Possible Build [1000$]

[Billy Buttcheeks]

I have been to the PCPartPicker forum, TekSyndicate forum, and reddit. 

This build has been changed over the course of 2 years so there might be some outdated parts(I have never built a PC but I have gone through quite a bit of different builds).

I am a college student and the PC I am building will be mainly used for school, gaming, and programming. It is being built towards more gaming however. Sorry for my poor formatting, I am new to this forum, but I have been subscribed to Linus for awhile
 

I'll first post the build from PCPartPicker

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/FearMikeHawk/saved/1dMT

 

I have a few questions and preferences to state as well

Preferences: 1000 US Dollar budget give or take $100

At the moment the PSU, Monitor, Keyboard, Memory, HDD, and SDD seem to change the most in my build. 

I am not necesarily going for a color scheme but I am leaning towards a red/black theme because I have an AMD GPU and CPU

I am thinking about the Tempest 410 Elite and Source 530 for my build. There is no space on my desk to place it underneath in this placeholder type thing for desktops so it will be going on top to the side or behind the monitor parallel. I was thinking of one of the HAF series case however...

I do live near a Microcenter and I see that they have some good deals on some parts (http://www.microcenter.com/site/stores/richardson.aspx)
ALL PARTS IN THE LIST MUST STAY IN THE LIST(ex. a replacement keyboard, no taking away of parts, may add parts)

 

Questions:
I noticed my RAM is 1.65v and the mobo says 1.5v yet PCPartPicker deems it compatible; can someone explain so I can understand?

Are any of the R series AMD cards going back down in price? The R9 270 was around 180 +-30 and now because of the high demand its up about $60. I really want the R9 270/X  
Is 620 Watts enough? I heard great things for SeaSonic and I would also prefer a Semi/Modular PSU for cable management

Im not a pro with monitors, mobos, memory, or SSDs so those are where I am not sure what to pick

 

Thank you for your help or attempt to help
I am looking to buy parts around a sale time; I heard there are PC part sales around May-July(4th of July newegg for ex.) 

Or do you know of any other time period for pc parts besides black friday/cyber monday

I will buy an actual mechanical keyboard later on don't worry, I just need a keyboard to replace my shitty one

EDIT: Yes I am looking for an upgradable PC for the future thats why I chose a mid/full tower case and a big enough PSU

[WoodenMarker]

The motherboard is officially supports ram with voltages up to 1.5. However, 1.65v works just fine. 

620w is enough for crossfire. You could run off of a 450w is you wanted to. 

 

I'd suggest planning later. ~2-3 days at most before you buy. Parts and prices change frequently so any parts list you come up with now will likely be obsolete by the time you're ready to buy.

[DoubleY]

Why the heck are PC's getting so expensive now? I got my PC for like $1,400

 

It has an i7, 16gb of RAM, 128gb SSD and 6tb of HDD space. Not to mention a GTX 780

 

Anyway, looks like a good build. Could probably use a smaller power supply

[CoolBeans]

Personally I would cut the ssd and up to a 770, but that is just me 

[CoolBeans]

Why the heck are PC's getting so expensive now? I got my PC for like $1,400

 

It has an i7, 16gb of RAM, 128gb SSD and 6tb of HDD space. Not to mention a GTX 780

 

Anyway, looks like a good build. Could probably use a smaller power supply

Because this has peripherals and 400$ more could get you that stuff

[Billy Buttcheeks]

Alright thank you so much
Atleast now I know it is a solid build... For the moment

 

Any news about the AMD Price rocket though? I think that will be the biggest thing for when I actually get my PC

Also any known sales that happen between May and July besides July 4th sales?

[WoodenMarker]

Also any known sales that happen between May and July besides July 4th sales?

That's a long while from now. Wait and see.