Looking to build good desktop for around 800$

ajhoyt1224 · Oct 8, 2014

Would like to build a good desktop for gaming for games like lol on highest settings with real good fps and other games like sky rim on ultra settings if possible. I have been out of the loop so I am looking for someone who can give me a full list set up of all parts needed to build desktop and such.

tsuneo6 · Oct 8, 2014

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($139.98 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS10X OPTIMA CPU Cooler ($21.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme3 ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($73.80 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($329.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Thermaltake Commander MS/I Snow Edition (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($32.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($29.26 @ Amazon)
Total: $827.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-08 18:48 EDT-0400

tsuneo6 · Oct 8, 2014

wops, get a cheaper optical drive

DonkeyOatie · Oct 8, 2014

Do you need an operating system, monitor, keyboard and mouse or is the $800 for the core parts like tsuneo6 has posted?

tsuneo6 · Oct 8, 2014

yea, I only assumed he only needed the desktop itself

DonkeyOatie · Oct 8, 2014

Me too, but at this price range it makes a huge difference.

Here's an Intel CPU build.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($177.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($73.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($73.80 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($329.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Thermaltake Commander MS/I Snow Edition (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($32.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $801.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-08 19:32 EDT-0400

ajhoyt1224 · Oct 9, 2014

Yea just need system these look good tho

DonkeyOatie · Oct 9, 2014

Any preference for AMD over Intel?

tsuneo6 · Oct 9, 2014

FYI, AMD is more for budget gaming. they're still good CPU's and are very good overclockable.
AMD is a bit more expensive, but they also use less power. and are usually from better quality(if you can go like 50 60 dollars over the budget, you can get the build donkeyoatie sugested with an i5 4690k, which is a realy good PCU, that will last you for quite some time)
but , there is nothing wrong with the fx 8320

bsod1 · Oct 9, 2014

tsuneo6 :

you made a typo there, friend ;P

tsuneo6 · Oct 9, 2014

bsod1 :

tsuneo6 :

you made a typo there, friend ;P

oh woops! I mean! INTEL is more expensive...
ty!

DonkeyOatie · Oct 9, 2014

Yes. I set my build to his budget and chose the best CPU that would fit. More money = better processor, although if OP goes for an overclockable CPU then cooling solutions, memory, PSU, and motherboard come into play and the price goes up further.

ajhoyt1224 · Oct 9, 2014

So which of the two would last longer and not have over heating issues as much? Both look really good.

tsuneo6 · Oct 9, 2014

neither of them will have overheating issues.
and it's hard to say which one will last longer. that i5 CPU is better though. so that something to go for.
anyway, if you are willing to spend another 80ish bucks, we could give you a build with more future proofing meaning that there would be room for a better motherboard that supports SLI, and room for a better and overclockable CPU
(the builds that are listed here now will last quite a while though) and I'd go for donkey's build then.

ajhoyt1224 · Oct 9, 2014

Also to do this just click links you have to those parts and order them via that site and then just assemble desktop when all arrive?

ajhoyt1224 · Oct 9, 2014

Ok cool and one other thing im needing operating system as well and prefer windows 7 never have tried 8 ever what do you personally think?

tsuneo6 · Oct 9, 2014

something that would look like this
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($234.96 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS10X OPTIMA CPU Cooler ($21.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-Pro (V Edition) ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($73.80 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($329.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Thermaltake Commander MS/I Snow Edition (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($32.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $898.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-09 19:24 EDT-0400

I know it's out of your budget, but I think it's worth paying a bit extra for

but dont worry. the other 2 builds linked are very good aswell. I would however in donkeys build put the motherboard that I selected here. it's a bit older, but it's normal ATX, you wont see any difference in performance and you have the possibility in adding an extra gtx 970 in the future.

DonkeyOatie · Oct 9, 2014

Windows 8.1 is better (faster, and supports upgrades better)

My build was compromised to fit the budget. As you pointed out tsuneo6, $20 here or there can gain advantages.

tsuneo6 · Oct 9, 2014

ajhoyt1224 :

Well everyone is saying windows 8 is bad and all that. but windows 8 is actually better then windows 7. it just takes some time to get used to it. and...you can pretty much make it look like windows 7 nowadays. so go for windows 8.1.

ajhoyt1224 · Oct 9, 2014

Sweet so just buy all the parts you have linked right above and I'll be good for nice having desktop? And have no issue spending like extra I expected if have to just means I'll have to bit done of the other parts next week. no biggie how much is that windows 8.1 by the way?

ajhoyt1224 · Oct 9, 2014

So many typos on phone sorry xD

DonkeyOatie · Oct 9, 2014

89.98 for OEM 64 bit.

tsuneo6 · Oct 9, 2014

^that
and I have no idea about ordering everything. you'll have to ask someone else about that. sorry

edit: I did see that newegg has everything. so you could select those parts with newegg, so they would all arrive at the same time. you could even make them assemble the system if you dont feel comfortable assembling it yourself(it's a nice learning proces and it's not all that hard, it's even fun to do!)

ajhoyt1224 · Oct 9, 2014

OK cool so I'll just order all that that tsune showed few posts up from both your inputs

DonkeyOatie · Oct 9, 2014

When I ordered my parts, I chose to pay a slight premium by getting them all from only one supplier. (Cost me about $30 in $730) I would recommend no more than two suppliers in case of problems or returns.

Here's the thread with a photo and my build.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2328703/build-log-mini-itx-middle-school.html

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