PC Build For Under $700 Canadian For Final Fantasy:ARR and Assorted Other Needs/Wants

PicklesGirl · Oct 21, 2014

Approximate Purchase Date: Before December 2014

Budget Range: $700 (Canadian Dollars) Before Rebates; Including Shipping(if out of town) and Taxes

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Playing Video Games (Final Fantasy: A Realm Reborn, plus others), watching movies/tv series (we play themnow on a near dead laptop and run a HDMI cable to a Sony XBR55X900A 4K tv for viewing), music (iTunes and Winamp),Microsoft Office, ConvertXtoDVD

Are you buying a monitor: Yes (unless smaller tv will work as a monitor for awhile)

Parts to Upgrade: Everything, have a near dead laptop
Do you need to buy OS: Yes, Windows 7
Please note that if you're using an OEM license of Windows, you will need a new one when buying a new motherboard.

Preferred Website(s) for Parts:
Local Shop - http://otvtech.com
Canadian PC Part Picker http://ca.pcpartpicker.com
Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Parts Preferences: Intel, Nvidia
Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: No, have no clue what it is, so probably do not need it.

Your Monitor Resolution: Would like to purchase a 1080p

Additional Comments: Needs to be upgradable. Ok if it starts off low-end and over the next year or two better parts are added as long as it can play Final Fantasy: A Realm Reborn, and run movies to the tv via HDMI cable. Also needs to be wireless since there is no hookups where it would be kept. Insides do not need to be super powerful, but a shiny big tower with LEDs that match lightsaber would be cool.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Last laptop in the house is dying.

We have never put a computer together so the simplest/easiest way possible would be great. Thank you.

HertzKnight · Oct 21, 2014

Your small tv can be used as a substitute while you wait to save up for a monitor.

Here is a quick build. This will work. If possible another $100 will get you a i5 and maybe even a better graphics card.

PicklesGirl · Oct 23, 2014

HertzKnight :

Hi and thank you so much for this, I am sorry for the slow responce back but sick atm. I have a couple questions I hope you dont mind my asking.
How soon would I need to upgrade the motherboard or can it handle i7 and something like the Geforce GTX series that can handle 4K? My boyfriend and I get rather frustrated with a notice from the Sony TV we hookup to now that is 4K that announces that we are not running the best resolution setting from computer to tv, as tv being 2nd monitor.

So in the long run we both would like to have it built to be 4K compatible, without having to change too many things to often. Do you mind confirming that?

I wonder if I should have said home entertainment pc?

HertzKnight · Oct 23, 2014

The motherboard will be able to handle a GTX and an i7. I severely doubt you will need an i7 ever. Only one game (which you are still fine with just going with an i5 anyhow) comes to mind that uses it, so don't get an i7.

Now this is the sad part. You won't be able to play any games on high settings (maybe just maybe on medium to low settings) with your current setup using 4K display with actual 4K resolution. You will at least need a GTX 970 ($400 CAD) or equivalent to play games on a 4K display. And the frames per second is still not that great. You would need 2 GTX 970s on SLI (Quick understanding: SLI or Crossfire is where you link 2 GPUs together for increase GPU power. This is not the best description, but it may help you understand it). This would require pretty much a complete re-haul on the pc I speced out (which was more of a budget gaming pc instead of a 4K system). I would recommend at least a $1500 budget minimum for this kind of set up.

Here is what I would say you would need (please note this is an example you could do it for a little less)

This setup will allow you to play on 1080p display pretty well. Pretty much most games on ultra setting should be doable.

PicklesGirl · Oct 23, 2014

HertzKnight :

Thank you so much for your help with this..

With this build that you suggested, what would you suggest we do if we kept the CPU and Motherboard, but downgraded the video cards for awhile? What could we use instead so that we could later on just change for the GTX 970's? I would like to keep cost down, but make it simple to upgrade it later on, without having to upgrade everything else.

Again, thank you

HertzKnight · Oct 23, 2014

Well no. I just did that one real quick. You should do some more research or maybe save up a bit more and get a 1080p setup to play games. I honestly am not sure if you need a rig like that at all.

logainofhades · Oct 23, 2014

This meets budget, and gives you some upgrade potential, like the new broadwell cpu's, next year.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($118.98 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($94.00 @ Vuugo)
Memory: A-Data XPG V2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.99 @ Canada Computers)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 260X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($129.88 @ Canada Computers)
Case: BitFenix Merc Alpha (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.99 @ Canada Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($62.99 @ Canada Computers)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Canada Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($99.79 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $698.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-23 16:50 EDT-0400

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