Hi all, I was just hoping to get some recommendations, and to defiantly make sure everything is compatible. Also, any wisdom and/or suggestions are appreciated.
Approximate Purchase Date: 1 to 2 weeks
Budget Range: $1000-1200 Before shipping and taxes.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, mining, movies, music, school work
Do you need to buy OS: windows 7, or 8.1? (hoping for some input..)
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: memory express.com(they do a price beat), newegg.ca
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Overclocking: Yes/Maybe in the future
SLI or Crossfire: Not currently, maybe in the future
Monitor Resolution: 1 monitor @ 1920 x 1080, with possibility of dual screen in future.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor ($142.98 @ Newegg Canada)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($31.06 @ DirectCanada)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.23 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($139.79 @ DirectCanada)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($85.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Sandisk 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($69.99 @ Canada Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.75 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card ($354.00 @ Vuugo)
Case: Corsair 400R ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Memory Express)
Power Supply: Thermaltake Smart M 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($106.00 @ Vuugo)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.50 @ Vuugo)
Total: $1099.27
So more or less what I am planning on doing, is taking the the prices that I have listed here and putting them in memoryexpress's price beat---> here. And for whatever Memoryexpress doesn't have, I will just go through newegg.
Approximate Purchase Date: 1 to 2 weeks
Budget Range: $1000-1200 Before shipping and taxes.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, mining, movies, music, school work
Do you need to buy OS: windows 7, or 8.1? (hoping for some input..)
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: memory express.com(they do a price beat), newegg.ca
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Overclocking: Yes/Maybe in the future
SLI or Crossfire: Not currently, maybe in the future
Monitor Resolution: 1 monitor @ 1920 x 1080, with possibility of dual screen in future.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor ($142.98 @ Newegg Canada)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($31.06 @ DirectCanada)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.23 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($139.79 @ DirectCanada)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($85.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Sandisk 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($69.99 @ Canada Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.75 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card ($354.00 @ Vuugo)
Case: Corsair 400R ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Memory Express)
Power Supply: Thermaltake Smart M 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($106.00 @ Vuugo)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.50 @ Vuugo)
Total: $1099.27
So more or less what I am planning on doing, is taking the the prices that I have listed here and putting them in memoryexpress's price beat---> here. And for whatever Memoryexpress doesn't have, I will just go through newegg.