First PC Build

[Lucifair]

This is my first time posting on here been watching for over a year now and wanting to try my own hand at building a PC.

 

1. Budget & Location

 

$600.00 - $700.00 USD  ($850.00 with Peripherals) & United States

 

2. Aim

 

Gaming, Mainly MMO's like final fantasy 14 ARR, and some other games like skyrim and dishonored, I also plan on on doing Digital art with programs like SAI and Photoshop.

 

3. Peripherals

 

I have a nice mousepad that is it.

 

  Any help would be greatly appreciated and I would prefer Nvidia, but am welcome to suggestions.

[HKZeroFive]

Done. But I'd look to getting a SSD in the future. AMD triumphs over NVIDIA in these price ranges so sorry:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($163.88 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($67.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 390 8GB PCS+ Video Card  ($298.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Monitor: Asus VS247H-P 23.6" Monitor  ($110.98 @ Newegg) 

Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($21.98 @ Newegg) 

Total: $863.76

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-01 01:35 EST-0500

[Castdeath97]

Any reason for preferring Nvidia do you have a Shield device for instance and do you need a monitor?

[Lucifair]

Any reason for preferring Nvidia do you have a Shield device for instance and do you need a monitor?

No particular reason for Nvidia, my laptop had AMD amd i figuired that i could go for Nvidia this time because i am needing something for art/gaming/animation, but i am open for suggestions.

 

And yes i do need a monitor but i could use my TV for the time being, just want a computer since i donated my laptop to my mother so she could have a working device for her daily things.

 

I really just want a rig that can play comfotably at 60fps at 1080p without much dipping in frames when i game, i notice the little changes in fps to a certain point, mainly dropping below 60fps.

[Streetguru]

This is my first time posting on here been watching for over a year now and wanting to try my own hand at building a PC.

Spend the rest of your money on a good display, something 1440p or higher is preferred

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/krFDP6

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/krFDP6/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($163.88 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Asus H87M-E Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($73.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($32.99 @ Adorama)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.98 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($211.89 @ OutletPC)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($38.47 @ OutletPC)

Total: $601.19

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-01 03:11 EST-0500

 

[Castdeath97]

No particular reason for Nvidia, my laptop had AMD amd i figuired that i could go for Nvidia this time because i am needing something for art/gaming/animation, but i am open for suggestions.

 

And yes i do need a monitor but i could use my TV for the time being, just want a computer since i donated my laptop to my mother so she could have a working device for her daily things.

 

I really just want a rig that can play comfotably at 60fps at 1080p without much dipping in frames when i game, i notice the little changes in fps to a certain point, mainly dropping below 60fps.

Generally with graphic card there isn't much to see unless you care about sheild devices or really really like GeForce experience, most of the time performance is king with graphic cards. The 970 is not too bad compared the R9 390 and matches it perfromamce in many games, but the R9 390 is cheaper sometimes and beats it higher resolutions.

[Minetex]

But, it really drains more energy when heavily usef, so I would say the 970 is the way, it will save you more money on the electricity then a 390.

[Streetguru]

But, it really drains more energy when heavily usef, so I would say the 970 is the way, it will save you more money on the electricity then a 390.

The energy difference under a gaming load really isn't worth worrying about, the 390 is far and away the better choice due to potentially better DX12/Vulkan support, higher performance overall, but mostly you save a good deal of money with a free-sync display vs a G-sync display

[Lucifair]

I want to thank you all for the advice that you have given, but after i posted this i was offered free parts from a coworker that i was talking to about the build in casual conversation and am getting the parts later today, so i will update with what i have gotten and see where this fortuitus event leads.

[Lucifair]

okay, i got the parts and i needed some help in finding something i can upgrade on it.

 

the processor is an AMD A4 5300 APU

 

the motherboard is an ASUS A55BM-E micro ATX motherboard

 

and it has 4GB of ram

 

a 350GB HDD with windows 8.1

 

and a cheap case and stock fan for the processor

 

I was wanting to get a GPU for this and a new case, motherboard and more RAM.

 

Is there a standard ATX motherboard that i can use instead of the micro atx board, and what GPU should i get, the same budget as before still applies between 600-800 dollars any advice and information would be greatly appreciated.

[Streetguru]

okay, i got the parts and i needed some help in finding something i can upgrade on it.

 

 What happened to the other budget? Why did you get that PC?

 

my suggestion is still going to be the same as a month ago, though I need to swap that board for an H97 board in the build

[Lucifair]

This was completely free from a coworker, and this topic was only made a few days ago, and for the time being I'm trying to save as much as I can, so I took them up on their offer for free parts.

[Streetguru]

This was completely free from a coworker, and this topic was only made a few days ago, and for the time being I'm trying to save as much as I can, so I took them up on their offer for free parts.

Ah, well, there's not much worth reusing there, the motherboard is really low end and I wouldn't trust a higher wattage CPU in there like the 860K

 

also for 600 bucks, here ya go

 

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

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

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($62.98 @ Newegg)

Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($32.99 @ Adorama)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.98 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($211.89 @ OutletPC)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($38.47 @ OutletPC)

Total: $601.29

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-04 21:59 EST-0500

[Savir]

Spend the rest of your money on a good display, something 1440p or higher is preferred

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/krFDP6

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/krFDP6/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($163.88 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Asus H87M-E Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($73.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($32.99 @ Adorama)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.98 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($211.89 @ OutletPC)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($38.47 @ OutletPC)

Total: $601.19

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-01 03:11 EST-0500

 

 

Yeah, but the 380 cant play games at 1440p though? I noticed around the forum you prefer to spend a lot on a monitor when it's not even worth it. 

[Streetguru]

Yeah, but the 380 cant play games at 1440p though? I noticed around the forum you prefer to spend a lot on a monitor when it's not even worth it. 

It's for productivity, a 1440p is leagues ahead of a 1080p display in what you can fit on screena

 

as far as gaming goes a 380 should be alright at 1440p, I ran games at 1440p fine on my 7850

[Lucifair]

UPDATE:

 

I went looking up the parts listed here and some of them i had trouble finding, i made some PC part picker lists but was wanting some opinions on the selections

 

here is the cheaper one that i was able to come up with,  http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WW3jwP

 

and here is the second one that is a little more expensive,  http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Lucifair/saved/XVGQzy

 

I do need to buy an OS since i do not have one that i can use, and these include a monitor and keyboards, and advice on swapping out some of the parts for cheaper/better ones would be appreciated.