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Just messing around with ideas for builds for exclusively star conflict:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4400 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($56.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($66.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($43.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB Superclocked Video Card  ($153.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($42.49 @ Amazon) 
Total: $468.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-08 12:32 EDT-0400

Thoughts? 

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1 hour ago, HBZK100 said:

Just messing around with ideas for builds for exclusively star conflict:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4400 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($56.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($66.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($43.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB Superclocked Video Card  ($153.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($42.49 @ Amazon) 
Total: $468.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-08 12:32 EDT-0400

Thoughts? 

did you take the most expensive GTX 950 you cloud find? e.g. http://pcpartpicker.com/product/FDx9TW/evga-video-card-02gp42956kr is the bigger and atm cheaper variant of your card

idk what games you play besides Star Conflict or if a 4GB card like the AMD Rx 460 would benefit you (4GB or 2GB wouldn’t make a difference in Star Conflict) and it would be a absolutely horrible choice if you want play Star Conflict under Linux (my R9 280x gives me a unstable 20-160 fps and every time I look behind me I get only framedrops)

All in all your build looks kinda solid for the price, I would take a i3 instead of the Pentium, but yeah I have always more expensive CPU’s then GPU’s xD

 

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Heres mine: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/HVb8Z8

Not really for SC and they are the parts I have,all that I need actually,for now.

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12 minutes ago, xXThunderFlameXx said:

Heres mine: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/HVb8Z8

Not really for SC and they are the parts I have,all that I need actually,for now.

WTF only one ram stick and then only 8 GB, I would go with at least 16GB or even 32

I won’t comment on your choice of Operating System…

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Just now, John161 said:

WTF only one ram stick and then only 8 GB, I would go with at least 16GB or even 32

I won’t comment on your choice of Operating System…

Why would you need 16GB anyway?Unless you are editing but the CPU does matter too.

Also,would you prefer Linux,Ubuntu or Raspberi Pi?

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23 minutes ago, John161 said:

16GB or even 32

I have 16GB, if you go budget going for 32 is completely nuts, while 16 is not a necissity, it’s futureproof yes but 8 handles pretty much any game today.

Also with my 16, I never go above 12, rarely above 8 even.

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I can buy another 8 if I want,will arrive the next day and there you have it.

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SC cost 2.3GB of ram. 8GB is pretty much overkill. 

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22 minutes ago, OmegaFighter said:

I have 16GB, if you go budget going for 32 is completely nuts, while 16 is not a necissity, it’s futureproof yes but 8 handles pretty much any game today.

Also with my 16, I never go above 12, rarely above 8 even.

My comment was related to Thunder’s nearly 1k$ PC and this is clearly not a budget PC and yes for only gaming 8GB is often enough

 

45 minutes ago, xXThunderFlameXx said:

Why would you need 16GB anyway?Unless you are editing but the CPU does matter too.

Also,would you prefer Linux,Ubuntu or Raspberi Pi?

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Some Games e.g. Space Engineers take use of more Ram and compiling and linking programs/operating systems/stuff can also take up a lot of RAM and yes a CPU matter too, this is why I haven’t said anything about it and 2 Ram Sticks are way more faster then only one (here is mostly no speed difference 2 or 4 since most mainboards only support Dualchannel)

Raspberry Pi is a PC an not a operating system…

Linux is actually a Kernel which can be found in many devices e.g. your TV and Router probably and Ubuntu is crap, but yes I use Linux based system for everything except gaming since most games are windows only sadly or devs aren’t able to bring a proper support for Linux (e.g. StarGem with Star Conflict)

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7 hours ago, HBZK100 said:

Just messing around with ideas for builds for exclusively star conflict:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4400 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($56.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($66.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($43.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB Superclocked Video Card  ($153.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($42.49 @ Amazon) 
Total: $468.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-08 12:32 EDT-0400

Thoughts? 

That’s pretty impressive for a budget PC. I’d think about adding a HDD to that – there’s some pretty cheap 1TB ones, could probably find a decent drive for around $50. Otherwise, living on 120GB only might be a bit of a pain.

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Gtx 950 is old and useless, like the rx 460 (well ok that’s new but equally useless). 

For 152$ it’s a total waste of money. Put 30$ more bucks and get a 4gb rx470. It’s new and it blast every cheap old card like the 960/50 or that xxxx new 460.

@thunderdude Stay away from gtx 1060 3gb. Get a 6gb or an rx480 instead. 3gb 1060 is not at all a 1060, it’s core is less powerfull than the 6gb version. It’s a fraud they called it that way since is more a “1050”. Gpu makers always makes those “jokes”.

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1 hour ago, xXThunderFlameXx said:

I can buy another 8 if I want,will arrive the next day and there you have it.

You know what “dual channel” is? 

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18 hours ago, John161 said:

… it would be a absolutely horrible choice if you want play Star Conflict under Linux (my R9 280x gives me a unstable 20-160 fps and every time I look behind me I get only framedrops)

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That is linux and amd/nvidia poor driver and kernel optimization: SADLY.

On win10 my 7870 (which is worst than yours by far) goes from 80 min to 250 fps with everything maxed except MLAA @2x, @1080p. Even while recording game sessions.

They said the last kernel and closed s. Drivers have improved the situation, have you already updated both of them? I’m just courius, since it’s been a while I don’t mess with linux on my main rig.

P.s. rx460 is on par and even worst than a 280x

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Having r9 290 gpus and an nvidia Gtx 660. The gtx660 is smoother than the r9 even though I can play more demanding games on the amd. Seems like SC works better on nvidia a little. At least from this experience.

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1 minute ago, RennieAshII said:

Having r9 290 gpus and an nvidia Gtx 660. The gtx660 is smoother than the r9 even though I can play more demanding games on the amd. Seems like SC works better on nvidia a little. At least from this experience.

Old Amd cards on old dx version perform glitchy sometimes if driver are not optimized for the given game. This is particularly true (for exemple) for the unity engine which a lot of “indie” games use. On majority of popular games however this is nit happening even on old cards.

Sc use an old dx engine which, even if it is not so “demanding”, it have some trouble with AMD. Not that is unplayable, not at all. But sometimes the game can have microstutters. Expecially when big models with big textures appears on screen. 

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Upped the ante to the $600 sweet spot (for AMD, at least), and bumped the CPU to 6 cores/higher clockspeed with decent cooling for OC, RX470 for 1080p mastery, 1TB HDD for porn, an additional 120mm airflow fan, and a fully modular PSU to reduce cable management nightmares.

It’s even color-coordinated for some eye candy!

Freesync monitor will be bought at your own risk.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($99.89 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock 970M PRO3 Micro ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard  ($41.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($36.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: PNY CS1311 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($39.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.49 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 470 4GB Gaming X Video Card  ($199.88 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($45.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Red 52.2 CFM  120mm Fan  ($11.82 @ Amazon) 
Total: $600.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-08 22:55 EDT-0400

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nice build!

but a g4400 is not slower as  the amd 6 core in games(maybe 2-5 %), only Problem could be that some games already ask for more than  2 cores to be able to start them.

g4400  does also  cost the half Price so depends of which games he wants to use. regarding aime to Play games which ask for more than 2 cores a i3 6100 could laso be a good solution. does cost arpx 120 euro but is much faster as the amd 6 core and uses less energy.

rx 470 is great. but an rx480 from Saphire does also cost only 220 euro. has aprx 12 % more computepower in games but ram can be far more overclocked as for the rx470.And ram has a huge Impact for those rx Cards.

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BTW…This is just a “for fun” build. I’m not actually planning on building this system for myself. ![:D](<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/006j.png “:D”)

The reason why I went with a 950 over a rx 470 is because SC is INSANELY easy to run. Heck, I’m running star conflict at 96fps 1440P ultra settings 8x MSAA on my GTX 1060 without any problems. I’d probably hit 150fps if i turned V Sync off.

Yeah i picked the most expensive 950, a mistake on my end.

I like the other builds ya’ll have posted. 

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![:)](<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/001j.png “:)”)

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1 hour ago, Mecronmancer said:

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CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($99.89 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock 970M PRO3 Micro ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard  ($41.98 @ Newegg) 
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The problem with actual Amd Cpu is that they “gived up”.

New cpu line from amd will come late this year and if the price will be right it will have awesome performance x $. But atm, buying any cpu from AMD is a waste, APU ok (expecially the new ones on AM4 socket which is already compatible with incoming new gen), if you need an “office” pc or a multimedia center. 
The fact is the new i3 cpus (not the g4400) on single core performance are better or on par with any FX out there. The price is close and also the whole system, since the chipset is old, is outdated (no ddr4, old pci ex, no native usb3 or sata 3).

On gpu side instead, rx480 8gb and 1060 6gb are on par, the choice really depends by the price (and atm the prices are nuts, both sides, so if you find a special offer: take whatever offer the best compromise). Why I specified the ram? 'cause both gpu have different specs with lower ram as I already said. (Yes even the rx 4gb have diff specs than the 8gb, but at least it is a little downclock on memory (- 2/3% less perf.), not like the “bait” 1060 3gb  which have 10% less “core power” than a regular 1060 and the same name). Btw during time both have done such bs…

1 hour ago, HBZK100 said:

BTW…This is just a “for fun” build. I’m not actually planning on building this system for myself. ![:D](<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/006j.png “:D”)

The reason why I went with a 950 over a rx 470 is because SC is INSANELY easy to run. Heck, I’m running star conflict at 96fps 1440P ultra settings 8x MSAA on my GTX 1060 without any problems. I’d probably hit 150fps if i turned V Sync off.

Yeah i picked the most expensive 950, a mistake on my end.

I like the other builds ya’ll have posted. 

On SC or any other FPS I would never use Vsync, even if my gpu is able to handle it, the fear of getting imput lag while I pew pew is the reason for me to let the fps and power drain runs free ![:p](<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/004.png “:p”) 

But I get what you mean, you wanted to show a “minimum requirements” to let Sc be good looking and smooth. But tbh that combo g4400 and 950 got me chills ![:p](<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/004.png “:p”)