New Gaming System, Require Assistance: $450-500

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chughes13x

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Approximate Purchase Date: Early May

Budget Range:$450 through $500. I'd prefer to stay closer to $450, this is before rebates and including shipping.

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Watching HD Movies, Programming

Are you buying a monitor: No

Parts to Upgrade: I have a montior, keyboard, mouse. I also have a 1TB storage drive, but I need a small ssd to boot from and for some games. I also need a WiFi adapter that can perform well as I download files greater than 5GB on a daily basis.

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg & Amazon

Location: Massachusetts (No Micro center near me sadly)

Parts Preferences: IMO Nvidia > AMD when it comes to graphics cards. (I'm thinking a GTX660)

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Your Monitor Resolution: 1366x768 , but I plan on upgrading to 1080p in the future.

Additional Comments: I would like an ATX build for future expansion, I need that small ssd to boot from and some games. Also I need a WiFi-Adapter as well. Case size and noise does not matter to me.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: I'm overly due for an upgrade, by far lol.
 
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stickmansam

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I am thinking you should wait until late april to start planning, prices will change between now and may so our recomendations will change by then too

Also consider making your budget a big bigger, its going to be hard to fit a decent gaming rig into that budget

This is a decently balanced build with a nice CPU and GPU, decent PSU and case with a DVD drive

You will need at least an 650ti/7790/650ti boost/7850/660 for 1080p gaming

Even without an SSD and wifi adapter, it is over budget and a ATX mb will cost $10 more

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($47.98 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card ($187.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 431 Plus (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($16.97 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $512.89
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-31 19:34 EDT-0400)


Here is an i3 with an ATX mb, (not capable of CFX/SLI, that would require at least an $100 mb)
650ti, 64gb SSD

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-3220 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor ($118.79 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI B75A-G43 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($47.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Sandisk 64GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB Video Card ($129.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Wireless Network Adapter: Rosewill RNX-N150PCe 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($8.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 431 Plus (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($16.97 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $522.67
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-31 19:40 EDT-0400)
 
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chughes13x

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In your opinion, how greatly will I benefit from a sad. I could use my 1TB drive for booting as well. Its 7200rpm...
 
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stickmansam

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If I were you I would save up until you can get a build like this if you really want an SSD+ATX+660

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3350P 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z77A-GD55 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($47.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($96.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card ($187.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 431 Plus (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($16.97 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $714.88
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-31 19:44 EDT-0400)

or this

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 EXTREME4 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($98.98 @ Outlet PC)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($47.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($96.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card ($187.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 431 Plus (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($16.97 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $653.87
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-31 19:46 EDT-0400)
 
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It will go from like 20 secs to about 2 secs (not including bios time)

I boot off an latest gen 7200rpm HDD and it's pretty fast IMO

 
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