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Edited by The Barbershop: 9/24/2015 7:24:06 PM
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I've decided to join the Master Race

Recently I've been looking into PC gaming. I wanted to be able to play games at both end of the spectrum, console and PC. Here the kicker... I did not want to break the bank. After basing my builds off some YouTube builds... I came up with a sub 700 dollar build. Youtubers claim that this PC should be able to run games like BF4,Dying Light, Arma 3 at 1080p with high settings and good frame rates. My question to you PC veterans and masterrace members is will this PC do just that. I would also like to know is this PC upgrade able in the future and what should I focus on upgrading to improve my quality of gaming. Here the part picker link http://pcpartpicker.com/p/XLWdhM Edit: I was just joking with the Masterrace stuff. Also here is another potential build http://pcpartpicker.com/p/fRMYD3

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    • Yea master race...love paying for graphic cards that are worth more than a console. More like dipshit race.

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      • It's a solid build, but if you're gonna go with an Intel cpu get an unlocked one; the one with the k at the end. Even if you go into it thinking you're not gonna do any overclocking chances are that you will want to once you get into it. The motherboard also doesn't support sli or crossfire so if you ever want to run dual graphics cards you won't be able to. For graphics cards the 960 is alright but AMD just released their 300 series a few months ago so for around 200 bucks there are a lot of options now. Check ebay for graphics cards; you can find barely used ones for 200 bucks or less that are better than the 960, such as AMD R9 290, AMD R9 290x, and Nvidia GTX 970. Me personally, if I were on a $700 budget, I would go for a cheaper AMD FX series cpu; you can often get a FX 6300 for around $80, or a FX 8320 for $120, then I would dump the savings from that into getting a better graphics card such as a R9 390 or GTX 970. Intel processors are faster on a single core than AMD, but with DX12 utilizing multi-threading for games, a 6 or 8 threaded cpu is going to see a new advantage previously not really utilized that much, plus they're better at multi-tasking than an i5, which isn't surprisiung because the i5 is a 4 core 4 thread chip. 8 threads is always going to be faster than 4 threads when they are utilized. And as I stated before there is nothing wrong with getting a slightly used gpu on ebay; more often than not they are still under manufacturer warranty because enthusiasts upgrade their gpus early and often, so they'll have a card for 5 to 6 months, get bored then sell it and buy a new one. Bad habbit for them, but it's good for us.

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        • Not bad, but instead of a Maxwell based 2GB card you should get an r9 280x or 380 They will fully support DX12 and they're better cards than the 960.

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          • Hey if I get this job in the military I'm going to build a 1000$ machine

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