What Am I Doing Wrong?!?!

dididan2000 · Dec 30, 2015

I am trying to build a PC for $800 or under, and I am stuck around the $1000 area. I do not want to make it bad, I just want it, again, at about $800 or under.

These are the specs I have:

Processor:
Name: 4th Generation Intel i5-4460
Price: $180 - Amazon Prime

Hard Drive:
Name: WD Blue 1TB Hard Drive 7200 RPM
SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache
Price: $55 - Amazon Prime

Solid State Drive (Boot Drive):
Name: SanDisk Ultra II 120GB
Price: $55 - Amazon Prime

Motherboard:
Name: MSI ATX Z97 PC MATE
Price: $95 - Amazon Prime

Memory:
Name: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2x8GB)
DDR3 2400MHz
Price: $85 - Amazon Prime

Graphics Card:
Name: AMD Radeon R9 380X (ASUS)
Price: $240 - Amazon Prime

DVD Drive:
Name: ASUS 24x DVD-RW Serial-ATA Internal
OEM Optical Drive
Price: $20 - Amazon Prime

Liquid Cooling Fan:
Name: Corsair Hydro Series High
Performance Liquid CPU Cooler H60
Price: $60 - Amazon Prime

Regular Case Fan:
Name: Cooler Master SickleFlow 120
Price $9 (X2... So $18) - Amazon Prime

Power Supply:
Name: EVGA 600W B1 80+ Gold
Price: $40 - Amazon Prime

Keyboard:
Name: Redragon K552 KUMARA Mechanical
Gaming Keyboard
Price $45 - Amazon Prime

Case (Windowed):
Name: Corsair Carbide Series 100R
Price: $45 - Amazon Prime

Windows 10:
Name: Home Edition
Price: $100 - Amazon Prime

hiyabusared · Dec 30, 2015

First off the motherboard don't get a z97 board your wasting money. Reason being is your going to be using a non k series 4th gen i5, so your not able to OC the cpu also your not going to be SLI/crossfire so again not worth the z97. Second 16gb of ram is a waste. I have had 12gb of ram since 2008ish and I have never even come close to using over 50%. Also is there a reason your using amazon prime?

Forever Oleg · Dec 30, 2015

Use pcpartpicker.com

BadActor · Dec 30, 2015

Your not gonna overclock that CPU. You don't need a Z97 board, only 8 GB's of 1600/1866 RAM, no cooler or extra fans. An if you could buy anywhere other than Amazon.....

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($174.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-HD2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($39.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card ($166.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($89.88 @ OutletPC)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $726.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-30 23:04 EST-0500

Beezy · Dec 30, 2015

gaming keyboard is pointless, liquid cooler for a non overclockable CPU?... just get an air cooler. also 2 x 4 GB RAM is sufficient..

hiyabusared · Dec 30, 2015

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/J6B7K8

Try this out its a bit over 800

Forever Oleg · Dec 30, 2015

hiyabusared :

NEX PSUs are pure trash and fail more frequently (in my experience) than CX PSUs.

This B2 (high quality) PSU is on sale right now making it a bargain: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-110b20750vr

Also, Asrock H97M PRO4 is a better board: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-h97mpro4

hiyabusared · Dec 30, 2015

Forever Oleg :

Thanks for pointing that out I must have misclicked. I do agree with the Asus board is better but the OP is apparently trying to stay very close to 800.

dididan2000 · Dec 30, 2015

What is a processor I could overclock?

dididan2000 · Dec 31, 2015

Can anyone pre build one with a cpu I could overclock and that is $800 or below?

hiyabusared · Dec 31, 2015

dididan2000 :

Does it have to be under 800 total or can Mail in Rebates be used to make it under 800?

Could try this http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Gm7nbv again know that a lot of parts were changed and some were removed to make it very close to 800

dididan2000 · Dec 31, 2015

hiyabusared :

Yeah, it could be mail and rebate $800

hiyabusared · Dec 31, 2015

dididan2000 :

Ok I did it again now I did my best to keep performance close to what you were asking. But note the ssd will put it over the 800 with rebates.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HbdtMp

TBH for some reason I can't change find the Cooler Master Evo 212 for the cpu cooler on pcpartpicker but that would be far better for cpu cooler imo than anything else

dididan2000 · Dec 31, 2015

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3trPP6
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/chB7K8

What about these?

hiyabusared · Dec 31, 2015

dididan2000 :

The second link you can OC no problem but again your far over the 800.

dididan2000 · Dec 31, 2015

hiyabusared :

True, but I will take the $100 I guess. Oh and, do you think I should swap out the MSI R9 380 for an MSI GFX 960? I am pretty sure the 960 is a bit faster and more power efficient, plus I think you could overclock it as well. If you cannot overclock the 960, then I will just stick with the 380

hiyabusared · Dec 31, 2015

dididan2000 :

the 4gb r9 380 and 4gb 960 I keep seeing blow for blow its a tight race. Personally the only reason I would choose the 960 because of power consumption over the r9 380 . But in performance wise go with the r9 380

madmatt30 · Dec 31, 2015

Best I can manage , dropped the ram to 8gb , add more if when you can afford it but for 99% of people 8gb is currently enough.

You're not doing overclock able for under $800 mate so dropped the aftermarket cooler.

& yes it matx but there's nothing wrong with that.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($174.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($62.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($32.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($44.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 4GB SOC Video Card ($193.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($15.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($89.88 @ OutletPC)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($21.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $767.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-31 01:48 EST-0500

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