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FearTheLlama
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Hi, I'm new to here and PC Building. I Have selected some parts for my build, and PCPartPicker says it's all compatible, however I figured I should ask people about any potential bottlenecks or other issues with my build, or if you had any other suggestions or advice. I live in Australia and my budget is $800 AUD ($550 USD). It would be much appreciated if you could help.

 

Here is the build:

 

Intel Core i3-4340 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor

 

ASRock B85M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

 

Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory

 

Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

 

Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card

 

Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case

 

EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply

 

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/C99mTW

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Hi, I'm new to here and PC Building. I Have selected some parts for my build, and PCPartPicker says it's all compatible, however I figured I should ask people about any potential bottlenecks or other issues with my build, or if you had any other suggestions or advice. I live in Australia and my budget is $800 AUD ($550 USD). It would be much appreciated if you could help.

 

Here is the build:

 

Intel Core i3-4340 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor

 

ASRock B85M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

 

Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory

 

Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

 

Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card

 

Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case

 

EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply

 

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/C99mTW

 

You might want to throw an SSD in there, but besides that, it looks pretty decent.

Intel Core i7-6700K | Corsair H105 | Asus Z170I PRO GAMING | G.Skill TridentZ Series 16GB | 950 PRO 512GB M.2

 

Asus GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB STRIX OC | BitFenix Prodigy (Black/Red) | XFX PRO Black Edition 850W

 

 

My Build | PCPartPicker | CoC

 

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Looks pretty good, good choices on parts. 

CPU: AMD FX 8320  CPU Cooler: 212 Evo GPU: Asus GTX 750 Ti @ 1400MHz RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4gb) MOBO: ASUS M5A97 R2.0 Power Supply: Evga G2 650 Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB, San Disk Ultra 240 GB SSD Case: Corsair 230t Orange

 

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drop to an i3 4130

get a h81 mobo (micro atc)

get a cheaper ddr3 1600 mhz kit

switch to a wd caviar blue

get a n200 case

get a evga 600B psu

put all money saved into a r9 380/280x

Rigs I've Built

The Striker i5 4590 @ 3.7 ||  MSI GTX 980 Armor X2 || Corsair RMX 750 || Team Elite Plus 8 GB || Define S || MSI Z97S SLI Krait

The Office PC i3 4160 @ 3.6 || Intel 4600 || EVGA 500B || G.Skill 8 GB || Cooler Master N200 || ASRock H97M Pro4

The Friend PC G3258 @ 4.3 || Sapphire R9 280X Tri-X || EVGA 600B || 8 GB Dell Ram || Cooler Master N200 || ASRock H97M- iTX/ac

The Mom Gaming PC A10-7890K @ 4.4 || iGPU + ASUS R7 250 ||  8 GB Klevv DDR3-2800 Mhz

 

 

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i tried to fit a 4460 in there, but it was over budget by 32 bucks

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($162.00 @ Centre Com)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($63.00 @ Centre Com)
Memory: GeIL EVO Veloce Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($65.00 @ PLE Computers)
Storage: Transcend SSD370 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($79.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card  ($259.00 @ Scorptec)
Case: Silverstone PS08B (Black) MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.00 @ Storm Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($72.00 @ CPL Online)
Total: $808.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-07 10:05 AEST+1000

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i tried to fit a 4460 in there, but it was over budget by 32 bucks

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($162.00 @ Centre Com)

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

Memory: GeIL EVO Veloce Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($65.00 @ PLE Computers)

Storage: Transcend SSD370 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($79.00 @ CPL Online)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.00 @ Centre Com)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card  ($259.00 @ Scorptec)

Case: Silverstone PS08B (Black) MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.00 @ Storm Computers)

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

Total: $808.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-07 10:05 AEST+1000

IMO If it were me, I'd wait and save that $32!!!!!

Silly not to... $32 for 2x extra cores... real ones :P

Maximums - Asus Z97-K /w i5 4690 Bclk @106.9Mhz * x39 = 4.17Ghz, 8GB of 2600Mhz DDR3,.. Gigabyte GTX970 G1-Gaming @ 1550Mhz

 

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Hi All,

 

Thanks for all the replies! I could never have expected such an overwhelming response and I will certainly take into account everything that you have said! It looks like I will be using Bigday's Build, with the 4460. Once again thanks a lot to everyone who replied it is much appreciated.

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Just had a look at the details and have tried to use a variety of your suggestions to make an updated version of my build. Unfortunately for some reason I was unable to find a 4460 for the aforementioned $32 extra. It was closer to $100AUD more.

 

Moreover, since this is my first build and I am on a tight budget, the ideal features of NVIDIA cards aren't too important to me - hence the graphics card choice. Especially considering the r9 280's higher performance everywhere but pixel rate on GPUBOSS for $10 cheaper.

I also decided to get a ATX sized case - as I believe that will give me more room to build in even with the Micro-ATX board. 

 

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/LwDg7P

 

Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor

 

MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

 

GeIL EVO Veloce Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

 

Transcend SSD370 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

 

Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

 

Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card

 

However, of course you are the experts, so any further advice?

 

Once again, cheers for the help, its much appreciated. 

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