Intel Core i3 6100 stolen from one of my friends servers, only temporary
ASUS Z170-A Motherboard
8GB of random adata RAM
Coolermaster cooler
Random 580W PSU
Case from the side of the road
1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD
#First gaming rig, made from salvage
hollow musk
copper sparrow
I wouldn’t call it a gaming rig
old delta
Ye
old delta
Ye that shit cant game
meager raft
Hey, thats awesome, its a functional PC, made on the strictist of budgets/free. Great start @hollow musk !
ornate marten
Is that gpu an r9 270?
formal bear
Salvage PCs are fun. Even if they aren’t the most powerful, they can punch above their price point quite well if done effectively! Best of luck making the most of it!
dark dawn
I wouldn’t call it a gaming rig
That sounds kind of spoiled, and this computer is pretty good for a budget
(No offence)
ornate marten
I wouldn’t call it a gaming rig
Anything can be a gaming rig 😇
Also relatively speaking this is not a bad system at all
Like dude you can probably run fh4 on low or med settings.. for some people its a huge privilege just to run games at all.. that was my reality just a few short years ago at least.
Sure the gpu isnt supported anymore and the cpu is really starting to show its age, not to mention the ketchup and mustard cables
but that doesn't change the fact that these components are way better being used by someone than left to slowly decompose in a pile of e-waste
I love to see old systems and components like this going strong!
dark dawn
That is what I was trying to say in my own accusatory idiotic way
hollow musk
cost me a total of $200
formal bear
Damn, that's a good value
hollow musk
The gpu is an old sapphire radeon hd 7850 oc 2gb
ornate marten
Have you benchmarked it?
formal bear
That’s old, but I’m sure it’s possible to squeeze something out of it until it can be replaced later
Still it’s impressive for $200!
hollow musk
Ill upgrade the cpu to an i5 6500k. im $15 off getting it atm
ornate marten
Personally ide either save up for a bit upgrade to a newer platform entirely, or try to find a 6700k for ~$40-50usd then get some perforated pci slot covers and try to find some arctic p12's or noctua fans for cheap. at boost the hyper 212 should theoretically be able to handle it although it might run a little hot
That said a 65 or 600k (or a platform upgrade) are much more sensible options if you don't want to have to deal with airflow optimizations and spending more money than you have to just to find out you probably need to underclock a bit.
Btw the 6500k doesn't exist I dont think
Also my rule of thumb with planform upgrades are: buy low end cpu for chipset > upgrade to high or highest end eventually..
Or buy mid or upper midrange cpu then don't upgrade unless you're going to a new platform
hollow musk
Btw the 6500k doesn't exist I dont think
6600k?