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MrLegendQC
By MrLegendQC
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Hi guys I'm planning building a PC for Christmas and I need some help !

I have a 830-840$ budget excluding Screen,mouse and keyboard.

I live in Canada so the prices are not the same !

I can be recycling my current laptop HDD.

What I tried to build:

100% for gaming !
I'm going to overclock the CPU and maybe the GPU
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you can ditch the ssd if you want it to be cheaper

 
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Memory Express) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($85.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.97 @ DirectCanada) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280 3GB TurboDuo Video Card  ($234.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ NCIX) 
Total: $858.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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you can ditch the ssd if you want it to be cheaper

 
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Memory Express) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($85.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.97 @ DirectCanada) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280 3GB TurboDuo Video Card  ($234.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ NCIX) 
Total: $858.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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I can I use my laptop HDD , it's a 1TB and fast enough for me

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you can ditch the ssd if you want it to be cheaper

 
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Memory Express) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($85.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.97 @ DirectCanada) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280 3GB TurboDuo Video Card  ($234.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ NCIX) 
Total: $858.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-26 02:43 EDT-0400

 

Second thing : You did'nt add a PSU

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you can ditch the ssd if you want it to be cheaper

 
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Memory Express) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($85.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.97 @ DirectCanada) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280 3GB TurboDuo Video Card  ($234.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ NCIX) 
Total: $858.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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you're missing the psu

My Little Gaming Rig:

CPU: FX 8320 | MOBO: Gigabyte 970A-D3P | RAM: G.Skill Ares 2x4GB | GPU: Sapphire Dual-X R9 270X | Storage: Seagate SSHD 1TB | Case: Corsair 200R | PSU: CM 550W V-Series

Upgrades to come: CPU FAN: Corsair H100i | RAM: 2 more 4GB sticks | GPU: Another R9 270X running in crossfire | Storage: Samsung 120GB SSD | PSU: Corsair 800w

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Second thing : You did'nt add a PSU

 

you're missing the psu

whoops

 
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280 3GB TurboDuo Video Card  ($184.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Micro Center) 
Total: $726.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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whoops

 
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280 3GB TurboDuo Video Card  ($184.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Micro Center) 
Total: $726.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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The estimated wattage is 377w, Can I downgrade the PSU a little bit and get an other case ? 

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I still have a question, was the build I made great ? I changed the case to something a little bit cheaper,but I want to know if it's a good rig.

 

 
CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($188.32 @ TigerDirect Canada) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($109.99 @ Memory Express) 
Memory: A-Data XPG V2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($89.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($209.99 @ Memory Express) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($68.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $807.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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I still have a question, was the build I made great ? I changed the case to something a little bit cheaper,but I want to know if it's a good rig.

 

 
CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($188.32 @ TigerDirect Canada) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($109.99 @ Memory Express) 
Memory: A-Data XPG V2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($89.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($209.99 @ Memory Express) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($68.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $807.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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it's okay i would rather get the fx 8320 and oc that instead, get a 970 chipset mobo if not planning to do crossfire, get a evga 500b psu instead, and a corsair 300r, 

also whoops, i did my last build in us dollars, not cad

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Memory Express) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($99.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280 3GB TurboDuo Video Card  ($234.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ NCIX) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ NCIX) 
Total: $784.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Memory Express) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($97.79 @ DirectCanada) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.97 @ DirectCanada) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($209.99 @ NCIX) 

Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ NCIX) 


Total: $858.50

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-26 03:32 EDT-0400

 

This is the best I could think of

My current rig for entertainment/gaming: i5 4570 3,2GHz; MSI B85M-E45; ZOTAC GTX760 AMP!; 8GB (2x4GB) by Kingston; Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200rpm; Corsair 200R, Corsair VS650; Dell U2312HM, Samsung DVD R/W optical drive; CM Devastator; Corsair MM400 gaming pad

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