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Hi

I’m looking at building my first DIY gaming PC for around the $1000 mark, I want to be able to play games like BattleField 4 resemble will. I live in Australia so I’m getting my computer parts from “PC case gear” which is one of the cheapest stores in Australia.

This is what I’m think so far

Motherboard: $119 ASUS M5A97 R2.0
CPU: $179 AMD FX-8320
Case: $159 NZXT H440 (I know I could save a lot of money on the case, although I can’t go past this one.)
RAM: $99 Kingston hyper X 8GB
PSU: $60 Antec Basiq 500watt
SSD: $75 Kingmax 120GB
GPU: $259 Gainward GTX 760 2GB (Really really unsure about the GPU HELP)
HDD: $65 Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB 7200RPM

Which comes to $1015

Any thought on what could make it better or if the finished machine will even be any good? :??:

PS. I know that the prices are pretty high, but that just how they are in Australia.
 
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Your CPU is not one the best CPUs at doing graphic tasks, but its still a pretty good CPU. Though you shouldn't really care about its graphics capability because the majority of the Graphics tasks will be performed by your graphics card. Speaking about graphics card... Since you mentioned the GTX 7xx series i would suggest you going for the 770 not only because it performs better, but because its newer and it will last you longer. It is true that the 760 has a better price to performance ratio, but the 770, as i said before, will last you longer. You could say the same thing about the 780, but now we're starting to get a bit out of the price range.
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CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($179.00 @ PCCaseGear)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($39.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($159.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($99.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($63.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($299.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 230T Orange ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer
Total: $1036.00
 
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Your CPU is not one the best CPUs at doing graphic tasks, but its still a pretty good CPU. Though you shouldn't really care about its graphics capability because the majority of the Graphics tasks will be performed by your graphics card. Speaking about graphics card... Since you mentioned the GTX 7xx series i would suggest you going for the 770 not only because it performs better, but because its newer and it will last you longer. It is true that the 760 has a better price to performance ratio, but the 770, as i said before, will last you longer. You could say the same thing about the 780, but now we're starting to get a bit out of the price range.
 
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