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smorizio
nozzzy why dont you get him a 600w or larger unit so latter he have the wattage to put in a faster gpu without changing the power supply. a 500w unit is ok for the card he has now but there not the wattage or amp headroom for a larger gpu without swapping the power supply.
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nozzzy why dont you get him a 600w or larger unit so latter he have the wattage to put in a faster gpu without changing the power supply. a 500w unit is ok for the card he has now but there not the wattage or amp headroom for a larger gpu without swapping the power supply.
 
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I just figured that if this was being built for a friend upgrading would not be a worry however if you plan on upgrading then yes a 600W or even like you said a 750W.
 
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Nozzy7, I don't really have a favorite but the as rock motherboards are pretty cheap.(i'd like to have a asus mobo on my personal list but they are too expensive)
 
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I just noticed that most of your builds had ASRocks so I was wondering. And yes asus MOBOs are great.
 
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I just changed the video card to this: EVGA GeForce GT 740 4GB Superclocked Video Card should I keep the change?

Nozzy7 : can you think of a asus mobo i could get, and stay at 800?
 
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I can't remember what GPU you had before to compare to so if you could refresh my memory that would help. The gt 740 is decent but I would think that a gt 740 with GDDR5 memory would be better even if you only had 2gb of GDDR5 vs 4gb of DDR3. And for the motherboard I could'nt find a asus motherboard for the price better than the board you have though I think the one you chose will be fine.
 
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Try this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($103.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-GAMING 3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($59.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($45.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.33 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cougar MG100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($32.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.45 @ OutletPC)
Total: $446.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-06 10:03 EDT-0400
 
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