Building PC for the first time with $800 ~ $900 budget

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Thomas Kim

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Hi guys, I am new to this forum and new to building my own gaming desktop.
This is what I have come up with so far:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/XMb8bv

However, I want to know if I can lower the price without sacrificing much performances.
If I could lower it closer to $800 I will be extremely happy.
I know many of you are experts on this area so I hope you guys can help me! haha

P.S. I would be playing LoL, Diablo 3, CS: GO, Skyrim with mods and maybe B4
 
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Yawn - so you saved a few bucks on the PSU. The CX model corsair is not nearly as good as the seasonic you had first. If a PSU fails, it may destroy other system components with it. I wouldn't risk it but that will be the last suggestion I make in the PSU department. Keep in mind Corsair doesn't even make PSUs. The best Corsair units are made by Seasonic.

The 4670K and Z87 is a great system. Go for it. I personally would cough up another 30-40$ and get the faster and cooler 4690K. If you really need to save the money, ditch the "k" designation and the CPU, and just do the 4690 with the boxed cooler. That will save you 50$ or so.
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This is something I would do no matter the quality of the rest of the build. Upgrade your cpu and motherboard to z97. This is a very cheap upgrade and will help in overclocking. The cpu is a $10 upgrade and improves a lot on the chip shown. A z97 motherboard isn't required however if you feel the urge to upgrade to broadwell next year you will not be forced into another motherboard then. If the extra cost and a newer more enhanced motherboard sounds worthy of the extra cash go for it. If not just upgrade cpu to i5 4690k.
 
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If you are not overclocking. Also, you need an ptical drive and an OS to download the OS onto the HDD

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($76.66 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($82.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.91 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280 3GB DirectCU II Video Card ($209.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $909.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 
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I did some research and I figured that cpu overclocking isnt really what I needed. Also, I will be using 1080p monitor and i want to run most games on high/ultra settings but I am okay with mid/ high.
 
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The 280 is one of the best cards on the market today. It can most definitely run all games on ultra.
AMD-Radeon-R9-280X-Benchmark-juegos-4.gif


This is with AA on 4x which is the highest but it's showing the 280X. The 280 would be about 5-10 FPS behind which is still amazing FPS
 
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4690 non-k with a 280 would be the most bang for the buck at the moment. The 4690 also gives enough horsepower so that when you upgrade in a few years all you will need to do is drop a new GPU in and your performance will be top notch.

I like your original build quite a bit - I personally learn toward Gigabyte because I've had good experience with them for a number of years, but MSI is a good brand also.

Whatever you do keep that Seasonic PSU in your build and buy it before the sale ends.
 
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Yawn - so you saved a few bucks on the PSU. The CX model corsair is not nearly as good as the seasonic you had first. If a PSU fails, it may destroy other system components with it. I wouldn't risk it but that will be the last suggestion I make in the PSU department. Keep in mind Corsair doesn't even make PSUs. The best Corsair units are made by Seasonic.

The 4670K and Z87 is a great system. Go for it. I personally would cough up another 30-40$ and get the faster and cooler 4690K. If you really need to save the money, ditch the "k" designation and the CPU, and just do the 4690 with the boxed cooler. That will save you 50$ or so.
 
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Thank you so much!!
 
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