CN $700 Med-High Gaming PC Black Friday

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Hey everyone, I'm trying to get my first gaming PC build with CN $700 budget.

I will web browse several tabs always and watch tons of youtube, and microsoft office. The games I will play will be new and older games (FO3, Batman, etc) and I do NOT mind playing games with medium-high settings with good FPS, I want FPS over graphics quality. I would like to play 1080p (my monitor has 1080p) but do not mind playing at 720p either and like I mentioned, I do not mind switching graphics quality lower to get better FPS at all.


My only stuck point is that I probably will not upgrade this PC for the next 2-3 years.

I have a build (link below) and was wondering if it will get the job done, or if there is any better combinations to get for the same budget. Since I will not upgrade for a while, I would like to OC the cpu.

I have a Monitor, keyboard + mouse, and windows is not a problem since I am a college student. I will rely on Steam so CD drive isn't needed as well.

Please let me know if this build is good to get soon since black friday is coming up. I am very very new and do not mind constructive criticism at all. Let me know of any better changes or builds I can have for the same budget.

Thank you all in advance.

My build: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/qjrBK8
 
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This New Intel Skylake build will perform better than the AMD and you can upgrade to i5 or i7 later on. The AMD leaves you nowhere to go to upgrade. This build has a better power supply, newer video card and better case for about the same money, along with Intel's newest technology. For another $30 CAD you can get the 4GB version of the R9 380.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($159.99 @ NCIX)
Motherboard: ASRock H170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($158.15 @ DirectCanada)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($77.50 @ Vuugo)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.71 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 2GB Dual-X Video Card ($259.75 @ Vuugo)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($82.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ NCIX)
Total: $876.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-02 23:26 EST-0500

 
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I did quite the research and I think the 280x is better than the 380 in terms of GPU?
And for the upgradability, could the FX 6300 OCed beat the i3 6100 for the next 2 years? I dont really want to upgrade the PC once I've built it, not for a couple of years at least.
 
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The old AMD has nothing on the Intel. Intel core performance is far better than AMD. It's just a waste of money, IMO, to buy an old, slow, hot, energy inefficient CPU. The FX-6300 was released in 2012 making it nearly 4 years old now. It's your money so do what you think is best. As far as the video card, 1 GB memory is not going to make a big difference but more memory is a good thing.
 
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Yeah I agree with what you're saying. I will not upgrade the system I build for the next 2-3 years tho so would you still recommend the build you gave or do you think I should just push my budget to CN $1000 and have an i5 that'll last me a couple years?

Could you provide a good "future proof" build with CN $1000 without monitor, keyboard+mouse and windows, that'll last 3 years

Edit: You can suggest a new graphics card, mobo, cpu, basically the whole BEST deal I would get for CN $1000
 
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Have a look at this-

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($259.99 @ NCIX)
Motherboard: ASRock H170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($134.50 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($77.50 @ Vuugo)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.71 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($284.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ NCIX)
Total: $1004.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-03 15:20 EST-0500
 
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Thank you all so much for your input. I looked at the builds and came up with this one. I decided to make my PC my full-time gaming setup so I can play newer and older games with much smoother experience and better graphics than my PS3 and PS4. Let me know if there is anything you guys would change in this build.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($299.99 @ NCIX)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($27.71 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($189.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($55.23 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.71 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($439.98 @ NCIX)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($82.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($124.99 @ NCIX)
Total: $1278.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-03 17:50 EST-0500
 
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