PC Build plan

[Marksman]

Firstly i have a limit of under $1000AUD and a pc to do some gaming i have a  a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 and i'm planning on 2 monitors but currently have only 1

i'm looking at a keyboard and mouse bundle with a mouse pad for $60 :

1.

CM Storm Devastator - LED Gaming Keyboard and Mouse Combo Bundle (Blue Edition)

2.

Logitech G440 Gaming Mouse Pad

3.

Blue Snowball MIC

 

i am in need of a OS and i'm upgrading due to living with a dual core and geforce 315 for 6 years.

 

Full List

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/wPy4K8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/wPy4K8/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($144.96 @ Newegg Australia)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($105.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($62.00 @ IJK)
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  ($249.00 @ IJK)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Mwave Australia)
Other: Blue Snowball MIC ($115.00)
Other: Raijintek Themis Black ($39.00)
Other: XFX Pro 550W ($79.00)
Other: Logitech G440 Gaming Mouse Pad ($19.95)
Other: CM Storm Devastator - LED Gaming Keyboard and Mouse Combo Bundle (Blue Edition) ($42.00)
Total: $974.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-29 20:57 AEDT+1100

 

 

[Chronical93]

I don't know what games you plan on playing but that GPU might hold you back on new games with only 2gb a VRAM, and if you're using a dual monitor set-up I'd definitely upgrade the GPU.

[Marksman]

the most demanding game i'd try to play would be arma3 or ark (Which wouldn't last long with ark)

[MagnusGrønstad]

13 minutes ago, Marksman said:

Firstly i have a limit of under $1000AUD and a pc to do some gaming i have a  a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 and i'm planning on 2 monitors but currently have only 1

i'm looking at a keyboard and mouse bundle with a mouse pad for $60 :

1.

CM Storm Devastator - LED Gaming Keyboard and Mouse Combo Bundle (Blue Edition)

2.

Logitech G440 Gaming Mouse Pad

3.

Blue Snowball MIC

 

i am in need of a OS and i'm upgrading due to living with a dual core and geforce 315 for 6 years.

 

Full List

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/wPy4K8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/wPy4K8/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($144.96 @ Newegg Australia)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($105.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($62.00 @ IJK)
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  ($249.00 @ IJK)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Mwave Australia)
Other: Blue Snowball MIC ($115.00)
Other: Raijintek Themis Black ($39.00)
Other: XFX Pro 550W ($79.00)
Other: Logitech G440 Gaming Mouse Pad ($19.95)
Other: CM Storm Devastator - LED Gaming Keyboard and Mouse Combo Bundle (Blue Edition) ($42.00)
Total: $974.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-29 20:57 AEDT+1100

 

 

I have a nearly identical setup. that 950 won't do for dual monitor unless you're only gaming in one. that cpu is a solid budget cpu. but yea, consider getting  a 960 with 4 gigs of vram, otherwise it looks good!

you can also get an OEM windows (not recommended if you want to upgrade anytime soon) for 20 USD, check out paul's hardware on youtube for the tutorial

[ismma99]

id say if you want to go amd go A10 and go APU with good ram sticks until you get a decent gpu since the 2 gb vram wont do annymore and ik people dont prefer apus but they can preform decent 

if you want more info about it here it is 

[Marksman]

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EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC Version For 303   Total Price Now: $1028.90

[Crowes]

The best thing I could come up with was this for your price-range; sadly, 1000AUD (equivelant to about £500 over here in the UK) isn't really much to work with, and furthermore you won't really have any upgrade-path with this computer (the best FM2 APU, currently the 7870K, is basically an 860K with a better iGPU), but it'll get you started, to say the least.

 

If you're not in a rush, I'd say save up a bit more and go for an i5 4460 and respective LGA 1150 motherboard, atleast then you can go up to an i5 4690K, then an i7 4790K - plenty of room to budge.