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Austin Stambene

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I'm looking to build a computer with a lot of potential and as much future proofing as I can do but I would like to keep it about $1100 or so (after rebates, after shipping). I am close enough to a Microcenter so I will most likely get the majority of my pieces there. I would like to pick up the pieces here within a week but I could wait if needed. My system usage would be for gaming, homework/office work, surfing the internet, watching streams. I do not do much gaming like I used to, although I would still like it to handle whatever i can throw at it when I do. The pieces I do not require are a monitor (I have a 32 inch 1080p monitor, i could be persuaded to do dual monitors or possibly downsize if needed), a mouse, keyboard, or speakers. I don't have a website preference. I am considering overclocking although I am very new to that as well and have never done it. Open to any criticism. Thank you very much everyone! This is my build so far:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Microcenter)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.20 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($110.00)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($85.00)
Storage: OCZ Vertex 4 64GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($54.00)
Storage: Toshiba 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.99 @ Microcenter)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card ($250.00)
Wireless Network Adapter: Rosewill RNX-N180UBE 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter ($17.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair C70 Military Green (Green) ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair 760W 80 PLUS Platinum Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($115.49 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ Outlet PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit) ($96.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1140.61
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-24 19:33 EDT-0400)
 
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TBC1

TBC1

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Build looks good so far. However, since you want to be able to throw anything at the system/OC, I would suggest going with something like this -

Also has the power to add in another gpu, hence the 800 watt psu.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($184.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($77.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 EXTREME4 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Mushkin Blackline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($62.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 60GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($64.95 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($58.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card ($307.27 @ TigerDirect)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN725N 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter ($8.88 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair C70 Military Green (Green) ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair GS Series 800W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($83.50 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit) ($96.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1141.52
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-24 20:47 EDT-0400)
 
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