Gaming Build, $800 - $900 CAD

[reecer11]

1. Budget & Location
$800 or $900 CAD

2. Aim
Gaming (minecraft, league of legends, TF2, quake live, rocket league, other fps, sports and racing games)

3. Monitors

1 a​t 1080p

4. Peripherals
already have them
5. Why are you upgrading?​

​​components in current pc are a little old, GTX 480 and i3 3240

EDIT: Frogot to mention I may want to play tomb raider 2013 in the future and maybe fallout 4

[grayblizzard]

1. Budget & Location

$800 or $900 CAD

2. Aim

Gaming (minecraft, league of legends, TF2, quake live, rocket league, other fps, sports and racing games)

3. Monitors

How many monitors do you plan on running? Do you plan on moving to more monitors in the future? What resolution are they at too?

1 a​t 1080p

4. Peripherals

already have them

5. Why are you upgrading?​

​​components in current pc are a little old, GTX 480 and i3 3240

os?

 

if not then this:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($224.50 @ shopRBC) 

Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($80.50 @ Vuugo) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($65.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 4GB SOC Video Card  ($308.16 @ shopRBC) 

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Memory Express) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($69.32 @ Amazon Canada) 

Total: $898.43

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-01 17:52 EDT-0400

 

just wait for skylake though

[Mate]

why do you need an upgrade for playing those games, I'd be future proof and get something like an i5 4690k and keep using the gtx 480

[OneZombieTrain]

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/Rsz3Jx try this. I don't know if you needed a monitor or not. I presumed not

[grayblizzard]

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/Rsz3Jx try this. I don't know if you needed a monitor or not. I presumed not

please dont get fx6300 as i know how it feels to not have upgrading as an option without mobo upgrade too

[mata-pombos]

 

os?

 

if not then this:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($224.50 @ shopRBC) 

Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($80.50 @ Vuugo) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($65.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 4GB SOC Video Card  ($308.16 @ shopRBC) 

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Memory Express) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($69.32 @ Amazon Canada) 

Total: $898.43

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-01 17:52 EDT-0400

 

just wait for skylake though

 

better get a 960 since its 60-80 cad cheaper and he doesnt play very demanding games

[BigDay]

you can save money on the build below by going with a non modular psu, but it's only over budget by 14 bucks

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($224.50 @ shopRBC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($95.50 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($60.92 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($66.98 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.75 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card  ($268.25 @ Vuugo)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($52.25 @ Vuugo)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($85.95 @ shopRBC)
Total: $914.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-01 18:01 EDT-0400

[OneZombieTrain]

you can save money on the build below by going with a non modular psu, but it's only over budget by 14 bucks

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($224.50 @ shopRBC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($95.50 @ Vuugo)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($60.92 @ DirectCanada)

Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($66.98 @ DirectCanada)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.75 @ Vuugo)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card  ($268.25 @ Vuugo)

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($52.25 @ Vuugo)

Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($85.95 @ shopRBC)

Total: $914.10

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-01 18:01 EDT-0400

One out of the 4 or so builds I did was with a non-modular power supply, it's a bitch to work with. 

[OneZombieTrain]

please dont get fx6300 as i know how it feels to not have upgrading as an option without mobo upgrade too

I thought the FX6300 was a very good processor. Overclockable, 4.5 Ghz, 6 cores, 8MB L3 Cache $$

[grayblizzard]

I thought the FX6300 was a very good processor. Overclockable, 4.5 Ghz, 6 cores, 8MB L3 Cache $$

yes but it doesnt beat the intel upgradability

[ItsGinger35]

I thought the FX6300 was a very good processor. Overclockable, 4.5 Ghz, 6 cores, 8MB L3 Cache $$

But very bad performance per core.

[OneZombieTrain]

Yes, I used an intel processor in my build and there are a load more CPUs that will fit in my MOBO where are there aren't that many with AMD 

[reecer11]

the 480 doesn't seem to handle the games at max settings very well

[reecer11]

 

os?

 

if not then this:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($224.50 @ shopRBC) 

Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($80.50 @ Vuugo) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($65.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 4GB SOC Video Card  ($308.16 @ shopRBC) 

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Memory Express) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($69.32 @ Amazon Canada) 

Total: $898.43

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-01 17:52 EDT-0400

 

just wait for skylake though

 

 

will likely go for this. Thanks!

[grayblizzard]

will likely go for this. Thanks!

have fun with it!!