Alright guys. This is my first build. Im about to order it. Im pretty nervous.
please rate it.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/TYRC23
>>54208108
kill yourself
gentoo will work on it
>>54208174
good to know
Not a bad setup. But with all the upcoming gpus with die shrinks i would wait and not buy a gpu right now.
>>54208302
Thanks. My idea is to buy a cheap gpu and use it until the higher tier ones go down in price (like the 980). I have always been a devoted nvidia user but even I am offended by their 970 3.5 vram scam. Strangely enough their 960 has full 4 gigs, which is why I am choosing to go with it.
>>54208373
Ah i see. If you are interested in the future of nvidia and amd gpus I want to recommend you a YouTube video.
https://youtu.be/0ktLeS4Fwlw
Even if you are a devoted nvidia fan I think you'll find the video series interesting. Makes me kinda worried for the future of nvidia.
>>54208539
its such a bummer, because their products used to deliver so well.
>>54208108
I would recommend you to get your pc computer parts from amazon and use the code to give us free stuff!
Also I would like to recommend you to use a Corsair Pro Gayming Keyboard and a Kingston SSD so you can kill those FPS like a pro gamer!
>>54208848
no linus I will not spend an extra $100 for the gtx 970
>>54208302
can you tell me more about this? I'm doing research right now on a gpu upgrade so dark souls 3 will run better. It's technically playable right now but I'd really like to upgrade to recommended specs to keep it from lagging in complex levels.
Everything looks fine, aside from the Motherboard, I just feel like an Asus one would be better, more reliable and better I/O.
Also as >>54208302 stated, you better remove that 960 for now, and wait a month or two for the new upcoming GPUs. Even if you don't end up buying them, you will be able to get these old ones like 980 or even Ti for a lot less.
>>54208108
What I would do is get a Intel Xeon E3-1231 and a cheaper 1150 motherboard instead (ASRock B85M Pro4 for example), the xeon is pretty much a i7 4790K without onboard gpu and no overclocking
You'll need DDR3 ram but the difference between DDR3 and 4 is almost non existent
>>54208974
I guess I can go gpu-less for a month or so, but only if the 980s are certain to go down in price. I have yet to play das 3 and I would like to try it soon...
Also, I will look into a asus mobo. I have used an asus laptop for +4 years and it has never had a single problem. However, in the reviews people are always talking about how their mobos fry within a week. Its confusing.
>>54209024
Ive considered that. I run the risk of no internal gpu, which could be bad if my gpu died and I needed a backup solution. Is the difference between an i5 and i7 significant? Because I would like to play Dolphin on this thing.
Sound about right, anon but are you sire that you want to go with the 960?
>>54209053
As far as I'm aware it wouldn't make a difference for dolphin but it will help you big time if you ever intend on streaming/recording or encoding/editing footage. For now I think that's about it but who knows, we might see more things benefiting from 8 threads in the future
The chance of your GPU dying is pretty small and you should be able to replace it with warranty
>>54209053
Asus motherboards are the best on the market. Risks of mobo damage is not unheard of but highly unlikely. In case something does happen just RMA it. The 170-A is a good choice.
As for Dolphin, I have a Xeon E3-1240 (Sandy bridge) and I run if flawlessly at very high native res. You'll have no problem here with a i5 6600K
>>54208108
The 960 is absolute garbage. If you must buy a card from that tier, get a 380(X).
>>54209167
>The 170-A is a good choice.
See, people recommend Asus products but when I read the reviews on that board I see nothing but complaints on how finicky it is.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132566&cm_re=ASUS_Z170-A-_-13-132-566-_-Product
I mean I dont deny that they are a good brand. Again, I have used one of their gaming laptops for four years now and it has not crashed once.
750W PSU for that is overkill unless you plan SLI. Hell, it's overkill even for two 960s.
>>54208974
msi motherboards are just fine. They offer much better components in their mid/high-end products. Only downside is the dragon logo but whatever, some of them don't have it. Gigabyte > asus ~ msi +/- like 2-5% quality on most tiers. Msi is also cheaper.
>DVD/CD Writer
>960
Get an AMD instead or you dun goofed
>>54209317
He's buying a Z170A -SLI PLUS-
Unless he plans to sli eventually there's no point in paying more for functionality he won't use. So assuming op is not an idiot it checks out. He'll keep this PC for a couple of years. Might sli eventually to postpone a complete system upgrade if he doesn't have the money immediately available.
>>54209358
I chose that psu originally because I was thinking about a R9 390, but even then I am not a big fan of amd because their drivers are sketch.
I just left the psu in the build for potential upgrades. But if I settle on a nvidia card I will lower it down to 600w.
When can we expect price drops in the gtx 980? If soon I wont mind waiting. I can use that extra money to get an i7 instead.
>>54209358
The name is meaningless as every Z170 can SLI equally well.
>>54209053
>>54209160
What you could also do is get a cheaper 1151 motherboard (B150 or H110 chipset), you won't need that one unless you intend to SLI and heavily overclock. Maybe a non K CPU if it makes a difference in price, overclocking is barely going to give you any difference (see pic) and the PSU is overkill like the other anon said. A 550w will do fine even for a 980, the PSU you're buying is tier 1 so it should be fine at 550w or 650w. Get a 120GB SSD instead then get a better video card with the saved money
>>54209469
Probably when the new cards drop which could be a few months from now
>>54209505
Alright, so I made a few changes and knocked the price down a significant amount. I have no gpu selected here.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Qk33zy
As long as the processor runs dolphin fine then I dont really care about over clocking. No intention to sli either.
bump. I want to make sure I am not doing something totally stupid.
>>54209599
holl up, how about something like this?
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/bFnjYJ
>>54209405
Amd has been on a roll with their drivers and even when not a 960 is obviously shit compared to a 390
>>54209505
>running shadow of mordor at 4k, ultra settings, on a 980, when the game explicitly recommends 6gb vram minimum for ultra textures, let alone 4k
>this obvious gpu bottleneck proves that cpu overclocking does nothing
dumbass
>>54209819
Well go look up benchmarks yourself dumbass, the differences won't be noticeable in the real world
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9533/intel-i7-6700k-overclocking-4-8-ghz
>>54209505
So the only difference between those chipsets is that one allows for sli and overclocking and the others dont? Are there any other notable differences between the chipsets?
>>54209863
regardless of the actual effects of overclocking, the image you posted is pure misinformation.
>>54209863
>gaming exclusive
btw some wii games need OC
>>54209943
They usually have less sata / usb ports for example and some might have fewer ram slots but that's about it. I've always used budget motherboards and they work perfectly fine if you don't intend to overclock or SLI
>>54209979
>some
Such as
>>54210033
Mario galaxy
>4GB 960
It's a fucking scam.
Other than that good picks desu.
>>54209943
http://www.techspot.com/article/1088-Intel-100-series-chipset-family-detailed/
>>54208539
>21 minutes
>part one
Nigga you want me to watch all that shit?
>>54210059
Interesting.
In that case I probably shouldnt spend more than $80 on one of these chipsets. Also I notice that a lot of these boards are micros. Not much of a problem, as long as they fit a gpu and a wlan card (meme, I know, but I need it because of where I live).
>>54210087
Amd has pretty much won the gaming console market for eternity, there you have it
It leads to some optimizations and helps them regain a status from the nvidia memery, even when amd was WAY better for a while they just barely managed to gain 52% market share because of retards like OP
I watched this like a week ago though
>>54208108
wait until pascal comes out and all the good maxwell cards are cheaper
>>54209484
Msi doesn't.
>>54209405
A 390 doesn't need 750w of power. 550 is fine unless you have something like a watercooler/leds/tons of fans/plan to oc your gpu/cpu. 600w is more than enough for most single-gpu systems.
>>54208108
>>>/v/
Why won't you faggots get off this board?
>>54210133
I think one of the main obstacles amd faces is how the brand their products. Their advertising always feel cheap, like they pander towards the 14 year old gaming crowd. Nvidia's advertising however is very mature, they make their products look classy, which goes hand in hand with intel whose advertisements are also more classy and mature.
Imo amd should do a total re-branding of their products and improve their self image.
>>54211018
>Nvidia's advertising however is very mature
Their advertising is straight up lying to you and/or using intentionally disproportional graphs on a RADICOOL DEWRITOS™ X-TRA LITE GREEN background. The rest of their strategy focuses on claiming to have superior driver support which is just bullshit specifically designed to gimp their competition and even their older cards - all the while telling you that's the way THE GAME WAS MEANT TO BE PLAYED™. Only a mindless gaymen faggot would gobble it up like a good goy. I want /v/ to leave and never come back.
>>54209505
>>54209167
You guys think this mobo will be good? There are strangely very few reviews online of it.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-h170pro
Here is my current build, sans gpu. The way I see it, as long as the computer itself is solid then the gpu can be decided on later, because the gpu can be replaced any time.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/VVJTbv
>>54208108
amd is the one with the oppai (better hardware) while nvidia is the slut
>>54208108
>http://pcpartpicker.com/p/TYRC23
Looks fine I guess. I do think it's hilarious that you have a $850 build with only 8GB of RAM. Looks like you're planning to overclock, but overclocking is dumb. I'd go with an i5-6400, stock cooler, kingston valueram 16gb, and 650W.
And that monitor is a rip off. Go with a 27" 2560x1440 unit.
>>54211392
>oppai
please enlighten me with this otaku vernacular
>>54211444
I have decided not to do overclocking. However, I am interested in playing with Dolphin, so I have chosen an i7 for this reason. Do you think stock coolers will work fine for this?
Also, here's my latest revision of the build: >>54211388
>>54211472
Stock cooler is more than enough. Skylake runs very cool. Save your money and forget the cooler/paste.
Kingston valueram like the other anon said is also fine if it saves you an ok amount of money. If you're going to go as cheap as possible, that's the way. No aftermarket cooler, valueram, an 150 chipset or a cheap 170 one (some entry level msi boards are very good/reliable for the price). The processor will outlive everything on there. Go with a 380 or 390 if your budget supports it. Pirate windows (7). I wouldn't go with a 1440 screen really if I were to get a 960/380. They'll play most things on low settings though. You really don't need an i7 for dolphin. Check the dolphin benchmarks, the i5 performs just as well.
>>54211900
great, thank you. And I may just go with a r9 390 if amd has really improved their drivers. It will break my nvidia tradition, but it seems like nvidia is heading down dark paths anyway.
I'm >>54211444
>>54211900
>I wouldn't go with a 1440 screen [...] play [...]
1080 is shit for computing. If this is purely a gaming machine then maybe 1080. If not, you should really get a modern PC screen resolution.
>>54212150
AMD drivers are still shit. Of course, I'm a Linux user, so keep that in mind.
>>54212496
This build is geared towards 1080. Im thinking that once I upgrade to a 980 (or get a r9 390) I should be set for 1080p gaming for a long time. I chose the Dell monitor because their monitors are supposedly first class, so I want 1080 to look as good as it can.
>>54211472
>>please enlighten me with this otaku vernacular
Oppai = titties, which doesn't make any sense, since Nvidia has bigger tits.
>>54208108
Do not get an msi motherboard no matter what
