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Im currently building my first gaming rig and was wondering if these components could run the following games at medium-high settings and with no or very minimal lag, as far as I can tell it should mostly. Here are a couple of games: Bioshock Infinite, Battlefield 4, Metro: Last Light, and games similar to these (RPGs are one of the main games I play also, so a lot of open-world).
I also do some amatuer Unreal Engine and run the occasional server.


#The only part I actually have is the case, the rest is just getting it together.

Here are the parts:

Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130697

Proccesor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116899

GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127745

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146070

Internal Drive: 120gb SSD SATA III

RAM: What would be the minimum amount that could support the computers needs? As far as I can tell 6gb would do the job but Ill take any advice on RAM.

PSU: Im thinking 700watt should do but any suggestions on this are appreciated
 
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yodudel

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Im putting $600 into it personnaly but my father will pay $200 , so around $800. Im looking for more of suggestions but if you get a good build I might just do it.
 
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Give me several minutes and I will be back with the best build you can get for 800 dollars. Do you have any components at all? Such as a monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc, that you can use on this new build?
 
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That's not an SLI-ready motherboard. If you know you won't be running with more than one card ever, I'd steer you toward a micro-atx motherboard.

With a single GPU setup, you can get by with a good 600-650W Seasonic, XFX, or Corsair GPU. This will allow you to run the latest AMD cards with 300W+ requirements and give you room to overclock if you so choose. You simply have more flexibility with a little more on the PSU side; now and for future hardware releases.

RAM should be installed in pairs. 2x4GB (total 8GB) of Corsair, Kingston, G-skill, etc... DDR3 RAM would be fine. Most brands sell good RAM modules as there are only a few companies that actually manufacture RAM for these companies.

You will run medium-high for most games that are not Metro anything. RPG/MMORPGs will run great. Battlefield 4 will run pretty good. You'll just have to mess with some settings to get to the 60fps mark using the GTX 760 at 1080p.
 
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Yes ive got a moniter, mouse, and keyboard. Basiclly I need everything to go inside the case exept a cpu cooler which Ive got already, the case also came with three fans.
 
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I couldn't get the "plain text" feature to work, so please excuse the format of this layout:

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Optical Drive
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yodudel

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Thanks, I didn't realize it was not an SLI ready board. What board would you recommend for these items that is SLI ready?
 
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The Asus Z87-A motherboard is what I would buy if I were building an 1155 system today as I am not bent on a huge overclock. Great price, SLI-ready, surround analog outputs, everything most people need in a motherboard made by a great manufacturer.
 
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So would this be a good deal with the Asus motherboard? And is spending more for a unlocked proccesor worth it?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=8688808&sku=M69-10002
 
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Z87-C is also not SLI-ready.

Regarding an overclock-able processor, it's nice to have the potential for an overclock, but most of the time it's unnecessary if you have something like an i5-4670.
 
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