First Gaming PC, Need Help, Budget is $2,300, Cant And Dont Want To Build it Myself.

ron9532

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Hi, as you can tell im a rookie in the gaming pc world, ive played on a laptop but i would like to go to the next level now. The computer well be used to play eve online, elite dangerous, star citizen, and etc. Im not interested in an amd processor, i would like a 3.5ghz intel processor with a non amd 2gb gpu. I`ve been looking around the internet on where to buy a built gaming pc that accept paypal because i dont know how to build a pc and dont have a $2,500 credit limit nor qualify for bill me later or paypal credit. my case choice is cooler master Haf X. Please help, Thanks.
 
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you don't need to 2500$ to play games ! but if you wanna to play at 4k res you can do that ... so I'll make tow builds 1st for 4k second for 1440p ...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($339.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($204.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($81.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($85.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard...

AntonM95

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you don't need to 2500$ to play games ! but if you wanna to play at 4k res you can do that ... so I'll make tow builds 1st for 4k second for 1440p ...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($339.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($204.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($81.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($85.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 295X2 8GB Video Card ($1005.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($98.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000G2 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Dell P2815Q 30Hz 28.0" Monitor ($409.99 @ Adorama)
Total: $2537.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-16 23:50 EDT-0400

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($339.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($204.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($81.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($129.72 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($618.79 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 500R Black ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor ($264.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1980.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-16 23:58 EDT-0400
 
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Fruischian1234

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I highly don't recommend buying off those online retailers because those are EXTREMELY overpriced. As you can see what AntonM95 gave you, you can see how you could get an r9 295x2 with that money. However if you are sure that you just want to buy from an online retailer then I would reccomend xoticpc.com. They do accept paypal payments and you can check out their payment options here: http://www.xoticpc.com/payment-information-ip-14.html. Xoticpc has amazing customer service and stress tests their computers so you don't have to worry about getting a defective product. If you go take a look around notebookreview.com forums you can see some xoticpc representatives hanging around there and answering complaints and all.

As for your desktop, I would just go with this one and configure it.
http://www.xoticpc.com/scourge-stage-p-6635.html?wconfigure=yes (although you will be getting an AMD cpu, if you are playing games intel cpu won't make a difference and since amd cpu is cheaper you can get a much better gpu)
As you want Cooler Master Haf X, you can configure it to that.
SCOURGE v2 - Stage 1
- FREE - BORDERLANDS: The Pre-Sequel! (NVIDIA GTX 770 or Higher / Limited Quantities / Must be requested in shopping cart during checkout)
- CoolerMaster 942 HAF X [Black]
- Stock Chassis Fans
- Red Neon Internal Lighting Kit
- No Undercarriage LED Lighting
- AIR: [Stage 2] Cooler Master V8 GTS High Performance CPU Cooler [Horizontal Vapor Chamber + Red LED Lighting]
- No H20 Rubber Tube Color - [ Frostbite Liquid Cooling Required ]
- No H20 Acrylic Tube Color - [ Frostbite Liquid Cooling Required ]
- No Copper Tubing - [ Frostbite Liquid Cooling Required ]
- 860W Corsair AX860 Platinum Power Supply Unit (Dual SLI Compatible) [w/ 7 Year Warranty]
- Red Braided Cable Kit - [Requires Corsair or EVGA Power Supply] - Default
- ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Killer (AMD 990FX Chipset) [ATX, 4 DIMMS, 3 PCIe Slots + M.2 mSATA Support] (Socket AM3+) - [Made for Gaming]
- No Motherboard M.2 mSATA
- AMD® Bulldozer FX-8350 Vishera [Black Edition] (4.00GHz) (32nm, 8MB L3 cache) AM3+ Socket (Eight-Core CPU)
- SINGLE - NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 980 (4GB) GDDR5 (New - Maxwell Architecture) EVGA SuperClocked Edition w/ ACX 2.0 Cooling
- No thanks - I do not want to add a 2nd Graphics Card
- No thanks - I do not want to add a 3rd Graphics Card
- No thanks - I do not want to add a 4th Graphics Card
- 8GB DDR3 1600MHz (4GBx2 DIMMS) Corsair Vengeance Series (High-Performance) - Default
- 1TB 7200RPM [3.5”] (SATA III - 6GB/s) (SKU - HDD05D)
- 120GB Samsung 840 Evo Solid State Drive (Read 540MB/s - Write 410MB/s (SSD2 - SATA III)) (SKU - SSD007)
- No 3rd Hard Drive
- No Raid HDD Settings
- No Raid Controller
- 24x DVD Writer/Reader + 48x CD Writer/Reader - Default
- No 2nd Optical Drive
- Integrated Motherboard Audio
- No Bluetooth
- High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
- No Add-On Card
- No Chassis Display / Controller Enchancement
- Stock Chassis Finish - No Custom Exterior Finishes
- No Desktop Laser-Sketch™
- None - Custom Painted Desktop [Panels Only] (Stock Chassis Color - please refer to case category above for stock chassis color)
- No Custom Desktop Painting (Stock Chassis Color - please refer to case category above for stock chassis color)
- Custom Painted Desktop [Different Interior Color] - None
- No Noise Suppression
- No Expansion Bay
- No Keyboard
- No Mouse
- No Mouse Pad
- No Headset
- No Controller
- No Monitor
- No Speakers
- No External Hard Drive
- No Network Accessory
- No TV Tuner
- No Memory Card Reader
- Microsoft Windows 8.1 (64-Bit Edition)
- No OFFICE Software
- No PC Game
- None
- No Antivirus Essentials Software Bundle
- No Unlimited GB Cloud Backup
- NO CPU Overclocking
- No GPU Cooling Option
- No thanks, Do Not Overclock My Video Card(s)
- No Thanks, Please do not Overclock/Boost My Memory
- No Operating System Redline Boost
- No Rush Build - Standard Production Time is 8-16 Business Days
- 1 Year Limited Platinum Warranty [LIFETIME Labor Warranty + 1 Year Parts Warranty] w/ LIFETIME 24 Hour Domestic Technical Support
- XOTIC PC's White Glove Premium Packaging is standard on all Desktops!
- No Wood Crate Shipping
- Included XOTIC PC Binder & Certificate of Ownership – take pride in your system with a hand-signed personalized XOTIC PC certificate!
- * 24/7 LIFETIME U.S. based technical support
* Extreme QA testing by dedicated technicians
* 24-72 Hour stress testing and benchmarking to ensure top performance and stability


HOWEVER, if you insist on getting an intel cpu note that the highest gpu you will probably be able to get will be a gtx 970 rather than a gtx 980.
http://www.xoticpc.com/scourge-stage-p-6636.html?wconfigure=yes

INTEL CPU:


SCOURGE v2 - Stage 2
- FREE - BORDERLANDS: The Pre-Sequel! (NVIDIA GTX 770 or Higher / Limited Quantities / Must be requested in shopping cart during checkout)
- CoolerMaster 942 HAF X [Black]
- Stock Chassis Fans
- Red Neon Internal Lighting Kit
- No Undercarriage LED Lighting
- H20: [Stage 2] Corsair H105 Liquid CPU Cooler [with 240mm Radiator] - Default
- No H20 Rubber Tube Color - [ Frostbite Liquid Cooling Required ]
- No H20 Acrylic Tube Color - [ Frostbite Liquid Cooling Required ]
- No Copper Tubing - [ Frostbite Liquid Cooling Required ]
- 860W Corsair AX860 Platinum Power Supply Unit (Dual SLI Compatible) [w/ 7 Year Warranty] - Default
- Red Braided Cable Kit - [Requires Corsair or EVGA Power Supply] - Default
- ASUS R.O.G. MAXIMUS VII HERO (Z97 Chipset) [ATX, 4 DIMMS, 3 PCIe Slots + M.2 mSATA Support]
- No Motherboard M.2 mSATA
- Intel® Core i5-4590 (3.30-3.70GHz) (22nm, 6MB cache) (Quad-Core CPU)
- SINGLE - NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 970 (4GB) GDDR5 (New - Maxwell Architecture) EVGA SuperClocked Edition w/ ACX Cooling
- No thanks - I do not want to add a 2nd Graphics Card
- No thanks - I do not want to add a 3rd Graphics Card
- No thanks - I do not want to add a 4th Graphics Card
- 16GB DDR3 1600MHz (8GBx2 DIMMS) Corsair Vengeance Series - Default
- 1TB 7200RPM [3.5”] (SATA III - 6GB/s) - Default (SKU - HDD98D)
- 120GB Samsung 840 Evo Solid State Drive (Read 540MB/s - Write 410MB/s (SSD2 - SATA III)) - Default (SKU - SSD443)
- No 3rd Hard Drive
- No Raid HDD Settings
- No Raid Controller
- 24x DVD Writer/Reader + 48x CD Writer/Reader
- No 2nd Optical Drive
- Integrated Motherboard Audio
- No Bluetooth
- High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
- No Add-On Card
- No Chassis Display / Controller Enchancement
- Stock Chassis Finish - No Custom Exterior Finishes
- No Desktop Laser-Sketch™
- None - Custom Painted Desktop [Panels Only] (Stock Chassis Color - please refer to case category above for stock chassis color)
- No Custom Desktop Painting (Stock Chassis Color - please refer to case category above for stock chassis color)
- Custom Painted Desktop [Different Interior Color] - None
- No Noise Suppression
- No Expansion Bay
- No Keyboard
- No Mouse
- No Mouse Pad
- No Headset
- No Controller
- No Monitor
- No Speakers
- No External Hard Drive
- No Network Accessory
- No TV Tuner
- No Memory Card Reader
- Microsoft Windows 8.1 (64-Bit Edition)
- No OFFICE Software
- No PC Game
- None
- No Antivirus Essentials Software Bundle
- No Unlimited GB Cloud Backup
- NO CPU Overclocking
- No GPU Cooling Option
- No thanks, Do Not Overclock My Video Card(s)
- No Thanks, Please do not Overclock/Boost My Memory
- No Operating System Redline Boost
- No Rush Build - Standard Production Time is 8-16 Business Days
- 1 Year Limited Platinum Warranty [LIFETIME Labor Warranty + 1 Year Parts Warranty] w/ LIFETIME 24 Hour Domestic Technical Support
- XOTIC PC's White Glove Premium Packaging is standard on all Desktops!
- No Wood Crate Shipping
- Included XOTIC PC Binder & Certificate of Ownership – take pride in your system with a hand-signed personalized XOTIC PC certificate!
- * 24/7 LIFETIME U.S. based technical support
* Extreme QA testing by dedicated technicians
* 24-72 Hour stress testing and benchmarking to ensure top performance and stability


Make sure you configure it as I did. However, if you disagree with something, feel free to change it. Both configurations are 2500 dollars exact I believe.
 

AntonM95

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As you said online shopping is overpriced that link you put in last comment is tooooooo overpriced for example look at the specs and the price ! 1500$ for FX-8320 and R9 285 ! sorry but that's not cool !
 

TomThePotato

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Why not the 900 series?

(Was typing this on my phone, and some of the text got cut off... oops)

 

TomThePotato

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Example of what you can get at 2.3k..

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($338.95 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($114.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($74.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($549.98 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($549.98 @ NCIX US)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($114.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $2202.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-28 17:44 EDT-0400

But, if you REALLY don't feel like building one.. then go on a website like www.DigitalStormOnline.com and customize it.

A mod's pro tip: use BBcode, not markdown, when getting a build out of PartPicker
 

Fruischian1234

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Yea, it is pretty overpriced, maybe cyberpowerpc is a better choice, not as quality but you get much better specs...
 

Fruischian1234

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This is the Cyberpowerpc Black Pearl one, go to intel and click x99, one of the options will be black pearl, configure it from there

Try this build on cyberpowerpc
still overpriced, quality is questionable, but much less overpriced than other online websites
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-5820K Six-Core 3.30GHz 15MB Intel Smart Cache LGA2011-V3
HDD: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)
MEMORY: 16GB (4GBx4) DDR4/2400MHz Quad Channel Memory (Corsair or Major Brand)
MOTHERBOARD: MSI X99S SLI PLUS ATX w/Intel GbLAN, 4x Gen3 PCIe x16, 2 PCIe x1, 1x M.2, 8x SATA 6Gb/s
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
VIDEO: AMD Radeon R9 295X2 Dual GPUs 8GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card [+576] (Single Card (Dual GPU))
In this configuration I also got one of the water cooling cpu options and better fans for the case.
price is $2312 including the coolermaster case you wanted and also with a 850 watt corsair 80 plus gold psu (you can configure it yourself)


Note: I don't think they stress test their desktops like xoticpc does though
 

AntonM95

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Why i7-5820 ?! he just want gaming !
 

KingofKongYT

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Have you built the PC yet ? if no well i'm here to help you , so you dont need $2300 to build a decent gaming pc maybe $1700 is enough all you need is 16GB of RAM and a GTX 970 and and intel core i5 4690 for your gaming needs others like HDDs and Case and PSU is all your choice cheers
 

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