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Daniel Johnson

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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/gTYg7P - newly completed starter budget build. Need review on what is too much and what is crap that needs upgraded. Will be used mostly for internet browsing, typing, general computer use, some games as well, and tons of multitasking. Thanks so much guys, trying to build a workhorse really that can do some games.

The budget is max $700 for the not yet purchased items
 
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DeathRabit

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This will give you more FPS in games:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($113.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Corsair Force LS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($72.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 370 2GB WINDFORCE 2X Video Card ($144.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM (64-bit) (Purchased For $138.89)
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($5.00 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($5.00 @ NCIX US)
Monitor: Dell U2410 24.0" Monitor (Purchased For $493.48)
Keyboard: AZIO Levetron Mech5 Wired Gaming Keyboard
Mouse: Mad Catz R.A.T. 7 Wired Laser Mouse (Purchased For $84.99)
Headphones: Astro A50 - Black 7.1 Channel Headset (Purchased For $299.99)
Other: Logitech Z-4 40 watts 2.1 Speakers (Purchased For $49.99)
Total: $1631.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-27 01:40 EDT-0400


And for under 700$

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($176.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Corsair Force LS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($72.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card ($193.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM (64-bit) (Purchased For $138.89)
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($5.00 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($5.00 @ NCIX US)
Monitor: Dell U2410 24.0" Monitor (Purchased For $493.48)
Keyboard: AZIO Levetron Mech5 Wired Gaming Keyboard
Mouse: Mad Catz R.A.T. 7 Wired Laser Mouse (Purchased For $84.99)
Headphones: Astro A50 - Black 7.1 Channel Headset (Purchased For $299.99)
Other: Logitech Z-4 40 watts 2.1 Speakers (Purchased For $49.99)
Total: $1743.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-27 01:45 EDT-0400
 
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MarkW

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Small Corsair power supplies have problems and too many start dying within 6 months to a year.

I am going to list two top of the line power supplies for you. Take your choice. Both will work great for you.

EVGA 110-B2-0750-VR 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply $79.99 - $30 mail in rebate = $49.99

SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Non-Modular ATX Power Supply $57.99

Next, take a good look at the brand new GTX 950. Much faster than the 750Ti, and still a fairly low price. The GTX 950 also supports 2 way SLI if you decide you want to go that route someday, the 750Ti does not.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/asus-geforce-gtx-950-strix,4270.html
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-950-2GB-Review-Maxwell-MOBA

I would really like to see you get a I5 CPU with 4 cores. I know it adds $75 to the total price, but there are some games that really perform much better with 4 cores than 2. The I5-4460 is the one I would pick if I was doing this.
 
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The coolermaster box fan comes with thermal paste, you could save a few dollars there as the paste they give is adequate.
You should go with the GTX 950 instead of the 750 Ti. It is about 40$ more than the 750, but it will give you an additional 10-15fps increase to your minimum framerate, making a TON of games playable at highest settings, 60 fps (avg) 1080.
Another increase would be to ditch the 128gb 73$ corsair, and spend 17$ more (90$) on a Samsung evo 250gb. You won't regret paying 17$ for 122gb, I can assure you.
Also It would not hurt to move to the 1150 chipset. Don't let the parts picker website dictate what you can, and cannot buy.
Haswell i3
20$ gets you into a haswell Cpu at 3.6 ghz (so it will be significantly faster than the ivy i3 you selected at 3.3 ghz)
Biostar Board
throw that CPU onto this 48$ MSI board, and you're good to go. This particular motherboard has a usb 3.0 header, which matches your case. It may get a bit cramped throwing all those cables onto a tiny micro ATX, but them's the breaks of small (and cheap) form factors.
 
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Ok, so if i upped the budget to $1000 and waited for an extra paycheck, then what do you guys think about this?

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

The keyboard was in fact already purchased, im not sure why it messed up

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($359.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.89 @ OutletPC)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.75 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($102.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Mushkin Redline 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($131.98 @ Directron)
Storage: Corsair Force LS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($72.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($209.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($27.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM (64-bit) (Purchased For $138.89)
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($5.00 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($5.00 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($5.00 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($5.00 @ NCIX US)
Monitor: Dell U2410 24.0" Monitor (Purchased For $493.48)
Keyboard: AZIO Levetron Mech5 Wired Gaming Keyboard
Mouse: Mad Catz R.A.T. 7 Wired Laser Mouse (Purchased For $84.99)
Headphones: Astro A50 - Black 7.1 Channel Headset (Purchased For $299.99)
Other: Logitech Z-4 40 watts 2.1 Speakers (Purchased For $49.99)
Total: $2075.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-27 04:15 EDT-0400
 
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MarkW

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You are not going to get a decent or good power supply for anything less than $50. It just does not happen. Pick one of these.

SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Non-Modular ATX Power Supply $57.99

SeaSonic M12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $65.99

SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Non-Modular ATX Power Supply $68.99

EVGA 110-B2-0850-V1 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply $89.99 - $20 mail in rebate = $69.99

EVGA 110-B2-0750-VR 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply $79.99 - $30 mail in rebate = $49.99

That motherboard supports an M.2 4x SSD. It also supports NVMe bootable SSD cards. Both of these will be many times faster than a SATA III SSD. If you can find one of those at a reasonable price, you would be better off with the M.2 or NVMe SSD.

I highly recommend buying Windows 7 or 8.1 instead of Windows 10. You can always take advantage of the free upgrade to Windows 10 when its finally stable, which for far too many people right now, it is not.

And then the headset you picked... $300... For something that review after review pretty consistently say are mediocre headsets?

An Audio Experience With Astro Gaming's A50 Headset, Hands On
By Rexly Peñaflorida AUGUST 14, 2015 5:00 AM - Source: Tom's Hardware US

My current recomendation for a decent gaming/music headset is the HyperX Cloud II Gaming Headset for PC & PS4 - Red (KHX-HSCP-RD) $91.82 (in red) at Amazon.com
Same item at pcpartpicker.com $99.99

I am not going to nit-pick about $7 thermal paste. On a $2000 build, its peanuts.

I do like the jump to Skylake. There is a lot to like with the new CPU and Z170 chipset. I wish I looking to build a new system right now, because the Skylake CPU and Chipset are very interesting, and have generational upgrades in them. That means that there are things that changed between the Skylake CPU's and Z170 chipset that you only see every decade or so.

The price went up. But if you can afford it, and get a better power supply, and headset, it should be a good system for you for years.
 
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