Review of Gaming PC Built Around $1000 budget

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HereToBuild

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Approximate Purchase Date: 1 month

Budget Range: (1000 - 1200) Before Rebates Before Shipping

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming/Movie Streaming/Downloading

Are you buying a monitor: No (will be using a projector hdmi - receiver - extender (1080p approved) - projector (1080p approved)

Do you need to buy OS: No (plan on torrenting windows 7 and upgrading to 10)

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: cheapest retailer

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Parts Preferences: Prefer Intel

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: Highest possible

Additional Comments: will be building the PC inside of a wooden table

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: want to join PC master race

Parts list:

Motherboard
ASUS Z97-A ATX DDR3 2600 LGA 1150 Motherboards Z97-A
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132118

Processor:
Intel Core i5-4690K
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117372


GPU
EVGA GeForce GTX 970
SC+ ACX 2.0, DVI-I, DVI-D, HDMI, DP SLI Ready Graphics Card
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00OV9JT0I/ref=olpOffersSuppressed?ie=UTF8&condition=used&overridePriceSuppression=1&qid=1430358931&sr=8-1

RAM
CORSAIR Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Profile Desktop Memory Model CML8GX3M2A1600C9
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233186

Harddrive:
I've been looking at various SSD drives for primary around $150

Power Supply:
XFX TS 550w Full Wired 80+ Bronze Power Supply -
P1550SXXB9
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207013

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099

 
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Supremenyan

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Here you go buddy, I left out the Storage so you can sort that on your own because i have no reccomendations on storage, but this is a pretty solid build on its own.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3pgDNG
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3pgDNG/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($224.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($100.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($52.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($323.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: CoolMax 500W ATX Power Supply ($21.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $814.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-30 14:16 EDT-0400

EDIT: The prices goes up to 850~ with the hyper 212
 
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HereToBuild

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I PMd you, thankfully I don't need a case!

Edit: I found a lot of sites saying that G.Skill ram is great, so since it's a little cheaper I'll probably opt. for dual 8gb. I also noticed that your board doesn't have optical audio, will it still support 5.1 through HDMI?
 
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dragonslayyed11

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CPU:i7-4770 Quad Core ($305)
Motherboard: MSI Z87 G45 ($100)
HDD:1TB Western Digital or Any Brand (50-90)
MEMORY: Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3-1600Mhz ($85)
VIDEO CARD:GTX 650Ti 2GB ($100)
CASE:NZXT Case 921RB-001-BL GUARDIAN 921 ($60)
PSU: Corsair TX850M 850W 80 PLUS Bronze Cert ($70)
OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 8 ($100)
Total:$940.00
 
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