[MEGATHREAD] Personal Computer - Updated builds thanks to Logical Increments

[espio100]

Yay, I've successfully built my PC, it works and everything :D

Pics to be sent soon...

Neat! specs?

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[shitlord]

[Swat 3]

that's more of an art exhibit than a pc lol

[Pah1023]

I'd like some opinions on this list before I go and buy it.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8tn6TW
Just as a note I'm pushing my budget already as it is so I can't spend any more money, but if you see somewhere I can save money that'd be great.

[Swat 3]

The only negative I see is that dual core processor being a possible bottleneck. What type of gaming do you actually want to do? You might be able to get a 950 or a 960, but a 970 is like trying to attach a spoiler to a school bus. You could also get an AMD.

[Pah1023]

The only negative I see is that dual core processor being a possible bottleneck. What type of gaming do you actually want to do? You might be able to get a 950 or a 960, but a 970 is like trying to attach a spoiler to a school bus. You could also get an AMD.

If you're suggesting that I get an AMD graphics card, I've looked into that and I've heard/seen that the drivers for them doesn't preform well on Linux.
If the CPU, on this site here it shows that the i3-6100 preforms better in general compared to a similar priced AMD.
The only thing the AMD has better is the multi-core performance.
However, as for the games I'm gonna play, I'll likely be playing Blockland, Space Engineers, Minecraft (with mods), Planet Explorers, and Kerbal Space Program.
Also to add my budget is 600$ after mail in rebates.

[Swat 3]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YpFszy

This is my suggestion. If you're going linux, remove the windows.

[Pah1023]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YpFszy

This is my suggestion. If you're going linux, remove the windows.

I'd go with that, but I still think that the processor I've chose wouldn't bottle-neck the 970, on userbenchmark there are builds showing no decrease in performance with the i3-6100.
Additionally I'd want to stick to the skylake family so I could just upgrade the CPU if I needed to without having to replace the motherboard.
Also I'd need a wifi card ( preferably the one in my list since it'd work out of the box with linux ), and keyboard / mouse.

I'm still looking for improvement with memory or storage, or anything that can be replaced for a lower cost.

[Waru]

do you guys have any laptop suggestions? I have $500 and I want something that could hold
me over in school and out of the house. so a good battery life, non-stuffe touchpad, and maybe some moderate gaming. (spelunky, minecraft, EU4 even though that is a beast of a game). any help?

[mutt]

Neat! specs?

8gb ddr3 kingston hyperx fury ram
core i5-4590 @ 3.3ghz
msi geforce gtx 960 2gb
450w psu
120gb samsung 850 evo ssd
1tb wd blue caviar
gigabyte b85m-d2v mobo
windows 8.1 64-bit (dont judge)

[espio100]

I basicly have the same except an i5-4430 and 16Gb of ram.
The 960 is a very solid budget gpu.

[Swat 3]

I'd go with that, but I still think that the processor I've chose wouldn't bottle-neck the 970, on userbenchmark there are builds showing no decrease in performance with the i3-6100.
Additionally I'd want to stick to the skylake family so I could just upgrade the CPU if I needed to without having to replace the motherboard.
Also I'd need a wifi card ( preferably the one in my list since it'd work out of the box with linux ), and keyboard / mouse.

I'm still looking for improvement with memory or storage, or anything that can be replaced for a lower cost.

Trust me when I tell you memory doesn't matter. It doesn't.

Get the crappiest looking, lowest end DDR4 ram (like, 8 gigs) if you still want to move for Skylake.

[mutt]

I basicly have the same except an i5-4430 and 16Gb of ram.
The 960 is a very solid budget gpu.

cool and yeah by the looks of it the card is pretty neat

[LeetZero]

My F11 doesn't work in physically any application.
Browser, Windows Image Viewer, Minecraft, anything that would naturally use F11 refuses to work.
I got "Windows Hotkey Explorer", and it tells me dwm.exe is hooked to it. After shutting down the service/process (thus loving up Aero) the hotkey is freed and indeed everything works.

Does anyone have any clue of this weird behavior? Malwarebytes detects nothing in regards to viruses, and looking online - pretty much nobody has this issue.

[Pah1023]

Trust me when I tell you memory doesn't matter. It doesn't.

Get the crappiest looking, lowest end DDR4 ram (like, 8 gigs) if you still want to move for Skylake.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LN3w99
This is what I came up with, if necessary I'll just drop the HDD, I have some I can use for now.
Will I ever need more than 16 GB of ram?
I might just settle with a two slot motherboard if not.

If it seems like I absolutely have to go with a 960, I'll just go with this build.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vB2xnQ