$900 Budget for new PC.

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az0d

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Was looking for some help in building my first PC. Not really sure where to start other than my budget is $900 and I would like to have dual monitor capabilities from the video card but only need one monitor as of now. I have the other basic peripherals including keyboard/mouse/speakers/OS. Want to use it to play WoW, CS:GO, Skyrim, SC2 at max if possible. Will also be using for coding and basic photoshop use. Thanks for any and all advice.
 
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Marcopolo123

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do you also need an os ?


this build is without an OS

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($46.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($65.58 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost 2GB Video Card ($173.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Asus VS229H-P 21.5" Monitor ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Asus VS229H-P 21.5" Monitor ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $899.48
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-17 19:20 EDT-0400)


if you want 2ms instead of 5ms, and a slightly bigger screen and also want to sacrifice the advantages of an ips monitor get this monitor
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-monitor-vs238hp
 
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g-unit1111

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Here you go:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H87-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($112.86 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card ($248.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($75.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $935.76
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-17 19:22 EDT-0400)
 
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g-unit1111

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Dual monitors on a $900 build? Why? Just start with one, and put more money into the tower itself. You can always add more monitors as needed.
 
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Got spoiled at work with 2, wasn't aware that there would be such a difference between specs with the extra ~150 from the second monitor. I'll change the original post and look for other options then.
 
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g-unit1111

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I'm not knocking the idea, I'm saying you should spend more on the hardware, then you can add monitors as you need them.
 
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