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I need help building a PC, I read the sticky. Still confused.

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Yeah, i'm very on the edge on building one. All I got from reading the sticky is
I need atleast 16 gb ram, more cores the better and a decent GPU with atleast 8gb of memory
maybe a ssd? it's pretty pricey it makes reading stuff
I have $950 budget, not too much I know  :|

Thanks for the help.

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  • PolyHertz
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    PolyHertz polycount lvl 666
    There are suggested builds listed in the sticky too for various budgets, just make a blend based on the two closest to your budget.
    With a $950 budget, assuming you want a 'balanced' build, I'd go with something like this: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/X9vwCb

        $160    - CPU: AMD R5 1600 (comes with cooler)
        $280    - GPU: Geforce 1060, 6gb
        $180    - RAM: 16GB (2x 8gb)
        $100    - SSD: 500GB Samsung 860 EVO
        $60     - HDD: 2TB
        $60     - MOBO: ASRock AB350M Pro4
        $40     - Tower: Deepcool TESSERACT BF
        $80     - Power: EVGA G2 220-G2-0650-Y1

    As for "a GPU with at least 8gb of memory", you could get a Geforce 1070 if you skipped getting an SSD or got a smaller capacity SSD and a lower spec CPU, but I don't think the tradeoffs are worth it.

    (Also, you can post these questions in the dedicated PC building thread, no need to make new threads)
  • RS7
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    RS7 polycounter lvl 3

    Quick amazon search. You can probably get hundered or more off from the price if you are willing to search a bit and maybe buy some second hand parts like GPU for example. There is no case listed in here but when on a budget, virtually anything will do, you can find used cases for 10 usd probably. If you want to lowe your cost, you might want to get 16GB of RAM instead of 32GB. But if it will fit your budget i'd go with 32. No need for two hard drives. one SSD should be okay. You can add them later on, as much as needed and as big as possible.
    So i would say you could get this build for less than 1k.

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