Approximate Purchase Date: this week
Budget Range: $800-900
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: CPU, Mobo, GPU, SSD, RAM
Do you need to buy OS: No
Location: FL
Parts Preferences: None
Overclocking: Maybe...on second thought probably not.
SLI or Crossfire: Eventually
This is what I was able to come up with so far:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($314.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($107.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($308.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $831.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-17 21:28 EST-0500
Existing Parts:
PSU: FirePower ModXStream Pro 700MXSP 700W 80Plus Semi-Modular
HHD: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 1TB 7200 RPM
Heat Sink: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
Case: NZXT GAMMA Classic Series GAMA-001BK Black Steel ATX
I was also planning on going to Microcenter to buy the Motherboard and CPU since they have the CPU for $300 and the Motherboard for $79 when combined with the CPU. Thoughts? Am I able to improve the build?
Budget Range: $800-900
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: CPU, Mobo, GPU, SSD, RAM
Do you need to buy OS: No
Location: FL
Parts Preferences: None
Overclocking: Maybe...on second thought probably not.
SLI or Crossfire: Eventually
This is what I was able to come up with so far:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($314.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($107.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($308.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $831.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-17 21:28 EST-0500
Existing Parts:
PSU: FirePower ModXStream Pro 700MXSP 700W 80Plus Semi-Modular
HHD: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 1TB 7200 RPM
Heat Sink: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
Case: NZXT GAMMA Classic Series GAMA-001BK Black Steel ATX
I was also planning on going to Microcenter to buy the Motherboard and CPU since they have the CPU for $300 and the Motherboard for $79 when combined with the CPU. Thoughts? Am I able to improve the build?