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silverdenz

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System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, movies, surfing the web

Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: any web

Parts Preferences: the graphics card must have an hdmi output.

Overclocking: possibly, if necessary

SLI or Crossfire: not necessary

Monitor Resolution: 1280 x 720 or 1920 x 1080

Additional Comments: 4gb+ ram needed. id like to be able to run newer games (ex : crysis 3, skyfall, tera online) at mid-high quality if possible. this is my first time building a custom pc. the ultimate goal is to build a decent machine that i can still upgrade to not a high end pc, but great pc.

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Maxime506
Well, fortunately u'r in the US, that's more important.

There are wars between AMD FX-8350 and i5-3570K/4670K (Still i7-3770/4770K outperformed 8-core FX-8350 in most cases.)But there is a trend that future gen games will use more cores and threads and AMD FX-8320/8350 are the most budget CPUs which has 8 cores and 8 threads and OC potential, so for budget gaming CPUs FX- CPU are still the better option.

But if u still now to GPU intensive games like Crysis 2 or COD series, i5-3xxx/4xxx non-K CPU is a good option. To be futureproof, u may need a i5-3xxxK/4xxxK or i7-3/4xxxK to gain overclockability and i7 is for more threads (but it'll cost some $100-300 more than AMD solution) If for CPU intensive games, FX-8350 is a good budget but...
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Maxime506

Maxime506

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This should be great in gaming.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1mx3j
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1mx3j/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1mx3j/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($179.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($82.98 @ Outlet PC)
Memory: Kingston XMP Blu Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($58.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card ($239.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($14.94 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.73 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $856.57
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-30 23:21 EDT-0400)
 
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silverdenz

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thanks maxime,

i'll consider it..
amd or intel cpu are better for gaming (ex : crysis 3, skyfall and tera online) ?

for mobo i would prefer the one that support future upgrade..

i'm sorry not mention it but i don't need an OS..
if possible could i get a gtx680 card withing that price ?

and last but not least sorry for my bad english..:)
 
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Maxime506

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Well, fortunately u'r in the US, that's more important.

There are wars between AMD FX-8350 and i5-3570K/4670K (Still i7-3770/4770K outperformed 8-core FX-8350 in most cases.)But there is a trend that future gen games will use more cores and threads and AMD FX-8320/8350 are the most budget CPUs which has 8 cores and 8 threads and OC potential, so for budget gaming CPUs FX- CPU are still the better option.

But if u still now to GPU intensive games like Crysis 2 or COD series, i5-3xxx/4xxx non-K CPU is a good option. To be futureproof, u may need a i5-3xxxK/4xxxK or i7-3/4xxxK to gain overclockability and i7 is for more threads (but it'll cost some $100-300 more than AMD solution) If for CPU intensive games, FX-8350 is a good budget but powerful choice.

OK here is the futureproof one. Note that GTX 770 has taken the place of GTX 680 now.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1mDo6
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1mDo6/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1mDo6/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($179.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($119.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Kingston XMP Blu Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.29 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($388.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 850W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($14.94 @ Newegg)
Total: $1003.21
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-31 07:58 EDT-0400)
 
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