Building a gaming PC for $850 Canadian before taxes

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turkey3_scratch

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I did not use an i7 too expensive; an i5 will work fine:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($197.95 @ NCIX)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($99.50 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($99.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.98 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($269.99 @ NCIX)
Case: Rosewill Galaxy-01 ATX Mid Tower Case ($62.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($52.99 @ NCIX)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($9.99 @ Memory Express)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N10 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($12.99 @ NCIX)
Total: $863.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-16 20:22 EDT-0400
 
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getochkn

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Do you need an OS, monitor, keyboard, mouse or just a tower? also i7 is a tall order in Canada, we get screwed pretty good for importing intel over amd. I went AMD over intel just because an 8320 was the same price as I3. The price difference may be better now, haven't priced out parts in a while.
 
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Nickkuenzig

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Awesome, thanks for the quick reply.
Looks like a good build!
 
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Nickkuenzig

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Right I forgot to mention, I would like atleast an i5 or the equivalent. Also I will be needing windows 7 (don't want 8) so add that in too. But I want the tower to be around $850 and the OS can be extra on top of that.
 
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getochkn

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Then the build linked above looks like a good build. No SSD drive, which is nice, but not needed.
 
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esco_sid

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($249.89 @ DirectCanada)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($32.21 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($88.00 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Kingston XMP Blu Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Memory Express)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.98 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($219.99 @ NCIX)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($54.97 @ DirectCanada)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($53.99 @ NCIX)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($9.99 @ Memory Express)
Total: $846.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-16 20:49 EDT-0400
 
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Nickkuenzig

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Awesome thanks for the reply. Like the build!! looks good!

 
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Nickkuenzig

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Do I need a disk drive or anything to install windows 7?


 
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