Need help building a new PC

Scotoner

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So, I want to buy a new PC. I wanna take each part individually since I alreayd have a GT240 GPU and It's fine for me. I want to play games , experiment on overclocking and also want to stream some League of Legends in twitch.tv. I want something cost efficient. Not too expensive. I can afford 500 euros to 600.
 
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Ok, I'm not sure about your country pricing, I used the German version of pcpartpicker so hopefully the prices are close of what you can buy.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (€134.48 @ Amazon Deutschland)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9a 57.5 CFM CPU Cooler (€39.90 @ Caseking)
Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme3 ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard (€89.48 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (€69.90 @ Caseking)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€54.65 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case:...

Blaise170

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You might want to consider a new GPU at some point, as that's a relatively weak card.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (€99.80 @ Amazon France)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (€26.93 @ Amazon France)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 EXTREME4 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (€92.49 @ Amazon France)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (€71.07 @ Amazon France)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€53.76 @ Amazon France)
Case: Corsair 400R ATX Mid Tower Case (€83.18 @ Amazon France)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (€66.51 @ Amazon France)
Optical Drive: Samsung SN-208DB/BEBET DVD/CD Writer (€11.99 @ Amazon France)
Total: €505.73
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-04 22:05 CET+0100)
 

Blaise170

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (€281.18 @ Amazon France)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (€26.93 @ Amazon France)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (€83.73 @ Amazon France)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (€71.07 @ Amazon France)
Case: Corsair 400R ATX Mid Tower Case (€83.18 @ Amazon France)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (€66.51 @ Amazon France)
Total: €612.60
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-04 22:09 CET+0100)
 

Scotoner

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is the i7 4770 3.4ghz better than the one u proposed? cause its same price in Greece (where i Live). Also should i aim for more that 550w or am ok? And in case i want to have dual sli in the future how much psu will i need?
 

PepitoTV

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Ok, I'm not sure about your country pricing, I used the German version of pcpartpicker so hopefully the prices are close of what you can buy.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (€134.48 @ Amazon Deutschland)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9a 57.5 CFM CPU Cooler (€39.90 @ Caseking)
Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme3 ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard (€89.48 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (€69.90 @ Caseking)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€54.65 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: Zalman Z9 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (€49.56 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (€92.82 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer (€15.70 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €546.49
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-04 22:11 CET+0100)

Here is basically a high end-ish gaming pc, without a GPU. You can put your GPU in there and it will run, however, this build has plenty of room to improvement. If in the future you decide to change the GPU, you can throw a high end one and it will run just fine. Also, this CPU can be overclocked without much hassle and I did throw a really good aftermarket cooler to help you with your temps.

I hope this can give you an idea of what can you get with your €600.
 
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I think the i7 4770 might have a bit better benchmark/performance difference in some games but it probably isn't significant enough to make a difference. I think a 550~650 watt PSU will also be alright if you aren't going to SLI.

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