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A system that's best for the money?

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October 16, 2014 11:08:29 PM

Hi guys, I have about $1000 usd to spend on my new system and I wonder if these choices are the best I can get?

Keep in mind that there are few choices of brands and components in my country, so I'm just trying to pick whatever I can get and I listed them all here ( I haven't being able to decide what Mobo/RAM/PSU to pick)

For mobo I prefer Gigabyte / CoolerMaster and Corsair are the only two PSU brands available in my country / And should I pick Corsair RAM for its lowest CL?

Mobo: Gigabyte H81M - S2PV or Gigabyte B85M - HD3 or Gigabyte B85M - D3H

CPU: Core I5 - 4460 (3.2Hz)

RAM: DDR3 8GB (1600) Corsair (KIT 2X4GB) C9R CMZ8GX3M2A or DDR3 8GB (1600) G.Skill F3-12800CL10S-8GBXL or DDR3 8GB (1866) G.Skill F3-14900CL10S-8GBXL

Storage: SSD Corsair 128GB (F128GBGS - BK) (as boot drive) and 1TB WD (Black) - WD1003FZEX

VGA: 2GB Gigabyte N760OC - 2GD

Case: CoolerMaster - RC 430

PSU: CM G550M or CM G650M or CM Thunder 700W or Corsair CX600 V3 or Corsair CX 750 V3

Thanks for reading

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October 16, 2014 11:20:13 PM

MOBO: B85 is good
CPU: OK
RAM: Get the 1866 (4x2)
HDD/SSD: get if you can afford both
VGA: OK not great
CASE: no comment
PSU: 650W will be OK
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October 17, 2014 8:09:18 AM

Thanks for your reply, Still I have a few things to consider

Mobo: I intend to replace the Gigabyte B85 series with Gigabyte H97 - Gaming 3, worth it ?
Graphic card: I can also replace that 760 for a 770 or R9 280X, but is that really worth the money?
And the hardest part is the PSU itself, I have no clue what brands or models are "good". So I'll list them down and hope you guys can help me out

Cooler Master:
G550M
G650M
650W GX II Pro
V650W
V750W

Corsair:
550 VS
CX600 V3
CX750 V3

From most of the reviews I've read so far, CM V650W and V750W seem to be the best PSUs in this list?
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