$900 PC

[Classy David]

Hello gentleman, as in the title, I'm looking for a gaming PC for $900 (scratch built!) for myself and my brother. Thank you for the help and good luck in your gaming adventures! 

Also, cheers to the gents who made the build post guide. 

 

1. Budget : $900 Location : USA, FL, Zipcode 32680
2. Aim : The main focus is for gaming,video editing, and 3D. The range of games will go from simple (Minecraft) to the top (Battlefield 4, Far Cry 3, etc)
3. Monitor: Need one that's at least 20 in. (width) by 10 in. (height) that's 1080p. I do plan to add one more monitor later in the future. 
4. Extras: Already have a mic, mouse, and keyboard. Watercooling would be preferred.  We do need Windows 8.1 for the operating system. 
5. Case: Need one that has good airflow, is not noisy, and more importantly has decent room for everything and ease of upgrading. Looks are secondary (up to you really, but please no pink haha)
6. Parts we have: I have a Western Digital 500 GB Hard drive, and two Sony CD-R Drive units

I do appreciate to all those who help and spend their time helping a new PC nerd. (One less thing, anything that can be recommended to make this more orderly is great) 

[niofalpha]

This one's 876$ US

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kMFLBm

You can save ~60 by getting rid of the SSD (Which I do NOT recommend doing)

 

For 950$ you could get this http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3qd2NG whichout performs the above in editing.

[niofalpha]

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[stconquest]

$902 before rebates:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($163.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-GAMING 3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($47.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($53.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Mushkin ECO2 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($83.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card  ($221.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($32.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($87.79 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  ($129.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $857.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-23 22:13 EDT-0400

[techguru]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/QYQsCJ

 

better buy the videocard before its sold out tho