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i am trying to built my own computer for gaming and a bit of editing and i have no clue on how to choose a motherboard,power supply and other lots of things for gaming. so i ended with asus ranger VII and here are the specs of my computer
CASE: NZXT H440
MOBO: MAXIMUS VII RANGER
SSD :INTEL 530 240 GB
power supply: ????
ram: kingston hyperx

 
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Intel Celeron

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You don't need anything THAT high end for gaming if you don't overclock. Just get a cheap asrock or msi H81 board and a good seasonic or cheap EVGA power dupply approx. 500w considering you have a dedicated graphics card in there.
 
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i wont be overclocking my mobo beacause i dnt have any idea of any sorts on how to do so and ranger can play watchdogs smoothly with an i7 4790k
i still need to decide a gpu lol i forgot


 
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Jomari Gonzales

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in terms of gaming, a motherboard has very little effect. you need to invest on a GPU + CPU if you want to play at high reso + max settings. but if there are other things to consider such as features of a board, depending on the other components that you have, then that might come into play in choosing a mobo.
do provide your budget and purpose of the rig so that i may be able to give you a better spec list
 
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1100$ and purpose gaming


 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($17.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($90.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.75 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 8GB Vapor-X Video Card ($448.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($45.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1116.15
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-17 05:11 EDT-0400

here's a sample build. opt for Xeon since it performs like an i7 just without the iGPU since you have a dedicated one anyway.
GPU is a bit expensive but has 8gb VRAM, that would be important for future gaming especially if you want to play in a very high resolution

 
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i guess i have to take a rain check for the gpu but i did order everything xcept ram becoz i already have those
thank you very much jomari gonzales :)


 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($187.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($75.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.75 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($324.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($87.79 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: BenQ GL2460HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor ($139.93 @ B&H)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($26.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1154.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-17 05:32 EDT-0400

this is a stepdown build but with monitors peripherals and OS
 
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so what are the components that you already bought? well you can settle for a GTX 970 which is a very good card, and i mean VERY, at the $340 price point.
 
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the ram and nzxt h440 case
 
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yeah kind of first i actually bought the case and i already had the ram becoz my brother wasnt using it anyway for his computer so i took it from him so basically the case was the only thing i bought from my budget

 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($90.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($73.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($349.99 @ Adorama)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $929.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-19 00:39 EDT-0400

this is a lot less, any spare change goes to peripherals or OS or probably monitor
 
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Spend a bit less for a core series cpu. Probably an i5 46xx or 45xx. Xeons are all bling. Big pricetags for big companies. Look it up. They offer the same performance as core i7's with almost double the price(Xeon E5 12-core). Plus, Xeons were never made for gaming. They were made for long and complicated calculations performed over an extremely long amount of time (e.g. days & weeks.) Games don't have calculations THAT long and complicated and they are performed in a really fast amount of time before another calculation gets clocked in. It's really complicated to explain but you can just look up "Xeon vs Core i" on google and have dozens of articles supporting this.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($226.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus GRYPHON Z87 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($85.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital WD Green 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.00 @ B&H)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($544.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1121.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-21 05:36 EDT-0400

Well that's probably the best you could get. Correct me if I'm wrong. Of course you could go ballistic on it and go for a titan X and cheap out on everything but that is just stupid.
 
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