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Kohwali

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This is what I have so far.

This is for a friend who will be primarily gaming on 1600x900. I went with G3258 over FX-6300 because of the better upgrade routes he can take. He'll probably have to OC it so it doesn't bottleneck the GPU, but I'm sure he'll manage. He does prefer closer to $700 (he shot down an i5-4460 based build I suggested). I'd rather not skimp out on other parts such as the PSU, case, or mobo, to squeeze it in.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($88.98 @ DirectCanada)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($27.24 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($88.99 @ NCIX)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.21 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.01 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card ($199.50 @ Vuugo)
Case: Fractal Design FD-CA-CORE-3500-BL-W ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($71.19 @ Amazon Canada)
Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud Pro Headset ($74.98 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $744.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-12 16:24 EST-0500

Any feedback would be appreciated.
 
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Geekwads build but change to an H97 mb and downgrade to a GTX950 to save money.
The low resolution monitor won't need the power of the 960 to game well

Swapping out the hybrid hard drive will save too. It will only speed boot times so if you sleep or standby instead there should be no difference
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Geekwad

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Another option, just for fun:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($141.98 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: ASRock B85M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($59.75 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.21 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Seagate 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive ($84.99 @ NCIX)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($238.25 @ Vuugo)
Case: BitFenix Outlaw White USB3.0 ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.88 @ Canada Computers)
Power Supply: Antec Basiq Plus 550W 80+ Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($68.62 @ shopRBC)
Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud Pro Headset ($74.98 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $762.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 
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Geekwads build but change to an H97 mb and downgrade to a GTX950 to save money.
The low resolution monitor won't need the power of the 960 to game well

Swapping out the hybrid hard drive will save too. It will only speed boot times so if you sleep or standby instead there should be no difference
 
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Kohwali

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It really depends. People told me that a GTX 980 on 1080p would be overkill, but I play a lot of Skyrim and with all the mods I run, my OC'd 980 still hits 99% usage.

Thanks for the response though, I'll keep those in mind.
 
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