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Stumbled upon this rather neat website today.

 

http://choosemypc.net/

 

As of time of posting the only countries available are: USA, Canada, UK and Australia.

Its aim is to help beginners by taking the burden out of choosing parts.  All you need to do is put in your budget, whether you want to Overclock, if you want Windows or an Optical Drive.

It also shows any possible issues with parts that may not be apparent at first glance.

 

There are some problems however, the system it provides isn't always the best.

 

For example, for $1400 AUD here is the system it built

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($226.00 @ Centre Com)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.00 @ PLE Computers)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($105.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($93.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card
Case: Silverstone TJ08B-E MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($99.00 @ CPL Online)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($98.00 @ CPL Online)
Total: $779.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-30 17:57 EST+1000

 

For the same budget I was able to build a much more powerful system

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($255.00 @ CPL Online)
Motherboard: Asus H97M-E Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($114.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($94.00 @ Centre Com)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($97.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card ($489.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Case: Fractal Design Arc Mini R2 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($119.00 @ CPL Online)
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($119.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Total: $1366.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-29 11:05 EST+1100

 

Nevertheless, it is still a handy tool for anyone who is new to the PC building scene.

 

Cheers

 

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Good site, I saw that on PCMR and I tried it out, I agree as it does needs some fixing but amazing if you dont know what you are doing. If anyone needs help, they can post to LTT anyway  B)

 

1900 Dollar build on CMPC:

 
CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($569.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme3 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($203.98 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($102.99 @ Adorama) 
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($109.97 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($329.98 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($329.98 @ NCIX US) 
Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($109.99 @ Micro Center) 
Total: $1839.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-28 20:12 EDT-0400
 
My upcoming build in PCPP
 
Motherboard: MSI X99S MPOWER ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($275.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($128.98 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe ATX Full Tower Case  ($149.99 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($0.00) 
Case Fan: Cougar Dual-X 73.2 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($0.00) 
Case Fan: Cougar Dual-X 73.2 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($0.00) 
Total: $1869.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-28 20:13 EDT-0400
 
 
All together good site to get a list from and I can see it helping quite a few people!

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Seems like a good website, but it recommended a 4820k with dual 770s for me, personally I'd have gone 4790K and dual 780s  :mellow:

Specs: CPU: AMD FX 6300 Motherboard: Gigabyte 970A DS3P RAM: HyperX Fury 16GB 1866MHz GPU: MSI R9 270 OC edition Case: Sharkoon VS3-S SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB HDD: 1TB Caviar Blue PSU: Corsair CX500W

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really good1, I hope they will add more countries in the future.

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Wow! This is actually very useful! Thanks

CPU:AMD FX-8350 @ 4.4 Ghz  - Motherboard:Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 - RAM:Kingston Hyper X Blu - 8GB - GPU:Gigabyte GTX 760 - Case:NZXT H440 Red & Black - SSD:Kingston Digital 120GB - HDD:(2) Western Digital 1TB Blue - PSU:Thermaltake Smart 650W 80 PLUS Bronze - Keyboard:Corsair Vengeance K95 RGB - Mouse:Corsair M45

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Don't know... It seems to prioritize SLI/Crossfire when a single powerful GPU would have more consistent performance and no issues that comes with SLI/Crossfire... and it doesn't even SLI/Crossfire the best GPU...

Personally I'dd go for the most powerful GPU you can get with your money and lets say you have 1400$ for GPU and at the moment at the top of GPU is GTX 980.. so you get single of those and since you still have a lot of room in your budget for GPU buy a second GTX 980... and that's a pretty much only scenario where you'dd want SLI/Crossfire.. when you hit the top and want to throw more money at it...

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Don't know... It seems to prioritize SLI/Crossfire when a single powerful GPU would have more consistent performance and no issues that comes with SLI/Crossfire... and it doesn't even SLI/Crossfire the best GPU...

Personally I'dd go for the most powerful GPU you can get with your money and lets say you have 1400$ for GPU and at the moment at the top of GPU is GTX 980.. so you get single of those and since you still have a lot of room in your budget for GPU buy a second GTX 980... and that's a pretty much only scenario where you'dd want SLI/Crossfire.. when you hit the top and want to throw more money at it...

 

They should probably have an option to select if you want to SLI/XFire

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