Building a good gaming rig for a slight budget?

Jecht0089

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Okay...I've never built a computer before nor do I even know the first thing when it comes to where what goes where and what connects to what. That I'm totally ready to learn and have been reading up on. I'm more on the software end of computers.

Anyways, I've decided that I want to build my own computer...nothing ridiculous (read something about 3 780s? Insane.) But definitely something that will last me a while and will be able to do anything and everything I want it to.

Budget: Hopefully no more than 750.00 USD
Most important: Gaming Gaming Gaming! Outside of that, a lot of video editing and web browsing

I will be buying all of this stuff hopefully before the end of the year. I want a good list built up so I can add it all to my newegg cart and just buy shiz from it each payday.

Any help? I've noticed the people here definitely know what they are talking about!

Also, first post ever. Boom son.
 

jjs0891

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($59.99 @ Mwave)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($56.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($239.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 750W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $701.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-10 17:27 EST-0500)

The obviously excessive power supply is in case in the future you wish to crossfire .
If you have no plans to crossfire then get an XFX 550W and put the extra cash into an 120gb ssd which will cost around $70 during Black Friday.
 
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Jecht0089

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So in terms of power what am I looking at there? I'm hoping to be able to download ro buy most games and be able to play them just fine and I'll be doing a lot of video editing and photoshopping. I don't know if that changes anything but I definitely want to make sure I've got the best of the best for the money I have
 
That would play games maxed for a while, though the i5 is not the best choice when it comes to editing and photoshopping

Ah you're looking at video editing, in that case this would worth considering, the 8320 is a nice overclockeable chip :D

Added a CPU cooler for overclocking and an SSD

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/20nq2

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($158.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Xigmatek GAIA SD1283 56.3 CFM CPU Cooler ($31.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($66.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.94 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($239.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master NSE-300-KKN1 ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Thermaltake SMART 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($31.00 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($15.00 @ Newegg)
Total: $778.86
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-10 18:16 EST-0500)