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Slimebeast said:

JEMC said:

Well, I've managed to get my 1,000 € build done. Honestly, I thought it would be a lot easier, and I've been forced to cut some corners.

Damn you HoloDust and your american prices. You're spoiling us

*1,000 € PC*

As you can see, there are a lot of components that are reused. The big changes are:

+New CPU platform: I've gone with an Intel CPU, one of the new Sky Lake processors with a matching motherboard and DDR4 RAM (of which I had to settle with only 8GB )

+Better GPU:  The R9 390 is a great GPU that will surely last until the end of this gen of consoles. I could have gone with a slightly cheaper 970, but the 390 is usually on par with it and the true 8GB of VRAM might come in handly. Also, I don't trust Nvidia. When the 3.5+0.5GB thing was revealed, Nvidia said that it didn't matter because they managed the memory allocation on a game to game basis through the drivers, and after what happened with some game releases and the Kepler drivers, that doesn't inspire confidence.

+New PSU: A 390 needs more power, so a 600W is required.

+Better, wireless, keyboard and mouse.

To be able to include a Radeon R9 390 in a $1000 build that also includes an OS is pretty impressive.

Could you tell about that relaitvely expensive keyboard? Why is it worth its price?

And the CPU-cooler, how much overclock will it be able to achieve?

Hey Slimebeast! When you made those questions I told you what I knew back then:

JEMC said:

The keyboard doesn't have anything special, to be honest. I chose it because it was one of the cheapest combos I saw from a known and reputable brand. As you've seen on its Amazon page, it's just a regular keyboard+mouse combo where the only remarcable characteristics are that it has media keys and that it's wireless.

If those two things aren't important, you could pick the cheaper Logitech MK120 for 20.90 €

As for the cooler, unfortunately the overclock will be none, as its a non "K" Intel processor and that means that it can't overclock. I must say, though, that some boards (from ASRock and MSI) can now overclock i3 processors increasing their base clock, but in none of them talked about the i5 chips.

But if the chip allowed overclocking, the Hyper 212 is a good cooler and should be able to take care of it.

But it turns out that i5 processors can also be overclocked!

 

http://www.kitguru.net/desktop-pc/gaming-rig/matthew-wilson/ocuk-now-has-8pack-approved-overclocked-bundles/

The first 8Pack Approved bundle features an Intel Core i3-6100 at 4.5GHz paired with an air or liquid CPU cooler of your choice, along with an Asus Z170-E motherboard and up to 16GB of DDR4 RAM clocked at 2666MHz for £283.97. The second bundle features the same motherboard and RAM but bumps the processor up to an Intel Core i5-6400 clocked at 4.4 GHz for £329.95.

The i5-6400 has a clockspeed of 2.7GHz and I doubt you'll be able to get a 4.4GHz overclock without water, but 3.2 or a bit higher shouldn't be impossible on air.