How could I get off cheaper?

Pittama · Apr 30, 2016

Hi there guys! I am building my first pc and I would really appreciate your help. \I am trying to build a pc for gaming,editing and streaming(That's why I went with the i7). I want to build a pc that will last a long time. I suppose the gpu is the one that is changed the most. I am planning to buy the 390 when the prices drop a bit(if they do). I do not need to run all future games in max settings,so right now I am basically looking for the best "dollar per frame". Here,in Romania,the gtx 970/ r9 390 seem like the best bet. I am also planning to upgrade to 2 monitors,so the additional vram in the 390 should do the job,right?

What are the best ways to make my build cheaper? What should I downgrade?

CPU:i7 6700k
Cooler:Hyper 212x
MOBO:Asus z170 pro gaming
GPU:MSI r9 390
RAM:2x8gb Corsair vengeance
HDD:western digital 1tb 7200rpm
SSD:samsung 850 evo 250gb
PSU:Seasonic gold series 650w
Monitor:Benq RL-2455hm 24"
Case:Eclipse p400s

Ironsounds · Apr 30, 2016

Hello... what is the RAM on Video card?

genthug · Apr 30, 2016

If you're going with an i7+mid-high end gpu... There isn't really another way to knock off costs. Those builds are (in US) going to cost somewhere around $1150-1300. I suppose you could knock down the price of your motherboard but then there's no reason to get a k series i7 because downgrading the motherboard is going to downgrade your ability to overclock. The only other thing on there that I could see would be to knock the 250SSD to a 120 to shave off a few bucks, but you need to be careful where you're saving stuff. That 120GB will fill up quick if you don't keep tabs on it.

genthug · Apr 30, 2016

Ironsounds :

970 VRam is 3.5GB although it is advertised as 4.
390 VRam is 8GB.

Ironsounds · Apr 30, 2016

Hello... 3.5-4GB is enough for two 1080P...
Basically you have OC parts CPU/MB/16GB and a i7K... so non-OC parts, 8GB, i5-i7 will reduce the $$$ amount B / otherwise it's very nice as it is B )

genthug · Apr 30, 2016

While I agree that it's enough to run two 1080p monitors right now, I'm not a fan of the fact that it's only 3.5G instead of 4. On some newer titles you'll be using close to 3-3.5 at max settings even at 1080p. There's no telling how it'll stand up in say, 3 years time, but it's already close to it's limit in VRam right now.

Otherwise, I would agree with the above ^ except for the 8gb of RAM. I would say stay with 16, regardless of what build you're going with for the streaming & video editing.

Ironsounds · Apr 30, 2016

Hello... Yes... MB Ram can be added later as $$ comes in... Was the thought there... NOT a huge savings for sure. B )

genthug · Apr 30, 2016

Agreed, but its harder to add an extra 8gb of RAM to an existing 8gb especially if the hardware wasn't shipped already paired. You'd have two different pairings, even if they are the same RAM, that can cause issues. I bought the exact same RAM, I can only get 3 chips into my machine. For the price of the build, the RAM is short money. As above^ 16gb of G.Skill 2400 DDR4 is $60, where 8gb of DDR4 I would put somewhere in the 30-45 range. Imo that's a no brainer.

Ironsounds · Apr 30, 2016

Hello... @genthug 1) have you raised your Voltage to the RAM sticks? 2) have you reset/cleared your BIO's after all four sticks are inserted? the Bio's will try and find a Good safe Boot setting for them after you do this B )

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