400
 
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That cheap MSI motherboard has poor VRMs with no heatsinks, which will pop under load. If you go AMD, you want a true 970-series motherboard (or better). Note that the MSI 970A-G4x boards are also known for weak VRMs.
Honestly, for the stated games, IMHO you'd do better to start with an Intel Pentium, which you could upgrade later if needed. You'd get better initial performance, and use a lot less power too; you could probably afford a much nicer graphics card, like a GTX960 or R9 380.
 
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Okay, i just realised i forget to add a budget lol. I have an ok monitor now, but later on when i have more money i wanted a 144hz moonitor. The budget for the computer itself is $550, i already have periphereals. I was leaning towards amd more because it looked like they had better processors for the price in general, but a good intel build i would look into. As for the pentinum i dont want to OC it, and i want a quad core because i would like to be able to render/upload videos more quickly.

Thanks.
 
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senpai what are vrms/ how to seperate good from bad motherboards that cant handle the heat??
 
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The original mb would melt. VRM = voltage regulation modules . This supplies the current to the processor . The msi board is old junk that has many limitations .
For AMD do it like this

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($138.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock 970A-G/3.1 ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard ($71.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.77 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card ($174.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Raidmax Vortex ATX Mid Tower Case ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.89 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VC279H 60Hz 27.0" Monitor ($180.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $737.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-11 18:30 EDT-0400

Much better mb .
Overclock the processor to 8350 speeds even on the stock cooler .
Way better graphics card
 
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AMD are releasing a new generation of graphics cards built on a more advanced process that the new nvidia cards . And it appears that AMD;'s architecture is superior in DX 12
 
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littleleo

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When these new cards come out it will great to see how much is hype and how much will be real. Either way with these new GPUs from AMD & Nvidia should push the performance per dollar to new heights for the consumer. I almost regret having upgraded my GPU last year, lol. I was talking to a Nvidia rep and he didn’t even know much details on the new models except to say these new GPUs will make it much easier to run 2K builds on a single GPU saving gamers hundreds of dollars on 2K builds. I’m really interested in seeing what all the new GPUs can do.
 
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