Good build to play games at 1080p with 60fps?
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joshyboy82
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You could replace the 380x with a GTX 970 and still keep it under $750
Edit: Eh, I can't recommend things that include a MIR because you still have to get the initial cash, which I feel is against the concept. So...nevermind. Your build looks good. You have about $30 flexability. You could fit more RAM, or go with a SSD.
Edit: Eh, I can't recommend things that include a MIR because you still have to get the initial cash, which I feel is against the concept. So...nevermind. Your build looks good. You have about $30 flexability. You could fit more RAM, or go with a SSD.
photonboy
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That's a very good build.
Anything I have to say would be pretty minor. Such as:
Wait for an upcoming Polaris GPU?
NVidia's GPU's are out of your price range (GTX1070/1080) however they showed several improvements. These may or may not be something AMD has, but:
a) higher bandwidth to displays
b) HDR support (future monitors)
c) better HEVC codec support
d) *VR support (up to 60% better for NVidia when the VR plugin is used)
Unfortunately it might be several months before you could get one of these cards. The R9-380X is still a great card for the budget and you should enjoy it. Here's some benchmarks:
There's about 20 benchmarks, but I linked to GTA V:
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/R9_380X_Strix/13.html
Obviously you can and should TWEAK the game settings for the best experience. In some games I force on Adaptive VSYNC (toggles VSYNC ON or OFF). On my 60Hz monitor I tweak so I maintain above 60FPS roughly 90% of the time then force on Adaptive VSYNC. I did this for some of the Assassin's Creed games and others.
So I get a solid 60FPS experience (VSYNC ON) without screen tearing, but if it drops below I do get screen tear, but that's better than the STUTTERING that you get otherwise due to the frame time differences.
Anything I have to say would be pretty minor. Such as:
Wait for an upcoming Polaris GPU?
NVidia's GPU's are out of your price range (GTX1070/1080) however they showed several improvements. These may or may not be something AMD has, but:
a) higher bandwidth to displays
b) HDR support (future monitors)
c) better HEVC codec support
d) *VR support (up to 60% better for NVidia when the VR plugin is used)
Unfortunately it might be several months before you could get one of these cards. The R9-380X is still a great card for the budget and you should enjoy it. Here's some benchmarks:
There's about 20 benchmarks, but I linked to GTA V:
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/R9_380X_Strix/13.html
Obviously you can and should TWEAK the game settings for the best experience. In some games I force on Adaptive VSYNC (toggles VSYNC ON or OFF). On my 60Hz monitor I tweak so I maintain above 60FPS roughly 90% of the time then force on Adaptive VSYNC. I did this for some of the Assassin's Creed games and others.
So I get a solid 60FPS experience (VSYNC ON) without screen tearing, but if it drops below I do get screen tear, but that's better than the STUTTERING that you get otherwise due to the frame time differences.
Geekwad
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I would consider these couple of changes:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($57.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($32.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($35.94 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380X 4GB NITRO Video Card ($219.99 @ Newegg)
Case: DIYPC Solo-T1-BK ATX Mid Tower Case ($28.89 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($47.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($83.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $747.64
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
A bit better PSU for stability, and the SSD will make the system as a whole massively more snappy.....
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($57.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($32.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($35.94 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380X 4GB NITRO Video Card ($219.99 @ Newegg)
Case: DIYPC Solo-T1-BK ATX Mid Tower Case ($28.89 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($47.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($83.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $747.64
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
A bit better PSU for stability, and the SSD will make the system as a whole massively more snappy.....
- Oct 22, 2013
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Well it's not a bad build,in fact pretty good as said,but some changes would i make just as before.The motherboard chosen doesn't support the 3000mhz ram so get the 2133 out of the build above and get the psu as well.
I also would like to see a case with the psu at the bottom for temp reasons.There are not too high priced options.Don't know if you picked this one for looks or price.
There's also a cheaper version of the r9 380X,can give the budget for the higher priced psu,
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/powercolor-video-card-axr9380x4gbd5ppdhv2e
i am still wondering about this gpu,it's not that much better than a r9 380 and if it's worth the price,but for under $200 maybe it is.It is with a promo though,i'm, not sure if that's okay with you.
With changes would it look like this,
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($203.37 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($57.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($32.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Silicon Power Slim S55 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($57.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380X 4GB PCS+ Myst. Edition Video Card ($183.98 @ Newegg)
Case: DIYPC Solo-T1-BK ATX Mid Tower Case ($23.89 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($85.97 @ Amazon)
Base Total: $732.19
Mail-in Rebates: -$45.00
Shipping: $7.97
Total: $695.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-21 06:32 EDT-0400
changed the hdd to an ssd as well,not as much storage and filled up easily,but a hdd is as easily added later on.THat choic is up to you (as well as the other of course
)
There's also some money left to maybe get another case or maybe (semi) modular psu or maybe another motherboard that has some more fanheaders,for if you might want to add fans easily,and possibly abit better audio like these although i don't know if you will notice it,
http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/asrock-motherboard-b150mpro4,gigabyte-motherboard-gab150md3h,msi-motherboard-h110mgaming/
I also would like to see a case with the psu at the bottom for temp reasons.There are not too high priced options.Don't know if you picked this one for looks or price.
There's also a cheaper version of the r9 380X,can give the budget for the higher priced psu,
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/powercolor-video-card-axr9380x4gbd5ppdhv2e
i am still wondering about this gpu,it's not that much better than a r9 380 and if it's worth the price,but for under $200 maybe it is.It is with a promo though,i'm, not sure if that's okay with you.
With changes would it look like this,
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($203.37 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($57.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($32.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Silicon Power Slim S55 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($57.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380X 4GB PCS+ Myst. Edition Video Card ($183.98 @ Newegg)
Case: DIYPC Solo-T1-BK ATX Mid Tower Case ($23.89 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($85.97 @ Amazon)
Base Total: $732.19
Mail-in Rebates: -$45.00
Shipping: $7.97
Total: $695.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-21 06:32 EDT-0400
changed the hdd to an ssd as well,not as much storage and filled up easily,but a hdd is as easily added later on.THat choic is up to you (as well as the other of course
)There's also some money left to maybe get another case or maybe (semi) modular psu or maybe another motherboard that has some more fanheaders,for if you might want to add fans easily,and possibly abit better audio like these although i don't know if you will notice it,
http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/asrock-motherboard-b150mpro4,gigabyte-motherboard-gab150md3h,msi-motherboard-h110mgaming/
Vic 40 :
Well it's not a bad build,in fact pretty good as said,but some changes would i make just as before.The motherboard chosen doesn't support the 3000mhz ram so get the 2133 out of the build above and get the psu as well.
I also would like to see a case with the psu at the bottom for temp reasons.There are not too high priced options.Don't know if you picked this one for looks or price.
There's also a cheaper version of the r9 380X,can give the budget for the higher priced psu,
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/powercolor-video-card-axr9380x4gbd5ppdhv2e
i am still wondering about this gpu,it's not that much better than a r9 380 and if it's worth the price,but for under $200 maybe it is.It is with a promo though,i'm, not sure if that's okay with you.
With changes would it look like this,
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($203.37 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($57.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($32.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Silicon Power Slim S55 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($57.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380X 4GB PCS+ Myst. Edition Video Card ($183.98 @ Newegg)
Case: DIYPC Solo-T1-BK ATX Mid Tower Case ($23.89 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($85.97 @ Amazon)
Base Total: $732.19
Mail-in Rebates: -$45.00
Shipping: $7.97
Total: $695.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-21 06:32 EDT-0400
changed the hdd to an ssd as well,not as much storage and filled up easily,but a hdd is as easily added later on.THat choic is up to you (as well as the other of course)
There's also some money left to maybe get another case or maybe (semi) modular psu or maybe another motherboard that has some more fanheaders,for if you might want to add fans easily,and possibly abit better audio like these although i don't know if you will notice it,
http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/asrock-motherboard-b150mpro4,gigabyte-motherboard-gab150md3h,msi-motherboard-h110mgaming/
I also would like to see a case with the psu at the bottom for temp reasons.There are not too high priced options.Don't know if you picked this one for looks or price.
There's also a cheaper version of the r9 380X,can give the budget for the higher priced psu,
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/powercolor-video-card-axr9380x4gbd5ppdhv2e
i am still wondering about this gpu,it's not that much better than a r9 380 and if it's worth the price,but for under $200 maybe it is.It is with a promo though,i'm, not sure if that's okay with you.
With changes would it look like this,
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($203.37 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($57.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($32.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Silicon Power Slim S55 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($57.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380X 4GB PCS+ Myst. Edition Video Card ($183.98 @ Newegg)
Case: DIYPC Solo-T1-BK ATX Mid Tower Case ($23.89 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($85.97 @ Amazon)
Base Total: $732.19
Mail-in Rebates: -$45.00
Shipping: $7.97
Total: $695.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-21 06:32 EDT-0400
changed the hdd to an ssd as well,not as much storage and filled up easily,but a hdd is as easily added later on.THat choic is up to you (as well as the other of course
)There's also some money left to maybe get another case or maybe (semi) modular psu or maybe another motherboard that has some more fanheaders,for if you might want to add fans easily,and possibly abit better audio like these although i don't know if you will notice it,
http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/asrock-motherboard-b150mpro4,gigabyte-motherboard-gab150md3h,msi-motherboard-h110mgaming/
What about this?
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2ZysHx
I changed the mobo from a mATX to a ATX, and changed the psu to 600w instead of 500w.
- Oct 22, 2013
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Wel that looks good.Two things to mentione.
1)That Z170 motherboard does support higher speed ram so might want to look at that.Some games seem to benefit from the higher speed ram,some don't.
http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/corsair-memory-cmk8gx4m2b3000c15,geil-memory-gpr48gb3000c15adc/
2)The psu is still not the best,here the EVGA "B" non modular bronze series isn't considered particularly great.The EVGA B2 semi modular would be great,but these no.The XFX ,mentioned is a far better choice.Also more watts doesn't mean better quality,it just means more watts.
On a personal note would i still use the ssd as a start point,but if you want more storage now it's your choice,the seagate would also be a fine choice.,just abit cheaper as well.
1)That Z170 motherboard does support higher speed ram so might want to look at that.Some games seem to benefit from the higher speed ram,some don't.
http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/corsair-memory-cmk8gx4m2b3000c15,geil-memory-gpr48gb3000c15adc/
2)The psu is still not the best,here the EVGA "B" non modular bronze series isn't considered particularly great.The EVGA B2 semi modular would be great,but these no.The XFX ,mentioned is a far better choice.Also more watts doesn't mean better quality,it just means more watts.
On a personal note would i still use the ssd as a start point,but if you want more storage now it's your choice,the seagate would also be a fine choice.,just abit cheaper as well.
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