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First time builder here, I kind of used other builds I've seen posted as an outline but of coarse I put my own touch in with a little bit of research. I'm mainly concerned that some items may not be compatible with others but id also like to know if there are better choices for around the same price. This is a budget build, so I would prefer not breaking $800. Also I would like to know your thoughts on used/ refurbished parts, most of these parts I have found used/ refurbished with a significantly lower price tag but I used the new price tag for this post. Prices are according to Amazon but if you know somewhere cheaper I'd love to hear about it.

Here goes

Case: Sentey Gs-6090 Shield $69.99 FREE Shipping

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 BX80646I54590 Processor (6M Cache, 3.3 GHz) $199.99 FREE Shipping

Motherboard: MSI ATX DDR3 2600 LGA 1150 Motherboards Z97-G45 GAMING $137.99 FREE Shipping (Call me stupid but I don't see much of a difference between the different models looking at their website, just the big difference in price)

Graphics Card: MSI AMD Radeon R9 280, 3GB GDDR5, PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card R9 280 GAMING 3G $179.99 + $4.96 Shipping

Memory: Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 CL10 DIMM - Blue (HX316C10F/8) $69.99 FREE Shipping

Hard Drive: WD Blue 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache - WD10EZEX $54.99 FREE Shipping

Power: XFX TS 550w Full Wired 80+ Bronze Power Supply - P1550SXXB9 $62.24 FREE Shipping (I'm not sure if the wattage is correct, I used one of the calculators but I'm not sure if I did it right)

I would also like to know of any recommended cheap CPU coolers. Please let me know if i am missing anything or don't have something right, like I said its my first build and would like it to go smooth. Thanks alot
 
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Hardly a "huge" mistake.It can serve it's purpose.I agree that it could be that a different motherboard could be cheaper.

I made a build look at it for reference or maybe you think it's a nice one.Don't know how much that pc of yours really costs with this; "used/ refurbished parts, most of these parts I have found used/ refurbished with a significantly lower price tag".
Don't know which country you live in either.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.96 @ OutletPC)...
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Okay I have noticed a huge mistake in you build. You have a locked processor, which means you can't overclock it, but you have an overclocking motherboard. Either get unlocked processor and get overclocking ability, or just get a cheap LGA 1150 motherboard. That way you have extra money to buy a Solid State Drive. Buy an ssd and install the operating system and programs on it, and you the hard drive as a storage drive. You dont need a cpu cooler because you wont be overclocking you CPU anyways since it isn't even unlocked. The stock cooler that come with the CPU is fine if you're not overclocking. 550 watts is plenty for just a single graphics card, so you're power supply has enough watts.


LGA 1150 motherboard: http://www.amazon.com/MSI-Computer-Motherboard-Motherboards-B85M-P33/dp/B00D12OAOG/ref=sr_1_16?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1414470425&sr=1-16&keywords=1150+motherboard

SSD: http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-2-5-Inch-adapter-Internal-CT120M500SSD1/dp/B00BQ4F9ZA/ref=sr_1_17?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1414470508&sr=1-17&keywords=ssd

 
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Hardly a "huge" mistake.It can serve it's purpose.I agree that it could be that a different motherboard could be cheaper.

I made a build look at it for reference or maybe you think it's a nice one.Don't know how much that pc of yours really costs with this; "used/ refurbished parts, most of these parts I have found used/ refurbished with a significantly lower price tag".
Don't know which country you live in either.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.96 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($53.00 @ Newegg)
Memory: Mushkin Blackline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.95 @ Amazon)
Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 290 4GB IceQ X² Video Card ($229.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Enermax ECA3280A-BL ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $795.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-28 05:38 EDT-0400

No ssd in this,but you can do without it.

No o.s. needed?

Click "Price breakdown by merchant" for just amazon prices,is a lot more in that case.It seems that newegg has it all for just over that budget.Like i said if you can only buy through amazon will i ned to take a better look.

If you don't want to overclock and save some money can you pick an i5 4590 for instance.

The cpu used is supported from bios 1.7 which is from 2014-06-09.If you want to be sure that the cpu is supported can you also use this one under budget,
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i54670k
it's got a combo discount with the hyper 212 evo at SuperBiiz

When cheap is the keyword is this one an option too,
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/antec-power-supply-neoeco620c





 
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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GFHdJx

This build should be a great value for what you need. I dont recommend overclocking especially to first timers because it can be hard to do, release more heat into your system, and reduce the lifespan of your components, Since this i5 is locked, you wont overclock it, and you wouldnt need to buy a better cooler. You wouldn't need to overclock anyways because the i5 should be fast enough at stock. Also, this build includes an ssd which will decrease boot times, load games faster, and gives more responsiveness. GTX 770 should be near the performance of an r9 290. Build costs $740.
 
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