The best Budget Pc for $800

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I must have these parts: i5 4690k or a i5 4690
GTX970 gigabyte

Ni power supply or case needed. I will be using amazon so the parts will be there.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($73.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($349.99 @ B&H)
Total: $808.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-15 12:55 EDT-0400

i ve picked 4670K instead of 4690K , to make sure no...
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($73.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($349.99 @ B&H)
Total: $808.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-15 12:55 EDT-0400

i ve picked 4670K instead of 4690K , to make sure no BIOS update is needed
 
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Eximo

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Going to be sort of close unless you leave out most of the peripherals. That is about the total cost of the CPU/Motherboard/RAM/GPU in your budget. Amazon doesn't always have the best prices. Availability of GTX970 is difficult to say the least. You might be in for a multi-week wait/pre-order.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qK7Zqs
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qK7Zqs/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($108.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($91.89 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($72.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($329.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $833.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-15 13:02 EDT-0400
 

Eximo

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Z97 boards will support the Haswell Refresh chips, no need to be worried about it. i5-4670k and the other first release Haswells are known for their heatspreader thermal interface issues.
 


If the mobo is with old BIOS , i doubt - and even Asus Z97-A . For me even i5 4590 is enough

otherwise

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($123.79 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($73.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($329.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $812.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-15 13:15 EDT-0400
 

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The Z97 and H97 boards were released specifically for the Haswell refresh chips, they should all support the latest CPUs, and are supposed to support the upcoming Broadwell chips.

A Z87 board might need an update to run a refresh chip, but not the other way around.