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Wait now I'm confused the first one you sent or the second one?

Go with the intel builds linked by either SAV1OUR or Faceman

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Hey guys so a while ago I had saved up a bunch of money (Then Christmas and the Steam sale happened...) and was discussing things with my friend because I wanted to build my own PC.

So this is what we came up with, we both were not pros and he only has small experience with building PC's. I know how though so we got that covered. :P

Here are the parts.

Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 - High Air Flow Mid Tower Computer Case

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory

Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 + SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Processor: AMD FX-6300 Vishera 3.5GHz (4.1GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 95W Desktop Processor 

A 2TB HDD 120GB SSD

Graphics Card: MSI Gaming N760 TF 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card

Power Supply: OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W Modular High Performance Power Supply compatible with Intel Sandybridge Core i3 i5 i7 Intel 4th Gen CPU Haswell and AMD Phenom

OS: Windows 7

 

If anything will conflict or I can get something better for a better price or anything that would suit my needs better would be great.
I will be using it for PC Video Gameplay videos using fraps in 720p with commentary I will also be editing and rendering then uploading. :P

Thanks in advance guys!

 

P.s. I wasn't sure if I'm aloud to share newegg links so if that is needed and allowed let me know. :)

 

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The power supply is a bit too much for the system but if you plan to upgrade in the future it will be fine

I'm not sure I will be for a while. :P Can you recommend a good size? Also maybe some quiet fans, or an aftermarket cooler. No water cooling though. It gets pretty hot here in the summer and really cold in winter.

 

Also is it worth it to buy the case now and move my terrible store bought ancient windows vista PC into it until I can afford the rest of it? (mine runs pretty hot in its small case and is very loud.)

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I'm not sure I will be for a while. :P Can you recommend a good size? Also maybe some quiet fans, or an aftermarket cooler. No water cooling though. It gets pretty hot here in the summer and really cold in winter.

 

Also is it worth it to buy the case now and move my terrible store bought ancient windows vista PC into it until I can afford the rest of it?

What is your budget and where do you live?

 

Also do you need a monitor, keyboard or mice?

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What is your total budget?  Does the OS need to be included in the price, or do you have one that you can reuse? What games are being played?

"I genuinely dislike the promulgation of false information, especially to people who are asking for help selecting new parts."

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What is your budget and where do you live?

 

Also do you need a monitor, keyboard or mice?

I got a Razer Black widow and a Raze death adder. 1 tv I use as a monitor that is fine and a old monitor that is fine.

Canada BC. budget is maybe 1,000$ - 1,400$ MMO's, Minecraft, FPS, and anything I can get my hands on. I got allot of games on steam.

I can probably get a OS from a friend. 

I should also mention looks do not matter. :) But I prefer red.

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I got a Razer Black widow and a Raze death adder. 1 tv I use as a monitor that is fine and a old monitor that is fine.

Canada BC. budget is maybe 1,000$ - 1,400$ MMO's, Minecraft, FPS, and anything I can get my hands on. I got allot of games on steam.

I can probably get a OS from a friend. 

I should also mention looks do not matter. :) But I prefer red.

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3R6XD
 
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($124.95 @ Vuugo) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($28.79 @ DirectCanada) 
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($104.75 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($83.78 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($96.78 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($89.79 @ DirectCanada) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB ACX Video Card  ($359.99 @ Memory Express) 
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($57.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $1016.80
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU:  Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($257.98 @ Newegg Canada)
CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($28.79 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard:  MSI Z97-GAMING 7 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($197.31 @ DirectCanada)
Memory:  Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($83.78 @ DirectCanada)
Storage:  A-Data Premier Pro SP600 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($69.99 @ Canada Computers)
Storage:  Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.97 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card:  MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  ($359.00 @ Canada Computers)
Case:  Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($119.75 @ Vuugo)
Power Supply:  Corsair RM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Operating System:  Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($105.84 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $1402.39
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-26 04:42 EDT-0400)

 

allot more black and red then @iNothing 's

Specs

CPU: i5 4670k i won the silicon lottery Cooler: Corsair H100i w/ 2x Corsair SP120 quiet editions Mobo: ASUS Z97 SABERTOOTH MARK 1 Ram: Corsair Platnums 16gb (4x4gb) Storage: Samsun 840 evo 256gb and random hard drives GPU: EVGA acx 2.0 gtx 980 PSU: Corsair RM 850w Case: Fractal Arc Midi R2 windowed 

 

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8320 build


 



 

CPU:  AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($153.32 @ TigerDirect Canada) 

CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($28.79 @ DirectCanada) 

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($139.25 @ Vuugo) 

Memory:  Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($83.78 @ DirectCanada) 

Storage:  Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($96.78 @ DirectCanada) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($89.79 @ DirectCanada) 

Video Card:  EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB ACX Video Card  ($359.99 @ Memory Express) 

Case:  Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($57.99 @ Canada Computers) 

Power Supply:  Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.98 @ Amazon Canada) 

Total: $1079.67

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

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PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3R6XD
 
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($124.95 @ Vuugo) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($28.79 @ DirectCanada) 
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($104.75 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($83.78 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($96.78 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($89.79 @ DirectCanada) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB ACX Video Card  ($359.99 @ Memory Express) 
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($57.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $1016.80
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-26 04:39 EDT-0400)

 

Wow that's great thank you so much. Still waiting for the bench marks though. :)

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I got a Razer Black widow and a Raze death adder. 1 tv I use as a monitor that is fine and a old monitor that is fine.

Canada BC. budget is maybe 1,000$ - 1,400$ MMO's, Minecraft, FPS, and anything I can get my hands on. I got allot of games on steam.

I can probably get a OS from a friend. 

I should also mention looks do not matter. :) But I prefer red.

For such a large budget, you should be going Intel.  Also, MMOs run much, much better on Intel than AMD.  This build I created will give you incredible all around performance for gaming and video editing/rendering while remaining highly upgradeable.  Next upgrade should be to 16GB of RAM.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3R70x

Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3R70x/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3R70x/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($368.75 @ Vuugo)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($28.79 @ DirectCanada)

Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($137.50 @ Vuugo)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($84.77 @ DirectCanada)

Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($69.99 @ Canada Computers)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.99 @ DirectCanada)

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card  ($469.98 @ Newegg Canada)

Case: Antec GX500 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($47.49 @ Newegg Canada)

Power Supply: Corsair Professional Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Memory Express)

Total: $1347.25

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

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8320 build
 

 
CPU:  AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($153.32 @ TigerDirect Canada) 
CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($28.79 @ DirectCanada) 
Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($139.25 @ Vuugo) 
Memory:  Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($83.78 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage:  Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($96.78 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($89.79 @ DirectCanada) 
Video Card:  EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB ACX Video Card  ($359.99 @ Memory Express) 
Case:  Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($57.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Power Supply:  Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.98 @ Amazon Canada) 
Total: $1079.67
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-26 04:43 EDT-0400)

 

Wait now I'm confused the first one you sent or the second one?

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