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damric

damric

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Having owned and/or benched those games with that hardware I can tell you for sure that there will be major dips in FPS when the CPU chokes on the game engine.

The 500W sticker that EVGA slaps on means nothing for a PSU. Open it up and there isn't a single Japanese capacitor in that PoS HEC unit. I doubt it will last 1 year under GPU load before it needs to be replaced.

 
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Calnin

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If your budget is around that 700CAD area, then your build is fairly balanced as is. I do suggest a stronger motherboard like the gigabyte 970 ud3p or ASUS m5a97 r2.0, but if it's outside of budget, then you're still fine.

Same sort criticism on the PSU, maybe go with something a bit more power would be nice to have as some headroom and what not, but if you can't, then it'll do fine still.
 
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damric

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($198.45 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($42.90 @ Amazon Canada)
Memory: Team Xtreem Dark Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.98 @ 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 ($204.99 @ NCIX)
Case: Xion XON-560 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($39.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($15.79 @ DirectCanada)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($99.79 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $801.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-07 20:05 EDT-0400
 
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damric

damric

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DON'T MAKE ME WHIP OUT MY UGLY's

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damric

damric

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Do you find yourself up all night creating FAQ Tutorials for dumbassed questions that you lose sleep over at THW???

http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/all.html?author=damric

 
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legend001523

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Nope :')
 
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rolli59

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Lets put it this way I trust jonnyguru better than you and it is what it is a decent budget unit!
 
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SlayZombi

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Yes, I do, but I also know a lot about budget, and getting the best of what you pay for. Even Tom's Hardware itslef listed the "G" series for Evga in the top tier of PSU's. And for being top tier, professionally reviewed, 5 stars all the way around from customers on various websites, 80 gold plus, plenty of watts, fully modular, and some of the best protection circuitry from a REALLY great manufacturer for only $81???? Yeah, check your sources big boi.
 
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SlayZombi

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If you look at specs, the PSU are nearly identical, mostly small tweaks as well as new branding. Just like the "R" series graphics cards are rebadges of previous cards with a few tweaks. Doesn't make them any more superior. X-)
 
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ethun7

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http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/YzYTZL..... I tweaked some parts, I would really like to stay closer to 700 than 800 :/.... If I am able to play TF2 at MAX settings and other games at decent settings with 60+ FPS I would be ecstatic.... Im thinking of overclocking for more performance so that's why I added that CPU cooler
 
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