First Build

[Benana101]

Hello there,

I am building my first PC around Christmas. I live in Australia and I have a $700 AUD Budget including the OS.

I play games like CSGO Competitive, GMOD, Battlefield 3, League of Legends, Sleeping Dogs and other Source engine Games all @ 1080p or 1600x900. So I am not the kind of Battlefield 4 and Watch Dogs gamer but just maybe on this new PC I could start that route. When I game I use Skype to talk to friends and plan tactics.

Also I spend probably 50% of the day surfing the web, looking on steam for sales (lol) and just random stuff.... no questions asked

Also in Australia it gets up to about 35-40 degrees during summer so I am going to need good cooling. But my house is Air Conditioned down to about 25 degrees.

If you need anymore info please ask, also no need to out a Disk Drive in the cost because I have one from my old PC

And I would like to have a good upgrading path, if possible.

 

Thanks, all help is loved

[ZaBoss]

If you play games I would reccomend something a little off your budget. 

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Zurq/saved/#savedbuild_1630669

 

 

Total:  $876.65

 

CPU Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Combo or $231.90 CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing Combo or $34.98 Motherboard ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 Killer ATX LGA1150 $109.99 Memory Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 $77.83 Storage Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM $88.97 Video Card Asus Radeon R9 280X 3GB DirectCU II $209.99 Case Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower $69.99 Power Supply NZXT 850W ATX12V / EPS12V   Optical Drive HP AR629AA DVD/CD Drive

[SimpleG]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($78.50 @ Centre Com) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($37.00 @ CPL Online) 

Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($119.00 @ CPL Online) 

Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($95.00 @ CPL Online) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($64.00 @ Centre Com) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($194.00 @ CPL Online) 

Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Power Supply: Corsair VS 450W ATX Power Supply  ($55.00 @ CPL Online) 

Total: $691.50

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-09 23:39 EST+1100

 

For cheap OS I would go with G2A or local pc shop (maybe some has cracked 8.1) Oh, and sell your consoles so you can bump up your budget

[Benana101]

 

If you play games I would reccomend something a little off your budget. 

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Zurq/saved/#savedbuild_1630669

 

 

Total:  $876.65

 

CPU Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Combo or $231.90 CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing Combo or $34.98 Motherboard ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 Killer ATX LGA1150 $109.99 Memory Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 $77.83 Storage Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM $88.97 Video Card Asus Radeon R9 280X 3GB DirectCU II $209.99 Case Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower $69.99 Power Supply NZXT 850W ATX12V / EPS12V   Optical Drive HP AR629AA DVD/CD Drive

 

When someone say's $700 budget... they mean budget

[Benana101]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($78.50 @ Centre Com) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($37.00 @ CPL Online) 

Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($119.00 @ CPL Online) 

Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($95.00 @ CPL Online) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($64.00 @ Centre Com) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($194.00 @ CPL Online) 

Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Power Supply: Corsair VS 450W ATX Power Supply  ($55.00 @ CPL Online) 

Total: $691.50

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-09 23:39 EST+1100

 

For cheap OS I would go with G2A or local pc shop (maybe some has cracked 8.1) Oh, and sell your consoles so you can bump up your budget

 

Yeah I was thinking of getting rid of the PS4... none of my friends have it and I barely use it

[SimpleG]

Yeah I was thinking of getting rid of the PS4... none of my friends have it and I barely use it

If you reach about 1k that would be nice for 1080 high/medium gaming

[Benana101]

Would it be possible to get one that could play CSGO and League of Legends at Medium @ 1080p 60fps>

No need for a hard drive, my old PC has 2 spare which is something I just forgot

Also including OS