This is what I've been working on recently. i7, GTX 970 and great cooling for less than $500/470€ with European prices? Hell yea!
Could've done at least $50 better, but long story short, it was Christmas and I didn't want to rip people off.
The desktop temperatures in CS:GO are misleading, because CS:GO uses like 20-30% of both my CPU and my GPU with various video settings. Valve, please fix.
Oafah, the lord of buying used parts and making great builds from (in USD/CZK):
i7-2600 + GA-P67A-D3-B3 + 8 GB RAM : $220/5700 CZK (including a box cooler and some thermal paste)
GTX 970 Gainward reference - $175/4490 CZK
Seasonic SS-500ET - $24/640 CZK (including a new power cord)
Zalman Z1 NEO - $37/950 CZK
Hyper 212+ - $20/500 CZK
=Total: ~$490/12 640 CZK
The prices are including shipping.
A similar PC from new parts here would cost around $780/20 000 CZK.
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This upgrade was meant to fix my temperature problems with my laptop (insane overheating and throttling, CS:GO was unplayable unless I capped the FPS at 60, because if I uncapped it and let it run at 200+ FPS, it would thermal throttle) and other laptop problems (non-functional Shadowplay, lagging CS:GO with OBS recording, no first-party option to set digital vibrance, small screen, limited peripheral support, very limited upgrade options and problems with drives), which was successful.
Sure, this isn't applicable to everyone, but I just didnt need the pros of having a laptop and I wanted to ditch the cons, so I switched to a similar desktop with a MUCH better GPU and MUCH better cooling for a pretty comparable price.
Music: The Complex by Kevin MacLeod
The ending is quite shitty, could've made it better (and longer), but whatever - it learned me a lot anyway. Throw your feedback in the comments, tho I don't expect anyone to actually read this description, lol.
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