Need help with gaming desktop specs, etc

CallMeGoldey

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So I have little to no experience with computer specs, but I'm hoping you all could help put together a working system for me.

Purely a Gaming System. Only using it for games. Period.

Kinds of games -- BF4, COD, Minecraft, Crysis 3, Starcraft, Bioshock Infinite, Mass Effect, Metro's, Far Cry 3, etc

I Need Everything. I'm starting from scratch.

Budget -- $500 - $1,000 (Price is only for desktop. Suggestions for monitors would be nice though)

I want to be able to play all of these games online, on Medium graphic or above, and have good FPS If you can avoid spending all of the budget, great. I don't want to waste money on upgrades I won't be using so preferably compatible parts would be nice.

I have no problem forking out for SSD's if it will actually make a noticeable difference in the computers speed.

OS - Windows I guess....?

Any other questions?

Thanks a bunch!

 

Marcopolo123

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($198.49 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($254.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($84.50 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Asus VS238H-P 23.0" Monitor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1129.90
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-13 05:49 EDT-0400)
 

CallMeGoldey

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I don't even know what overclocking is, so I won't be needing or using it.

No idea what crossfire x is, but I do know sli is to link two graphics cards right? Is it worth getting?

From the United States.
 

jinayhvora

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overclocking means increasing CPU frequency to give more performance
my build will allow u to overclock to 4.5GHz more or less (also depends on what chip u get, but with water cooling all of them will touch that much easily)
SLI=nVidia's term for linking multiple GPUs
Crossfire=AMD's term for the same with thier GPUs

 

jinayhvora

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Overclocking is fairly easy, u can find some good guides on the net, u decide if having a 4.5 GHz processor I worth it, also if u plan multi GPU configs I would advise against AMD as there are problems with Crossfire, for single GPU both are fine