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Hello, I'm new to PC building and thank you all for your advice. I decided I would take the plunge after becoming addicted to WoW. I currently play on an Asus G71 Notebook (6G Ram, Gtx260m, Intel core 2 duo 2.53ghz). I'm looking to enhance my playing experience exceptionally. I would like some suggestions on what parts to buy, I have a basic idea of what the parts are and what they do, however I'm overwhelmed with all of the different manufacturers and products. I would like this desktop to be up to today's standard with room to grow for the game of tomorrow.

Any comments are welcome, Thank you.
 
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g-unit1111

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That's not really a good idea, you can get panhandled / swindled, sold broken parts, or worse. At least eBay monitors their sellers and has an extremely quick fraud department, Craigslist doesn't. And don't buy software off Craigslist (especially operating system), buy the real copies. You can get a pretty solid rig for $1200 and still have $300 left over for monitor, keyboard, mouse, and OS:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($33.03 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($123.79 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($355.66 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT H440 (Blue/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($119.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($114.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($99.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1286.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-16 20:53 EDT-0400

That gives you $250 for monitor, keyboard and mouse.
 
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Here is what I recommend man. Hope you like it.

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

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.99 @ Micro Center)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($124.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: AMD 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($92.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: AMD 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($349.99 @ B&H)
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1086.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-16 21:08 EDT-0400
 
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This is my recommendation. SLI ready so you can just add another gpu in the future.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.99 @ Micro Center)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z97X Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($122.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($82.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($349.99 @ B&H)
Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1258.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-16 21:32 EDT-0400

If you play a lot of fps games then look into a 144hz monitor. I got one with a gtx 970 and it does really well. I dont notice much of a difference in 3rd person view games like tomb raider. But in games like bf4 and far cry it makes a huge difference.
 
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Thank you all for your replies I really appreciate them. I will continue to elaborate on which set-up I will choose. Update: After further research I have come to the conclusion that I would like for this system to have an I7 processor and 16gb of ram. I'm sorry for the drawback, may I ask for more suggestions that would fit these preferences?
 
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The builds above should remain the same. Just change the things (ram and cpu) and you should be good to go. However I must say that while an i7 might help future proof the pc if you plan on keeping it for long, 16gb ram is not needed at all. 8gb is plenty. Most games will use no more than 4gb while you play. I would recommend getting 8gb for now and if you really need it later you can just put two more sticks whenever you please.

 
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Perfect, thank you. Will the I7 still fit into those motherboard sockets?
 
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It's not really necessary though. You're paying a $100 extra for four threads and the performance differences are not really that noticeable between the i5-4690K and the i7-4790K, put that money instead in getting a better GPU. Same with RAM, having 16GB of RAM won't make that much of a difference in performance for gaming unless you're doing something else in addition to gaming.
 
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This build looks pretty solid, I would recommend it, and everyone is right, the i7 is unnecessary for gaming, the i5 4690k is amazing at gaming, especially when overclocked. You wouldn't notice much more performance gain. 16gb of ram is really only neccesary for video rendering, editing work etc. May as well put more money in your gpu like g-unit suggested.
 
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Its true that the i7 isn't necessary, but if he plans on keeping the same pc for longer than 3 years an i7 may come in handy when games begin to utilize those extra threads.

To the OP, if you plan upgrading within the next three years I would stick to the i5. Three years from now you may want to upgrade for ddr4.

 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Silverstone AR03 81.4 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97M OC Formula Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($124.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Mushkin Stealth 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($339.98 @ NCIX US)
Case: Silverstone SG10B MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($96.99 @ Best Buy)
Monitor: Acer H276HLbmid 60Hz 27.0" Monitor ($194.99 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1436.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-17 01:21 EDT-0400
 
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Yes the i7 will fit into the z97 sockets as long as its a i7 4790k.

 
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