Help on build around the gtx 760

jj321400

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So i've been thinking about building my very first pc and i was wondering if someone can help me. As the title says, i really want to make my build focus around the gtx 760 (don't know where or not i should go with the 2g or the 4g). My budget is 700-900 usd, not counting monitors, keyboard and mice (but i do need an os thinking about windows 8). I plan on using it only for gaming and hopefully it'll last for a couple of years haha. I was also hoping to run this on a 24 inch monitor perhaps 1920x1200 i don't know if that'll change a lot. And i wasn't planning on overclocking.
 

X79

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($179.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($87.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.26 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($255.66 @ Newegg)
Case: BitFenix Shinobi ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.58 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($61.24 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118BB DVD/CD Drive ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($86.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $894.69
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-19 03:23 EDT-0400)

Pretty solid build really. Thank you for providing most of all the information needed right off the bat.

Would've been handy if you had also included which games you intended to play, but nevermind.

2GB VRAM is the minimum you'd want these days. Higher amounts are only needed for games like

skyrim for example, where you might download lots of texture mods. Running on a multi-monitor setup

can also warrant higher quantities of VRAM. The build could of course easily be even cheaper:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($55.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($87.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.26 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($255.66 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake VL800P1W2N (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($61.24 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118BB DVD/CD Drive ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($86.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $781.09
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-19 03:27 EDT-0400)
 
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jj321400

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Thanks a lot! The games I was hoping to run was guild wars 2 on max settings and still have around 50 fsp. And some other games such as bf3, bf4, and cod (even though it's not that graphic intensive). I also use a two monitor set up, so do you think I should up my ram to 12 and lower my cpu or would that drastically change my settings and fps rate in game.
 

X79

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Go with the first build and you won't see any problems whatsoever. I'm very confident you'd be loving it.

The second build is STILL solid however. The FX-6300 gets an Honorable mention in the Toms Best Gaming CPUs for

the money, September edition. Perhaps for a splash in between the two others:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Pro3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($87.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.26 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($255.66 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake VL800P1W2N (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($61.24 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118BB DVD/CD Drive ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($86.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $840.10
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-19 15:53 EDT-0400)

All the builds should run GW2 very well really.

This here would be ideal:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Pro3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($87.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.26 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($255.66 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake VL800P1W2N (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($61.24 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118BB DVD/CD Drive ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($86.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $900.10
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-19 15:54 EDT-0400)

It's not far from the first build either. It can't OC though.