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Black & Blue - Budget Gaming PC (Canada)

beazer32

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CPU
	Intel Core i3-6100 3.7 GHz Dual-Core $146.98 CAD
Motherboard
	ASRock H110M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1151 $34.98 CAD
Memory
	Crucial 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2133 $36.99 CAD
Storage
	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM $63.99 CAD
Video Card
	EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2 GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ $199.99 CAD
Case
	Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower $44.99 CAD
Power Supply
	Corsair CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX $42.98 CAD

Total:	$0.00
+ Total (Canada):	$570.90

Date Published

Aug. 4, 2016

Date Built

July 23, 2016

CPU Clock Rate

3.7 GHz

GPU Core Clock Rate

1.279 GHz

GPU Effective Memory Clock Rate

7.01 GHz

My first PC build. Very happy with all the parts and very happy with how everything is running.

I was a little worried about going with such a cheap motherboard, but I haven't had any problems with it, it's all working wonderfully.

Still working on getting the mail-in rebates back, but you know how that goes.

Motherboard

ASRock H110M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

I was worried about buying such a cheap motherboard, but so far it's working perfectly with my i3-6100 + GTX 960. It is very bare-bones, as you would expect, but it's all I need.

It took a few minutes to fit the RAM in juuuuuuuust right, but other than that I have no complaints.

Memory

Crucial 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2133 Memory

It's ram and it's cheap. No need for frills here.

Storage

Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

I decided not to include an SSD in my build (for now) and I'm pleasantly surprised with how fast this HDD is. So far so good.

Case

Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case

I love the look of this case. There is room for cable management, plenty of space inside, and the blue LED fans are a nice touch.

Power Supply

Corsair CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply

Semi-Modular. 80+ Bronze. Got it at a good price.

40 months ago
2 points

Agree with Jem3 about the SSD can't imagine a PC without one now. Good choices, only possible mod is a light strip the blue looked good in the dark but only coming from the fan isn't enough :(