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Home Office/Light Gaming PC Build
Posted on 4/27/16 at 4:00 pm
Posted on 4/27/16 at 4:00 pm
What do you guys think? I want to have a $600 limit on the hardware on a PC. Don't need a huge primary storage device, as we have a 1.5TB external HDD for storage for videos, music, etc.. so thinking just a 256GB SSD will work for everyday usage.
Also some light gaming. LoL, SC2, CS:GO mostly, but not concerned with having top of the line graphics or FPS.
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Could I get away with an i3 instead of i5 and save myself a little money for a bigger SSD or better video card?
I can put these things together but I am not good at keeping up with the technology.
For your troubles:
Also some light gaming. LoL, SC2, CS:GO mostly, but not concerned with having top of the line graphics or FPS.
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Could I get away with an i3 instead of i5 and save myself a little money for a bigger SSD or better video card?
I can put these things together but I am not good at keeping up with the technology.
For your troubles:
This post was edited on 4/27/16 at 4:07 pm
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Posted on 4/27/16 at 6:27 pm to Hulkklogan
Bad idea to get a cheap case with PSU combo.
You could get away with an i3 most likely, but an i5 is versatile. But those games are probably all reliant on single cores, so you may even get better performance from a higher clocked i3. You could go cheaper on the motherboard, but that might only offset the cost of getting a real power supply. I would try to fit in an R9-380 or GTX 960 instead of that 750 Ti. The 750 Ti is old and overpriced now.
Don't have time at the moment to redo your part list, but will try to come back tonight.
You could get away with an i3 most likely, but an i5 is versatile. But those games are probably all reliant on single cores, so you may even get better performance from a higher clocked i3. You could go cheaper on the motherboard, but that might only offset the cost of getting a real power supply. I would try to fit in an R9-380 or GTX 960 instead of that 750 Ti. The 750 Ti is old and overpriced now.
Don't have time at the moment to redo your part list, but will try to come back tonight.
Posted on 4/27/16 at 9:36 pm to Hulkklogan
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Edited your list... Personally, I would shell out the extra cash for an i5, but I think this should be good for your needs. I changed your case and added a better power supply.
ILike, what do you think?
PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/p/JrYY6h
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/p/JrYY6h/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($111.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($33.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card ($174.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $590.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-27 22:35 EDT-0400
Edited your list... Personally, I would shell out the extra cash for an i5, but I think this should be good for your needs. I changed your case and added a better power supply.
ILike, what do you think?
PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/p/JrYY6h
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/p/JrYY6h/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($111.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($33.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card ($174.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $590.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-27 22:35 EDT-0400
Posted on 4/27/16 at 9:51 pm to boXerrumble
Great advice guys, thanks a bunch.
Posted on 4/27/16 at 10:02 pm to Hulkklogan
Wait for ILikes approval first 
He knows a lot more than I do about this stuff.
He knows a lot more than I do about this stuff.
Posted on 4/27/16 at 10:04 pm to boXerrumble
Yeah, good list. But I recently stopped doing configurations using any merchants other than Newegg and Amazon, because most of the other merchants are not honest about their shipping charges (as in, they don't include them until you actually add the item to cart on their site, which keeps their price low on PCPartPicker).
For example, the Corsair case on that list points to Microcenter, but when you actually add it to cart, you're hit with a $17 shipping charge, so you'd be much better off getting it from Newegg. And the i3 on SuperBiz has $5.99 shipping -- plainly listed on their site but dishonestly left out of their PCPartPicker pricing (still works out to a dollar cheaper than amazon, though).
For example, the Corsair case on that list points to Microcenter, but when you actually add it to cart, you're hit with a $17 shipping charge, so you'd be much better off getting it from Newegg. And the i3 on SuperBiz has $5.99 shipping -- plainly listed on their site but dishonestly left out of their PCPartPicker pricing (still works out to a dollar cheaper than amazon, though).
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