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I'm on a budget of about $1,000 to build a PC from scratch. I need EVERYTHING for it, monitor, OS, optical drive, the whole nine. And I'm only looking to spend around $1,000 for it all, but still be able to play all the latest and greatest games are medium-high to high settings, but ALWAYS at at least 1080p.
This is my current set up I would like to go for, but I don't know if it's good enough.
Please note that I plan to NEVER overclock, not simply because I'm afraid or it's to tedius, I just want to be able to run it straight out of the box.
So without further ado, here is the rig I plan to buy around tax time (February 2015):
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($139.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.70 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($76.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Sandisk ReadyCache 32GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda ES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($194.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDR-209DBK Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($102.98 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Gateway KX2153 Abd 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($107.31 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($16.93 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Razer DeathStalker Wired Gaming Keyboard ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Razer Naga Wired Laser Mouse (Purchased For $79.99)
Total: $1149.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-10 19:48 EDT-0400
There are also certain parts that I want to stick with no matter what, and that would be the mouse (since I already got it), the keyboard, and the operating system. Also would like to stick to the overall color scheme of black and green. I would like it to look nice inside as well, just because that's a personal preference of mine. If you decide to change the mobo, I would really appreciate it if it had a lot of on-board USB slots, because I will be using USB things like crazy, and would like to avoid buying a separate thing for more ports.
Also as far as an SSD goes, I would love to have one, but it's not a major requirement, and the size doesn't even need to be all that big, the only thing that would be on it is the operating system. Everything else would go on the main 1TB HDD, and in the future I plan on buying more 1TB+ HDD for more space. (not that I'll run out of space with 1TB anytime soon, I'm used to using 500GB and still never running out of space.)
This is my current set up I would like to go for, but I don't know if it's good enough.
Please note that I plan to NEVER overclock, not simply because I'm afraid or it's to tedius, I just want to be able to run it straight out of the box.
So without further ado, here is the rig I plan to buy around tax time (February 2015):
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($139.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.70 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($76.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Sandisk ReadyCache 32GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda ES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($194.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDR-209DBK Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($102.98 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Gateway KX2153 Abd 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($107.31 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($16.93 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Razer DeathStalker Wired Gaming Keyboard ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Razer Naga Wired Laser Mouse (Purchased For $79.99)
Total: $1149.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-10 19:48 EDT-0400
There are also certain parts that I want to stick with no matter what, and that would be the mouse (since I already got it), the keyboard, and the operating system. Also would like to stick to the overall color scheme of black and green. I would like it to look nice inside as well, just because that's a personal preference of mine. If you decide to change the mobo, I would really appreciate it if it had a lot of on-board USB slots, because I will be using USB things like crazy, and would like to avoid buying a separate thing for more ports.
Also as far as an SSD goes, I would love to have one, but it's not a major requirement, and the size doesn't even need to be all that big, the only thing that would be on it is the operating system. Everything else would go on the main 1TB HDD, and in the future I plan on buying more 1TB+ HDD for more space. (not that I'll run out of space with 1TB anytime soon, I'm used to using 500GB and still never running out of space.)
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