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CatzRuleZWorld
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Here are the parts I would get for each of the following price points.

These might need to be changed to fit what you need but they should be a good starting point.

Helpful suggestions are welcome.

I’m doing this because it’s what I enjoy and since people ask here for parts lists constantly, it should help.

 

$500ish (i3, 8GB, 256GB, 270)

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/CatzRuleZWorld/saved/V7bG3C

 

Explanation: i3 is all you need at this price point. That leaves us with being able to use the stock cooler and a less expensive motherboard since you can’t overclock it. I think SSDs are very important to every computer so I added one here. The standard would be a smaller SSD and a large HDD but that’s more expensive than this and 256GB should be enough for a while.

 

Changes: Go to 4GB of RAM and get a 270x GPU or a SSD+HDD combo would probably be the best change for this build since 8GB isn’t very necessary and 4GB will get you by.

 

$750ish (i5, 8GB, 1TB, 128GB, 280x)

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/CatzRuleZWorld/saved/TJdtt6

 

Explanation: This price point is great for upgrading to an i5 with an aftermarket cooler and a “Z” motherboard. I have more of a standard 128GB SSD+1TB HDD here as well for the best of both worlds and enough of each.

 

Changes: Upgrade to an AIO liquid cooler for a better OC and maybe a better case if you like something that looks a little better.

 

$1000ish (i5, 8GB, 1TB, 128GB, 290x)

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/CatzRuleZWorld/saved/b3Jqqs

 

Explanation: This is mostly the same as the $750 build but it has a much better case and a better cooler. The motherboard is prettier for looks through the window, and it should handle a higher overclock.

 

Changes: Honestly I would actually just skip the $1000 price point and go straight for something like this at $1275. It’s much better bang per buck than the $1000 and at that price, it’s hardly a matter for the much better performance.

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/CatzRuleZWorld/saved/sTfRsY

 

Let me know what you think of this and if you think it’s helpful.

 

Edit: Changed the alternative $1000 list.

G3258 @ 4.5 | 8GB Team Vulcan RAM | 128GB Kingston V300 SSD (I didn't know what I was doing when I bought it) | MSI H81I Motherboard | Corsair H55 with Noctua NF-P12 | EVGA SSC GTX 960 4GB | OCZ 550W Fully Modular PSU with Noctua NF-A14 | Cooler Master Elite 130 (Soon to be something cool)

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tbh for $750ish I would've gotten a locked i5 and a R9 290.

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I always like the idea of these posts, and these look fairly solid, but everyone should keep in mind that there are specific hardware combinations for every use case scenario (just gaming, CAD work, audio and video editing, etc.) where certain hardware would be more effective than others.

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tbh for $750ish I would've gotten a locked i5 and a R9 290.

That would be an option and I guess it would save $50 on the motherboard but if you're getting the CPUs at the places I would, a 4690 is $10 more than the 4690k... It would still be a good idea for a better GPU though.

G3258 @ 4.5 | 8GB Team Vulcan RAM | 128GB Kingston V300 SSD (I didn't know what I was doing when I bought it) | MSI H81I Motherboard | Corsair H55 with Noctua NF-P12 | EVGA SSC GTX 960 4GB | OCZ 550W Fully Modular PSU with Noctua NF-A14 | Cooler Master Elite 130 (Soon to be something cool)

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No love for a Xeon? I think you can make an alternate for the $750 build for a 1231v3 with a cheap mobo. Overclocking does not yield that many more benefits than the hyperthreading, especially if you are doing more than gaming. 

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I would rather have more space then 256 GB....you are going to need that space as more games are taking more and more space

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I would rather have more space then 256 GB....you are going to need that space as more games are taking more and more space

I disagree.

G3258 @ 4.5 | 8GB Team Vulcan RAM | 128GB Kingston V300 SSD (I didn't know what I was doing when I bought it) | MSI H81I Motherboard | Corsair H55 with Noctua NF-P12 | EVGA SSC GTX 960 4GB | OCZ 550W Fully Modular PSU with Noctua NF-A14 | Cooler Master Elite 130 (Soon to be something cool)

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I disagree.

Cod Advanced Warfare takes up 48.89 gigs.

The Evil Within  50 GB of hard drive space

Windows 8.1 takes up 20 GB

Battlefield 4 30+ GB of free harddrive space

 

Welp there goes all the SDD space :D

NEVER GIVE UP. NEVER STOP LEARNING. DONT LET THE PAST HURT YOU. YOU CAN DOOOOO IT

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I have this made by myself.

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($64.98 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Asus H81M-D PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($40.98 @ Newegg)

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($31.98 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.88 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 260 1GB Video Card ($79.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Enermax Thorex ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $314.79

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-01 05:20 EST-0500

 

BAREBONES : 450 DOLLARS

 

/ Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($105.75 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Biostar B85MG Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($44.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.98 @ OutletPC)

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.98 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.88 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 270 2GB TurboDuo Video Card ($133.98 @ Newegg)

Case: Enermax Thorex ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $441.54

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-31 03:04 EST-0500

 

BEST 500 DOLLARS : 500 DOLLARS.

 

PCPartPicker part list / http://pcpartpicker.com/p/C7DDK8/by_merchant/' rel="external nofollow">Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($105.75 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Biostar B85MG Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($44.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.98 @ OutletPC)

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.98 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.88 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 280 3GB IceQ OC Video Card ($179.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Enermax Thorex ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $487.55

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-31 03:06 EST-0500

1440 P GAMING : 700 BUCKS.

 

PCPartPicker part list / http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Chk3vK/by_merchant/' rel="external nofollow">Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($174.99 @ NCIX US)

Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($68.98 @ OutletPC)

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($31.48 @ OutletPC)

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($31.48 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Best Buy)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290X 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($293.98 @ Newegg)

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($51.99 @ Micro Center)

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.75 @ OutletPC)

Total: $757.64

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-15 15:14 EST-0500

 

290 SLI BASIC: 1125 DOLLARS

 

PCPartPicker part list / http://pcpartpicker.com/p/RBg8mG/by_merchant/' rel="external nofollow">Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Newegg)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.75 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($130.98 @ Newegg)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($67.99 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.88 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 290 4GB IceQ X² Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($252.98 @ Newegg)

Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 290 4GB IceQ X² Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($252.98 @ Newegg)

Case: Enermax Thorex ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Corsair Professional 850W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($139.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $1125.53

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-31 03:11 EST-0500

 

EXTREME: 2300 BUCKS

 

PCPartPicker part list / http://pcpartpicker.com/p/NpjfGX/by_merchant/' rel="external nofollow">Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($316.99 @ SuperBiiz)

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($79.99 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($126.99 @ Amazon)

Memory: G.Skill Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($155.98 @ Newegg)

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($218.99 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.88 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($544.99 @ NCIX US)

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($544.99 @ NCIX US)

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($109.99 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: Corsair Professional 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($135.97 @ Amazon)

Total: $2283.76

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-31 03:16 EST-0500

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Cod Advanced Warfare takes up 48.89 gigs.

The Evil Within  50 GB of hard drive space

Windows 8.1 takes up 20 GB

Battlefield 4 30+ GB of free harddrive space

 

Welp there goes all the SDD space :D

Okay... maybe you can just not have all those games to run on a 270?

IDK, maybe my tiny, ancient, steam library with just bioshock, sup com, PA, 2 League installations, and a few other games is abnormal for someone with only $500 to spend on a computer.

G3258 @ 4.5 | 8GB Team Vulcan RAM | 128GB Kingston V300 SSD (I didn't know what I was doing when I bought it) | MSI H81I Motherboard | Corsair H55 with Noctua NF-P12 | EVGA SSC GTX 960 4GB | OCZ 550W Fully Modular PSU with Noctua NF-A14 | Cooler Master Elite 130 (Soon to be something cool)

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Okay... maybe you can just not have all those games to run on a 270?

IDK, maybe my tiny, ancient, steam library with just bioshock, sup com, PA, 2 League installations, and a few other games is abnormal for someone with only $500 to spend on a computer.

SSD aren't very necessary for a computer, I rather have a WD blue one terabyte compared to a small 256GB SDD

NEVER GIVE UP. NEVER STOP LEARNING. DONT LET THE PAST HURT YOU. YOU CAN DOOOOO IT

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