Balanced Build?

[DPinky]

Partlist I made for a new computer I want, is it balanced? Will anything bottleneck? I want to keep it under $1000. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($214.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($94.99 @ DirectCanada) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($78.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($63.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($184.99 @ NCIX) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($119.99 @ Memory Express) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Memory Express) 

Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  ($15.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($117.99 @ NCIX) 

Total: $951.87

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-05 08:30 EST-0500

 

If you can budget everything a little more I wouldn't mind having a SDD. You could even replace the HHD with one because I don't go crazy buying games, I only have about 20GB of games on my hard drive at the moment. Things I do want in my build: The case, and the GPU. Thanks.

[Ertman]

Nothing will really bottleneck, but your build could be a lot better with that budget.

Purpose of build?

Don't want a faster gpu?

[DPinky]

Nothing will really bottleneck, but your build could be a lot better with that budget.

Purpose of build?

Don't want a faster gpu?

 

Gaming, Web browsing, both at the same time (I can't do that on my current computer).  I play Skyrim, League Of Legends, CS:GO, and Don't Starve Together.

 

The GPU is a sweet spot for me, does everything I need it to. If you can budget it out by all means do it. 

[Imakuni]

Let me tell you a secret: the build is crap.

 

Get a locked i5, and the r9 280(x). Maybe even the 290, or the gtx 970 if you can afford it.

[DPinky]

Let me tell you a secret: the build is crap.

 

Get a locked i5, and the r9 280(x). Maybe even the 290, or the gtx 970 if you can afford it.

 

Then by all means edit it to make it better. I just put it together in 5 minutes.

[JoopZ]

Maybe this one? http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/JoopZ/saved/#view=hsnCmG

[Ertman]

Another Example:

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/w8P9P6

Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/w8P9P6/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($218.32 @ TigerDirect Canada)

Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($79.95 @ Vuugo)

Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($75.77 @ DirectCanada)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.98 @ DirectCanada)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($229.64 @ TigerDirect Canada)

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($119.99 @ Memory Express)

Power Supply: Corsair CSM 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Memory Express)

Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ DirectCanada)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32/64-bit) ($109.25 @ DirectCanada)

Total: $965.87

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-05 10:42 EST-0500

[deashunboi]

Heyy bro,

Good stuff here. Since it's less that $1000 I can't really suggest much else. There's just 2 things that I would do differently.

1. Getting an SSD - if it's over your budget, my bad. But I really think that an SSD is nesesary. You'll definitely appreciate the boot time and the loading time for your games like cs and lol.

2. Windows 7 - since windows 10 is coming out soon, you can get an upgrade from widows 7,8,8.1 to win 10 for free. So I'd just say buy the cheapest one and use it for the time being.

[Imakuni]

Another Example:

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/Lp33Mp

Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpick...Mp/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($218.32 @ TigerDirect Canada) 

Motherboard: Asus H81M-D PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($64.95 @ Vuugo) 

Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($75.77 @ DirectCanada) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($229.64 @ TigerDirect Canada) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($119.99 @ Memory Express) 

Power Supply: Corsair CSM 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Memory Express) 

Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32/64-bit) ($109.25 @ DirectCanada) 

Total: $950.87

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-05 09:18 EST-0500

Haswell Refresh CPU incompatibility detected. When using Haswell Refresh CPUs, make sure to pick an H97 or Z97 mobo. Alternatively, when using H81 / B85 or Z87 mobos, make sure to use a non-Haswell Refresh processor.

[Ertman]

Haswell Refresh CPU incompatibility detected. When using Haswell Refresh CPUs, make sure to pick an H97 or Z97 mobo. Alternatively, when using H81 / B85 or Z87 mobos, make sure to use a non-Haswell Refresh processor.

Touché.

Honestly I had a different setup in there originally, and swapped out the motherboard, and forgot to check compatibility. Should be fixed now.

[Ertman]

Another example, this time with a 270 and a 128gb ssd.

By no means am I the best person to be speccing out builds, but the examples show what you can do for your budget. There are likely better choices whether subjective or objective for each category.

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/Mqw8sY

Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/Mqw8sY/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($222.98 @ Newegg Canada)

Motherboard: Asus H81M-D PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($64.95 @ Vuugo)

Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($75.77 @ DirectCanada)

Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.99 @ Memory Express)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.98 @ DirectCanada)

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($159.99 @ Memory Express)

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($119.99 @ Memory Express)

Power Supply: Corsair CSM 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Memory Express)

Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ DirectCanada)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32/64-bit) ($109.25 @ DirectCanada)

Total: $970.87

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-05 11:01 EST-0500

[Ertman]

Heyy bro,

Good stuff here. Since it's less that $1000 I can't really suggest much else. There's just 2 things that I would do differently.

1. Getting an SSD - if it's over your budget, my bad. But I really think that an SSD is nesesary. You'll definitely appreciate the boot time and the loading time for your games like cs and lol.

2. Windows 7 - since windows 10 is coming out soon, you can get an upgrade from widows 7,8,8.1 to win 10 for free. So I'd just say buy the cheapest one and use it for the time being.

I also like the ssd. It does make the whole system feel more responsive.

Windows 7 Oem is the same price as 8.1.