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This weekend deals on Steam involve the Doom franchise: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/doom/

 

And, on another note, I've finished my 1,300 € build and I hate to say that I'm disappointed with myself. While the PC is better overall, it's not a big jump from the 1,000 one. I couldn't even use a better card! AMD and Nvidia price drops seem to have missed mainland Europe.

 

	1,300 € build
Component	Part	amazon.es	alternate
CPU	Intel i5 6600K 3,5GHz		269,00 €
CPU COOLER	Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo	28,95 €
MOTHERBOARD	ASRock H170 Pro4S	91,22 €
RAM	G.Skill 16GB DDR4-2400 CL15		93,90 €
STORAGE 1	Samsung 850 EVO, 250 GB, SSD	70,95 €
STORAGE 2	WD Caviar Black 2TB	136,00 €
GPU	XFX R9-390P-8DB6		349,00 €
CASE	Fractal Design CORE 2500		56,90 €
PSU	Cooler Master Thunder B600 (RS-600)	47,56 €
OPTICAL DRIVE	Samsung SH-224DB	14,20 €
KEYBOARD	Logitech MK270 Combo	33,89 €
MOUSE	-
WINDOWS	Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64bit	96,95 €
	sub total	519,72 €	768,80 €
	TOTAL	1.288,52 €
Optional
CONTROLLER	Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless adapter	9,30 €
CONTROLLER	Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Controller		39,99 €

I've kept the optical drive for consistency over my previous builds, but without it I could have gone for a Z170 motherboard, the MSI Z170-A PRO. The changes over the previous one are these:

CPU: I've been able to get an i5-6600K. Nice upgrade, and an overclockable processor.

RAM: 16GB are now possible, as well being of a faster type, 2400MHz instead of 2133.

Storage: An SSD! Great for installing the OS and other programs while the 2TB caviar black HDD can take care of the games.

And that's all what has changed . I'd have loved to use a better card, but the cheapest 390X is 436 €, the cheapest 980 is 492 € (oddly enough, it's an Inno 3D card with a CLC setup. How this can be the cheapest 980 is beyond any logic), and a 980Ti can't be found for less than 699 €.