Best $800-$900 Gaming PC with monitor?

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Dylan Patel

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I'm pretty new to pc building and am just looking for the best bang for the buck at this price.

However, I would need it to have an Intel Processor and if it could be squeezed in a GTX 970, SSD, and a 1080p monitor.

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mdocod

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Looks to be about a $1000 ordeal to get an SSD and GTX970 in there with decent quality all around..

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($188.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($81.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Mushkin Essentials 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($62.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk X110 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($348.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1500 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($51.99 @ Directron)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 450W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: LG 23MP55HQ-P 60Hz 23.0" Monitor ($137.97 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1032.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-23 12:46 EST-0500

I suppose you could temporarily go with a $60 Pentium to get closer to the budget...
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($169.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($61.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Team Dark Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($57.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($54.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($329.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Apex SK-393-C ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.51 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($37.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Asus VX238H 23.0" Monitor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $904.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-23 12:52 EST-0500
just a bit over the target price but you can adjust as you like
 
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Dylan Patel

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Any bottlenecks? Will I be able to sli in the future? Is 550w enough?

 
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That build basically has no shipping costs factored in. By the time you pay shipping on all those selections you'll be $50-100 over budget anyway, and have a trash case, mediocre motherboard/RAM, the worst SSD currently made, and a trash hard drive. Doesn't make any sense to me to go over budget and wind up with a bunch of junk. If you're going to go over budget, do it with quality parts. Otherwise, scale back on the GPU. If you sacrifice on quality you may as well go to best buy and pick up a premade box of mediocrity.
 
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Basically what this guy said. If you want a QUALITY Intel build be willing to spend about $1000-1100 buddy. The first build posted was good
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($169.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($87.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: *G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: *Corsair Force LS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: *EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($339.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Acer G226HQLBbd 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $970.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-23 19:48 EST-0500
 
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sansnom11

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^ This. Well said.

And for OP. To be realistic, you'd have to drop the SSD and review your GPU choice. With that budget and the fact that you also want a monitor on top of that, there is no way you can fit all of that in your budget. At least not if you want something of decent quality.

 
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