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What is your budget and currency? $1200 USD
Do you need a monitor? no
Do you need a keyboard? no
Do you need a mouse? no
Do you need an operating system? yes
What will you use the PC for? gaming on high or max settings, group chatting while doing multiplayer games, watching streams, and other normal pc stuff
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Can add another 390 in Xfire at any point

Buy OS off G2A for about $40
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VexGlare wrote [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
Can add another 390 in Xfire at any point

Buy OS off G2A for about $40

OP will need to upgrade the PSU in order to XFire 390's

Assuming you wont be overclocking as you didn't state it...

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Will handle everything you want with ease, SSD for OS and games, can add another 390 in XFire in the future if you wish.

or

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Slightly more however some games are starting to utilize hyper-threading more and more now so the 1231v3 may come in handy for that and if you ever decide to edit/stream.

or Skylake

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locked i5 but again will do everything you need, however because Skylake is newer its slightly more expensive.

If you don't want an aftermarket cooler then the stock cooler that comes with the CPU will do fine.

Get the OS the free way or like VexGlare said get a key from G2A.
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Seba wrote
VexGlare wrote [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
Can add another 390 in Xfire at any point

Buy OS off G2A for about $40

OP will need to upgrade the PSU in order to XFire 390's

Assuming you wont be overclocking as you didn't state it...

[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
Will handle everything you want with ease, SSD for OS and games, can add another 390 in XFire in the future if you wish.

or

[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
Slightly more however some games are starting to utilize hyper-threading more and more now so the 1231v3 may come in handy for that and if you ever decide to edit/stream.

or Skylake

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locked i5 but again will do everything you need, however because Skylake is newer its slightly more expensive.

If you don't want an aftermarket cooler then the stock cooler that comes with the CPU will do fine.

Get the OS the free way or like VexGlare said get a key from G2A.


Only thing I would change in that build would be the case.

I'd get [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] , as it is smaller. The full towers cases are quite big, especially the Enthoo Pro.
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The Enthoo Pro is a bit big for people who aren't putting a custom loop in it...
Here is mine next to a 23" monitor and a HDD for size comparison.
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Zayev wrote The Enthoo Pro is a bit big for people who aren't putting a custom loop in it...
Here is mine next to a 23" monitor and a HDD for size comparison.
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holy crap that thing is giant. You must be able to put a killer water loop in it
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Seba wrote
VexGlare wrote [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
Can add another 390 in Xfire at any point

Buy OS off G2A for about $40

OP will need to upgrade the PSU in order to XFire 390's

Assuming you wont be overclocking as you didn't state it...

[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
Will handle everything you want with ease, SSD for OS and games, can add another 390 in XFire in the future if you wish.

or

[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
Slightly more however some games are starting to utilize hyper-threading more and more now so the 1231v3 may come in handy for that and if you ever decide to edit/stream.

or Skylake

[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
locked i5 but again will do everything you need, however because Skylake is newer its slightly more expensive.

If you don't want an aftermarket cooler then the stock cooler that comes with the CPU will do fine.

Get the OS the free way or like VexGlare said get a key from G2A.


OP- I recommend if you are not overclocking then get the skylake build since it's newer but still will perform the same.
if your looking to Overclock id say my build.
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