$800 Gaming PC - Can it be improved?

[Zeref]

Hi! I'm building a PC next month and my budget is $800. Is the PSU enough? And can it be improved? Gonna be purchasing it on the 13th or 14th of August so I got plenty of time to decide which parts to get

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Q77Tf7

Price breakdown by merchant http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Q77Tf7/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($88.99 @ Mwave)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.89 @ SuperBiiz)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.00 @ Amazon)

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card ($241.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Thermaltake Versa H23 ATX Mid Tower Case ($42.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.89 @ OutletPC)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) (Purchased For $0.00)

Total: $795.73

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-20 12:26 EDT-0400

Please note that I won't be doing any overclocking to the GPU.

[SeanAngelo]

Hi! I'm building a PC next month and my budget is $800. Is the PSU enough? And can it be improved? Gonna be purchasing it on the 13th or 14th of August so I got plenty of time to decide which parts to get

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Q77Tf7

Price breakdown by merchant http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Q77Tf7/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($88.99 @ Mwave)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.89 @ SuperBiiz)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.00 @ Amazon)

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card ($241.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Thermaltake Versa H23 ATX Mid Tower Case ($42.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.89 @ OutletPC)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) (Purchased For $0.00)

Total: $795.73

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-20 12:26 EDT-0400

Please note that I won't be doing any overclocking to the GPU.

can you tell us what you're gonna be doing with this computer?

[Zeref]

Gaming and Photoshop

[WereCat]

Looks good to me. Nice build.

Yes, PSU is good and will handle those specs no problem.

 

Too bad you couldnt cram SSD in there but I suppose you are planing to add that later on?

[don_svetlio]

Eh, I'd suggest going with Asus or Gigabyte, preferably Sapphire, for the GPU. XFX coolers as of lately have been sub-par and you could end up with higher temps

[Zeref]

I could get the Asus R9 290 DirectCU II for the same price , but are you sure it's better than the XFX? I really love the design of the XFX and reviews say that it's not that bad at cooling (Less temp , more noise) But I don't really mind it because I have my headphones on all the time.

[MrSpeed]

your build without promo(which will end in 3 days) and the rebates is bigger than 800$
 

Base Total: $853.73   Promo Discounts: -$29.99   Mail-in Rebates: -$30.00   Shipping: $1.99   Total: $795.73  

so here is a 800 build without rebates or promos

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($48.89 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($262.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H23  ATX Mid Tower Case  ($42.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($57.50 @ Mwave)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($18.89 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  (Purchased For $0.00)
Total: $796.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-20 13:28 EDT-0400


and a 828$ build with an SSD

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock B85 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($48.89 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($262.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H23  ATX Mid Tower Case  ($42.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($57.50 @ Mwave)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($18.89 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  (Purchased For $0.00)
Total: $828.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-20 13:29 EDT-0400

[Zeref]

Looks like I'm gonna have to buy the card now!

[pokechat8978]

If you're buying after August 5th, you might as well be getting DDR4 RAM, Z170 board and a Skylake CPU.

[TheGhzGuy]

Might want to wait for Skylake

[Starelementpoke]

Hi! I'm building a PC next month and my budget is $800. Is the PSU enough? And can it be improved? Gonna be purchasing it on the 13th or 14th of August so I got plenty of time to decide which parts to get

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Q77Tf7

Price breakdown by merchant http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Q77Tf7/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($88.99 @ Mwave)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.89 @ SuperBiiz)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.00 @ Amazon)

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card ($241.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Thermaltake Versa H23 ATX Mid Tower Case ($42.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.89 @ OutletPC)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) (Purchased For $0.00)

Total: $795.73

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-20 12:26 EDT-0400

Please note that I won't be doing any overclocking to the GPU.

This is amazing. Get it. But see if you can afford a 390/390x.

[MrSpeed]

This is amazing. Get it. But see if you can afford a 390/390x.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($189.99 @ NCIX US)

Motherboard: ASRock B85 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($56.98 @ Newegg)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($48.89 @ SuperBiiz)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.00 @ Amazon)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($329.98 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Thermaltake Versa H23  ATX Mid Tower Case  ($42.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($57.50 @ Mwave)

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($18.89 @ OutletPC)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  (Purchased For $0.00)

Total: $797.22

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-20 15:03 EDT-0400

[Starelementpoke]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($189.99 @ NCIX US)

Motherboard: ASRock B85 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($56.98 @ Newegg)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($48.89 @ SuperBiiz)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.00 @ Amazon)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($329.98 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Thermaltake Versa H23  ATX Mid Tower Case  ($42.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($57.50 @ Mwave)

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($18.89 @ OutletPC)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  (Purchased For $0.00)

Total: $797.22

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-20 15:03 EDT-0400

This. This is what you should get.