$750 - $800 Build Help AU

[Dr_Curry_MONSTER]

Hey guys, my previous post suggested I change alot of things, so I need your help choosing my pc. I will tell you the criteria I want to meet,

 

- Upgradability

- Games run smoothly at stock, can be cranked up a bit

- Good for multi-tasking

- Best performance for the each dollar

- Doesn't need a good exterior

- Prices need to be in AUD

- Little overclocking abilities 

- Needs 8 GB ram

- Requires a cooler of some sort on the CPU 

 

So those are my main uses for this, I will do a build log when I start building. So my main focus on this build is bare performance, I don't want to waste money on parts that do not effect in-game performance. I would like to overclock my CPU for best performance, I'm not expecting a huge overclock, just a low-mid range one.  My budget is $800. 

 

Thanks for reading my thread, feel to give your opinion on the responses. 

[salecar3]

give me a min

[JebKerman]

I've got this at around $900

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($89.00 @ Centre Com) 

CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H5 Universal 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($49.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($189.00 @ CPL Online) 

Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($85.00 @ Centre Com) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($98.00 @ Umart) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($229.00 @ Centre Com) 

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($83.00 @ IJK) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($72.00 @ CPL Online) 

Total: $894.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-11 23:15 AEST+1000

 

 

the Z97 board is what is primarily adding to the cost, but allows seamless upgradability, and great overclockability (for unlocked proccessors), to all other 1150 chips like the 4690K and 4790K

[ozziestig]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($89.00 @ Centre Com) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($55.00 @ CPL Online) 

Motherboard: ASRock Z97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($125.00 @ CPL Online) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($99.00 @ CPL Online) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($98.00 @ Umart) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  ($264.98 @ Mwave Australia) 

Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($53.00 @ Umart) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750B BRONZE 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($98.00 @ CPL Online) 

Total: $881.98

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-11 23:20 AEST+1000

 

The G3258 may be dual core but is overclockable and the motherboard supports the newer 1150 cpus, so you could upgrade in the future.

[salecar3]

Hey guys, my previous post suggested I change alot of things, so I need your help choosing my pc. I will tell you the criteria I want to meet,

 

- Upgradability

- Games run smoothly at stock, can be cranked up a bit

- Good for multi-tasking

- Best performance for the each dollar

- Doesn't need a good exterior

- Prices need to be in AUD

- Little overclocking abilities 

- Needs 8 GB ram

- Requires a cooler of some sort on the CPU 

 

So those are my main uses for this, I will do a build log when I start building. So my main focus on this build is bare performance, I don't want to waste money on parts that do not effect in-game performance. I would like to overclock my CPU for best performance, I'm not expecting a huge overclock, just a low-mid range one.  My budget is $800. 

 

Thanks for reading my thread, feel to give your opinion on the responses.

hereurl=http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/Ydf7Jx]PCPartPickerpart list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($152.00 @ CPL Online)

CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX 200 37.2 CFM CPU Cooler ($19.00 @ CPL Online)

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($63.00 @ Centre Com)

Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($99.00 @ CPL Online)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($70.00 @ IJK)

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($179.00 @ Centre Com)

Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case ($45.00 @ Mwave Australia)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($72.00 @ CPL Online)

Total: $699.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-11 23:22 AEST+1000

[Middbro]

I got this for under $750.

 

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/8jhMYJ

 

I made it an AMD system since it seems like you don't want to overclock, but if you don't mind OC'ing then you should go with one of the Pentium G3258 builds that have been posted here.

[SamNeedham123]

Due to the fairly tight $800, I decided to go down the AMD Route simply on a price perspective...

 

CPU: AMD FX-8350 (4GHz, 8 Cores) - $169.99 - Newegg

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo - $26.98 (With $10 Mail-in Rebate) - OutletPC

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (ATX, AM3+) - $66.98 (With Shipping) - Newegg

RAM: Corsair Vengeance (8GB, 2x4GB, DDR3-1600) - $48.99 - Newegg

Storage (SSD): Samsung 850 EVO (120GB) - $67.98 - OutletPC

Storage (HDD): Western Digital Caviar Blue (1TB, 7200rpm) - $49.99 - Amazon

GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW (4GB GDDR5) - $343.98 (With $20 Mail-in Rebate) - Newegg

Case: Azza SIRIUS (ATX Mid Tower Case) - $19.99 (With $15 Mail-in Rebate) - Newegg

PSU: SeaSonic S12II (520w, 80+ Bronze) - $58.99 - SuperBiiz

 

Total: $892.89

Total (With Combo Discounts, Mail-in Rebates and Shipping): $842.87

PC Part Picker URL: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Ywpgcf

 

This is personally what I'd do for a build such as this, but feel free to make some changes if you need to! Hope this helps! 

[Dr_Curry_MONSTER]

Might stick with @SamNeedham123's build. I've been looking into AMD build for a while, I know it will last me around 3 years old, then I will upgrade to a Intel CPU and get a new GPU. Thats my "plans" at the moment.

[JebKerman]

Might stick with @SamNeedham123's build. I've been looking into AMD build for a while, I know it will last me around 3 years old, then I will upgrade to a Intel CPU and get a new GPU. Thats my "plans" at the moment.

His build is in USD It'll cost significantly more over here (like 1100-1500, and some of the the parts don't even seem to be available here)

 

a single 970 would be over half your budget

[SamNeedham123]

 

His build is in USD It'll cost significantly more over here (like 1100-1500, and some of the the parts don't even seem to be available here)

 

a single 970 would be over half your budget

 

Indeed, you're correct by saying that. Sorry, @Dr_Curry_MONSTER, I didn't take the time to read your location! 

That build in particular came to around $1300 AUD, so here's one more within the budget. I've linked you to some good condition, used parts in this build to help with the bang for the buck ratio.

 

CPU: AMD FX-8320 (3.5GHz, 8 Cores) - $199 AUD - Mwave Australis

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 EVO - $41.80 - eBay

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P - $115 - PCCaseGear

RAM: Kingston HyperX (2x4GB) (ATM: $57 AUD) OR Kingston DDR3 (1x8GB) ($78.68)

Storage (SSD): Samsung 850 EVO (120GB) - $104 - Centre Com

Storage (HDD): Western Digital Caviar Blue (1TB, 7200rpm) - $69 - Centre Com

GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 680 (2GB GDDR5) - $250 - eBay

Case: Deepcool TESSERACT - $45 - Mwave Australi

PSU: Seasonic SSR-650RM (650w) - $155 - CPL Online

 

Total: $1035 - $1057.48

 

Now, there are several things to take note. The first is that some of these are used items, so be careful and make sure you do your research on a seller and the product before buying. Also, on subject of the RAM, I'd suggest making a few bids on the HyperX Kit (2x4GB) up to about $60-$70 before looking elsewhere. I chose a used 680 over a R9 280X thanks to it having a slight performance advantage, too. If you need to get the price of the system down even further then consider ditching the 850 EVO and using a Mechanical Drive as a boot drive/storage drive for the upcoming future until you have the funds to buy the 850.

 

I hope this is useful!