700$ Budget Build Help!Looking to order TOMORROW!

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Hey everyone, looking to build a decent gaming PC for 700$ or less for games such WoW, and BF4. I'd like to run both games on ultra setting smoothly while staying under my 700$ budget. Any parts you can cheap out on without sacrificing performance would be appreciated. Also please put the build together before rebates and after shipping. My attempted build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2m7ue
 
Some very worthwhile and important changes.
The motherboard you chose is really bad. Changed to modern better board.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2m8Aj
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2m8Aj/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2m8Aj/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: GeIL EVO Veloce Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.94 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card ($215.91 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($46.16 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 520W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit) ($94.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $728.94
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-18 00:51 EST-0500)
 
dont be in such a hurry. look things over, plan things out or in the long run you will be sorry. dont rush things (even if the holidays are coming up)

spend the time to make sure what you are buying is going to be the best for you. the people here at toms are more than glad to assist you in picking out parts and discussing your options.

for $700 i doubt you are going to be able to run bf4 on ultra at 1080p smoothly. normally that is reserved for +/- $1000 gaming computers. perhaps if you drop all anti-aliasing it might be playable.

 
something along the lines of this build... is going to get you close to running at playable on bf4 at ultra (45-54fps). you still might get a few frame dropouts here or there but some minor setting tweaks like reducing aa is going to get you pretty solid 50-55)

computer parts can change in price daily at times so i'm not showing all of the cheapest components with deals, rebates, specials. that can knock $50++ off these prices. likely with some tweaking you can knock $50-60 off the top.

i did not include the OS in the price



PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($139.99 @ Newegg)
better choice than the 6300 for a modest increase of $30

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($54.99 @ Microcenter)
its mATX but it works and has usb3. there are other choices but this is pretty cheap.

Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($73.98 @ OutletPC)
this was on sale the other day but its not now. any 1600mhz 2x4gb sticks from a major brand will work.

Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($55.94 @ Amazon)
not much to say about this.. except 5 year warranty.

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card ($319.99 @ B&H)
280x just touches the border of playable bf4 at 1080p ultra settings. if you knock aa down a notch you may even get a stable 50-55fps.

Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($40.98 @ Newegg)
nothing fancy about this case but its cheap, small form factor, can fit a decent size gpu and normal psu and it has decent airflow for such a small case.

Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($85.99 @ Amazon)
seasonic can do no wrong pretty much when it comes to psus. its also semi modular which is a plus.

Total: $771.86 (if you shop around a bit on ram, perhaps look for some combo deals you should be able to chop $50 off easy.
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-18 01:25 EST-0500)
 

Nicks188

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A bit over budget, if you can get it down to 740-750 with an OS and before rebates that'd be awesome. My budget is very strict ATM.
 

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Opinions on this build?

[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2m8ec) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2m8ec/by_merchant/) / [Benchmarks](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2m8ec/benchmarks/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-fd6300wmhkbox) | $119.99 @ Newegg
**Motherboard** | [ASRock 960GM/U3S3 FX Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-960gmu3s3fx) | $53.99 @ Newegg
**Memory** | [Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-memory-ct2kit51264ba1339) | $59.99 @ Newegg
**Storage** | [Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st500dm002) | $59.99 @ Newegg
**Video Card** | [Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-r9270xdc2t2gd5) | $215.91 @ Newegg
**Case** | [NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/nzxt-case-s210e001) | $49.99 @ Newegg
**Power Supply** | [Raidmax 530W Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/raidmax-power-supply-rx530ss) | $50.98 @ Newegg
**Optical Drive** | [Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/lite-on-optical-drive-ihas124-04) | $14.99 @ Newegg
**Operating System** | [Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit)](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/microsoft-os-wn700615) | $99.99 @ Newegg
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. | $725.82
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-18 02:34 EST-0500 |