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aschultze22

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I'm looking to build my first computer ever, and would like it to serve two purposes. One, being a home desktop that my wife can easily use and will be functional for all her needs (Facebook, online shopping, school work, etc.) Secondly, for me who enjoys gaming now and then. I would like to be able to play games like Skyrim, and the Elder Scrolls Online at the highest settings (with no lag of course) I have a spending range from $1500 - $2000. I've been reading through the threads here and have been creatling a list of different builds and comparing them. I would greatly appreciate any feedback from experienced builders out there, and if you don't mind, an explanation of why you suggust one build from another. Thank you for your input.

-Austin
 
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Agree. This is a better option. Throw in a 780 and it will be perfect. there is absolutely NO need for an i7 for gaming. pointless. Same goes for 16gb RAM. no reason at all. Won't even do anything for performance.
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Id go with something like this. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2ia6b
I could of put the i5 4670k instead of the i7 4770k but it fits in your budget and there is a small bump in fps.
Good mobo with cheap and good cpu cooler. You could go liquid cooling but i never went that way so i dont really know.
16gb of ram just in case (even though 8gb should be enough)
A small SSD for your OS but you could go bigger and install ESO on it so you can reduce loading time.
1tb har drive nothin crazy.
780 should be plenty. Or go with the 780ti or even the r9 290x but i heard they had problems with the heat.
Case is really more up to you ive just randomly put one there. As long as everything fits.
850w power supply gold certified in case you want to sli. should be enough.
optical drive. Youcould go with one with a blue ray but that is up to you.
and windows 7 or 8. Whatever should fulfill your needs.
 
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Agree. This is a better option. Throw in a 780 and it will be perfect. there is absolutely NO need for an i7 for gaming. pointless. Same goes for 16gb RAM. no reason at all. Won't even do anything for performance.
 
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No, there will not be a bump in fps at all. This would be true is he was using integrated graphics or a LOW end card like a gt640 or hd7750. But because the 770 or 780 will easily max any game at 60fps, there will be ZERO performance difference between the i7 and the i5.

People never look at it from the right perspective. Yes, the i7 will be good for about 1-4fps over the i5 in a FEW games, BUT, When we are talking about only playing at a max of 60fps and the GPU being able to easily run any game at max settings at 60fps, there is no difference at all.
 
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About all you are giving up with the i5 is Hyperthreading. Yes, BF4 may utilize that from what I've heard, but that game wasn't mentioned. There isn't that much difference in performance and certainly not worth the price difference. His budget will handle a 780 or even a 780Ti which would be a better choice.
 
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Yes, he has a good budget, but as I have told others, you don't need to spend as much of it as you can. You can do a very good build without that. There was nothing wrong with your list as it was a good one. The PSU may have been a bit excessive, but that is fine, as mine is as well. Had one come in here with $10,000 to spend on a build. He had abosolutely no specifics, just wanted a power house for a budget of $10,000. I took him down the Socket 2011 X79 road and it came out to around $5500, I think. I think the biggest part of that cost was the three Titans ( he wanted 4, those quad set ups can be problematic ). I upgraded the first week of June from an i7 2600k to the i7 4770k. I have done some research on the i5 4670k and i7 4770k and performancewise, I can't see the justification of the price difference.
 
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aschultze22

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Thank you so much for everyone's time and effort to answer my questions. I like the looks of this build (plus the 780) I have another question, and that is, will I be able to use this build with duel monitors? (Sorry if this is an obvious yes or no question, I'm just this new to the computer building world, and what options are available for which builds, so on and so forth.) I would also greatly appreciate any insights into which monitors are viewed as the best quality and value worth for gaming. (non 3D) As far as preferences go, I'd like a widescreen with a resolution of 1920 x 1080. Unless you feel that there is something more pratical or useful. Thank you again for everyone's time and effort.

Austin
 
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I would wait until gsync monitors come out to see if the hype is worth it paring up with nividia cards. I have a Asus VG248QE which I like very much so you could consider that. Or the BenQ XL2420TE. Something more budget wise is the BenQ RL2455HM.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/benq-monitor-rl2455hm

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/benq-monitor-xl2420te

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-monitor-vg248qe

If your going to be playing on 1 monitor a gtx 770 is fine, but if you plan to use both, a gtx 780 is preferred imo.

With the build mentioned, I would use this PSU: its fully modular and gold+ and is made by seasonic but alot cheaper then the one in the build currently.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1750bbefx
 
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The 780 / 780ti should be able to drive two monitors. My 680 will.
 
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