In theory it could work. It practice it most likely won't. Unless you absolutely have to use HDMI (I'd like to know why that would be the case) you should stick to Dual Link DVI or Display Port or even VGA.

While HDMI has enough bandwidth it doesn't support 120Hz at all until 1.4, much less 144Hz. It's also not mandatory to implement 120Hz, since it wouldn't be of any use on a native 60Hz monitor. There is a decent chance that 120Hz could work, I've seen it before, but 144Hz is highly unlikely.

Is 1024*768 your desktop or monitor resolution? Which monitor? Which GPU?

#488
Pretty much what #489 said. It's nice to have an SSD, the pc boots faster, programs start faster, maps load faster etc. but you can always get one later. I'd make my choice depending on what settings you're going to use in games.
Only CS:GO / TF2 on low settings -> first build
Other games or high settings on CS:GO / TF2 -> second build.

#486
For low settings and lots of fps:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($62.10 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Pareema 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial BX100 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($59.40 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.75 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($88.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($39.60 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($20.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $548.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-21 09:37 EDT-0400

Sacrificed the SSD for a better GPU:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($62.10 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Pareema 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.10 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($39.60 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $554.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-21 09:48 EDT-0400

#7
Tj != Tjmax, but yes, that's usually above 100°C for pretty much all manufacturing processes.
Irrelevant for CPUs though, thermal shutdown will never let you reach that temperature and any even remotely recent CPU will have thermal throttling kicking in somewhere between 80 and 105°C (sometimes even lower on handheld devices, burnt hands tend to be a major usability issue).

#8
Do you want a medal or a cookie?

Ok, first things first:
What made you think you need more RAM?
I don't want to rain on your parade but that pc is 7 or 8 years old. There's a lot more to CPUs than cores and clockrate, but I won't go into that. What I'm trying to say is 3GB is perfectly adequate for that CPU, you'd have trouble running anything that'd need more than 3GB. Even today most games won't even need 4GB. TF2's from 2007 aswell and won't even use 1GB, rather around 600MB.

If you actually need more RAM then the next thing is to find what you currently have.
You'll also want to know what motherboard you got.
You can use CPU-Z for both.
http://www.cpuid.com/downloads/cpu-z/cpu-z_1.72-en.exe
Just download it, put it on a USB-Stick and the install it on that pc.

You want the motherboard and memory tabs. Check in the SPD tab how many slots you have and how many are in use.
And please take screenshots, don't take photos of the screen.

The problem is that the Q6600 can use either DDR2 or DDR3. It depends on what your motherboard is capable of. DDR2 is obsolete and hard to find these days. You can't mix them, so if you mobo can handle DDR3 it'd be best to replace it. Same if all slots are full, you'd have to replace the memory since you can't add any more.

#483
For TF2 it's basically useless, since TF2 needs a ton of CPU power and almost no GPU power. With an fps config it becomes even more extreme (e.g. i5 + integrated graphics will work fine).

It's ok for a balanced build, but it doesn't take into account any deals and it's not updated very often.

#484
You didn't even answer the question.
At least take the time to read the question if you're trying to help.

#479

Better GPU won't do shit for TF2, Dota or Skyrim. Try to justify going over budget for no benefit at all.

#480

Past tense, it's already too late. There's not a single item in that build I'd agree on and since he already bought it there was no point in commenting on a build I wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole.

I'm not sure what your obsession with recommending 970s for builds that were already finished is about.

Ok, I'll elaborate.

NVENC on an integrated gfx card? Integrated into what? A PC? That's called a dedicated graphics card.

NVENC at x264 streaming bitrates looks like shit.
https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/obs-benchmarking-1080p-60fps-cpu-vs-nvenc-vs-quick-sync.15963/

To sum it up
https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/new-nvenc-presets.18900/page-3#post-130579
x264 will always win for streaming.
The only reason to use NVENC or Quicksync is if your CPU can't handle x264. With a 3770K it'd be plain stupid.

That's not how it works.

NVENC needs a ton of bandwidth to get decent quality, forget about it.

100-200€ is a really wide range. With a 200€ GPU you're looking at more than double the performance compared to a 100€ GPU. I mean even if the 200€ GPU has the better price to performance ratio that doesn't make it any cheaper. So you need to know how much performance you actually need.
I mean with 100€ you're looking at a 260X (worst case 260), with 200€ you're looking at a 285, maybe 280X. To cover the whole range I'd have to list a lot of GPUs, so try to be a bit more specific.

#23
What do you mean "somehow"?
Which GPU is it? If it's a 970 aswell you can go SLI. The mobo is compatible and the PSU is sufficient on stock clocks.
However you won't be able to do any crazy overclocking.

#25
And if the GPU isn't a 970, yes?
CPU: 88W TDP
GPU: 2x 145W TDP
Even with all the rest added in this build won't even touch 480W (nominal +12V power). Although the PSU is able to handle higher spikes I wouldn't overclock too hard.

I have been summoned.

Wow, I get ninja'd by 4 seconds and a minute later it's fixed anyway. I'm way too slow these days.

#12
You got something mixed up there.
There are no equal-costing i7s. That's the point.
2 Years ago the FXs traded blows with the i5s, FX > i5 for multithreaded (the other way round for singlethreaded).
While today I wouldn't recommend them anymore, they're still a cheap upgrade if you got an AM3+ mobo.
Cheap being the main point. 220$ isn't cheap.

Overclocking an FX-8320/8350 is a far better idea than buying an FX-9370 or even 9590.

I'd recommend buying an aftermarket cooler anyway, the 125W FX are known for overheating, what do you think will happen with a 220W SKU?

Setsul's infection prevention guide

1. Don't use windows
2. You noob
3. Use linux

Jokes aside this only works because windows os are by far the most common target, so everyone switching to linux would put an end to it pretty fast.

However if you have to use windows, video games being the only valid excuse imho, there's a few things you can do:

1. Use common sense.
I'm not joking, if it looks fishy, it probably is, so DON'T FUCKING CLICK ON IT.
2. Use the right settings to make it a bit harder for malware.
Most malware is just speculating on people being idiots and guess why it's working pretty well?
Most of the rest is using the easy ways, so make sure to close those doors and keep them locked.
Examples:
- Set UAC to the max setting, anything below that is useless so they only thing it would do is annoy, on max at least it's working.
- Don't use internet explorer (I hope none of you do, but emphasizing this can't hurt)
- Disable javascript by default, only enable it on trusted sites (on FF there's noscript for that for example)
You can do a lot more, these are just some of the most obvious things.
3. Backups
If there's any kind of important data on your pc you should be keeping backups anyway.
If it's some really simple stuff (although that stuff should never make it if you follow #1 and #2) you can just remove it, even free software should do the trick (e.g. Malwarebytes), but once we get to the more interesting stuff like rootkits, it's not worth the time to remove it and the risk involved if you fail if you don't absolutely know what you're doing.
If you have an up-to-date backup you can just nuke it. It's faster an guaranteed to work.

Minimum without using shit-tier parts, don't expect more than 150fps.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($64.89 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Enermax ETS-T40-TB 86.7 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($62.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cougar MG100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($28.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($22.49 @ Newegg)
Total: $456.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-18 15:22 EDT-0400

150fps on max, more on lower quality (gpu limited)
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($173.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($62.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cougar MG100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($28.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($22.49 @ Newegg)
Total: $530.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-18 15:24 EDT-0400

200+fps
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($187.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($68.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($62.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($129.99 @ Micro Center)
Case: Cougar MG100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($28.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($22.49 @ Newegg)
Total: $603.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-18 15:25 EDT-0400