AyeAyeRon Posted May 3, 2016 Member ID: 1371 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 18 Topic Count: 348 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 1906 Content Per Day: 0.35 Reputation: 585 Achievement Points: 14042 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 2, 2018 Birthday: 03/01/1990 Posted May 3, 2016 What do you think would compliment the GTX 960 best ? I had an 8 core amd selected but upon further reading people say (minimally) the I3 would compliment the 960 better, and obviously the I5 would be alot better. Now considering i dont want to spend close to 250 bucks for I5, should i go with the AMD or I3 ? sorry for all the questions as of late. Im starting to get down to the wire on the construction of m rig and i want to make sure everything is perfect for my budget and im getting the most fuck for my buck. Thanks everyone i appreciate it alot ! Awards
Blackbart Posted May 3, 2016 Member ID: 51 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 51 Topic Count: 342 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 5974 Content Per Day: 1.04 Reputation: 3766 Achievement Points: 45818 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 27, 2021 Birthday: 06/26/1949 Posted May 3, 2016 On a budget build stay with AMD...You get a bigger bang for the buck...If you go with Intel stay with the I5 or I7... L!ckALotAPus and Mule 2 Awards
Sammy Posted May 3, 2016 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.91 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Posted May 3, 2016 Depends what you want to do with it. Some things benefit from the 8 cores. Others from the higher per-core power of the i5/7. Another thing to consider, based on cost, is wattage over time. 65w for the i5 6600 and 125w for the 8350, if that is what you are looking at. That extra 60w can add up in electricity bills. Also takes better cooling for all that extra heat generated. Both even more so if you do a great deal of long term processing at full load. Awards
AyeAyeRon Posted May 3, 2016 Member ID: 1371 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 18 Topic Count: 348 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 1906 Content Per Day: 0.35 Reputation: 585 Achievement Points: 14042 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 2, 2018 Birthday: 03/01/1990 Author Posted May 3, 2016 I want to do gaming. Not high end right away but good enough to run the GTX 960 at max settings. Thats why i was wondering which is best to unleash the GTX 960 Awards
EDD THE DUCK Posted May 3, 2016 Member ID: 375 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 93 Topic Count: 386 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 4070 Content Per Day: 0.71 Reputation: 7849 Achievement Points: 37200 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 45 Joined: 09/13/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 18 hours ago Birthday: 06/01/1970 Device: iPhone Posted May 3, 2016 i5 best one to get . you will need at least 500gb ssd or go with hybrid drive, they are a lot cheaper and game boot up times are faster than a standard hard drive. games like BF4 need a fast boot in time otherwise you will will joining when everyone else is playing . @ have a look at this done a fast build http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Q7dsbv Mule 1 Awards
AyeAyeRon Posted May 3, 2016 Member ID: 1371 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 18 Topic Count: 348 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 1906 Content Per Day: 0.35 Reputation: 585 Achievement Points: 14042 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 2, 2018 Birthday: 03/01/1990 Author Posted May 3, 2016 Ducky id love that but i wish i could pay in euros lol the dollar is way too expensive. Awards
EDD THE DUCK Posted May 3, 2016 Member ID: 375 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 93 Topic Count: 386 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 4070 Content Per Day: 0.71 Reputation: 7849 Achievement Points: 37200 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 45 Joined: 09/13/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 18 hours ago Birthday: 06/01/1970 Device: iPhone Posted May 3, 2016 Ducky id love that but i wish i could pay in euros lol the dollar is way too expensive. click edit this parts list and adjust to suit your budget. it also lets you know if its all compatible Awards
EDD THE DUCK Posted May 3, 2016 Member ID: 375 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 93 Topic Count: 386 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 4070 Content Per Day: 0.71 Reputation: 7849 Achievement Points: 37200 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 45 Joined: 09/13/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 18 hours ago Birthday: 06/01/1970 Device: iPhone Posted May 3, 2016 @PrPleKusH try this http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mMJY6h Awards
Sammy Posted May 3, 2016 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.91 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Posted May 3, 2016 The one thing I would add to that is more ram. 8gb isnt going to cut it. 2x8 for 16 to start. Later you can get two more to max it out to 32 if needed. Awards
AyeAyeRon Posted May 3, 2016 Member ID: 1371 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 18 Topic Count: 348 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 1906 Content Per Day: 0.35 Reputation: 585 Achievement Points: 14042 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 2, 2018 Birthday: 03/01/1990 Author Posted May 3, 2016 yeah i have 2 8gig sticks to start. Awards
AyeAyeRon Posted May 3, 2016 Member ID: 1371 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 18 Topic Count: 348 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 1906 Content Per Day: 0.35 Reputation: 585 Achievement Points: 14042 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 2, 2018 Birthday: 03/01/1990 Author Posted May 3, 2016 and no duck i was talking about the I5 and I7 in europe versus america... Here its much more expensive then over there Awards
AyeAyeRon Posted May 3, 2016 Member ID: 1371 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 18 Topic Count: 348 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 1906 Content Per Day: 0.35 Reputation: 585 Achievement Points: 14042 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 2, 2018 Birthday: 03/01/1990 Author Posted May 3, 2016 This is my setup i have planned Graphics:Gtx 960 4gig Processor:AMD 8350 FX series 8 core Extra ram: 2 8gig ballistix Motherboard: MSI 970 gaming DDR3 1 TB HDD Transcend 256 gig SSD EVGA super nova 750 watt power supply Cool master 212 fan Awards
Sammy Posted May 3, 2016 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.91 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Posted May 3, 2016 Maybe better cooling if you are going to do gaming. amd runs hot and will start throttling at 60c. Awards
AyeAyeRon Posted May 3, 2016 Member ID: 1371 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 18 Topic Count: 348 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 1906 Content Per Day: 0.35 Reputation: 585 Achievement Points: 14042 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 2, 2018 Birthday: 03/01/1990 Author Posted May 3, 2016 so more fans ? Awards
Sammy Posted May 3, 2016 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.91 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Posted May 3, 2016 I also recommend to later get an inexpensive sound card if you listen to a lot of good music (meaning not Taylor Swift) and have a good pair of headphones/headset. Onboard is decent but even a low cost card is better. I think mb audio... and the software... these days is tuned for gaming not so much for music. asus dgx pcie would be a good inexpensive choice if you primarily use headphones for music like I do. When I was investigating new parts a few months ago I had no idea the size of some of the monster air coolers out there. Im not an expert on cooling but if you plan any overclocking or lots of processing under load.... %80+ cpu... then that one likely wont be enough. Or the single fan will run so fast that it will sound like a turbine. So far I like my corsair water cooler but it was a bitch to install into the case correctly otherwise it would block important mb connections. Every second I thought I was going to break it and spill coolant everywhere. However the rear fan wont work at the moment because the hoses interfere with it. Awards
AyeAyeRon Posted May 3, 2016 Member ID: 1371 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 18 Topic Count: 348 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 1906 Content Per Day: 0.35 Reputation: 585 Achievement Points: 14042 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 2, 2018 Birthday: 03/01/1990 Author Posted May 3, 2016 Yeah i dont plan on overclocking literally at all. I have the 1 standard fan, plus im ordering 2 fans for the vents. so that'd be enough right ? Awards
Sammy Posted May 4, 2016 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.91 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Posted May 4, 2016 If the case has good airflow, yea that should be good. Dont go cheap on the fans tho if you want low noise. Awards
hxtr Posted May 4, 2016 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 2.95 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129714 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Posted May 4, 2016 What do you think would compliment the GTX 960 best ? A penis. That is a joke or is it?
Sammy Posted May 4, 2016 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.91 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Posted May 4, 2016 (edited) Havent figured it out yet but the 960 is supposed to have hardware encoding of h265. edit: NM, got it. Duh. Edited May 4, 2016 by Sammy Awards
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