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August 11, 2014 11:07:04 PM

Hello i am just curious, i have done some research the past few weeks on certain pc parts, as i am planning on building a gaming pc. Here are the current specs i have planned for my build (i am also a bit new here so i dont know if this is the right place for this thread lol)
CPU: AMD Athlon 760k Quad Core 3.8 ghz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2GB DDR5
Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 AMD
Hard Drive: WD Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8 GB (may upgrade to 16 GB if needed)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 750Watt ATX

I am looking to play most games (battlefield, minecraft, WoW, Skyrim, etc.) at 1080p on at least medium settings over 60 fps. Is this good? or is there anything i should change? I didnt buy anything yet as i want to make sure, and i dont want to spend over $1000 if possible, and you guys seem to know a lot about this stuff haha, so if theres anything i should change, let me know! thanks a bunch :D 

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August 11, 2014 11:09:58 PM

I made better and faster one below $1000. :) 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($139.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($109.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($76.50 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($55.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Tri-X Toxic Video Card ($349.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Rosewill THOR V2 ATX Full Tower Case ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-222BB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($31.95 @ Amazon)
Total: $949.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-12 02:09 EDT-0400
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August 11, 2014 11:19:59 PM

Joeteoh99 said:
I made better and faster one below $1000. :) 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($139.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($109.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($76.50 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($55.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Tri-X Toxic Video Card ($349.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Rosewill THOR V2 ATX Full Tower Case ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-222BB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($31.95 @ Amazon)
Total: $949.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-12 02:09 EDT-0400


Right along the lines of what I was about to post
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August 11, 2014 11:21:10 PM

GRUxTSAR said:
Joeteoh99 said:
I made better and faster one below $1000. :) 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($139.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($109.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($76.50 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($55.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Tri-X Toxic Video Card ($349.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Rosewill THOR V2 ATX Full Tower Case ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-222BB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($31.95 @ Amazon)
Total: $949.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-12 02:09 EDT-0400


Right along the lines of what I was about to post


Bad luck mate. Always happens to me and somebody gets there first with a similar build.
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August 11, 2014 11:31:29 PM

Joeteoh99 said:
GRUxTSAR said:
Joeteoh99 said:
I made better and faster one below $1000. :) 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($139.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($109.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($76.50 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($55.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Tri-X Toxic Video Card ($349.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Rosewill THOR V2 ATX Full Tower Case ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-222BB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($31.95 @ Amazon)
Total: $949.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-12 02:09 EDT-0400


Right along the lines of what I was about to post


Bad luck mate. Always happens to me and somebody gets there first with a similar build.


Well we think alike, and that's probably a good thing

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August 11, 2014 11:44:43 PM

MrHello1 said:
Hello i am just curious, i have done some research the past few weeks on certain pc parts, as i am planning on building a gaming pc. Here are the current specs i have planned for my build (i am also a bit new here so i dont know if this is the right place for this thread lol)
CPU: AMD Athlon 760k Quad Core 3.8 ghz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2GB DDR5
Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 AMD
Hard Drive: WD Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8 GB (may upgrade to 16 GB if needed)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 750Watt ATX

I am looking to play most games (battlefield, minecraft, WoW, Skyrim, etc.) at 1080p on at least medium settings over 60 fps. Is this good? or is there anything i should change? I didnt buy anything yet as i want to make sure, and i dont want to spend over $1000 if possible, and you guys seem to know a lot about this stuff haha, so if theres anything i should change, let me know! thanks a bunch :D 

Do you need an OS? Does your price include your 1080p monitor, tax, peripherals? What country/city are you buying in?

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August 12, 2014 8:21:04 AM

MrHello1 said:
Hello i am just curious, i have done some research the past few weeks on certain pc parts, as i am planning on building a gaming pc. Here are the current specs i have planned for my build (i am also a bit new here so i dont know if this is the right place for this thread lol)
CPU: AMD Athlon 760k Quad Core 3.8 ghz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2GB DDR5
Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 AMD
Hard Drive: WD Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8 GB (may upgrade to 16 GB if needed)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 750Watt ATX

I am looking to play most games (battlefield, minecraft, WoW, Skyrim, etc.) at 1080p on at least medium settings over 60 fps. Is this good? or is there anything i should change? I didnt buy anything yet as i want to make sure, and i dont want to spend over $1000 if possible, and you guys seem to know a lot about this stuff haha, so if theres anything i should change, let me know! thanks a bunch :D 


That motherboard and cpu are not compatible, and the PSU is not good quality. But you're on the right lines :) 
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August 12, 2014 9:08:15 AM

fooball said:
MrHello1 said:
Hello i am just curious, i have done some research the past few weeks on certain pc parts, as i am planning on building a gaming pc. Here are the current specs i have planned for my build (i am also a bit new here so i dont know if this is the right place for this thread lol)
CPU: AMD Athlon 760k Quad Core 3.8 ghz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2GB DDR5
Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 AMD
Hard Drive: WD Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8 GB (may upgrade to 16 GB if needed)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 750Watt ATX

I am looking to play most games (battlefield, minecraft, WoW, Skyrim, etc.) at 1080p on at least medium settings over 60 fps. Is this good? or is there anything i should change? I didnt buy anything yet as i want to make sure, and i dont want to spend over $1000 if possible, and you guys seem to know a lot about this stuff haha, so if theres anything i should change, let me know! thanks a bunch :D 

Do you need an OS? Does your price include your 1080p monitor, tax, peripherals? What country/city are you buying in?



I am plannig on getting windows 8.1, and it does include taxes but i do have a monitor, and im buying everything from the USA
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August 12, 2014 9:09:49 AM

LucoTF said:
MrHello1 said:
Hello i am just curious, i have done some research the past few weeks on certain pc parts, as i am planning on building a gaming pc. Here are the current specs i have planned for my build (i am also a bit new here so i dont know if this is the right place for this thread lol)
CPU: AMD Athlon 760k Quad Core 3.8 ghz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2GB DDR5
Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 AMD
Hard Drive: WD Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8 GB (may upgrade to 16 GB if needed)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 750Watt ATX

I am looking to play most games (battlefield, minecraft, WoW, Skyrim, etc.) at 1080p on at least medium settings over 60 fps. Is this good? or is there anything i should change? I didnt buy anything yet as i want to make sure, and i dont want to spend over $1000 if possible, and you guys seem to know a lot about this stuff haha, so if theres anything i should change, let me know! thanks a bunch :D 


That motherboard and cpu are not compatible, and the PSU is not good quality. But you're on the right lines :) 


oh really? i probably should of looked that up, didnt think about compatibility issues lol, what motherboard and PSU would you recommend then?
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August 12, 2014 9:20:17 AM

I were to just tweak your build I'd swap the athlon 760k for an FX-6300 and the PSU for one made by XFX.

But a $1,000 build would get you a solid pc. EDIT: just saw you have a monitor...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($188.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($88.99 @ Mwave)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($76.50 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($55.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($329.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Source 220 ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ TigerDirect)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($68.99 @ Mwave)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($15.63 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($92.98 @ OutletPC)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($27.68 @ NCIX US)
Total: $990.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-12 12:28 EDT-0400

Comments and questions welcome. Do you have any preference for cpu (amd vs intel) or gpu (nvidia vs amd)?
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August 12, 2014 4:24:40 PM

okay so i made some changes afterwards t my part list
the cpu will be an AMD FX 6300 6 Core and the gpu will be an EVGA NVIDIA GeForce 750 TI 2GB DDR5
You guys said i should change the PSU as well, is this one any good?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

---EDIT--- i didnt see LucoTF's previous post lol so nevermind about the PSU
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August 13, 2014 12:34:09 AM

MrHello1 said:
okay so i made some changes afterwards t my part list
the cpu will be an AMD FX 6300 6 Core and the gpu will be an EVGA NVIDIA GeForce 750 TI 2GB DDR5
You guys said i should change the PSU as well, is this one any good?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

---EDIT--- i didnt see LucoTF's previous post lol so nevermind about the PSU


The FX is good and will go well with that motherboard, but the gtx 660 is actually faster than the 750ti.
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August 13, 2014 3:33:39 PM

Isn't the psu a bit expensive? My gaming pc which I built 1 1/2 months ago has a evga 500w 80+ bronze which I got for $49.99 CDN + $20 mail in rebate, which brings it to $29.99 CDN + 12% tax.
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August 13, 2014 3:36:28 PM

fooball said:
Isn't the psu a bit expensive? My gaming pc which I built 1 1/2 months ago has a evga 500w 80+ bronze which I got for $49.99 CDN + $20 mail in rebate, which brings it to $29.99 CDN + 12% tax.


That evga is tier three, the xfx xxx is tier 1: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1804779/power-...
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August 13, 2014 3:48:35 PM

Oh, I see, thanks for the explanation :p  . I think the xfx is tier 2 class a according to the webpage, just in case that changes anything.
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August 14, 2014 12:36:19 AM

Ah you're right, I was looking at the part numbers. Pro edition ends in S-XXB9 and the xxx edition ends in X-XXB9. I didn't see the S

It doesn't make much difference unless you're planning to overclock, although THW tends to steer people towards the tier 1 or tier 2a regardless. Tier 3 is adequate for the average user.
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August 14, 2014 9:15:04 AM

Haha all of us are like-minded! :D 
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