Solve : Help with my PC build?

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Answer» I really like the looks of my build as it is, but I need to save ~$100-$150 on it. Here it is: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/s83X3F Please help me save a little money on this build. I don't know where to make the changes.You have a awesome build for the money already...no room to shave anything far as I can see.If you already have an older computer you might be able to save $70. I reuse older cases all the time. For me a SYSTEM doesnt need to be pretty, just needs to work properly. Going with a GTX 780 you could shave off maybe another $60 and have $130 saved.You could always buy USED parts though it could be a bit risky. It saved me about 300$ on my build some years back. But sometimes you get lucky and get fresh parts that works well. Maybe its out of the question for you but i thought it might be worth pointing out if your on a tight budget like me. Gl!I STRONGLY urge AGAINST any used parts (unless they are from your own old systems).$150 ? ? Why not mow some lawns...you could get that in 1 busy day...or 2... Quote from: Allan on February 02, 2017, 01:54:28 PM I STRONGLY urge AGAINST any used parts (unless they are from your own old systems). And "$150 ? ? Why not mow some lawns...you could get that in 1 busy day...or 2..." Is it just me or does the Moderators in this forum trolling people? If you cant say anything useful, rather don't say anything at all. This posting is a Troll it's not feasible to shave anything...step up and make it work somehow.The others are right that your pc is on the edge. It's good as it is and if you shave 150$ from it, you will lose a lot performance. You can do that by changing the GPU and CPU though:( 4gb of ram are far from enough these days. No SSD is also absolutely stupid. Difference between gtx 1050 and gtx 1060 is huge for example. Cpu is from the chep ones also. Quote 4gb of ram are far from enough these days. No SSD is also absolutely stupid. RAM Comment ..... I'd stick with the 8GB as a minimum for a modern gaming setup. I have a system with 4GB and I have run down to less than 300mb free of 4GB. Some games are heavy RAM hitters. Additionally more RAM = LESSER paging ( virtual memory = extra read/writes to a SSD or HDD ) Lesser RAM if there is a need for lots of memory and not enough then the drive will be worked harder to shuffle out data to a drive so that other data of greater priority can be dealt with in RAM, and then RAM injected with the info that was passed into the virtual memory. Games would likely run on the system with 4GB RAM, but better performance would be with the system with 8GB and your pairing of 2 x 4GB means you will be able to take advantage of dual-channel memory configuration for best performance. Additionally there is not much money saved in dropping to 4GB, so I DONT feel going with 4GB is worth crippling the systems memory to 4GB. SSD Comment .... This comment of "No SSD is also absolutely stupid" makes no sense at all. You have an SSD in your build. SSD's = best performance at a cost of lesser storage capacity.

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I really like the looks of my build as it is, but I need to save ~$100-$150 on it.
Here it is:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/s83X3F
Please help me save a little money on this build. I don't know where to make the changes.You have a awesome build for the money already...no room to shave anything far as I can see.If you already have an older computer you might be able to save $70. I reuse older cases all the time. For me a SYSTEM doesnt need to be pretty, just needs to work properly. Going with a GTX 780 you could shave off maybe another $60 and have $130 saved.You could always buy USED parts though it could be a bit risky. It saved me about 300$ on my build some years back. But sometimes you get lucky and get fresh parts that works well.
Maybe its out of the question for you but i thought it might be worth pointing out if your on a tight budget like me.

Gl!I STRONGLY urge AGAINST any used parts (unless they are from your own old systems).$150 ? ?

Why not mow some lawns...you could get that in 1 busy day...or 2... Quote from: Allan on February 02, 2017, 01:54:28 PM

I STRONGLY urge AGAINST any used parts (unless they are from your own old systems).

And

"$150 ? ?

Why not mow some lawns...you could get that in 1 busy day...or 2..."

Is it just me or does the Moderators in this forum trolling people?
If you cant say anything useful, rather don't say anything at all. This posting is a Troll it's not feasible to shave anything...step up and make it work somehow.The others are right that your pc is on the edge. It's good as it is and if you shave 150$ from it, you will lose a lot performance. You can do that by changing the GPU and CPU though:( 4gb of ram are far from enough these days. No SSD is also absolutely stupid. Difference between gtx 1050 and gtx 1060 is huge for example. Cpu is from the chep ones also. Quote

4gb of ram are far from enough these days. No SSD is also absolutely stupid.

RAM Comment ..... I'd stick with the 8GB as a minimum for a modern gaming setup. I have a system with 4GB and I have run down to less than 300mb free of 4GB. Some games are heavy RAM hitters. Additionally more RAM = LESSER paging ( virtual memory = extra read/writes to a SSD or HDD ) Lesser RAM if there is a need for lots of memory and not enough then the drive will be worked harder to shuffle out data to a drive so that other data of greater priority can be dealt with in RAM, and then RAM injected with the info that was passed into the virtual memory. Games would likely run on the system with 4GB RAM, but better performance would be with the system with 8GB and your pairing of 2 x 4GB means you will be able to take advantage of dual-channel memory configuration for best performance. Additionally there is not much money saved in dropping to 4GB, so I DONT feel going with 4GB is worth crippling the systems memory to 4GB.

SSD Comment .... This comment of "No SSD is also absolutely stupid" makes no sense at all. You have an SSD in your build. SSD's = best performance at a cost of lesser storage capacity.

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