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I have done a build for my friend he has a budget of $1000 could people plz review the build and offer some advice like were to downgrade to have more money to put into other areas the build is. Could it be worth downgrading gpu and getting a better case and psu.



Motherboard, Asus Z97M-PLUS : $142
CPU, Amd fx-8350 $199
3.5” HDD, Seagate Barracuda 1TB: $63
Memory, 8G Kit 1866 G.skill sniper: $102
Gpu, 3G R9-280X Sapphire-Vapor: $349
Case and Power Supply: Thermaltake VM54521N2U Mid-Tower w/ 450W PSU - $54.99
 
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Could you recomend a new psu case combo. And what would i downgrade, the gpu from the r9 280x saphire vapor to the r9 280x saphire oc or down to the 270x.
 
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I would recommend not doing the combos. Have your friend pick out a new case and then go with a XFX or Seasonic seperate power supply. The Seasonic M12 is one of my favorites. I would go to the Sapphire OC 280X. The 270X is a pretty good step down...if he's ok with that then that would save you quite a bit of money.
 
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Can make it a bit cheaper and go with a 280x if you have to.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($88.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($74.70 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB PCS+ Video Card ($390.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($98.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1010.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-10 12:54 EDT-0400
 
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Thank you log, I will have made a few adjustments to the build thnx to your build. He is dead set on the fx 8350 though. But aside from that i will go with your build. Is the r9 290 really necesary, the 280x and the 270x allow you to get 60-115 fps with full graphic settings.

 
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It has double the cores and threads of a 4th gen i5 and a much better clock speed.

 
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I would just like to thank everyone who has contributed to this post, i have gained an understanding of alot of things while getting my build reviewed, so thank you.
 
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He will not be overclocking or having dual GPUs anytime soon. Why would you need to overclock if you already have a clock speed of 4.0-4.2 ghz
 
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He wont be overclocking in the near future but may end up with a 2nd gpu when i upgrade mine and sell him my old one.
 
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If i am not overclocking which it wont be i dont understand how the 8350 is inferior on paper it has a much better clock speed more cores and threads so how could it possibly be inferior to a intel cpu that has a slower clock speed and half the cores and threads.
 
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