$900 Gaming PC

[itachipirate]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/gnjtbv

I would choose this. Some super baller 1866mhz CAS 8 RAM, standard gamer's i5, GTX 970 to dominate almost all 1080p games. I have the same case/power supply and they're great. Also if you ever want another 970 in the future I think this power supply would handle it. Only problem with the case might be that it doesn't have much noise cancellation. But it's such an amazing case for the price, I think linus reviewed the Corsair 300r a long time ago

[DehTrueGamer]

Thanks guys! You were all a really big help!

[Imakuni]

I tweaked this a little to allow for a cpu cooler and didnt allow for mail in rebates. 

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/McxXNG

Good....

 

...aside for the fact that Zotac is shjt. I'm sorry. Here, it's just 4$ overbudget, but with an ACTUAL GPU. If you can't afford it, just skimp a bit on the case.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($226.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.75 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($84.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 

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

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($329.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($47.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $904.65

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-08 08:38 EDT-0400

[Brandonberg]

 

4690K with a GTX970 

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($226.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($82.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($64.99 @ Amazon) 

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

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($314.99 @ Newegg) 

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

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $899.89

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-07 23:11 EDT-0400

 

 

 

I tweaked this a little to allow for a cpu cooler and didnt allow for mail in rebates. 

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/McxXNG

 

 

The PC I planned above is perfectly fine to run a stock CPU cooler in all cases without overclocking. However given that its a K series processor i should have included a CPU cooler.

 

Buyer could spend less on a case (which is a personal look choice anyway) and spend the rest on a CPU cooler, or purchase a CPU cooler when he has some spare change come around and decides to overclock.

[CharlieR1]

The PC I planned above is perfectly fine to run a stock CPU cooler in all cases without overclocking. However given that its a K series processor i should have included a CPU cooler.

 

Buyer could spend less on a case (which is a personal look choice anyway) and spend the rest on a CPU cooler, or purchase a CPU cooler when he has some spare change come around and decides to overclock.

You are one of the first people to make a build that I feel is better than my own.