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Hey guys, Looking to get into Pc gaming, Not looking to spend a crazy high amount as this will be my first build. Im looking to play GTA 5, Call of Duty, No Mans Sky and several other games, Maybe DayZ and H1Z1. I dont need a OS,KBM,or monitor. Looking to spend $500- $600 US currency. + Rep for a decent build.
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I'd get that, and grab a $200 GPU with it. There are a couple of choices for you, GPU wise. You could go for an RX 470, or wait and see if any aftermarket 4GB RX 480s pop up for sale at around $200, or you could go for a 3GB GTX 1060.

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If you go for the 1060, you can buy one right now. If you want a 470, you need to wait until they pop up back in stock for $200. However, there are no benchmarks out yet for the 3GB GTX 1060, so no idea how well it actually performs compared to the 470, 480, or 6GB GTX 1060. The 3GB GTX 1060 might be the poorest performing of the bunch. If it is, it won't be significantly lower performance than the 470.
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I'd get that, and grab a $200 GPU with it. There are a couple of choices for you, GPU wise. You could go for an RX 470, or wait and see if any aftermarket 4GB RX 480s pop up for sale at around $200, or you could go for a 3GB GTX 1060.

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If you go for the 1060, you can buy one right now. If you want a 470, you need to wait until they pop up back in stock for $200. However, there are no benchmarks out yet for the 3GB GTX 1060, so no idea how well it actually performs compared to the 470, 480, or 6GB GTX 1060. The 3GB GTX 1060 might be the poorest performing of the bunch. If it is, it won't be significantly lower performance than the 470.




Out of curiosity do you thinkI should go with the 6Gb model for a extra $100?
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You can get 6GB GTX 1060s for $260-$280 which would put you at $610-$630 total. If you don't mind paying that much and can afford it, go ahead. The 6GB GTX 1060 would be better than a 470, 480, and 3GB GTX 1060.
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Sanctorum wrote You can get 6GB GTX 1060s for $260-$280 which would put you at $610-$630 total. If you don't mind paying that much and can afford it, go ahead. The 6GB GTX 1060 would be better than a 470, 480, and 3GB GTX 1060.



Awesome. Thank you so much. It will be a hard decision between the 470, 1060 3gb and the 6 gb one lol. But I should have this build done in 3 months. I'll be getting most of my parts on Black Friday as I heard the prices are 50% better. I appreciate this very much!
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