New PC build for a friend
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beans100
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Looks good.
Was going to recommend a upgrade kit from Evetech, but seems your CPU, MOBO and ram bundle is same price.
Maybe look at this, too. Same price, but i5:
https://www.evetech.co.za/intel-core-i5-gtx-1050-pro-gaming-pc/best-pc-deal/2470.aspx
Was going to recommend a upgrade kit from Evetech, but seems your CPU, MOBO and ram bundle is same price.
Maybe look at this, too. Same price, but i5:
https://www.evetech.co.za/intel-core-i5-gtx-1050-pro-gaming-pc/best-pc-deal/2470.aspx
Blazzok
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i5, but a non TI GTX1050. Also a h110 chipset. I think my build would be slightly faster in most gaming situations (apart from multiplayer games that need more cpu power)
Blazzok
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I only saw Ryzen 5 CPU's and they are more expensive than the i5 7500, so too were the motherboards. I did consider it.
Flex
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I have to say. This confuses me =D
Blazzok
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I may have derped and typed multiplayer instead of strategy :/
I wouldn't classify this is as super low budget, but rather lower mid range, or just mid range even. Super low budget is like gt 1030 with a pentium, etc. (of course my opinion). The GTX 1060 is already higher mid range (comparable to the GTX980) and no slouch.
She has been saving up for quite some time and she decided on this budget quite a while ago; she won't be spending more money on a PC than this. I won't go into the details.
Flex
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It definitely falls in the lower range. 1060 bring mid range.
I understand yeah, I just have never done things like this. I like to future proof, even if that means I have to save even longer.
To me it is like buying a car that you know needs a service in 1000km. But you still buy it because it is R2000.00 cheaper than the car that has just been serviced.
As for the CPU statement. There are no specific Genre of games that you can say is specifically CPU intensive.
It depends on the creators, and how it is optimized.
For example CS is heavily CSGO dependent. I can play CSGO, Dota2 and HOTS on medium to high with just my CPU as an example
DieGrootHammer
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Well, consider the last Steam Hardware survey, and see how many people are still on "low end" hardware. More than 61% of all Steam users according to the study still uses a GPU weaker than a 1050, its totally understandable. Not everyone wants to to play the latest and greatest games at the best possible settings. Normal people can't afford to have that, even if they try and save. Also, I paid around R10k for my PC a few years ago, and it's still more than capable of playing everything I want.
Flex
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Yeah don't get me wrong. There is 0 wrong with it. I just don't see it like that and don't do things that way either. If you are saving up for something, surely you want it to last long.
Games that seem potato now sure were not potato 5-8 years ago. So the low end games of the future might not be playable on the same system in 8 years on which you played low end games then.
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[MENTION=6280]Blazzok[/MENTION]
Head over to carb
- PotterH sells New i7 - 6700s at R2600
- If needed - value select variants of ram do the exact same thing and save a bit, double check that on the net.
- Used 970s - 2700-3000, possibly with warranty, is faster than a 1050ti. Link
- SSD is a huge upgrade, if space isn't an issue or she has an external drive / another hard drive. 250s are under 700-1k, and is the lowest size i'd go for. If i recall correctly that board supports m.2 and they are as I said in that price range and even faster than your sata SSDs.
Rest seems fine.
Hope that helps
Head over to carb
- PotterH sells New i7 - 6700s at R2600
- If needed - value select variants of ram do the exact same thing and save a bit, double check that on the net.
- Used 970s - 2700-3000, possibly with warranty, is faster than a 1050ti. Link
- SSD is a huge upgrade, if space isn't an issue or she has an external drive / another hard drive. 250s are under 700-1k, and is the lowest size i'd go for. If i recall correctly that board supports m.2 and they are as I said in that price range and even faster than your sata SSDs.
Rest seems fine.
Hope that helps
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Blazzok
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[MENTION=6280]Blazzok[/MENTION]
Head over to carb
- PotterH sells New i7 - 6700s at R2600
- If needed - value select variants of ram do the exact same thing and save a bit, double check that on the net.
- Used 970s - 2700-3000, possibly with warranty, is faster than a 1050ti. Link
- SSD is a huge upgrade, if space isn't an issue or she has an external drive / another hard drive. 250s are under 700-1k, and is the lowest size i'd go for. If i recall correctly that board supports m.2 and they are as I said in that price range and even faster than your sata SSDs.
Rest seems fine.
Hope that helps
Unfortunately I can't increase the cost of one component without saving money on something else. I did look at valueram, it saves about R100 at most.
I'm not seeing any 970's at that price on Carbonite at the moment, otherwise I could have considered it. I don't really want to take the Carb "risk" with someone else's money; I will check with her is she is oky with it. Can perhaps score a bit.
Her current PC is really old, as in IDE HDD old. So she won't keep her old drives and needs a new one. This means I can't fit an SSD in at this price point. Maybe later on she can get an SSD on top.
Glordit
Neo Zeon
Ryzen 5 + GTX 1060 3GB
You could probably get some components at a cheaper price, at other places. I'll shop around and update as I find them cheaper.
EDIT
I'd go with a G4560 or G4620 over a i3 since they are basically the same. (Pentium's now have HT just like the i3) If you going to stick with a i3, get the 7100, it's cheaper and the 7300 offers no real advantage being 100mhz faster. I would have recommend a RX 470/570 but no one has stock due to bitcoin mining, so the GTX1050Ti would do nicely with the Pentium but I'd bump it up to a GTX1060 with an i3+.
Here's a cheaper build: i3 + GTX1050Ti The Model of H110 From ASRock is compatible with KabyLake out of the box, anything else needs a bios flash with a SkyLake CPU, or it won't boot.
EDIT 2
You could push it to 12k with a R5 1400, A320M and a GTX 1060 6GB, or Switch out the GTX1050ti for a 1060.
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HavocXphere
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Except that's a battle you'll never win. If tech is advancing rapidly then it's not future proof even if you buy top end.
Blazzok
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Ryzen 5 + GTX 1060 3GB
Thanks for the reply Glordit. Which website is that screen cap from?
I made some changes after your post. I also spoke to my friend again, she would rather not push the cost up to R12k if it can be avoided.
I'm also keeping an eye on Carb for any nice deals. I told her to give it time, perhaps we get lucky with something on Carb.
Glordit
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