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pcbuildersabu

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Approximate Purchase Date: in 2 months

Budget Range: 500-600 after rebates

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, watching movies

Parts Not Required: i might not need os since im planning on using linux but i need a bit of advice if i should or not

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: preferably newegg or any other f theres a better deal

Country: canada

Preffered parts: looking for an amd a10

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: No

Monitor resolution: 1280x720

Additional Comments: would be appreciated if the case has blue leds
 
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zichus
Good build by Danbuscus25. You can also consider this build with haswell refresh:

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/v6JLFT
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/v6JLFT/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3450 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($97.00 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Memory Express)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Canada Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($234.99 @ NCIX)
Case: Apex SK-393-C ATX Mid Tower Case ($26.25 @ DirectCanada)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX...
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Danbuscus25

Danbuscus25

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($94.98 @ Amazon Canada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($69.99 @ NCIX)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Canada Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($214.99 @ NCIX)
Case: Apex SK-393-C ATX Mid Tower Case ($26.25 @ DirectCanada)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($56.99 @ NCIX)
Total: $603.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-29 05:57 EDT-0400
 
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zichus

zichus

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Good build by Danbuscus25. You can also consider this build with haswell refresh:

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/v6JLFT
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/v6JLFT/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3450 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($97.00 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Memory Express)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Canada Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($234.99 @ NCIX)
Case: Apex SK-393-C ATX Mid Tower Case ($26.25 @ DirectCanada)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($66.99 @ NCIX)
Total: $615.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-29 06:05 EDT-0400

This to my mind is more upgradable in the future as you can swap out when you have some money for an i5 CPU.
 
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zichus

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FM2+ has now only APUs in sight which I don't consider upgrade if you go dedicated GPU. Regards to performance CPUs AMD I think is lagging - they have only FX series CPUs which are good price/performance (AM socket) but i don't think they are updating that line anytime soon.
 
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