Making My First PC

[xXSK3TCH_HDXx]

I'm building my first pc for $500-$800 dollars for 1080p 60 fps gaming, shield streaming, and "interneting." I do plan to upgrade it for a long, long time. Please tell me if anything could be better.https://pcpartpicker.com/user/xXSK3TCH_HDXx/saved/6CqQzy

[AlexWalters08]

Why two 8GB single channel kits? Why not one 16GB kit (2x8GB) for cheaper? Or just a dual channel 8GB kit (2x4GB).

Also, do you live near a microcenter?

[Comessy]

16gb for a pentium? 

 

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You only need 8

[thekeemo]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.95 @ SuperBiiz) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card  ($189.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: BitFenix Prodigy M Fire Red MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Micro Center) 

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

Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  ($52.88 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $745.76

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-05 22:20 EDT-0400

 

much better

[nhatduy1611]

I would get this instead. A little bit more money for a much better cpu and gpu and psu

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($178.49 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ Micro Center) 

Memory: Mushkin Stealth 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($49.97 @ NCIX US) 

Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($64.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card  ($189.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Cooler Master Silencio 352 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

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

Total: $792.40

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-05 22:23 EDT-0400

[AlexWalters08]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($199.99 @ Micro Center) 

Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($82.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.95 @ SuperBiiz) 

Storage: Seagate Pipeline HD 2TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($67.00 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card  ($189.00 @ NCIX US) 

Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 

Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  ($52.88 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $801.77

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-05 22:34 EDT-0400

[Fgtfv567]

I would get this instead. A little bit more money for a much better cpu and gpu and psu

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($178.49 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($109.99 @ Micro Center)

Memory: Mushkin Stealth 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($99.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($49.97 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card ($189.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Cooler Master Silencio 352 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz)

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

Total: $792.40

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-05 22:23 EDT-0400

Besides the fact you can't do any OCing makes the Z97 board pointless, I'd get this

[Vek1313]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/b2CTRB

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/b2CTRB/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($109.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($109.99 @ Micro Center)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($109.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($49.97 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($71.99 @ NCIX US)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card ($189.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($56.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($52.88 @ OutletPC)

Total: $791.77

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-05 22:29 EDT-0400

[nhatduy1611]

Besides the fact you can't do any OCing makes the Z97 board pointles, I'd get this

The z97 is only there because op want upgradeability.

[Dzzope]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Z3DY7P

 

Cut the blue ray to fit some stuff in... Do you actually use a disk drive.. been so long since I even heard of anyone using one I havn't bought or spec'd on in about 7 years.

 

If you do then you'll have to sacrifice something else.. Perhaps the case.. Yes it looks cool but it does absolutely nothing that a much cheaper case can't do. Actually on that, I'd sacrifice the case anyway to bump to an i3/i5 if possible.

 

The kingston is a terrible drive, avoid it.

[xXSK3TCH_HDXx]

I can't get an amd card I already have a shield

[xXSK3TCH_HDXx]

Gonna get it today or tomorrow here it is http://pcpartpicker.com/user/xXSK3TCH_HDXx/saved/6CqQzy