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$550 Entry Level Gaming Build - Featured Guide

by manirelli

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Details

Date Published

Dec. 9, 2016

CPU Clock Rate

3.7GHz

CPU Temperature While Idle

28.0° C

CPU Temperature Under Load

45.0° C

GPU Core Clock Rate

1.30GHz

GPU Effective Memory Clock Rate

7GHz

GPU Temperature While Idle

26.0° C

GPU Temperature Under Load

51.0° C

Description

Our featured build video had a target price of $550 (US), built around a Zotac GeForce GTX 1050 Ti video card, the Intel Core i3-6100 and the Corsair Carbide 270R. You can read the full breakdown on part selection by checking out the Build Guide. A big thanks to Corsair for providing the case for this build.

Now on to some benchmarks:

Benchmark 3DMark Score Graphics Test 1 Graphics Test 2 Physics Test Combined Test
FireStrike v1.1 6256 35.71 FPS 31.31 FPS 19.06 FPS 12.53 FPS
Benchmark Score Average Minimum Maximum Settings
Unigine Heaven Benchmark 4.0 918 36.5 FPS 7.6 FPS 80.7 FPS Direct3D11, 1920x1080, 8xAA, fullscreen, Custom Preset: Quality: Ultra, Tessellation: Extreme
Unigine Valley Benchmark 1.0 1698 40.6 FPS 18.9 FPS 76.3 FPS Direct3D11, 1920x1080, 8xAA, fullscreen, Extreme HD Preset
Game Settings Resolution Min Max
Battlefield 1 Medium 1920x1080 55 FPS 85 FPS
Overwatch High 1920x1080 62 FPS 124 FPS

If you have any questions about the build let me know!

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Fuerx 4 points 18 months ago

That case is great! +1

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seb4s7ian 4 points 18 months ago

Your picture is also great

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Fuerx 1 point 18 months ago

thank you I recently changed it

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FACUNDO 13 Builds 2 points 18 months ago

I love your pic, I want to steal it so I can use it in my *********** memes

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_Otaku_ 1 point 18 months ago

I've seen your profile picture before! xD

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WtR 1 Build 2 points 18 months ago

The 270R looks amazing for only being a $70 case!

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Americanpow4r 1 point 18 months ago

nice =)

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Blacksm1le 1 Build 1 point 18 months ago

I know that your PC is based on the price, but the games of today become more in more demanding you will have had to invest a little more for the future

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TheGloriusRooster 1 point 11 months ago

Of course you will. this is a base platform with plenty of room to upgrade. I'm pretty sure that was the whole point.

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MannyPCs 1 point 18 months ago

Great that it finally got on here

Featured build?

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manirelli staff submitter 8 Builds 5 points 18 months ago

Nah, we try to leave the featured builds for users.

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MannyPCs 1 point 18 months ago

Ok true, and besides, you can get really nice builds from others too, I just like the photos you guys take a lot and it shows me that I don't want to use a potato camera once I build a PC and post it on here

And you don't build often, so it is nice to see staff on here and talking with the users

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Gooberdad 8 Builds 1 point 18 months ago

Looks good.

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RedRageTNT 4 Builds 1 point 18 months ago

not bad scores at all

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FACUNDO 13 Builds 1 point 18 months ago

manirelli

The cable managements in your builds are always INSANELY PERFECT!

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manirelli staff submitter 8 Builds 3 points 18 months ago

Barry does a great job.

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shadowrenagade 1 point 18 months ago

I get around 90 fps on bf4 maxed everything with this build? So how are you only getting 55 fps?

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Draconian23 1 point 18 months ago

Battlefield 1, not 4 XD

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Patraig01 1 point 18 months ago

Great build

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ogkeef 1 point 18 months ago

how do i put a hard drive instead of ssd

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cobbleking 2 points 11 months ago

Just buy one and put it in one of the 3.5 inch bays.

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Monitor 1 Build 1 point 18 months ago

Wow those photos are magnificent, would love to see more. Also are you able to upload the Avg. FPS on the games aswell?

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Dynamite_Jason 1 point 14 months ago

This is a really solid build! Though I would recommend the AMD Radeon RX 470 over the GTX 1050 ti.

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philcoffman staff 2 points 18 months ago

I'd have to look at the individual photos to see. I leave the shutter speed up for the camera to decide and dial in the aperture I want. Most of the photos are taken at f5.6.

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uberlizard 1 Build 1 point 18 months ago

hi there friend

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uberlizard 1 Build 1 point 18 months ago

how are you doing

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