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I want to build my gaming pc and need some help with it. I'm currently still saving money for it, but my budget will be somewhere around $1000. is this enough for a good gaming pc? And what is the best build in my price range? I prefer to have a sleek design, with no LED's

 

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Thanks! I could always upgrade though but as a start build I thought 1000 is fair. Would u recommend certain part's?

This is the rig i have planned to build sometime in the future when i have the money, It should fit you pretty good too.

It is Blue-Black themed with graphics performance, expandablility and lighter overclocking in mind(But the overclocking is only as backup when the 8350 gets too weak).

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($159.98 @ OutletPC)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($28.99 @ Micro Center)

Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($78.99 @ Mwave)

Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($74.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.94 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Toshiba Product Series:DT01ACA 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ NCIX US)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Vapor-X Video Card  ($301.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($40.38 @ Mwave)

Power Supply: Fractal Design Tesla R2 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($104.99 @ Newegg)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($88.98 @ OutletPC)

Total: $989.22

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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But you might be better off with a Intel based rig instead.

My Gaming PC

|| CPU: Intel i5 4690@4.3Ghz || GPU: Dual ASUS gtx 1080 Strix. || RAM: 16gb (4x4gb) Kingston HyperX Genesis 1600Mhz. || Motherboard: MSI Z97S Krait edition. || OS: Win10 Pro
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CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE_BK 78.1 CFM CPU Cooler  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($109.97 @ OutletPC) 




Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  ($326.99 @ Directron) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 3500 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($75.99 @ Directron) 


Total: $1031.88

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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You can change the case :D

Build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zBRFrH

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CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE_BK 78.1 CFM CPU Cooler  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($109.97 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  ($326.99 @ Directron) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 3500 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($75.99 @ Directron) 
Total: $1031.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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You can change the case :D

 

What OS? He wont do much gaming on Ubuntu/SteamOS.

My Gaming PC

|| CPU: Intel i5 4690@4.3Ghz || GPU: Dual ASUS gtx 1080 Strix. || RAM: 16gb (4x4gb) Kingston HyperX Genesis 1600Mhz. || Motherboard: MSI Z97S Krait edition. || OS: Win10 Pro
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intel : 

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ Micro Center) 
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: A-Data XPG V2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($349.99 @ Micro Center) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Micro Center) 
Total: $1007.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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AMD: 
 
CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($129.98 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($99.89 @ Newegg) 
Memory: A-Data XPG V2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  ($354.98 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Micro Center) 
Total: $947.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Current Build + Setup

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | GIGABYTE B550 Aorus Pro v2 | CORSAIR Dominator Platinum 16gb 3600Mhz | GIGABYTE RTX 3070 AORUS MASTER OC 8 GB | NZXT H510 Elite | 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM | ADATA XPG GAMMIX S7 512GB M.2-2280 NVME | Corsair RM850 80+ Gold Modular PSU | NZXT Kraken X63 | Harman Kardon Soundstick 4 | Koorui 27E1Q

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just buy cheap windows on G2A.com

Current Build + Setup

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | GIGABYTE B550 Aorus Pro v2 | CORSAIR Dominator Platinum 16gb 3600Mhz | GIGABYTE RTX 3070 AORUS MASTER OC 8 GB | NZXT H510 Elite | 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM | ADATA XPG GAMMIX S7 512GB M.2-2280 NVME | Corsair RM850 80+ Gold Modular PSU | NZXT Kraken X63 | Harman Kardon Soundstick 4 | Koorui 27E1Q

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CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE_BK 78.1 CFM CPU Cooler  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($109.97 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  ($326.99 @ Directron) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 3500 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($75.99 @ Directron) 
Total: $1031.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-08 08:06 EST-0500
 
You can change the case :D

 

This looks like a really nice build to me, for some reason i prefer intel over AMD. As hard drive i really like the WD Black 1TB. But i do like the case! it looks sick!

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intel : 

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ Micro Center) 
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: A-Data XPG V2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($349.99 @ Micro Center) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Micro Center) 
Total: $1007.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-08 08:11 EST-0500
 
AMD: 

 
CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($129.98 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($99.89 @ Newegg) 
Memory: A-Data XPG V2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  ($354.98 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Micro Center) 
Total: $947.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-08 08:14 EST-0500

 

Why you prefer the Western Digital Caviar Blue over the black i heard it is much faster and it only cost 10$ more or so.

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This is the rig i have planned to build sometime in the future when i have the money, It should fit you pretty good too.

It is Blue-Black themed with graphics performance, expandablility and lighter overclocking in mind(But the overclocking is only as backup when the 8350 gets too weak).

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($159.98 @ OutletPC)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($28.99 @ Micro Center)

Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($78.99 @ Mwave)

Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($74.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.94 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Toshiba Product Series:DT01ACA 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ NCIX US)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Vapor-X Video Card  ($301.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($40.38 @ Mwave)

Power Supply: Fractal Design Tesla R2 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($104.99 @ Newegg)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($88.98 @ OutletPC)

Total: $989.22

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-08 08:00 EST-0500

But you might be better off with a Intel based rig instead.

Why windows 7 if i may ask?

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Why windows 7 if i may ask?

Becouse i already have a win7 code(And id rather have a unsupported win7 than win8 on a gaming machine in wait for win10),

You should change it to win8 since it will be supported for a longer time,

I think win7 will be discontinued in january next year.

It is also what I would build, So it is probably not the perfect match for you.

My Gaming PC

|| CPU: Intel i5 4690@4.3Ghz || GPU: Dual ASUS gtx 1080 Strix. || RAM: 16gb (4x4gb) Kingston HyperX Genesis 1600Mhz. || Motherboard: MSI Z97S Krait edition. || OS: Win10 Pro
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CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE_BK 78.1 CFM CPU Cooler  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($109.97 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  ($326.99 @ Directron) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 3500 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($75.99 @ Directron) 
Total: $1031.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-08 08:06 EST-0500
 
You can change the case :D

 

this is a very nice choice

My Main Build: NZXT S340 - NZXT Kraken X31 - Crucial MX100 256GB - i5 4460 - Gigabyte Z97P D3 - Kingston HyperX Red 8GB - MSI Nvidia GTX 780 3GB - Corsair LL & HD RGB Fans, Corsair Lighting Node Pro. 

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This looks like a really nice build to me, for some reason i prefer intel over AMD. As hard drive i really like the WD Black 1TB. But i do like the case! it looks sick!

cause black loud as hell 

Current Build + Setup

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | GIGABYTE B550 Aorus Pro v2 | CORSAIR Dominator Platinum 16gb 3600Mhz | GIGABYTE RTX 3070 AORUS MASTER OC 8 GB | NZXT H510 Elite | 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM | ADATA XPG GAMMIX S7 512GB M.2-2280 NVME | Corsair RM850 80+ Gold Modular PSU | NZXT Kraken X63 | Harman Kardon Soundstick 4 | Koorui 27E1Q

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ Micro Center)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($32.45 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($144.98 @ OutletPC)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($77.98 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.89 @ Directron)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($354.98 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Micro Center)

Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Amazon)

Total: $984.25

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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This would be an absolute beast for $1000

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/QMVpNG

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258/MOBO: MSI H81M-E33/GPU: Sapphire Dual-X R9 270x/RAM: Team Dark Series 8GB DDR3-1600mhz/HDD: WD Caviar Blue 1TB/Case: Corsair Spec-01/PSU: EVGA 500B 80-plus bronze 500 Watts/OS: Windows 8.1 64-bit

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Why you prefer the Western Digital Caviar Blue over the black i heard it is much faster and it only cost 10$ more or so.

 

Because the black is loud, and not really needed. You won't really see much of a difference if you're just using it casually especially if you have an SSD too. The blue drive is very close to the performance and it's not as loud as the blacks are.

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This would be an absolute beast for $1000

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/QMVpNG

 

Except for the fact that you have a z87 board with an haswell refresh cpu. :P For most Z87 boards, you would need to update the BIOS with an older CPU to get it to work with the haswell refresh CPUs. Your GPU is already at the price range for a GTX 970, so might as well grab the 970 instead.

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