Romans832 Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 I want to build a new PC. This beast is about to be 10 years old and is showing his age. I only play Blizzard and Steam games so don't need a $2.5K machine. Found a $980 build for AMD, but don't want AMD. http://blog.logicalincrements.com/2017/12/building-gaming-pc-christmas-2017-980-2250-rigs/ I know I could cheat and replace with i5-8400 (out of stock) or i5-8600K ($270) & use the Prime Z370-A https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813119038 and that only bounces me up ~$200. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have locals who claim they can help, but all they're pushing for is top of the line... I get it, but I'll never game that hard at this point in life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purajh Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Something I always consider when building a PC is how much of my old PC is reusable. The majority of what will up the performance is Motherboard, Processor, Ram and Video card. Depending on where local is for you, you should have some options for either in store or online shopping. I personally live in the Vancouver/Portland area and get most of my parts at either Fry's or ENU. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted January 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 I love enu, there's no way my ten year old machine is reusable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purajh Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 How many watts is the power supply and how is the case holding up? size and age of the hard drive? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted January 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 600 All in 2.0, no 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted January 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 1 HDD is way old the other is ten 256 on both I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purajh Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Yah, Sounds like you may need the full system replaced. You looking mainly to piece-mail it slowly for better prices or try to go out and build it in one day method 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalmer Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Romans832, I tossed some ideas in the other thread, didn't see this one sorry. Stay safe, don 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted January 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 http://blog.logicalincrements.com/2017/10/building-pc-intel-i5-8600k-i5-8400/ I'm thinking I might modify this a little... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted January 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 I think the thing that might be killer is 8600k is 270$ till midnight and a case is on sale till tonight... Though not sure $20 off is exactly work shopping family to try and do tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted January 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 @Purajh, Google says ENU is out of business :( Dam, I was hoping to visit (90% of my stuff is from them) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted January 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 Anyone have any suggestions for a video card? https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01L9K8X26/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Is out of stock and no promises of returning And honestly, not finding good alternatives, everyone is out of quality Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreg Posted January 12, 2018 Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 I have a 1070 or maybe a 1080 that is working good. But thanks to the cryptocurrency miners getting any decent video card is super difficult right now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted January 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 On 1/12/2018 at 8:36 AM, Dreg said: I have a 1070 or maybe a 1080 that is working good. But thanks to the cryptocurrency miners getting any decent video card is super difficult right now. Please explain, I'm kind of confused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckman Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 Graphics cards have GPUs in them. With the right software, GPUs are the cheapest flops per dollar available on the market (because they are essentially nothing but flops and memory). As a result, anyone who wants to mine digital currency buys a machine with multiple graphics cards slots and loads up on high end GPUs meaning they compete with gamers for available high-end graphics cards. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted January 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 Oh that blows :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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