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vahagnmkrtchyan

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Hello! Im about to order all of the parts to build my own computer. these are my specs : http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2jSZ9
I will buy a cooler after my rebate and I just wana make sure that everything is in order so that everything will go well. Thank you! p.s. used for gaming and general purposes.
Also, i am not looking to spend any more than this so if you guys can suggest me a cheaper, more powerful graphics card that would be great.
 
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ixi_your_face

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The only advice i'd go for really is to try and get a fully modular PSU, it'll help with building so much, and to drop the R9 270x to a R9 270. They're the exact same card pretty much, and in quite a lot of cases they 270 overclocks and runs better than the 270x. Maybe add an SSD if you can, it'll drastically improve loading times. You should also look into grabbing an aftermarket heatsink such as the Hyper 212 EVO, it's relatively cheap and performs well.
 
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RazerZ

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Here's what I would go with:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 EXTREME4 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($99.49 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($52.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($249.95 @ Amazon)
Case: Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 620W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $768.38
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-14 11:50 EST-0500)
 
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RazerZ

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This build I posted is quite solid. Quality is great and you save a few bucks too ;). If you want to reduce the cost further then I suggest to swap out the GPU for a 7870 like this one:

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-r78702gd5toc

Otherwise if you are ok with the cost then I would go for it.
 
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Tom Tancredi

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Only thing I can tell you , and been repeatedly said over these forums is, your R9 will get bottlenecked by the CPU as compared to other processors performance IN the exact same system, exact same setup, exact same game. The best performer is the i7, then below that is i5/AMD9xxx-8xxx, then rest of AMD/i3s

http://www.bf4blog.com/battlefield-4-retail-gpu-cpu-benchmarks/

On iCores, you need to pay attention to the -xxxx after it because of the different generations would perform less then the previous generation. As noted when going 'top tier' gamecard the i3 bottlenecks more then the i5 (naturally) when comparing results, though you just watch the new i3 Haswell on Ultra perform like a champ (WOW! STILL!)

http://www.imagelucidity.com/news.php?id_2=1050&?topic=Haswell-Showdown

I know you probably heard 'get the best game card possible because games only use GPUs', this is false because the GPU does not read data directly from the HDD. Your game is stored on the HDD as code, the RAM reads a 'clump' at a time from the HDD to pass to the CPU, the CPU then processes as to what it is and what component needs to 'do with it' (print it, render a jeep, post to Toms Hardware, etc.) before the GPU even gets involed. So a slow HDD (5400RPM) or old RAM (some people still on DDR2) or a lower end CPU will all 'bottleneck' the performance the GPU 'could be performing at' if it wasn't twiddling it's thumbs waiting on the 'slower' other part to get the data to it.

Oh and that isn't considering how much BF4 and some other games are 'CPU HOGs' using the CPU in-game as much as the GPU is used to 'render it' (many many many links talk about this new change in 'nexgen' games).
 
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