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Hi im trying to make a gaming computer here in Australia but i am having trouble so can someone make me a good computer for $650-$700 if possible. I only really play wow i dont so any editing i just game so if you guys could help me out that would be great. Oh and also i know the case i like it is a NZXT phantom 240. PLEASE HELP!!!!  :D

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I found some builders in Australia, also here are some PC part companies you can purchase from.

Origin PC offers building in Australia. (http://originpc.com.au/)

 

Also if you are interested in build one yourself, I put together a list of parts for ya and the retailers you can buy them from in Australia. I did however go over budget as every pc hardware part in au is super expensive -.-

 

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/zP4QLk

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Your best bet is to find the parts and build, you can follow Linus's videos how to. :D #gottastartsomewhere

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Hey there. I live near Melbourne and have built a bunch of PCs. Some good websites to try for components in Melbourne:

www.pccasegear.com has the most extensive range, decent prices and decent customer service. I've RMA'd with no problems from them.

http://www.scorptec.com.au is probably the best one. Excellent customer service and very good prices with many physical stores in Melbourne.

http://www.msy.com.au is the cheapest, but more of a confusing warehouse setup than a shop.

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This is what I would get for that money to get ultimate bang for your buck. :)

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=wish_lists&wlcId=365768&action=wish_lists

(let me know if that link works or not)

agree, pc case gear is a good mob and they seem to sell alot of pre built pc's

 

maybe save up abit more and get this

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1411&products_id=29468

Its all about those volumetric clouds

 

 

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CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($78.50 @ Centre Com) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($39.00 @ Mwave Australia) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($129.00 @ Centre Com) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($99.00 @ Mwave Australia) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Core Edition Video Card  ($139.00 @ PLE Computers) 

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.00 @ PCCaseGear) 


Total: $623.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($78.50 @ Centre Com) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($39.00 @ Mwave Australia) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($99.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Memory: GeIL EVO Veloce Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.00 @ PLE Computers) 


Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($195.00 @ PLE Computers) 

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.00 @ PCCaseGear) 


Case Fan: Gelid Solutions FN-SX12-10 37.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($6.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Total: $688.50

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-22 03:15 EST+1100

 

Not bad.

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hey thanks for all these ideas will these run wow good?

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and also all these are microatx but the nzxt phantom 240 can run these right?

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im not sure but is the amd fx 6300 better than the intel pentium g3258 should i consider that

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im not sure but is the amd fx 6300 better than the intel pentium g3258 should i consider that

 

If you want people's opinions, try to ask for it, posting in this thread is not normally enough. You need to call them out by Quoting them, click the appropriate button to do that, or @albinoish also works, just make sure you get the name right. I don't think you'll be able to afford the FX 6300 on your budget. As for the Phantom 240, the Cooler Master N200 is perfect for what you want, also perfect because it's relatively inexpensive.

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If you want people's opinions, try to ask for it, posting in this thread is not normally enough. You need to call them out by Quoting them, click the appropriate button to do that, or @albinoish also works, just make sure you get the name right. I don't think you'll be able to afford the FX 6300 on your budget. As for the Phantom 240, the Cooler Master N200 is perfect for what you want, also perfect because it's relatively inexpensive.

thanks for that tip, i put up my price to around $900 but that is with windows this is what i did, http://au.pcpartpicker.com/user/albinoish/saved/KWfV3C i dont know if that link worked but the thing i am worried about if ill bottleneck the graphics card, i will have a r9 270x running off a intel pentium g3258. please reply

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thanks for that tip, i put up my price to around $900 but that is with windows this is what i did, http://au.pcpartpicker.com/user/albinoish/saved/KWfV3C i dont know if that link worked but the thing i am worried about if ill bottleneck the graphics card, i will have a r9 270x running off a intel pentium g3258. please reply

 

 

If you can stretch your budget to $950, do this:

 
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($129.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard  ($109.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Memory: GeIL EVO Veloce Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.00 @ PLE Computers) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($249.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer  ($19.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($115.00 @ Centre Com) 
Case Fan: Gelid Solutions FN-SX12-10 37.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($6.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Total: $946.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-22 22:38 EST+1100
 
 
If you can't stretch the budget, do this:
 
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($78.50 @ Centre Com) 
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($99.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Memory: GeIL EVO Veloce Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.00 @ PLE Computers) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($249.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer  ($19.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($115.00 @ Centre Com) 
Case Fan: Gelid Solutions FN-SX12-10 37.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($6.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Case Fan: Gelid Solutions FN-SX12-10 37.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($6.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Total: $881.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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If you can stretch your budget to $950, do this:

 
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($129.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard  ($109.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Memory: GeIL EVO Veloce Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.00 @ PLE Computers) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($249.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer  ($19.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($115.00 @ Centre Com) 
Case Fan: Gelid Solutions FN-SX12-10 37.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($6.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Total: $946.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-22 22:38 EST+1100
 
 
If you can't stretch the budget, do this:

 
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($78.50 @ Centre Com) 
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($99.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Memory: GeIL EVO Veloce Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.00 @ PLE Computers) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($249.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer  ($19.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($115.00 @ Centre Com) 
Case Fan: Gelid Solutions FN-SX12-10 37.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($6.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Case Fan: Gelid Solutions FN-SX12-10 37.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($6.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Total: $881.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-22 22:40 EST+1100

 

that is definitely better then what i picked out but will that cpu bottleneck the video card? 

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that is definitely better then what i picked out but will that cpu bottleneck the video card? 

 

That depends. I believe it might. But even with a bottleneck, the 280 with the G3258 will still perform better than the G3258 with the 270x. It's an inherently better card. You may also want to pick up a fan splitter cable to use all those fans, the case comes with two and you're adding in two more and also have to plug in the one with the CPU cooler. So that's five in total, but the motherboard only has two headers, one for the CPU fan, and one for a case fan. Either get a fan splitter that can take 4 fans to one header, or get some molex converters to run off the PSU.

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That depends. I believe it might. But even with a bottleneck, the 280 with the G3258 will still perform better than the G3258 with the 270x. It's an inherently better card.

plus i can always oc the cpu if i want to 

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plus i can always oc the cpu if i want to 

 

That's certainly true. If you didn't overclock this CPU, it would be a terrible waste.

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thanks for that tip, i put up my price to around $900 but that is with windows this is what i did, http://au.pcpartpicker.com/user/albinoish/saved/KWfV3C i dont know if that link worked but the thing i am worried about if ill bottleneck the graphics card, i will have a r9 270x running off a intel pentium g3258. please reply

For wow. Get an Intel cpu. They have better single core performance, and mmo's like single cores

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That's certainly true. If you didn't overclock this CPU, it would be a terrible waste.

should i get the corsair cx500m power supply it is a little more expensive but its semi modular which will help with cables, what do you think? 

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should i get the corsair cx500m power supply it is a little more expensive but its semi modular which will help with cables, what do you think? 

 

 
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($78.50 @ Centre Com) 
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($99.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Memory: GeIL EVO Veloce Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.00 @ PLE Computers) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($249.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer  ($19.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($115.00 @ Centre Com) 
Case Fan: Gelid Solutions FN-SX12-10 37.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($6.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Case Fan: Gelid Solutions FN-SX12-10 37.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($6.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Total: $893.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-22 23:50 EST+1100
 
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If you don't want to overclock your cpu (fair enough if you're newish to PC building or you just don't want to) you could get a more expensive i3 and save on a cheaper h97 motherboard and stock cooler.

Actually, now I'm really curious so as which performs better. An i3 ($135) with stock cooling on an h97 board ($65) or the pentium g3258 ($79) overclocked on a Z97 ($99) with a cheap cooler ($22)? because the cost is nearly exactly the same.

Anyone seen a review/benchmark around that shows this comparison?

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If you don't want to overclock your cpu (fair enough if you're newish to PC building or you just don't want to) you could get a more expensive i3 and save on a cheaper h97 motherboard and stock cooler.

 

There are no cheaper H97 in Australia (according to pcpartpicker). And he has already planned to overclock.

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There are no cheaper H97 in Australia (according to pcpartpicker). And he has already planned to overclock.

1. My bad! I meant h81 not h97, sorry for the confusion!

2. Saying that he planned to overclock and implying that hence my recommendation was invalid is stretching the truth a bit. He said he could OC if he wanted to, but didn't state that he actually did want to.

3. Don't trust any shipping estimates from Australia's pcpartpicker. In the end I found that when I built my computer, it was actually cheaper to get my parts for a slightly higher price all from the one place.(also just plain simpler and easier)

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Cool, so I found an anandtech review that compares the performance of an overclocked g3258 and an i3 4330:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8232/overclockable-pentium-anniversary-edition-review-the-intel-pentium-g3258-ae

They are both nearly identical for gaming performance and outside of gaming the pentium performs better for single threaded workloads and the i3 better for multitasking. Give it a read, what do you think.?

I personally would go for the i3 as it costs the same (by the time you've got a z97 mobo and cooler) and performs the same, but without the hassle of overclocking.

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