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I have a budget of $700 for a gaming PC including operating system. I can go slightly higher but $700 is preferred amount.
I will be playing CS:GO, stardew valley, Skyrim, Doom.
I want to mostly on medium to high graphics but graphics don't really matter as long as it runs fine.
I appreciate any help. Thanks.
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As you've mentioned build, I'm going to assume you're building it yourself.

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First off, Idk why the picture has lost quality in the process of uploading.


As you can tell by the CPU, this in a non overclockable build. If you did want to OC I will make another build.

You will definitely be able to play games at medium-high settings, and some games high/ultra. You've also got room to upgrade in the future (if you will not be overclocking).

- Good power supply, not going to break down on you and take out your system.
- Nice case, decent features, looks good and spacious
- Powerful CPU, will be more than enough for just gaming
- Decent motherboard, ok features, not the best but will definitely be fine
- 8GB memory, don't need anymore for gaming. Also room for another stick for a future upgrade
- 1TB HDD for storing mass data
- 120GB for a boot drive to make most used programs/games & Windows snappy, and super fast
- Great GPU, fast enough for playing games at high settings smoothly, nice cooler & looks dank (i r8 3.5/4)

Alternatively if you favour AMD, I'd swap out the 970 for either a 380X, or a 390. Your call.


With regards to the OS, you can visit alternative sites such as [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] & [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] for super cheap legit Windows keys. You can pick one up for around $25. You can download Windows 10 from the official [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] website and pop the ISO file onto a thumb drive which you can boot from.

If I've missed anything let me know.

Also, get other suggestions because you may prefer other suggestions. If you have any questions, let me know, I don't mind.
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NMG_ASTRIX wrote - Good power supply, not going to break down on you and take out your system.

That's not a good PSU, at all. It's a very low quality, budget unit in fact.
NMG_ASTRIX wrote - Nice case, decent features, looks good and spacious

It's alright, nothing special.
NMG_ASTRIX wrote - Decent motherboard, ok features, not the best but will definitely be fine

$70 for H110 chipset is ridiculous.
NMG_ASTRIX wrote - Great GPU, fast enough for playing games at high settings smoothly, nice cooler & looks dank (i r8 3.5/4)
Alternatively if you favour AMD, I'd swap out the 970 for either a 380X, or a 390. Your call.

Not a single one of those GPUs make sense. RX 480 comes out in like 3 days and will offer around GTX 980/R9 390X performance for $199, this makes the GTX 970, R9 390, and R9 380X all pretty much useless at this point, and they'd be a waste of money. Plus, games are really starting to utilise more VRAM, so hopping on that 8GB VRAM with a 480 wouldn't be a bad choice.




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Nice little system. $250 should be more than enough for a nice 8GB 480 when they release. i5-6400 isn't very good due to it's incredibly low clock speeds, so the 6500 would be a far better choice. 8GB RAM is fine, add another 8GB in the future, and then you still have the option to add another 2 DIMMs. SSD for your OS and a few games/programs, you'll probably want to add an HDD when possible though. An actually good quality PSU. Nice little motherboard and case.
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NMG_ASTRIX wrote As you've mentioned build, I'm going to assume you're building it yourself.
First off, Idk why the picture has lost quality in the process of uploading.


As you can tell by the CPU, this in a non overclockable build. If you did want to OC I will make another build.

You will definitely be able to play games at medium-high settings, and some games high/ultra. You've also got room to upgrade in the future (if you will not be overclocking).

- Good power supply, not going to break down on you and take out your system.
- Nice case, decent features, looks good and spacious
- Powerful CPU, will be more than enough for just gaming
- Decent motherboard, ok features, not the best but will definitely be fine
- 8GB memory, don't need anymore for gaming. Also room for another stick for a future upgrade
- 1TB HDD for storing mass data
- 120GB for a boot drive to make most used programs/games & Windows snappy, and super fast
- Great GPU, fast enough for playing games at high settings smoothly, nice cooler & looks dank (i r8 3.5/4)

Alternatively if you favour AMD, I'd swap out the 970 for either a 380X, or a 390. Your call.


With regards to the OS, you can visit alternative sites such as [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] & [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] for super cheap legit Windows keys. You can pick one up for around $25. You can download Windows 10 from the official [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] website and pop the ISO file onto a thumb drive which you can boot from.

If I've missed anything let me know.

Also, get other suggestions because you may prefer other suggestions. If you have any questions, let me know, I don't mind.

Thank you very much Yeah I'm building it myself.

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Nice little system. $250 should be more than enough for a nice 8GB 480 when they release. i5-6400 isn't very good due to it's incredibly low clock speeds, so the 6500 would be a far better choice. 8GB RAM is fine, add another 8GB in the future, and then you still have the option to add another 2 DIMMs. SSD for your OS and a few games/programs, you'll probably want to add an HDD when possible though. An actually good quality PSU. Nice little motherboard and case.

Thanks. I appreciate it. This build looks good.
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