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I want to build a PC to use for gaming with a budget of $1100. I would prefer to buy everything from Amazon.

 

This is my parts list so far:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($189.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus H97M-E Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($98.24 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($76.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($299.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 350D Window MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Dell S2340M 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  ($144.99 @ Amazon)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($37.72 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Other: Windows 8.1 Pro ($69.99)
Total: $1227.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

 

I would like to get the price down to about $1100 without sacrificing much performance.

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I want to build a PC to use for gaming with a budget of $1100. I would prefer to buy everything from Amazon.

 

This is my parts list so far:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($189.99 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Asus H97M-E Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($98.24 @ Amazon)

Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($76.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($299.99 @ Amazon)

Case: Corsair 350D Window MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Amazon)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ Amazon)

Monitor: Dell S2340M 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  ($144.99 @ Amazon)

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($37.72 @ Amazon)

Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($29.99 @ Amazon)

Other: Windows 8.1 Pro ($69.99)

Total: $1227.86

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

 

I would like to get the price down to about $1100 without sacrificing much performance.

Change the CPU to a i5 4690, other than that it's ok :3

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I want to build a PC to use for gaming with a budget of $1100. I would prefer to buy everything from Amazon.

 

This is my parts list so far:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($189.99 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Asus H97M-E Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($98.24 @ Amazon)

Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($76.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($299.99 @ Amazon)

Case: Corsair 350D Window MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Amazon)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ Amazon)

Monitor: Dell S2340M 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  ($144.99 @ Amazon)

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($37.72 @ Amazon)

Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($29.99 @ Amazon)

Other: Windows 8.1 Pro ($69.99)

Total: $1227.86

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

 

I would like to get the price down to about $1100 without sacrificing much performance.

Go with a cheaper H87 motherboard rather than H97, http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-h87mpro4 for example.

 

Other than that, you can choose cheaper versions of everything you posted, but then you risk dealing with a less-than-highest-rated company. (like, you could get a mushkin SSd, go with some weird color ram, HIS GPU, etc).

 

Do you need wireless? Gaming on wireless is less than great in general, so, you could get a 100ft ethernet cord for $15 instead of the 37 for a wireless card. 

 

I would reccomend a 550W GOLD rated, like http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cs550m. Supposedly the CSM has better innards than the CX too. 

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You could try finding a 7970 that wasn't used for mining on the used market. That'd shave ~$160 off your cost.

Honestly you're already pretty close to the bottom unless you want to switch over to AMD, or ditch the SSD.

CPU: Ryzen 9 5900 Cooler: EVGA CLC280 Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Pro AX RAM: Kingston Hyper X 32GB 3200mhz

Storage: WD 750 SE 500GB, WD 730 SE 1TB GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050 PSU: Corsair SF750 Case: Streacom DA2

Monitor: LG 27GL83B Mouse: Razer Basilisk V2 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red Speakers: Mackie CR5BT

 

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CPU: Intel i3 4160 Cooler: Integrated Motherboard: Integrated

RAM: G.Skill RipJaws 16GB DDR3 Storage: Transcend MSA370 128GB GPU: Intel 4400 Graphics

PSU: Integrated Case: Shuttle XPC Slim

Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

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CPU: Intel i5 7600k Cooler: CryOrig H7 Motherboard: MSI Z270 M5

RAM: Crucial LPX 16GB DDR4 Storage: Intel S3510 800GB GPU: Nvidia GTX 980

PSU: Corsair CX650M Case: EVGA DG73

Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

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CPU: Intel i5 4690k Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 Motherboard: MSI Z97i AC ITX

RAM: Crucial Ballistix 16GB DDR3 Storage: Kingston Fury 240GB GPU: Asus Strix GTX 970

PSU: Thermaltake TR2 Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX

Monitor: Dell P2214H x2 Mouse: Logitech MX Master Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

 

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I want to build a PC to use for gaming with a budget of $1100. I would prefer to buy everything from Amazon.

 

This is my parts list so far:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($189.99 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Asus H97M-E Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($98.24 @ Amazon)

Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($76.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($299.99 @ Amazon)

Case: Corsair 350D Window MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Amazon)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ Amazon)

Monitor: Dell S2340M 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  ($144.99 @ Amazon)

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($37.72 @ Amazon)

Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($29.99 @ Amazon)

Other: Windows 8.1 Pro ($69.99)

Total: $1227.86

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

 

I would like to get the price down to about $1100 without sacrificing much performance.

"Okay" Build But Would Recommend switching out your SSD and HDD for a Single SSHD

like This: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st1000dx001 (you just saved a lot of Money and start saving up for the SSD if you want to)

a Hybrid Gives you the Speed of a SSD with the Capacity of and HDD It Prioritizes your most used apps to run like "SDD Speeds" During loading

I would Recommend switching out your RAM with these Pair of Bad Boys: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f38500cl7d8gbrl

They Have The CAS of 7!!

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CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($149.99 @ SuperBiiz) 


Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($119.98 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($74.94 @ Amazon) 



Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($339.99 @ Newegg) 



Monitor: Acer G226HQLBbd 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 


Other: windows 8.1 @G2a ($20.00)

Total: $1115.83

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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No loss of performance. All sourced through Amazon. Not quite $1,100.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($189.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M-ITX/AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($95.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($75.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($299.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Rosewill Hive 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Dell S2340M 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  ($144.99 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Other: Windows 8.1 Pro ($69.99)
Total: $1126.89

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