$780 first pc gaming build

[Lolbroccoli]

hey guys ive been wanting to build a custom pc for a while but i have never been able to decide what parts i wanted/needed. i have made a parts list of what i think is good for $780. i would like some suggestions on what could make this build better. thanks! 

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/Lolbroccoli/saved/2aK5

[Morpheus]

woahh need a better psu man, that thing will be right on the edge if you OC at all

[ViruZ_HUN]

i would change to 4670k but the it seems liek a budget build so i would recommend FX8350

[ViruZ_HUN]

pick a 500 watt corsair psu to and, change that solid state drve the a kingstin or a samsung basic 830

[pewpewmerica]

Get atleast a 500W PSU, Get the Samsung 840 insted of that SSD, and get the COrsair Vengeance Ram, even 16 gigs if you have the money.

[Joshua]

The 4570 is not overclockable. You want 4570k.

[SpenceSouth]

Two recommendations:

 

1.  Get a better PSU.  You can get a CX600 for pretty cheap.

2.  Get a 7950 instead of a 660TI.

 

The 7950 is a MUCH BETTER card and it's actually cheaper right now.  You can get a great Sapphire Dual-X 7950 for $219 after rebate. Not to mention it comes with 3 free games starting today.

[Xaring]

First get 500/550 W psu. Then I would get a 60 gb ssd and use it for caching, if not you will fill up your 120gb with the os and 3 games and office and 2 more programs lol.

Then, with the money I save from the ssd, I would upgrade the gpu to a gtx 770

[Lolbroccoli]

so far i've added the i5 4670k and a corsair cx500

 

woahh need a better psu man, that thing will be right on the edge if you OC at all

 

 

i would change to 4670k but the it seems liek a budget build so i would recommend FX8350

 

 

pick a 500 watt corsair psu to and, change that solid state drve the a kingstin or a samsung basic 830

so far i've added the i5 4670k and a corsair cx500 psu, thanks for the feed back. i dont mind going a bit over $800

[Xaring]

Two recommendations:

1. Get a better PSU. You can get a CX600 for pretty cheap.

2. Get a 7950 instead of a 660TI.

The 7950 is a MUCH BETTER card and it's actually cheaper right now. You can get a great Sapphire Dual-X 7950 for $219 after rebate. Not to mention it comes with 3 free games starting today.

Yep, that is a good option too. And it's cheaper than the 760 xd

NOTICE: someone check the ram memory compatibility issue. I'm not sure myself

[Guest]

Wont he need a Z87 not an H87 chipset on his motherboard for real overclocking?

 

The 4570 is not overclockable. You want 4570k.

[Lolbroccoli]

Two recommendations:

 

1.  Get a better PSU.  You can get a CX600 for pretty cheap.

2.  Get a 7950 instead of a 660TI.

 

The 7950 is a MUCH BETTER card and it's actually cheaper right now.  You can get a great Sapphire Dual-X 7950 for $219 after rebate. Not to mention it comes with 3 free games starting today.

added a XFX 7950. it was the only one that cost 219 after rebate

[Joshua]

Wont he need a Z87 not an H87 chipset on his motherboard for real overclocking?

 

This was me going off of the fact he has an after market heatsink.

[SpenceSouth]

added a XFX 7950. it was the only one that cost 219 after rebate

 

Haven't used XFX myself, but I know they have a lifetime warranty on their GPU's so you can't go wrong there!  Best of luck!

[Lolbroccoli]

First get 500/550 W psu. Then I would get a 60 gb ssd and use it for caching, if not you will fill up your 120gb with the os and 3 games and office and 2 more programs lol.

Then, with the money I save from the ssd, I would upgrade the gpu to a gtx 770

i had to get rid of the ssd all together to stay within the original budget. i don't mind it being slower with just a hard drive because it will be faster than what i'm using now

[SSOB]

Unbalanced system. Get this instead :

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 

CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Seidon 120XL 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard:  ASRock 970 EXTREME4 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($98.98 @ Outlet PC) 

Memory:  Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($56.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage:  Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($90.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 

Video Card:  MSI Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card  ($239.99 @ Newegg) 

Case:  NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply:  Corsair CX 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $784.90

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-14 17:04 EDT-0400)

 

 

You can also wait till september and get a 9950 ( it'll be 350-420 dollars or so so you have some time to save-up i guess, but the performance will be on par with the nvidia GTX 780)

6300 is MORE THAN ENOUGH for gaming. Also 750 Watt is overkill , but i saw it for the same as the 500 watt so why not :P

[Lolbroccoli]

Unbalanced system. Get this instead :

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 

CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Seidon 120XL 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard:  ASRock 970 EXTREME4 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($98.98 @ Outlet PC) 

Memory:  Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($56.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage:  Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($90.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 

Video Card:  MSI Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card  ($239.99 @ Newegg) 

Case:  NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply:  Corsair CX 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $784.90

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-14 17:04 EDT-0400)

 

 

You can also wait till september and get a 9950 ( it'll be 350-420 dollars or so so you have some time to save-up i guess, but the performance will be on par with the nvidia GTX 780)

6300 is MORE THAN ENOUGH for gaming. Also 750 Watt is overkill , but i saw it for the same as the 500 watt so why not :P

the thing is that in canada that costs like $900

[SSOB]

the thing is that in canada that costs like $900

:o You are shopping from canada i didn't know that well i now used the canadian pcpartpicker:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($119.99 @ NCIX) 

CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Seidon 120M 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($49.88 @ Canada Computers) 

Motherboard:  MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($75.50 @ Vuugo) 

Memory:  G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  ($14.99 @ NCIX) 

Storage:  Kingston SSDNow V200 Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($85.48 @ Newegg Canada) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($64.99 @ Amazon Canada) 

Video Card:  MSI Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card  ($259.99 @ NCIX) 

Case:  NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($62.79 @ Newegg Canada) 

Power Supply:  Corsair CX 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Canada Computers) 

Total: $788.60

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-14 17:27 EDT-0400)

 

 

WOW that memory is cheap at NCIX! I don't know if it's a glitch or something but if it isn't get that fast so you can use it with whatever you are going to chose!

[SSOB]

:o You are shopping from canada i didn't know that well i now used the canadian pcpartpicker:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($119.99 @ NCIX) 

CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Seidon 120M 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($49.88 @ Canada Computers) 

Motherboard:  MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($75.50 @ Vuugo) 

Memory:  G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  ($14.99 @ NCIX) 

Storage:  Kingston SSDNow V200 Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($85.48 @ Newegg Canada) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($64.99 @ Amazon Canada) 

Video Card:  MSI Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card  ($259.99 @ NCIX) 

Case:  NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($62.79 @ Newegg Canada) 

Power Supply:  Corsair CX 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Canada Computers) 

Total: $788.60

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-14 17:27 EDT-0400)

 

 

WOW that memory is cheap at NCIX! I don't know if it's a glitch or something but if it isn't get that fast so you can use it with whatever you are going to chose!

Also if you can replace the fan of the seidon cooler , replace it with : http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX37464

 

Or Scythe Gentle typhoon ,  Noiseblocker fans if you can find em

[Masfiras]

Just change the i5 to the non-Unlocked version, cause your going with the H87 chipset, is the same as the Z87 but don't have the overclock feature.  

[WoodenMarker]

Edits: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/1s688

[91wow]

added a XFX 7950. it was the only one that cost 219 after rebate

Don't get XFX, they are not a great company to buy now, get a saphire, HIS, or MSI.

[WoodenMarker]

Don't get XFX, they are not a great company to buy now, get a saphire, HIS, or MSI.

Why is it not a good time to buy from XFX? 

[91wow]

Why is it not a good time to buy from XFX? 

They lock the GOU so you can't OC them, I have 3 friends with them and they can not OC them what so ever, their customer service is horrible, and they have a pretty high DOA percentage.

[Cryptonite]

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/1scIh

 

 

Note that the price includes 2 sets of ram, remove the one you don't want, I just though that if the ram at NCIX is really that cheap then you should definitely swipe those.