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Hello! I'm currently looking to buy a $700 CAD PC for everyday use. The main use of my PC is gaming (with games like Cities: Skylines, or Garry's Mod, etc.) and programming on Eclipse. So far, I'm looking at: 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium Gold G5400 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($98.29 @ PC-Canada) 
Motherboard: MSI - H310M PRO-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($83.60 @ PC-Canada) 
Memory: G.Skill - NT Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($94.90 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Team - L5 LITE 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($33.88 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.22 @ Newegg Canada) 
Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon RX 570 4GB PULSE Video Card  ($265.53 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Corsair - 100R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Corsair) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($67.78 @ PC-Canada) 
Total: $748.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Fix it if it's trash. (Btw, it says $748.19 cuz I added the 13% HST)

 

Anything with a graphics card should work since I'm trying to replace my ageing Inspiron 15 3542

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($129.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: MSI - B450-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($100.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($87.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($73.75 @ Vuugo) 
Case: Corsair - 100R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Corsair) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Other: PowerColor RED DRAGON Radeon RX 570 DirectX 12 AXRX 570 4GBD5-3DHD/OC Video Card  ($214.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $727.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-28 22:56 EDT-0400

My Build, v2.1 --- CPU: i7-8700K @ 5.2GHz/1.288v || MoBo: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E Gaming || RAM: 4x4GB G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 2666 14-14-14-33 || Cooler: Custom Loop || GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC Black, on water || PSU: EVGA G2 850W || Case: Corsair 450D || SSD: 850 Evo 250GB, Intel 660p 2TB || Storage: WD Blue 2TB || G502 & Glorious PCGR Fully Custom 80% Keyboard || MX34VQ, PG278Q, PB278Q

Audio --- Headphones: Massdrop x Sennheiser HD 6XX || Amp: Schiit Audio Magni 3 || DAC: Schiit Audio Modi 3 || Mic: Blue Yeti

 

[Under Construction]

 

My Truck --- 2002 F-350 7.3 Powerstroke || 6-speed

My Car --- 2006 Mustang GT || 5-speed || BBK LTs, O/R X, MBRP Cat-back || BBK Lowering Springs, LCAs || 2007 GT500 wheels w/ 245s/285s

 

The Experiment --- CPU: i5-3570K @ 4.0 GHz || MoBo: Asus P8Z77-V LK || RAM: 16GB Corsair 1600 4x4 || Cooler: CM Hyper 212 Evo || GPUs: Asus GTX 750 Ti, || PSU: Corsair TX750M Gold || Case: Thermaltake Core G21 TG || SSD: 840 Pro 128GB || HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB

 

R.I.P. Asus X99-A motherboard, April 2016 - October 2018, may you rest in peace. 5820K, if I ever buy you a new board, it'll be a good one.

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2 minutes ago, Cereal5 said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($189.96 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350M GAMING PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($86.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($87.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Kingston - A400 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($47.99 @ Mike's Computer Shop) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Deepcool - TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($84.99 @ Corsair) 
Other: PowerColor RED DRAGON Radeon RX 570 DirectX 12 AXRX 570 4GBD5-3DHD/OC Video Card  ($214.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $810.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-28 22:49 EDT-0400

 

See bottom for GPU, for whatever reason that model didn't show up in pcpartpicker (reasons why it's a great tool but not always the best)

Uh... it's $100 over my limit. Also, the GPU did show up in my PCPartPicker.

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Just now, Canada EH said:

nice

LOL

 

interesting

I had a stark realization. Not quite an epiphany.

 

5 minutes ago, randomperson89 said:

Uh... it's $100 over my limit. Also, the GPU did show up in my PCPartPicker.

Ok, try again. I can bump it down a little bit more, but you might take a hit in the CPU or GPU department, since it's a little hard to build something that satisfies both gaming and programming/cities: skylines. You can jump down to a 1050 Ti or RX 560 and that will bump the overall cost down about $40-50

My Build, v2.1 --- CPU: i7-8700K @ 5.2GHz/1.288v || MoBo: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E Gaming || RAM: 4x4GB G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 2666 14-14-14-33 || Cooler: Custom Loop || GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC Black, on water || PSU: EVGA G2 850W || Case: Corsair 450D || SSD: 850 Evo 250GB, Intel 660p 2TB || Storage: WD Blue 2TB || G502 & Glorious PCGR Fully Custom 80% Keyboard || MX34VQ, PG278Q, PB278Q

Audio --- Headphones: Massdrop x Sennheiser HD 6XX || Amp: Schiit Audio Magni 3 || DAC: Schiit Audio Modi 3 || Mic: Blue Yeti

 

[Under Construction]

 

My Truck --- 2002 F-350 7.3 Powerstroke || 6-speed

My Car --- 2006 Mustang GT || 5-speed || BBK LTs, O/R X, MBRP Cat-back || BBK Lowering Springs, LCAs || 2007 GT500 wheels w/ 245s/285s

 

The Experiment --- CPU: i5-3570K @ 4.0 GHz || MoBo: Asus P8Z77-V LK || RAM: 16GB Corsair 1600 4x4 || Cooler: CM Hyper 212 Evo || GPUs: Asus GTX 750 Ti, || PSU: Corsair TX750M Gold || Case: Thermaltake Core G21 TG || SSD: 840 Pro 128GB || HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB

 

R.I.P. Asus X99-A motherboard, April 2016 - October 2018, may you rest in peace. 5820K, if I ever buy you a new board, it'll be a good one.

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1 minute ago, Cereal5 said:

Ok, try again. I can bump it down a little bit more, but you might take a hit in the CPU or GPU department, since it's a little hard to build something that satisfies both gaming and programming/cities: skylines. You can jump down to a 1050 Ti or RX 560 and that will bump the overall cost down about $40-50

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Nah, it's fine. I can stretch my budget a bit. Just wait for the season to come, deals will be coming like Steam sales. Wait, I will probably go broke due to the amount of games this PC can run... Gaben just likes taking money out of my wallet.

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6 minutes ago, Cereal5 said:

I had a stark realization. Not quite an epiphany.

hey its legal and medicinal now ;)

 

Working within a budget, always cheap out on the case, always.

 

 

 

That is what credit cards are for ;)

2 minutes ago, randomperson89 said:

Nah, it's fine. I can stretch my budget a bit.

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1 minute ago, randomperson89 said:

Nah, it's fine. I can stretch my budget a bit. Just wait for the season to come, deals will be coming like Steam sales. Wait, I will probably go broke due to the amount of games this PC can run... Gaben just likes taking money out of my wallet.

Welcome to PC gaming. At least you don't go broke from buying 2 $60 games like you do on console. You go broke from buying a crap tone of games from the steam summer and winter sales, and the every week weekend sales

My Build, v2.1 --- CPU: i7-8700K @ 5.2GHz/1.288v || MoBo: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E Gaming || RAM: 4x4GB G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 2666 14-14-14-33 || Cooler: Custom Loop || GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC Black, on water || PSU: EVGA G2 850W || Case: Corsair 450D || SSD: 850 Evo 250GB, Intel 660p 2TB || Storage: WD Blue 2TB || G502 & Glorious PCGR Fully Custom 80% Keyboard || MX34VQ, PG278Q, PB278Q

Audio --- Headphones: Massdrop x Sennheiser HD 6XX || Amp: Schiit Audio Magni 3 || DAC: Schiit Audio Modi 3 || Mic: Blue Yeti

 

[Under Construction]

 

My Truck --- 2002 F-350 7.3 Powerstroke || 6-speed

My Car --- 2006 Mustang GT || 5-speed || BBK LTs, O/R X, MBRP Cat-back || BBK Lowering Springs, LCAs || 2007 GT500 wheels w/ 245s/285s

 

The Experiment --- CPU: i5-3570K @ 4.0 GHz || MoBo: Asus P8Z77-V LK || RAM: 16GB Corsair 1600 4x4 || Cooler: CM Hyper 212 Evo || GPUs: Asus GTX 750 Ti, || PSU: Corsair TX750M Gold || Case: Thermaltake Core G21 TG || SSD: 840 Pro 128GB || HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB

 

R.I.P. Asus X99-A motherboard, April 2016 - October 2018, may you rest in peace. 5820K, if I ever buy you a new board, it'll be a good one.

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1 minute ago, Canada EH said:

hey its legal and medicinal now ;)

 

Working within a budget, always cheap out on the case, always.

(lol) I didn't necessarily cheap out on my case, but I do wish I had spent more and gone with the 760T. I would be much happier with doing a custom loop in there, and I would have been less sad when the Air 740 released lol

My Build, v2.1 --- CPU: i7-8700K @ 5.2GHz/1.288v || MoBo: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E Gaming || RAM: 4x4GB G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 2666 14-14-14-33 || Cooler: Custom Loop || GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC Black, on water || PSU: EVGA G2 850W || Case: Corsair 450D || SSD: 850 Evo 250GB, Intel 660p 2TB || Storage: WD Blue 2TB || G502 & Glorious PCGR Fully Custom 80% Keyboard || MX34VQ, PG278Q, PB278Q

Audio --- Headphones: Massdrop x Sennheiser HD 6XX || Amp: Schiit Audio Magni 3 || DAC: Schiit Audio Modi 3 || Mic: Blue Yeti

 

[Under Construction]

 

My Truck --- 2002 F-350 7.3 Powerstroke || 6-speed

My Car --- 2006 Mustang GT || 5-speed || BBK LTs, O/R X, MBRP Cat-back || BBK Lowering Springs, LCAs || 2007 GT500 wheels w/ 245s/285s

 

The Experiment --- CPU: i5-3570K @ 4.0 GHz || MoBo: Asus P8Z77-V LK || RAM: 16GB Corsair 1600 4x4 || Cooler: CM Hyper 212 Evo || GPUs: Asus GTX 750 Ti, || PSU: Corsair TX750M Gold || Case: Thermaltake Core G21 TG || SSD: 840 Pro 128GB || HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB

 

R.I.P. Asus X99-A motherboard, April 2016 - October 2018, may you rest in peace. 5820K, if I ever buy you a new board, it'll be a good one.

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I'd either wait for Black Friday and buy then, or with a budget like that, go used.

You can build a killer system for $700 with a little leg work.

CPU: Ryzen 9 5900 Cooler: EVGA CLC280 Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Pro AX RAM: Kingston Hyper X 32GB 3200mhz

Storage: WD 750 SE 500GB, WD 730 SE 1TB GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050 PSU: Corsair SF750 Case: Streacom DA2

Monitor: LG 27GL83B Mouse: Razer Basilisk V2 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red Speakers: Mackie CR5BT

 

MiniPC - Sold for $100 Profit

Spoiler

CPU: Intel i3 4160 Cooler: Integrated Motherboard: Integrated

RAM: G.Skill RipJaws 16GB DDR3 Storage: Transcend MSA370 128GB GPU: Intel 4400 Graphics

PSU: Integrated Case: Shuttle XPC Slim

Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

Budget Rig 1 - Sold For $750 Profit

Spoiler

CPU: Intel i5 7600k Cooler: CryOrig H7 Motherboard: MSI Z270 M5

RAM: Crucial LPX 16GB DDR4 Storage: Intel S3510 800GB GPU: Nvidia GTX 980

PSU: Corsair CX650M Case: EVGA DG73

Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

OG Gaming Rig - Gone

Spoiler

 

CPU: Intel i5 4690k Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 Motherboard: MSI Z97i AC ITX

RAM: Crucial Ballistix 16GB DDR3 Storage: Kingston Fury 240GB GPU: Asus Strix GTX 970

PSU: Thermaltake TR2 Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX

Monitor: Dell P2214H x2 Mouse: Logitech MX Master Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Core i3-8100 3.6GHz Quad-Core OEM/Tray Processor $158.99 @ PC-Canada
CPU Cooler Cooler Master - Hyper T2 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler $21.00 @ Vuugo
Motherboard ASRock - B360M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $80.50 @ Vuugo
Memory G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory $87.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $47.99 @ Newegg Canada
Video Card PowerColor - Radeon RX 570 4GB Red Devil Video Card $224.99 @ Newegg Canada
Case Corsair - 100R ATX Mid Tower Case $49.99 @ Corsair
Power Supply Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply $69.99 @ Amazon Canada
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $771.44
  Mail-in rebates -$30.00
  Total $741.44
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-28 23:50 EDT-0400  

 

i7-8700k @ 4.8Ghz | EVGA CLC 280mm | Aorus Z370 Gaming 5 | 16GB G-Skill DDR4-3000 C15 | EVGA RTX 2080 | Corsair RM650x | NZXT S340 Elite | Zowie XL2730 

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6 hours ago, AntiTrust said:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Core i3-8100 3.6GHz Quad-Core OEM/Tray Processor $158.99 @ PC-Canada
CPU Cooler Cooler Master - Hyper T2 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler $21.00 @ Vuugo
Motherboard ASRock - B360M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $80.50 @ Vuugo
Memory G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory $87.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $47.99 @ Newegg Canada
Video Card PowerColor - Radeon RX 570 4GB Red Devil Video Card $224.99 @ Newegg Canada
Case Corsair - 100R ATX Mid Tower Case $49.99 @ Corsair
Power Supply Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply $69.99 @ Amazon Canada
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $771.44
  Mail-in rebates -$30.00
  Total $741.44
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-28 23:50 EDT-0400  

 

Now that's just starting to go overkill. Wouldn't really need a separate cooler in this instance.

Also, I was offered a used i3-8100 for $80, should I take it or nah...

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7 hours ago, dizmo said:

I'd either wait for Black Friday and buy then, or with a budget like that, go used.

You can build a killer system for $700 with a little leg work.

Yea, just wait for Late November-Early January. There's going to be Black Friday, Christmas, Boxing Day, heck, some places even do a post-Boxing Day and New Year's deals.

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5 hours ago, randomperson89 said:

 Wouldn't really need a separate cooler in this instance.

yes you would, because it doesn't come with a cooler...

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5 hours ago, randomperson89 said:

Yea, just wait for Late November-Early January. There's going to be Black Friday, Christmas, Boxing Day, heck, some places even do a post-Boxing Day and New Year's deals.

Black Friday is the best. Christmas and Boxing Day don't really get great discounts; Boxing Day is now more for clothing stores clearing out winter stock and getting ready for the spring. Tech is Black Friday, 100%.

CPU: Ryzen 9 5900 Cooler: EVGA CLC280 Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Pro AX RAM: Kingston Hyper X 32GB 3200mhz

Storage: WD 750 SE 500GB, WD 730 SE 1TB GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050 PSU: Corsair SF750 Case: Streacom DA2

Monitor: LG 27GL83B Mouse: Razer Basilisk V2 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red Speakers: Mackie CR5BT

 

MiniPC - Sold for $100 Profit

Spoiler

CPU: Intel i3 4160 Cooler: Integrated Motherboard: Integrated

RAM: G.Skill RipJaws 16GB DDR3 Storage: Transcend MSA370 128GB GPU: Intel 4400 Graphics

PSU: Integrated Case: Shuttle XPC Slim

Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

Budget Rig 1 - Sold For $750 Profit

Spoiler

CPU: Intel i5 7600k Cooler: CryOrig H7 Motherboard: MSI Z270 M5

RAM: Crucial LPX 16GB DDR4 Storage: Intel S3510 800GB GPU: Nvidia GTX 980

PSU: Corsair CX650M Case: EVGA DG73

Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

OG Gaming Rig - Gone

Spoiler

 

CPU: Intel i5 4690k Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 Motherboard: MSI Z97i AC ITX

RAM: Crucial Ballistix 16GB DDR3 Storage: Kingston Fury 240GB GPU: Asus Strix GTX 970

PSU: Thermaltake TR2 Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX

Monitor: Dell P2214H x2 Mouse: Logitech MX Master Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

 

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