~880 $ Reliable PC Build, Opinions?

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Akazan

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This is pretty much the PC that I have decided on over about 3 months of research. Any advice for me?

Sidenote: I worked my ass off on a peach farm for 4 weeks to buy this thing(highschooler). I worked really stupid hours, ranging from 6- 13 hours a day and only getting 1 Sunday off. My point is, I've learned the value of money past what I wished to know. All I really want in this PC now, is one thing; reliability. So whatever you can do would be very much appreciated.

Thanks for the tons of advice, benchmarks and help you have provided me with. Truly, thank you.
 
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Akazan,

>>> http://pcpartpicker.com/p/xwpLFT <<<

Note: I did not change anything that's marked as overridden or already being purchased.

Firstly, the CPU. This is a K series CPU from Intel. K = Overclockable. In the future, the performance of this CPU will start to drop. What you'll just have to do is get into the BIOS of the motherboard and just with a few clicks you can boost your processor's performance to match (Or at least get closer to) modern processors at that time.

I think that if your main point is reliability, you should get a Sabertooth motherboard from ASUS. I decided to go with the Z97 MKII because it's the latest motherboard from the Sabertooth series. This entire board is famous just for its reliability. My current...
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Ryan Wee

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Akazan,

>>> http://pcpartpicker.com/p/xwpLFT <<<

Note: I did not change anything that's marked as overridden or already being purchased.

Firstly, the CPU. This is a K series CPU from Intel. K = Overclockable. In the future, the performance of this CPU will start to drop. What you'll just have to do is get into the BIOS of the motherboard and just with a few clicks you can boost your processor's performance to match (Or at least get closer to) modern processors at that time.

I think that if your main point is reliability, you should get a Sabertooth motherboard from ASUS. I decided to go with the Z97 MKII because it's the latest motherboard from the Sabertooth series. This entire board is famous just for its reliability. My current build is running on a Sabertooth that has lasted me for 6 years. It runs purely on Military Class components = further reliability.
>>> http://www.asus.com/my/Motherboards/SABERTOOTH_Z97_MARK_2/ <<<

Next up is the CPU cooler. bequiet! Offers great heatsinks that last for a long time without being too noisy (Brand name's pretty self explanatory lol). Most of my builds run on Noctua heatsinks but they are just incredibly overpriced for a budget build and looks horrible. The CM option that you went with is a popular option but from some reviews it's pretty noisy and doesn't last for very long before it's performance degrades.

With the SSD, I know that the Samsung EVO is a great and reliable SSD, but to make up for the price range, I decided that we get a slight downgrade to something that offers similar performance, 8 GB more storage and most of all cheaper: a San Disk SSD. San Disk is a pretty solid brand when it comes to storage so it shouldn't be a big deal. Unless you have more money, I think this should do the job and will definitely last longer that the WD Blue that's your secondary HDD.

Hopefully this helps. Good luck and have fun with this build ;)

Ryan :)
 
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