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Hey guys I need some help building a new pc

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jared3339

Junior Member
Hello this is my first post. I use my current PC primarily for gaming and grapfical design. However recently I have not been able to finish some designs because they are becoming to complex for my PC to handle. I also game on my pc. I play games like warthunder and robocraft and I have over 3000 hours in warthunder. However I play on the absolute lowest graphic settings and with recent updates I am beginning to experience lag. I normally play around 30 to 40 fps ( I know that's awful) soo with that being said I want to get a better system. Now I was originally thinking about buying an alienwear area 51 but being on a budget i can't afford it. So I decided to build one. Now I want to save money and I already have an "OK" PC it's a completely stock HP pavilion with i3 core. I run two screens of of it and use a madcatz strike5 pro gaming keyboard. I want simply a better PC so one Google search later I found a page giving me several tips on what to get. The page suggested
AMD FX 8350
ASRock 970m pro3
Gigabyte Radeon R9 380X
Ballistic sport 8gb (two)
Seagate 1TB
Seasonic s1211 620w
Samsung 24x SATA
total price: 632.07 ( ouch )
So thats what it recomends. Now I have never built a PC before so I don't really know to much about all that but I know that there are parts in my pavilion that can be used on my new PC so I don't have to buy all new parts. Could you guys give me some tips on what to do and what I can salvage from my old pc. Thank you!!
 
1. What YOUR PC will be used for. Gaming and advanced graphic design

2. What YOUR budget is. I would like to stay under 500 but going over is OK.

3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from. Doesn't really matter

4. IF you're buying parts OUTSIDE the US... Yep!

5. IF YOU have a brand preference. No preference just want the best.

6. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are. I plans to re use any applicable parts out of my current HP pavilion

7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds. I don't really know

8. What resolution, not monitor size, will you be using? No idea of resolution, the biggest

9. WHEN do you plan to build it? Asap

10. Do you need to purchase any software to go with the system, such as Windows or Blu Ray playback software? NO
 
ok, first off, we need to know the exact country you are buying from.

second, is it 500 dollars, 500 euros .. ? neither will get you a great pc, but maybe we can work something out.

do we need to factor is the cost of a mouse, monitor, case?

here is a generic pc build from a central european country.

PCPartPicker part list: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/CyYDbv
Price breakdown by merchant: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/CyYDbv/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (€200.62 @ Mindfactory)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (€106.52 @ Mindfactory)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (€30.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€113.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card (€177.68 @ Mindfactory)
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (€78.63 @ Mindfactory)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0 DVD/CD Writer (€14.59 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €723.02

this is super basic, it includes a midrange GPU, the lowest CPU you can couple with it, a basic mobo, basic storage, minimal PSU, and you will have to use your own case as well.

so .. unless we get that info, we really can't help you.
 
No I have bought some amazing moninters, keyboards and mouses also I have a case ready. I will be buying in us dollars
 
I think the regular build in this post would be great for you. It has everything but screens and peripherals, and is at your budget.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=36500810&postcount=1

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($111.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: *MSI H110M PRO-D Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($48.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: *Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($33.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: *Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: *Asus GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card ($127.99 @ Micro Center)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case ($22.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: *EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($27.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: *Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($85.49 @ OutletPC)
Total: $505.20
 
right;

Ketchup's build is ok, he didnt notice that you already have a case and Windows, so that's $23 and $85 saved, for an extra $108 to budget.

i would do this:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2KKrJx
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2KKrJx/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($31.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Sandisk Z400s 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($37.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($38.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0 DVD/CD Writer ($19.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $543.82

1) you get a quad core CPU which has some solid resale value down the line. It boosts up to 3.7Ghz too.

2) a solid R380 which is plenty for playing games on a 1920 x 1080 monitor.

the PSU is semi-modular, the GPU has 4Gb of VRAM (should be able to handle even 2 monitors), 8Gb of ram is plenty as well.
You will want to eventually buy a second SSD to store your stuff on, since 120Gb is just enough to get the OS on it plus maybe a few games and films.

Considering your budget, this is imho really the best you can do, and it gives you a very reasonable amount of power.
 
Wow thanks for all the advice I have a few questions. Why would this *MSI H110M PRO-D Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($48.98 @ Newegg cost so much less than a gigabyte Radeon r9 380x at 251$?
 
What model HP Pavilion do you have? Going from an i3 to another i3 or even an i5 won't give too much of a performance boost, especially considering the cost out of pocket, though that largely depends on which i3 you have. It would also help to know if you've upgraded anything on the system (RAM, graphics card, hard drive), and exactly which graphical design software you will be using.
 
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