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Hi guys. I'm planning to build a new PC at year end with a budget of about $1200 for the while thing. Looking for some suggestions on parts. I've got a tentative plan but wondering whether there's any better ones. Mainly looking for best performance.

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Are you shopping in the US? What games do you like to play? Is i primarily for gaming or also editing?

 

EDIT: Welcome to the forum! For future reference, this topic should be in the forum section called "New builds and planning" :)

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do you have a monitor or not?
like what parts that you already have
best of the best is always Intel and Nvidia combo

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At the end of the year? You should actually wait until like October to start picking out parts for a build. Or you can get a list and update it as time goes by

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do you have a monitor or not?

like what parts that you already have

best of the best is always Intel and Nvidia combo

*Fanboy alert*

 

Intel and AMD is just as good combo.

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do you have a monitor or not?

like what parts that you already have

best of the best is always Intel and Nvidia combo

Your fanboyism hertz too much. There are AMD/AMD builds that can leave intel/nvidia builds in the dust.

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I've got the peripherals already so I'm just looking for the actual PC. Currently I'm using an intel i5 750, ATI Radeon HD 5000 series, 4GB of some ram (can't remember). I'm kinda looking for a completely new PC, not upgrades to the current one

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do you have a monitor or not?

like what parts that you already have

best of the best is always Intel and Nvidia combo

Yeah cause without G-Sync nothing runs ayeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

Please stop fanboy 

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Your fanboyism hertz too much. There are AMD/AMD builds that can leave intel/nvidia builds in the dust.

 

*Fanboy alert*

 

Intel and AMD is just as good combo.

benchmarks says otherwise?

 

Yeah cause without G-Sync nothing runs ayeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

Please stop fanboy 

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benchmarks says otherwise

Seems legit

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benchmarks says otherwise

Really? Now it depends on what intel/amd processors we are talking about. An FX-9590 OC'd to 5.3ish Ghz can over power a i5-4670k at 4ghz. a i5-4670k and a R9-290x is a great combo for gaming. 

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NO U MUST GO AMD BECAUSE NVIDIA IS INFERIOUR..... dont listen to this shit lol. do what ur wallet lets you do

 
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I've got the peripherals already so I'm just looking for the actual PC. Currently I'm using an intel i5 750, ATI Radeon HD 5000 series, 4GB of some ram (can't remember). I'm kinda looking for a completely new PC, not upgrades to the current one

but you are not gonna get it this month or the next or when exactly?

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CPU:  Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($219.00 @ Amazon) 

CPU Cooler:  Be Quiet Shadow Rock 2 87.0 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler  ($49.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard:  MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory:  Kingston Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage:  Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 


Video Card:  EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card  ($489.99 @ NCIX US) 



Total: $1209.18

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-20 03:38 EDT-0400)

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Cos I have a major examination in September haha. So I'm looking for some references now to kinda get a rough idea of what I'm gonna buy.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.00 @ Amazon)

CPU Cooler: Be Quiet Shadow Rock 2 87.0 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler ($49.99 @ NCIX US)

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: Kingston Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($69.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.26 @ Amazon)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card ($489.99 @ NCIX US)

Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case ($87.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $1209.18

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-20 03:38 EDT-0400)

Wow thanks a lot man. Appreciate it.

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Wow thanks a lot man. Appreciate it.

I already had that build in my pcpartpicker from recommending it to someone beforehand xD

 

There are things that could be changed. The case is subjective, so that's really up to you. The Hyper 212 EVO is a good GPU cooler as well, and there are some cheaper 120GB SSDs (Like, $5 cheaper)

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CPU:  Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($219.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler:  Be Quiet Shadow Rock 2 87.0 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler  ($49.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard:  MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory:  Kingston Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage:  Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card:  EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card  ($489.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $1209.18
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-20 03:38 EDT-0400)

 

why not this ssd

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-7TE500BW/dp/B00E3W19MO/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1395301371&sr=1-2

500 gb for $250

awesome deal

although prices keeps getting decreased by the time

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[q uote name=iSaeko" post="1724535" timestamp="1395301350]I already had that build in my pcpartpicker from recommending it to someone beforehand xD

There are things that could be changed. The case is subjective, so that's really up to you. The Hyper 212 EVO is a good GPU cooler as well, and there are some cheaper 120GB SSDs (Like, $5 cheaper)

Hmm yeah. Thanks a lot man.

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why not this ssd

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-7TE500BW/dp/B00E3W19MO/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1395301371&sr=1-2

500 gb for $250

awesome deal

although prices keeps getting decreased by the time

That would go way over his budget. 120GB is fine for boot drive, so it's better to spend the money on a more powerful GPU rather than a larger SSD

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benchmarks says otherwise?

Most games run the same across both platforms. SOOO YEAHHHHH

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That would go way over his budget. 120GB is fine for boot drive, so it's better to spend the money on a more powerful GPU rather than a larger SSD

over the time i ran out of storage on my 500gb hdd

my pc started slowing down

takes a few seconds to go in a hd movie from the start to the half of it

 

Most games run the same across both platforms. SOOO YEAHHHHH

that is sort of true although your profile says  I KNOW NOTHING! :D

no offence cx

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that is sort of true although your profile says  I KNOW NOTHING! :D

no offence cx

Well, for a price to performance AMD kills Nvidia and Intel builds any day of the week. not for clock speed but in multi-threaded applications, most games now. And OpenCL support, something most games are starting to go to to be on SteamBoxes. 

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over the time i ran out of storage on my 500gb hdd

my pc started slowing down

takes a few seconds to go in a hd movie from the start to the half of it

 

that is sort of true although your profile says  I KNOW NOTHING! :D

no offence cx

*is true* (what @91wow said)

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