$750-$850 Budget PC Build

fryan1990

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Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: Within the next month

Budget Range: $750-$850 after rebates and shipping

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, steaming

Are you buying a monitor: No

Parts to Upgrade: Worried about not having enough power, or a mother board that is not good enough to upgrade the system in the future. I also need a new keyboard and mouse, but please do not go over board with either. I am looking to only spend at max $50 on a keyboard and at max $30 on a mouse.

Do you need to buy OS: Yes, (Windows 8)

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com and amazon.com

Location: Kokomo Indiana

Parts Preferences: None

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: Would like to upgrade it in a year or so by adding an addition graphics card and memory

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Still using old 2009 Studio 17 laptop.

Include a list of any parts you have already selected with descriptively labeled links for parts:

I have already purchased the following item in order to get a discount on it, so I already subtracted the cost from my original budget of $1000. Please to not include any other graphics cards in the build.


ASUS GTX760-DC2OC-2GD5 GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121775

I also want to use the following CPU in the build, but I have not purchased it yet.
Intel Core i5-3350P Ivy Bridge 3.1GHz (3.3GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 69W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80637i53350P

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116782

Any advice or suggestions for a good build will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.
 
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On second thought, unless the motherboard supports quad channel memory, which I'm not sure this one does, you'll be better off with 2 x 8. Simply because you've already got most of the benefits and you can add more RAM later because you'll still have room. So here's an updated one.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3350P 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($176.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($114.48 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory...

Sylvanriv

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How does this look? If you don't want the SSD you can take about $100 off, and the 16 GB of RAM isn't NECESSARY, per se, however you will see better performance in some games/applications.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3350P 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($176.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($125.97 @ OutletPC)
Memory: PNY 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($127.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Case: Rosewill CHALLENGER ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($97.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $835.84
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-26 21:38 EST-0500)
 

fryan1990

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So you would suggest buying a 4x4GB of memory instead of 2x8GB? What is the pros and cons of that. Could you get me a good option of 2x8GB memory just in case?
 

Sylvanriv

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On second thought, unless the motherboard supports quad channel memory, which I'm not sure this one does, you'll be better off with 2 x 8. Simply because you've already got most of the benefits and you can add more RAM later because you'll still have room. So here's an updated one.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3350P 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($176.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($114.48 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: PNY XLR8 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($127.58 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($110.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Case: Rosewill CHALLENGER ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($97.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $944.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-27 11:21 EST-0500)
 
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