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Building a Gaming PC this summer!

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June 12, 2014 9:30:25 PM

Hello there everyone!
This summer I'll be working at a family business, and I'll be making some decent money.

My budget is around 1,000$-1,200$, maybe more. Again, I'm aiming for a Gaming PC.

I'm looking to be able to run most games on med-high.

( I'm looking for a blue themed setup, so if you could find a case like that, that would be fantastic! )

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June 12, 2014 9:39:43 PM

What country are you in? And do you prefer AMD or Intel processors? Nvidia or AMD graphics cards?
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June 12, 2014 9:40:51 PM

Do you want to overclock the CPU or GPU? And do you prefer air cooling or liquid cooling? Blu-ray drive or just a dvd/cd drive, or no optical drive?
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June 12, 2014 9:48:17 PM

BAM! This blue enough for you? It would be AWESOME at gaming.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DGKcRB
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DGKcRB/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($86.66 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($71.10 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($70.26 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.92 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Vapor-X Video Card ($457.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Enermax ECA3280A-BL ATX Mid Tower Case ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1160.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-13 00:47 EDT-0400
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June 12, 2014 9:48:51 PM

NBSN said:
What country are you in? And do you prefer AMD or Intel processors? Nvidia or AMD graphics cards?


America, I prefer AMD Processors, Nvidia Graphics. I might overclock the GPU, and I prefer to stay with Air cooling, because I honestly have no idea how to work with liquid cooling. And I'd use just a normal cheap optical drive for the OS.
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June 12, 2014 9:50:27 PM

CTurbo said:
BAM! This blue enough for you? It would be AWESOME at gaming.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DGKcRB
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DGKcRB/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($86.66 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($71.10 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($70.26 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.92 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Vapor-X Video Card ($457.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Enermax ECA3280A-BL ATX Mid Tower Case ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1160.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-13 00:47 EDT-0400




Maybe.. just maybe.. :)  Thank you for the response!

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June 12, 2014 9:54:42 PM

I went all blue where I could, motherboard, RAM, case, etc. Intel build...sorry working on before you had responded. The case has a window so you can see the parts, and you can put blue lights in there if you want too. It also offers plenty of upgrade room which is why I went with that motherboard and power supply. The motherboard support both SLI and Crossfire so if you go with NVidia or AMD GPUs you can.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WcWfFT

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WcWfFT
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WcWfFT/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($233.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($129.91 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($164.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Dual Superclocked ACX Video Card ($335.91 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake VP300A5W2N ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.43 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: Cooler Master i700 700W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1250.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-13 00:55 EDT-0400
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June 12, 2014 9:56:35 PM

Here are some more cases you may be interested in.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/apevia-case-xcruiser3al

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/raidmax-case-atx295wu

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/raidmax-case-atx502wuu

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/thermaltake-case-vp300a5w2...


Of course you can add blue LED fans to any case.





I cannot recommend any AMD cpus at this time until they come out with something new. The entire FX lineup is old and really doesn't stand up well to Haswell cpus. The AMD video cards on the other hand, are usually a better value. The 290 in particular offers GTX780 performance for the GTX770 price.
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June 13, 2014 11:37:02 AM

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Enermax ETS-T40-BK 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($49.24 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($86.66 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($81.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.92 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Vapor-X Video Card ($457.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill BLACKHAWK-BLUE ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($94.99 @ TigerDirect)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1203.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-13 14:36 EDT-0400
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