First Build Part Advice?

[AbuBatikha]

Hey I have been working on planning out my first build for a while, and I am pretty torn. I have a budget of $1000, but I want to get as low as possible without sacrificing too much performance. My build so far (theoretically for the most part):

CPU Pentium G3258 $70 $70

Graphics XFX R9 290  $240 $310

Motherboard ASRock Z97 Killer $115 $425

RAM PNY XLR8 8GB $67 $492

Case NZXT S340 (Black) $70 $562

Power Supply Corsair CX 600W 80+Bronze $54 $616

Monitor LG 60hz 22" $100 $716

Heatsink be quiet! Dark Rock 3 $60 $776

Case Fans Rosewill RFA-120-RL 120mm Red Led Fan x2 $8 $784

Wireless Card Rosewill 802.11b/g/n PCI-E Card $17 $801

Keyboard Corsair Raptor K30 $33 $834

Mouse UtechSmart Venus MMO Mouse $35 $869

The components that are bolded have already been bought. I got the keyboard and the r9 290 on sale recently. The Pentium I chose purely based on the fact that I could overclock it with mostly great results, as I will mostly be gaming on this machine, so I won't need as many cores. I am unsure of my CPU cooler and my case mostly. I really want to move up to a Enthoo Pro or NZXT H440, but I am not sure I could really justify it. Same case with the cooler, I could move down to a Hyper 212 EVO, or to a similarly priced AIO liquid cooler, or even up to a H100i. Can you guys help me make up my mind or make adjustments to the build? I also don't have any storage listed because I have both SSDs and HDDs laying around my house from previous laptop upgrades and portable hard drives

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[SImoHayha]

Hey I have been working on planning out my first build for a while, and I am pretty torn. I have a budget of $1000, but I want to get as low as possible without sacrificing too much performance. My build so far (theoretically for the most part):

CPU Pentium G3258 $70 $70

Graphics XFX R9 290  $240 $310

Motherboard ASRock Z97 Killer $115 $425

RAM PNY XLR8 8GB $67 $492

Case NZXT S340 (Black) $70 $562

Power Supply Corsair CX 600W 80+Bronze $54 $616

Monitor LG 60hz 22" $100 $716

Heatsink be quiet! Dark Rock 3 $60 $776

Case Fans ThermalTek Pure 12 1200mm Red Led Fan x2 $8 $784

Wireless Card Rosewill 802.11b/g/n PCI-E Card $17 $801

Keyboard Corsair Raptor K30 $33 $834

Mouse UtechSmart Venus MMO Mouse $35 $869

The components that are bolded have already been bought. I got the keyboard and the r9 290 on sale recently. The Pentium I chose purely based on the fact that I could overclock it with mostly great results, as I will mostly be gaming on this machine, so I won't need as many cores. I am unsure of my CPU cooler and my case mostly. I really want to move up to a Enthoo Pro or NZXT H440, but I am not sure I could really justify it. Same case with the cooler, I could move down to a Hyper 212 EVO, or to a similarly priced AIO liquid cooler, or even up to a H100i. Can you guys help me make up my mind or make adjustments to the build? I also don't have any storage listed because I have both SSDs and HDDs laying around my house from previous laptop upgrades and portable hard drives

With 1000$ You can make a better build then with the Pentium........Welp looks like you aren't going to be playing Far Cry 4, Unity or Advanced Warfare.

[AbuBatikha]

With 1000$ You can make a better build then with the Pentium........Welp looks like you aren't going to be playing Far Cry 4, Unity or Advanced Warfare.

Probably not actually, not a fan of any of those series. 

[d3sl91]

Hey I have been working on planning out my first build for a while, and I am pretty torn. I have a budget of $1000, but I want to get as low as possible without sacrificing too much performance. My build so far (theoretically for the most part):

CPU Pentium G3258 $70 $70

Graphics XFX R9 290  $240 $310

Motherboard ASRock Z97 Killer $115 $425

RAM PNY XLR8 8GB $67 $492

Case NZXT S340 (Black) $70 $562

Power Supply Corsair CX 600W 80+Bronze $54 $616

Monitor LG 60hz 22" $100 $716

Heatsink be quiet! Dark Rock 3 $60 $776

Case Fans Rosewill RFA-120-RL 120mm Red Led Fan x2 $8 $784

Wireless Card Rosewill 802.11b/g/n PCI-E Card $17 $801

Keyboard Corsair Raptor K30 $33 $834

Mouse UtechSmart Venus MMO Mouse $35 $869

The components that are bolded have already been bought. I got the keyboard and the r9 290 on sale recently. The Pentium I chose purely based on the fact that I could overclock it with mostly great results, as I will mostly be gaming on this machine, so I won't need as many cores. I am unsure of my CPU cooler and my case mostly. I really want to move up to a Enthoo Pro or NZXT H440, but I am not sure I could really justify it. Same case with the cooler, I could move down to a Hyper 212 EVO, or to a similarly priced AIO liquid cooler, or even up to a H100i. Can you guys help me make up my mind or make adjustments to the build? I also don't have any storage listed because I have both SSDs and HDDs laying around my house from previous laptop upgrades and portable hard drives

 

You will get some good responses with parts lists soon. You might use pcpartpicker.com to list your parts and find the best prices.

 

Welcome, and also, I love your avatar - Sum 41

[Icefire555]

With 1000$ You can make a better build then with the Pentium........Welp looks like you aren't going to be playing Far Cry 4, Unity or Advanced Warfare.

 

Yah, the duel core Pentium will bottleneck you soo hard in the future.

[Icefire555]

Hey I have been working on planning out my first build for a while, and I am pretty torn. I have a budget of $1000, but I want to get as low as possible without sacrificing too much performance. My build so far (theoretically for the most part):

CPU Pentium G3258 $70 $70

Graphics XFX R9 290  $240 $310

Motherboard ASRock Z97 Killer $115 $425

RAM PNY XLR8 8GB $67 $492

Case NZXT S340 (Black) $70 $562

Power Supply Corsair CX 600W 80+Bronze $54 $616

Monitor LG 60hz 22" $100 $716

Heatsink be quiet! Dark Rock 3 $60 $776

Case Fans Rosewill RFA-120-RL 120mm Red Led Fan x2 $8 $784

Wireless Card Rosewill 802.11b/g/n PCI-E Card $17 $801

Keyboard Corsair Raptor K30 $33 $834

Mouse UtechSmart Venus MMO Mouse $35 $869

The components that are bolded have already been bought. I got the keyboard and the r9 290 on sale recently. The Pentium I chose purely based on the fact that I could overclock it with mostly great results, as I will mostly be gaming on this machine, so I won't need as many cores. I am unsure of my CPU cooler and my case mostly. I really want to move up to a Enthoo Pro or NZXT H440, but I am not sure I could really justify it. Same case with the cooler, I could move down to a Hyper 212 EVO, or to a similarly priced AIO liquid cooler, or even up to a H100i. Can you guys help me make up my mind or make adjustments to the build? I also don't have any storage listed because I have both SSDs and HDDs laying around my house from previous laptop upgrades and portable hard drives

 

If you want to save money, look for parts on ebay. R9 290s are going for like 150 right now.

[AbuBatikha]

If you want to save money, look for parts on ebay. R9 290s are going for like 150 right now.

 

I already bought my card, got it for 240

Yah, the duel core Pentium will bottleneck you soo hard in the future.

 

I am planning that to be my first big upgrade along with RAM

You will get some good responses with parts lists soon. You might use pcpartpicker.com to list your parts and find the best prices.

 

Welcome, and also, I love your avatar - Sum 41

I used PC partpicker to get those prices. And thanks, Sum 41 is up in my favorites bands of all time