Personal Gaming Computer Build from scratch (1200.00$ Budget)

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Jace Lambradi

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Approximate Purchase Date: ASAP- My computer is crap and I need a new one really quickly.
Budget Range: 1200.00$ Canadian before Rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (Minecraft, Arma 2 and 3, DayZ), Recording, Skype chats, Netflix
Parts Not Required: I need all the parts, starting from scratch. The possible exception would be Speaker System, although I do not know if you help people find good Speaker Systems. Just being safe.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: No preference but I've heard that NewEgg is good so I guess there?
Country: Canada
Parts Preferences: AMD/NVIDIA Video Card, 16" Monitor, and I'd like a large Hard Drive (500GB-1TB?) for storing records, large game files etc, etc.
Overclocking: Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe
Monitor Resolution: 1280x1024
Additional Comments: I'd like to have a quiet PC for late night Gaming and not waking my flatmates. However not needed if it will add a couple million to my budget. :)
 
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Jack Revenant

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Would you prefer a 16", 1024p monitor over a 23", 1080p monitor? Because it is easily within budget to get a good monitor.
 
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Jace Lambradi

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The bigger the better, so as long as it's within my price budget, the 23" is great.
 
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Jack Revenant

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Can do. One question: I read your post as requesting an AMD CPU and an nVidia GPU. Is this correct, and, if so, how flexible are you?
 
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Jace Lambradi

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Oh, my gosh, sorry. I dun goofed! Really new to computer building, like really new. I don't know the difference between those besides that one might be a processor and the nVidia is probably a video card. Anyway, disregard my preferences because I don't know what I'm talking about. Just build it as you would yourself in my scenario, I suppose!
 
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Jace Lambradi

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That looks good, very nice. Thank you! I will wait on more suggestions so I can have a lot of good opinions for my final purchase. I'm wondering, what's all the hubbub for Solid State Drives? I heard they make things boot faster and are pretty good etc etc. I don't know what they are or how they work so some help would be appreciated. Also, how do I build a computer? I'm watching a bunch of NewEgg tutorial videos and they seem to explain a lot, are there any certain videos I should watch to gain more knowledge?

Thanks for your time! :D
 
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bigcyco1

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No problem you're welcome!As for ssd yes they are good.Nowadays, I think every PC should include an SSD period. They’re waaaaaaaaay faster and they draw less energy, but unfortunately they do cost a significant amount more than a traditional hard drive.

Those who have some extra budget laying around, I’d definitely suggest going with a 128GB Samsung 840 Pro or 256GB Samsung 840 Pro in combination with a 1TB Seagate Barracuda. This will allow for plenty of hard drive space for storage while OS and application files may be placed on the SSD for that extra top notch performance.As for pc building tutorials i find this one best http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea_bs5G1yYU

 
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This would be my suggestion:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Amazon Canada)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($31.05 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($129.99 @ NCIX)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($53.49 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card ($299.00 @ Vuugo)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Canada Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($94.99 @ NCIX)
Monitor: Asus VS247H-P 23.6" Monitor ($154.71 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $1210.18
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-28 23:18 EDT-0400)

As you can see, not too different from bigcyco's, but it includes an OS if you need it. If not, you could bump the GPU up to a 7970.
 
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