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My birthday is coming up and hope to get the money, $425 American dollars, and this is what I'm planning to get for just normal computer use and no serious games like shooters, but I do play Star Wars Battlefront Two, and other than that, Minecraft.

 

 

CPU: AMD FX-4100 3.6GHz Quad-Core OEM/Tray Processor

Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+ Motherboard

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Storage: WD Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 1GB Superclocked Video Card

Case:Corsair SPEC-01 Red ATX Mid Tower Case 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

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Any suggestions are welcome in the comments, thanks for reading and sorry if I didn't spell anything right. 

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I would reccomend scrapping the HDD and get a 120gb ssd do you can just throw a hard drive in later. It will make your system much snappier. Maybe go woth a fm2+ APU and a crossfire capable card like the r7 270x so the APU and GPU work together. It will yield better performance at a lower cost.

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No need to spend that much on a HDD, get a seagate barracuda 1TB and get a SSD to install your OS on. And change the 750 to a 750ti

#RIPTopGear  This is the best thread ever: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/53190-i-can-not-get-hard/ " French meetings are just people sitting in a semi-circle shouting at each other" -Dom Jolly  :lol:

My rig: 

   CPU: Pentium G3258 @ 4.5GHz | GPU: GTX 760 reference | PSU: Corsair RM750 | Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V | Motherboard: Gigabyte B85M D3H | Case: NZXT S340 White | RAM: 8GB EVO Potenza @ 1600MHz | Storage: 3TB Seagate HDD, 60GB OCZ SSD, 620GB Toshiba HDD | Mouse: Steelseries Rival @1000 CPi |  OS: Windows 10 Pro | Phone: iPhone 6S 16GB  
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CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($73.89 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($41.98 @ Newegg) 



Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card  ($124.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $439.58

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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The Rig: NZXT H440 M3 (Green and Black) (Ncase M1 coming soon!!) | Intel Core i5-4690k x BeQuiet PureRock Slim | EVGA GTX 1060 6GB SSC  | ASUS H81i Plus | 12GB EVGA SSC @ 1600MHz | Seagate Barracuda 2TB | Sandisk Ultra II 480GB | Corsair SF 450| LG 29" Ultrawide | CoolerMaster Quickfire Rapid TKL | Corsair M65 Black |  Sennheiser HD 558 (MOD) | Audio-Technica ATR 2500

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I would reccomend scrapping the HDD and get a 120gb ssd do you can just throw a hard drive in later. It will make your system much snappier. Maybe go woth a fm2+ APU and a crossfire capable card like the r7 270x so the APU and GPU work together. It will yield better performance at a lower cost.

I have two brothers that will use the crap out of it so I an 120g ssd won't work.  

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NO don't get a FX 4100

My Rig:  CPU: Core i7 4790K @4.8ghz  Motherboard: Asus Maximus Vii Hero  Ram: 4x4GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 2400mhz (Red)  Cooling: Corsair H105, 2x Corsair SP120 High Preformance Editions, Corsair AF 140 Quiet Edition  PSU: Corsair RM 850  GPU: EVGA GTX 980 SC ACX 2.0  Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB, WD Blue 1TB  Case Corsair 760t (Black)  Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Chroma  Mouse: Razer Deathadder Chroma  Headset: ATH-M50X Mic: Blue Yeti Blackout

 

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I would reccomend scrapping the HDD and get a 120gb ssd do you can just throw a hard drive in later. It will make your system much snappier. Maybe go woth a fm2+ APU and a crossfire capable card like the r7 270x so the APU and GPU work together. It will yield better performance at a lower cost.

I have two brothers that will use the crap out of it so I an 120gb ssd won't work.  

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Get a 500-600w PSU as well. The semi modular part just makes it more expensive, a bigger PSU will give you more future expandability 

#RIPTopGear  This is the best thread ever: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/53190-i-can-not-get-hard/ " French meetings are just people sitting in a semi-circle shouting at each other" -Dom Jolly  :lol:

My rig: 

   CPU: Pentium G3258 @ 4.5GHz | GPU: GTX 760 reference | PSU: Corsair RM750 | Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V | Motherboard: Gigabyte B85M D3H | Case: NZXT S340 White | RAM: 8GB EVO Potenza @ 1600MHz | Storage: 3TB Seagate HDD, 60GB OCZ SSD, 620GB Toshiba HDD | Mouse: Steelseries Rival @1000 CPi |  OS: Windows 10 Pro | Phone: iPhone 6S 16GB  
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No need to spend that much on a HDD, get a seagate barracuda 1TB and get a SSD to install your OS on. And change the 750 to a 750ti

What do you mean by no need to spend that much on a HDD? The 1TB WD Blue is basically the same price as a 1TB Seagate Barracuda.

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I have two brothers that will use the crap out of it so I an 120gb ssd won't work.  

Get the cheapest 2-3TB HDD you can then, that's your best bet

#RIPTopGear  This is the best thread ever: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/53190-i-can-not-get-hard/ " French meetings are just people sitting in a semi-circle shouting at each other" -Dom Jolly  :lol:

My rig: 

   CPU: Pentium G3258 @ 4.5GHz | GPU: GTX 760 reference | PSU: Corsair RM750 | Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V | Motherboard: Gigabyte B85M D3H | Case: NZXT S340 White | RAM: 8GB EVO Potenza @ 1600MHz | Storage: 3TB Seagate HDD, 60GB OCZ SSD, 620GB Toshiba HDD | Mouse: Steelseries Rival @1000 CPi |  OS: Windows 10 Pro | Phone: iPhone 6S 16GB  
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Storage and RAM are easier to upgrade than your CPU and GPU:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($114.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E34 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($29.23 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($27.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($152.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case  ($27.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($32.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $435.08 - No rebates
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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What do you mean by no need to spend that much on a HDD? The 1TB WD Blue is basically the same price as a 1TB Seagate Barracuda.

Oh right sorry I was looking at the UK prices

#RIPTopGear  This is the best thread ever: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/53190-i-can-not-get-hard/ " French meetings are just people sitting in a semi-circle shouting at each other" -Dom Jolly  :lol:

My rig: 

   CPU: Pentium G3258 @ 4.5GHz | GPU: GTX 760 reference | PSU: Corsair RM750 | Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V | Motherboard: Gigabyte B85M D3H | Case: NZXT S340 White | RAM: 8GB EVO Potenza @ 1600MHz | Storage: 3TB Seagate HDD, 60GB OCZ SSD, 620GB Toshiba HDD | Mouse: Steelseries Rival @1000 CPi |  OS: Windows 10 Pro | Phone: iPhone 6S 16GB  
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