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Short and Sweet, I'm looking to build a $1000 max CPU. Here's my preferences;

-ATX Mid Tower.
-Prefer Intel CPU.
-Enjoy casual gaming, so needs to be able to handle newer games.

Really looking forward to people's opinions.

Thanks
 
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Parthu Revanth

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Do you overclock CPU?
 
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No I wouldn't be over-clocking, sorry I should have stated that
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($113.17 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.43 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($299.24 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 500R White ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($88.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $981.77
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-15 10:10 EDT-0400)
 
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I should have mentioned that I'm in Canada....what do you think of this build? I went over the budget so maybe there areas on here we could trim back?
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/b/QzI
 
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Parthu Revanth

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Nice Build.I suggest you to get GTX 770 and drop SSD. then it will be fantastic.
get 4th gen Intel CPUs there are better than 3rd Gen Intel CPUs.
 
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Ok awesome, thanks for your help

 
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Parthu Revanth

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($220.40 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($92.50 @ Vuugo)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ NCIX)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card ($439.99 @ NCIX)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Canada Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ NCIX)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($20.52 @ DirectCanada)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.88 @ Canada Computers)
Total: $1163.25
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-15 10:39 EDT-0400)

With this build you can every game at Ultra in 1080p.
It has new Intel Haswell Refresh CPU, they produce vey low temp even in full load, because Intel is using different materials is new Haswell Refresh CPUs.
You can just use CPU cooler which comes with CPU, since your not overclocking.
R9 290 is better than GTX 770, since R9 290 has Mantle API you will get better fps with r9 290.


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If you just need Ideal Gaming PC at 1080p.
then go with this.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($220.40 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($92.50 @ Vuugo)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ NCIX)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Dual Superclocked ACX Video Card ($359.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Canada Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($20.52 @ DirectCanada)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.88 @ Canada Computers)
Total: $1043.25
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-15 10:44 EDT-0400)

You can play most of games in Ultra. But some games you will play at high sittings at 1080p.

 
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