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Tonix RS
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Has anyone heard of the Boson 3.0 custom built computer? I was trying to find a budget PC for Runescape and video editing and I came across Austin Evan's YT channel to find Boson 3.0 PC. Has anyone used it for Runescape? Or does it even work well with Runescape? My laptop barely runs RS smoothly lol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj2o5xaJJoI

This was the video I found it. @puretppc

21-Jun-2016 06:06:02

Weyburns
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i mean it's a budget pc, you get what you pay for. but 8gb of ram will suck for rendering videos, i'd upgrade it as much as you can, and most ram cards are pretty cheap tbh.

also the 120 ssd will fking suck, you'll run out pretty fast. i'd suggest looking for a decent priced hybrid drive, took a couple seconds to find this, costs $60 more than what he stated, but like 20x the storage capabilities and you'll also get some of the ssd benefits (i.e. fast boot times especially with windows 10) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16822178380

running rs can be done on a potato
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21-Jun-2016 06:39:08 - Last edited on 21-Jun-2016 06:41:32 by Weyburns

Tonix RS
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Weyburns said :
i mean it's a budget pc, you get what you pay for. but 8gb of ram will suck for rendering videos, i'd upgrade it as much as you can, and most ram cards are pretty cheap tbh.

also the 120 ssd will fking suck, you'll run out pretty fast. i'd suggest looking for a decent priced hybrid drive, took a couple seconds to find this, costs $60 more than what he stated, but like 20x the storage capabilities and you'll also get some of the ssd benefits (i.e. fast boot times especially with windows 10) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16822178380

running rs can be done on a potato

I thought rendering videos is done by a graphics card isn't it?

As for the SSD, I was reading the reviews of the 120 on Amazon and saw that there were a lot more positive reviews. The one you showed me had a lot of negative reviews (mixed with positives). I'm not sure whether I should pay an extra 60 for the one you showed me. @puretppc

21-Jun-2016 16:04:37

Singularity
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I have that CPU (X4 860k) and it's paired with an GTX 750Ti instead of the R7 360 mentioned in that video. I don't have an SSD - it's 1 TB 7200RPM hard drive instead.

Java's performance is questionable on it. But since that's being phased out, it's not a big issue any more. NXT has issues with AMD cards still, so keep that in mind. It may change in the future.

NXT's performance on my system alone was very good. The 860K is the best "budget" AMD CPU on the market. It's the go-to CPU for budget builds. The only problem with this build is its lack of upgradability. FM2+ is a dead socket, it's not going to get any noticeable CPU upgrades in the future. This means if you eventually want to upgrade your CPU, you'll need an entire new motherboard to make that happen.

I've managed to render videos perfectly fine on my system alone (RS has massive frame rate drops during rendering, but it's still play-able for light stuff), and it's like super-budget. I have 8GB RAM as well. It's perfectly fine and the recommended amount. You can easily get more, but if you aren't a hardcore user, it's probably wasteful to have.

So, ask yourself: are you going to upgrade this system in the future? Is that something you're interested in? If yes, consider focusing on an Intel-based system instead. I got my PC as a birthday gift, but if I had the choice, I would go down the Intel route because that gives me the freedom to upgrade my CPU as well once I find the current unable to keep up with my needs.

So yes, it's a solid build for those on tight budgets. It will perform well. It will struggle on CPU-bound games (games that rely on CPU power more than GPU). The CPU is budget for a reason. It does well on everything except CPU-intensive applications. You can overclock this CPU to get more performance from it and push it to its limit. But you'd need a good motherboard for that (which the one mentioned isn't due to VRM issues). .

21-Jun-2016 17:20:16 - Last edited on 21-Jun-2016 17:22:24 by Singularity

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If you do go for this build (with this specific CPU), don't get alarmed with what the temp monitoring programs tell you. They report an incorrect reading due to sensor issues. AMD Overdrive is what you'd use if you were to monitor temps. Other software like Speccy, HWMonitor and so on will state your CPU is reaching temps of up to 104C+ (which is not true). Just a thing to remember. .

21-Jun-2016 17:24:11

Weyburns
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Tonix RS said :
Weyburns said :
i mean it's a budget pc, you get what you pay for. but 8gb of ram will suck for rendering videos, i'd upgrade it as much as you can, and most ram cards are pretty cheap tbh.

also the 120 ssd will fking suck, you'll run out pretty fast. i'd suggest looking for a decent priced hybrid drive, took a couple seconds to find this, costs $60 more than what he stated, but like 20x the storage capabilities and you'll also get some of the ssd benefits (i.e. fast boot times especially with windows 10) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16822178380

running rs can be done on a potato

I thought rendering videos is done by a graphics card isn't it?

As for the SSD, I was reading the reviews of the 120 on Amazon and saw that there were a lot more positive reviews. The one you showed me had a lot of negative reviews (mixed with positives). I'm not sure whether I should pay an extra 60 for the one you showed me.

well yea i just grabbed a random harddrive from a website (as i stated it took me a couple of seconds to find it). but if you're making videos and you only have a 120 gb ssd then you're going to run into a lot of space issues, but depends on how you do it cuz you may not need massive amounts of space to save your videos. If you're getting into budget then looking for a solid hybrid drive will be what you want.

you can double check yourself online which part does the rendering in movies, but afaik it's actually the ram cards.

also to kinda add onto singularity, if you're looking to upgrade in the near future you should look at paying a bit more for something decent that you can build onto, rather than buying dirt cheap parts that you'll want to replace since you're just throwing money away for no reason at that point.
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21-Jun-2016 19:13:27

Tonix RS
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Weyburns said :
Tonix RS said :
Weyburns said :
i mean it's a budget pc, you get what you pay for. but 8gb of ram will suck for rendering videos, i'd upgrade it as much as you can, and most ram cards are pretty cheap tbh.

also the 120 ssd will fking suck, you'll run out pretty fast. i'd suggest looking for a decent priced hybrid drive, took a couple seconds to find this, costs $60 more than what he stated, but like 20x the storage capabilities and you'll also get some of the ssd benefits (i.e. fast boot times especially with windows 10) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16822178380

running rs can be done on a potato

I thought rendering videos is done by a graphics card isn't it?

As for the SSD, I was reading the reviews of the 120 on Amazon and saw that there were a lot more positive reviews. The one you showed me had a lot of negative reviews (mixed with positives). I'm not sure whether I should pay an extra 60 for the one you showed me.

well yea i just grabbed a random harddrive from a website (as i stated it took me a couple of seconds to find it). but if you're making videos and you only have a 120 gb ssd then you're going to run into a lot of space issues, but depends on how you do it cuz you may not need massive amounts of space to save your videos. If you're getting into budget then looking for a solid hybrid drive will be what you want.


I'm not really concerned about storage space so this might not be a problem. @puretppc

21-Jun-2016 22:09:01

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