First pc build

[Weyumm97]

Hi.

Im working on putting together a pc and wanted some help with parts.

My budget is 500-600 $us.  Im in Texas.

i will be using it for web browsing, some school work, some photo and video editing but that would be very light.  i will play some games but i dont know what exactly  right now all i have is older games cause that is all ive wanted to by when i dont know if my laptop will run it.  I also want to start trying to learn programming and coding. 

For now it will just be a single 1920x1080 moniter.  i might add a second in the future but by then i could do other upgrades to.

i will need an os but am willing to just get linux for awhile and add windows in the future.

i dont have a ton of room so a matx is preferred but ill change that if there is a better deal on something.  id been looking at the intel pentium g3258.  it seems like a good cpu for the price and i could upgrade in the future with the same motherboard.

 

Thanks in advance for any help.  

[EMENCII]

Plan to oc?

[Weyumm97]

Yeah I forgot to put that.  I am planning on oc.  

i also forgot to put that do to setup at home I will need a wireless card.

[EMENCII]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WTf33C

[EMENCII]

The wireless card is ok to be usb?

[EMENCII]

with the wireless:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/yNVJTW

[Weyumm97]

yeah thats fine with the wireless card.  

do you know what the performance difference would be if i swapped the graphics card out for a 750ti?

[SimpleG]

@Weyumm97 A lot. Here, I edited @EMENCII 's build 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($63.99 @ NCIX US) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($77.27 @ TigerDirect) 

Memory: Patriot Viper 3 Low Profile Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: A-Data Premier SP610 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($65.65 @ NCIX US) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.77 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 285 2GB WINDFORCE 2X Video Card  ($214.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Cooler Master Elite 431 Plus (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ Micro Center) 

Total: $670.63

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-23 04:21 EST-0500

BTW I would go for a pci-e wireless card not usb for safety

[Weyumm97]

how would a 760 preform against the r9 285?  

also just curious why a pci-e wireless card would be safer?  

[EMENCII]

http://www.futuremark.com/hardware/gpu

I dunno if it's safer...

[Weyumm97]

ok. so i took what yall said and did a little more looking and i put this together.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/paintvader97/saved/XCgCmG

 

i went with that motherboard because i found a bundle that has the cpu with that mobo for $100

and newegg has that card one black friday for $100.  if there are any suggestions im glad to hear them.

thanks.

[SImoHayha]

Here you are

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($89.61 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A55M-HD+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($57.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.77 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card  ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer  ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($88.98 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N10 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($13.93 @ OutletPC)
Total: $549.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-23 23:10 EST-0500