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HalfEvil

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Dec 21, 2013
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Wanted to check to make everything is right before ordering. Any suggestions and improvement for the Motherboard and the Case specifically would be really helpful, thanks.

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

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI B85-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($79.24 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Dual-X Video Card ($259.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($54.00 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $913.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-25 05:14 EDT-0400
 
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The 100Mhz for the CPU wouldn't make too much of a difference. It's still a strong CPU.

The motherboard you selected would most likely need a bios update before you're able to use the cpu. I swapped it out for one that'd work out of the box.

RAM, just picked the lowest priced ram with the same specs, it'll have practically the same performance.

If you don't care about the case's layout, then you could go with the rosewill challenger. It's a decent case with decent cable management options.

XFX 550w Bronze is a good quality PSU. It's a seasonic unit, and has plenty of headroom for whatever you want to add in the future. Better and more reliable than the CX series.

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Calnin

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The 100Mhz for the CPU wouldn't make too much of a difference. It's still a strong CPU.

The motherboard you selected would most likely need a bios update before you're able to use the cpu. I swapped it out for one that'd work out of the box.

RAM, just picked the lowest priced ram with the same specs, it'll have practically the same performance.

If you don't care about the case's layout, then you could go with the rosewill challenger. It's a decent case with decent cable management options.

XFX 550w Bronze is a good quality PSU. It's a seasonic unit, and has plenty of headroom for whatever you want to add in the future. Better and more reliable than the CX series.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($86.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Dual-X Video Card ($269.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill CHALLENGER ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($50.99 @ TigerDirect)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($92.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $904.90
 
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HalfEvil

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Dec 21, 2013
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Thanks for the feed back, and I will more then likely implement these changes into my build.
 
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