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$1,200 Gaming PC, needs to be cheaper.

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August 2, 2013 3:47:03 PM

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx...

Butcher it. Needs to be powerful but I'm unsure of what I need to downsize to make it atleast 100-300 dollars cheaper.

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August 2, 2013 3:58:36 PM

Oh, that is soooo easy...

Just cut the expenditure on unnecessary luxury and gimmickery.

No headset or at least a less expensive one. The keyboard and mice are too "flashy" if you're on the budget.

The PSU is way overkill for your configuration. The thermal paste is really not necessary. The stock paste that comes with the coolers are good enough by any standard.

The graphics card could be a newer one, like a GTX760 maybe? The money you save on all of the stuff i told you might be enough to increase the GPU while still mantaining a 1000US$ ceiling.

About the psu though... 550W is plenty. Even for the 760.

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Consider dropping that windows license.

The CPU is pretty much a waste of money from "less expensive" six core phenoms. Barely no relevant application uses more than 4 cores anyway...
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August 2, 2013 4:17:10 PM

Take that PSU out a shoot it. Raidmax is not a brand you want. I'd suggest anything 550W+ from the list in my sig.

You're spending a lot on peripherals.

Consider an FX-6350 - faster in low thread count programs and still pretty good in multithreaded.

Drop the thermal paste.
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August 2, 2013 11:30:58 PM

Is there anyway to keep a GTX 760 without going over 1k?
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August 3, 2013 2:40:32 AM

You already seem to have a 760 and be below $1000.

I'd suggest upping the RAM to 8GB though.
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August 3, 2013 8:04:26 AM

I only need 4 gigs of ram since I am gaming. I can add more later, as for the card, that build doesn't have a headset or monitor with and that is my issue.
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