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VertexMuffin
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So my laptop recently died and i want to build my own budget pc. I selected these parts for the price and the red theme that i am going for. Do you guys think these parts are good for streaming to twitch, playing games, and light photo and video editing?

Kingston 120 Gb ssd

Asus Optical Drive

Cm Storm Devastator Keyboard and Mouse

Kingston HyperX Fury 1600 DDR3 2x4GB

Corsair Carbide Series Spec-02 Case

Msi Gtx 750 Ti 

Msi Micro Atx B85 Gaming 

Corsair Cx500 watt 80 plus bronze psu

Intel Pentium G3258 (Plan on overclocking a bit)

BenQ VA Led GW2255 21.5 Inch Monitor

WD Green 1Tb Hard Drive

Windows 8.1 System Builder OEM 

Total Price on Amazon is 900$

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Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($97.00 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($84.74 @ Amazon) 


Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X Video Card  ($189.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ NCIX US) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 

Monitor: BenQ GW2255 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($105.99 @ NCIX US) 


Total: $892.46

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-19 20:25 EDT-0400


 

Much better for streaming and gaming

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Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($97.00 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($84.74 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X Video Card  ($189.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ NCIX US) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 
Monitor: BenQ GW2255 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($105.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $892.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-19 20:25 EDT-0400
 
Much better for streaming and gaming

 

What case would you recommend? 

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What case would you recommend? 

That is all on your personal taste I can also try to get it to fit in your budget so just quote me back with a case have in mind!

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Motherboard: ASRock B85M Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($66.98 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X Video Card  ($209.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($48.91 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)  ($92.98 @ OutletPC) 
Monitor: Acer H226HQLbid 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $923.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-19 20:37 EDT-0400

 

Similar to ThyFeard's build, but a little bit cheaper and has an IPS monitor.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/F8hx23

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That is all on your personal taste I can also try to get it to fit in your budget so just quote me back with a case have in mind!

I guess the same case from my build is fine

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AMD Build

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($84.73 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88X-D3H ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($67.49 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($84.74 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X Video Card  ($189.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ NCIX US) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 
Monitor: BenQ GW2255 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($105.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $872.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-19 20:44 EDT-0400
Intel :

 
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($97.00 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($84.74 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X Video Card  ($189.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ NCIX US) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 
Monitor: BenQ GW2255 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($105.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $927.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-19 20:46 EDT-0400
 
If you can stretch your budget it's really worth it
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AMD Build

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($84.73 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88X-D3H ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($67.49 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($84.74 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X Video Card  ($189.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ NCIX US) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 
Monitor: BenQ GW2255 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($105.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $872.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-19 20:44 EDT-0400
Intel :

 
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($97.00 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($84.74 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X Video Card  ($189.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ NCIX US) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 
Monitor: BenQ GW2255 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($105.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $927.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-19 20:46 EDT-0400
 
If you can stretch your budget it's really worth it

 

So i would buy all the parts from different retailers?

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So i would buy all the parts from different retailers?

Yeah you would buy from the cheapest retailer it list.

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Hi there,

 

If speaking on hdd storage the green WD drives are notable for their power management and they're really quiet ;) but for a gaming pc they are not that fast, in my opinion. You need an hdd with better performance as far as except playing games you're planning to use photo and video editing software. The WD green drives are mostly recommended for a secondary backup storage and they have a bit less performance than WD black hard drives, so if you want to get a maximum performance and speed I'd suggest you to pay attention to wd black series which is actually an excellent solution for the gamers.

 

I would also bring to notice the fact that the WD black drives have 5 year warranty period, meanwhile the WD green drives have 3 year warranty period.

You can find some more information on the WD blacks by the following links: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=760

as well as compare the characteristics of different series of Western Digital drives here: http://www.wdc.com/ru/products/catalog/

 

Hope I helped.

WD Representative

http://www.wdc.com

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