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Alex Hughes

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Alright, I'm trying to build a pc for under $900 running Battlefield 3 and upcoming games. I live in Australia so largely that has been adding to the cost. Here's what I've found so far from doing some research, I'm yet to find a case and really need help confirming if this is good and if there are any upgrades or ways to get the price down. Thanks!

Power Supply: Corsair Builder Series CX 500 Watt ($95)
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Builder-Series-Watt-CX500/dp/B0092ML0MY/ref=lh_ni_t?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

GPU: XFX Radeon HD 7870 ($200)
Link: http://www.centrecom.com.au/catalog/787a-cnfc-radeon-7870-core-edition-787a-cnfc-p-57994.html

CPU: Intel CPU Core i5 3470 ($220)
Link: http://www.centrecom.com.au/catalog/bx80637i53470-intel-core-3470-bridge-cache-36ghz-1155-bx80637i53470-quad-core-processor-p-59150.html

RAM: Corsair DDR3 8GB (2x Vegeance 4GB) ($100)
Link: http://www.centrecom.com.au/catalog/cmz8gx3m2a1600c9-corsair-ddr3-vengeance-1600mhz-cmz8gx3m2a1600c9-p-49691.html

HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB ($95)
Link: http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=13660

Motherboard: MSI B75MA-P45 INTEL 1155 ($90)
Link: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/MSI-B75MA-P45-INTEL-1155-MOTHERBOARD-USB-3-0-SATA-3-DVI-I-VGA-4-RAM-SLOTS-/190865664393?pt=AU_Components&hash=item2c707ae989&_uhb=1

$900 price needs to include shipping, no need for monitor/keyboard/mouse etc.
 
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This build should be much better for gaming. This is a very good build for the price considering that the prices in Australia are so high. So this should be the best build for 900 dollars.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.00 @ PLE Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock B85M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($78.22 @ Mwave Australia)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($319.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Case: Zalman ZM-T1 ATX Mini Tower Case ($35.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($89.00 @ PLE Computers)
Total: $908.22
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-21 23:27 EST+1000)
 
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Alex Hughes

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Thanks a lot for the quick reply. I have a few questions just to be certain about all of it. I can't find much in the way of reviews for the motherboard (ASRock B85M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard) is there any benefit of getting this over another? Also will the case provide cooling and if so enough? (I really want to avoid heat issues as that's why I'm abandoning my current one) And I'm considering over clocking it, would this be able to? Thanks heaps!
 
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Okay, so let me clear some of your doubts :

1. The case has some good cooling options available. It has a front 120mm fan space, two 120mm fans mounting at the top and it also has two 120mm side fans space and it also has a back fan mounting space. So it has plenty of cooling options at that price point.

2. You cannot overclock with this CPU and Motherboard. For overclocking you should better spend more to get a K series processor and a Z87 motherboard which supports overclocking.

3. Believe me the motherboard that i selected should be fit for the task. It is a good motherboard and you should not have any problem with it.
 
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Alex Hughes

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Ok that all sounds really good. With the overclocking, with this build will I simply not be able to or or just not very well, because OC seems like a good thing to do so would it be worth changing the build a littlle to make it possible? And I guess my last question before going ahead with this is are there any limitations choosing this parts may have I wouldn't know about? eg. not upgradable, can't use certain features a prebuilt would otherwise have

Edit: I've noticed the ram is currently out of stock, I found this on amazon with free shipping somehow would this be a good replacement?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004CRSM4I/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

 
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