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Dww0057

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Approximate Purchase Date: Purchasing piece by piece as he can afford to, hopefully no longer than a couple of months.
Budget Range: $700 or less
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, primarily WOW
Are you buying a monitor: No
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Location: Austin, Texas
Parts Preferences: Whatever offers best performance for best value
Overclocking: No, I don't understand it so I will not be attempting it :)
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe?

So, I can assemble a computer, but I'm by no means an expert on which parts offer the best performance for the best value, so I would like some input on the following build I selected fro pcpartpicker.com: http://

Intel Core 3-4130 3.4ghz dual-core processor
ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
CorsairVengeance 8gb (2x4gb) DDR3-1600 Memory
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
EVGA GeForce GT 740 4gb superclocked Video Card
Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case
Seasonic 450W 80+ gold certified ATX Power Supply
Asus DRW-24B1ST DVD/CD Writer
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64bit
 
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ThatGmodGuy
Here is a better build for the money:

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

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($116.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($61.78 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($89.73 @ Amazon)
Storage: PNY XLR8 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($62.22 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.45 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX...
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ThatGmodGuy

ThatGmodGuy

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Here is a better build for the money:

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

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($116.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($61.78 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($89.73 @ Amazon)
Storage: PNY XLR8 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($62.22 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.45 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($93.95 @ B&H)
Total: $722.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-30 15:49 EDT-0400
 
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