Gaming PC Builds

[Amit_]

Core Components

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LK ATX LGA1155
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600Mhz
SSD: Kingston SSDNow V200 Series 64GB 2.5" SATA III
SSD: Corsair Force 60GB 2.5" SATAII
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM ST2000DM001
HDD: Toshiba MK2035GSS 200GB 2.5" SATA I 4200RPM
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 4GB GAMING X
Case: Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair CX 550M 550W 80+ Bronze Semi-Modular ATX
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit + Windows 8.1 Professional 64-Bit

Peripherals

Monitor: Asus VE247H 23.6" 1920x1080 Monitor
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 2053BW 20"
Monitor: Acer P206HL 20" LCD Monitor
Keyboard: Logitech G110
Mouse: SteelSeries Sensei RAW Wired Laser (Piece of shit, don't buy Steel Series mice; look up scroll wheel issue)
Speakers: Logitech X-540 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers
Headphones: KOSS PRODJ100 Over-Ear Audiophile Headphones
Microphone: Samson GTrack USB Condenser Mic

You can see my system in full here: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/pTbj4D  It has older components because I bought the CPU, motherboard and RAM last July from a friend when he was upgrading to Skylake. Chugs along fine, though. Replaced the well-aged HD 7850 with the amazing MSI RX 480 Gaming X and I can't hear the thing anymore. The fan doesn't run until it hits 65 Celsius.

[MrTiki]

Why the two mini SSDs and 3 HDDs? Did you get a good deal on them or from a friend or something? You should probably get another 8GB of RAM at some point too, but it's not a bad rig. Was it cheap?

Also lol @Squirts with his 750W PSU for a GTX 950
Plenty of room to upgrade though

[Gurkha]

Rip all ur intel builds.

[Siwi]

Core Components

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LK ATX LGA1155
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600Mhz
SSD: Kingston SSDNow V200 Series 64GB 2.5" SATA III
SSD: Corsair Force 60GB 2.5" SATAII
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM ST2000DM001
HDD: Toshiba MK2035GSS 200GB 2.5" SATA I 4200RPM
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 4GB GAMING X
Case: Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair CX 550M 550W 80+ Bronze Semi-Modular ATX
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit + Windows 8.1 Professional 64-Bit

Peripherals

Monitor: Asus VE247H 23.6" 1920x1080 Monitor
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 2053BW 20"
Monitor: Acer P206HL 20" LCD Monitor
Keyboard: Logitech G110
Mouse: SteelSeries Sensei RAW Wired Laser (Piece of shit, don't buy Steel Series mice; look up scroll wheel issue)
Speakers: Logitech X-540 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers
Headphones: KOSS PRODJ100 Over-Ear Audiophile Headphones
Microphone: Samson GTrack USB Condenser Mic

You can see my system in full here: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/pTbj4D  It has older components because I bought the CPU, motherboard and RAM last July from a friend when he was upgrading to Skylake. Chugs along fine, though. Replaced the well-aged HD 7850 with the amazing MSI RX 480 Gaming X and I can't hear the thing anymore. The fan doesn't run until it hits 65 Celsius.

I have the same Asus monitor, its pretty swanky, I also have the same SteelSeries mouse and the scrolling thing bugs the crap out of me, I didn't know it was a flaw with all of them

[Amit_]

Why the two mini SSDs and 3 HDDs? Did you get a good deal on them or from a friend or something? You should probably get another 8GB of RAM at some point too, but it's not a bad rig. Was it cheap?

Also lol @Squirts with his 750W PSU for a GTX 950
Plenty of room to upgrade though

Oh shit, I didn't realize this thread was for creating new builds. I saw Squirts post his specs and did the same. Everything in the build is super old as you can see if you look up the parts. The two components that were released in the past year are the graphics card and power supply. Everything else is at least 3 years old.


For anyone looking into AMD's new Ryzen CPUs that launched yesterday, hold off on getting one if you're into gaming and nothing else. If you're serious about doing multi-threaded workloads such as streaming, video editing, rendering, etc., then you should certainly get one since it's a better value than Intel in the majority of cases. However, gamers don't have much to gain from the Ryzen 7 line. Wait for Ryzen 5 chips as they are more suited to just gaming and not being overkill. It's the same reason why you don't need to buy an i7 for games over an i5. Expect the R5 to be very competitive with Kaby Lake i5 processors while being cheaper.

Odd-man-out note: If you want the highest fucking possible performance in Arma 3 period, then you need to get the i7-7700K for its superior single-threaded performance.

[Ryner]

Thinking of upgrading my GPU (currently EVGA GTX 950) sometime soon but I'm a bit limited by my PSU (Cosair 430W)... Any suggestions? I'm eyeing the GTX 1050ti right now.

CPU: i-5 6500 3.2 Ghz
MoBo: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3
Ram: G.Skill Rip Jaws x2 8GB

[Gurkha]

Thinking of upgrading my GPU (currently EVGA GTX 950) sometime soon but I'm a bit limited by my PSU (Cosair 430W)... Any suggestions? I'm eyeing the GTX 1050ti right now.

CPU: i-5 6500 3.2 Ghz
MoBo: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3
Ram: G.Skill Rip Jaws x2 8GB

I would go with a rx 470, it performs much better than 1050ti and is better value for money as well.

[Amit_]

^ I agree with this. You could power an RX 480 or GTX 1060 just fine with that 430W PSU, though, too.

[Gurkha]

Stick to 144hz or go 240hz?

[Amit_]

240Hz means you need a system that can push out more than 240 FPS most of the time to actually make use of that tech. Good luck keeping all your games above 240 FPS unless you run like a GTX 1080 or 1080Ti. 144Hz is way more sensible and achievable while still being affordable. Me? I'm just happy to be able to hit 60 FPS in most of my games now.

[William]

Quick question: Anyone have any decent budget builds from 600-1000? Should I go for Ryzen?

[Olafson]

Definitely go for Ryzen if you can.

[Wastee]

Quick question: Anyone have any decent budget builds from 600-1000? Should I go for Ryzen?

[joer5835]

Definitely go for Ryzen if you can.

Huh. As someone currently considering upgrading to a kaby lake CPU, I am also looking at Ryzen. But, why would you recommend getting a Ryzen CPU?

[Bauer16]

Quick question: Anyone have any decent budget builds from 600-1000? Should I go for Ryzen?

I am very interested in seeing Ryzen succeed.  However, the results are a little disappointing.  So I would say wait until they work out some issues or avoid Ryzen if you want a new system in the near feature.

Here's a few reviews:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3180525/components-processors/amd-busts-ryzen-performance-myths-clearing-windows-10-and-others-from-blame.html
http://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-performance-of-ryzen-7-vs-core-i7-with-geforce-gtx-1080-ti/