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Brandi_3

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Hey girls. And guys.

So i spent a tad of time on newegg trying to put together a decent gaming desktop
That is somewhat in my budget $1,000-$1,350. Games, Videos, Some Photoshop, And editing programs. But mainly games.

My question; Is their any room for improvement? Are they all compatible for what i want for being on a budget. Better bang for the buck? Less buck for the same thing? Thanks so much! Any response is appreciated before i put in the ticket...

Not sure if the list was showing, But heres a write up of it. :)
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 04G-P4-3975-KR 4GB SSC GAMING w/ACX 2.0+
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K Devil's Canyon Quad-Core 3.5 GHz LGA 1150
MOBO: ASUS Z170 PRO GAMING LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s
CASE: Corsair Vengeance Series C70 Gunmetal Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound AS5-3.5G - OEM
CPU COOLER: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120 mm PWM Fan
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3
SSD: SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE250BW 2.5" 250GB SATA 6Gb/s 1x nm Samsung Toggle DDR 2.0
HDD: Seagate Desktop HDD ST1000DM003 1TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
CD/DVD: ASUS 24X DVD Burner
PSU: SeaSonic M12II 620 Bronze 620W ATX12V V2.3 / EPS 12V V2.91 SLI Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Full Modular
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Home - 64-bit - OEM
 
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Do you have any brand preferences? As it sits I see a few issues with the proposed build, mainly due to the motherboard. It's not the same socket for the CPU, so it won't actually work. I threw this together as something you could consider as an alternative. It uses all new series parts (so Intel's newest processor series and DDR4 ram) Also, the CPU Cooler has a manually entered price since it isn't showing up on PCPartPicker.

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Brandi_3

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Update; Added write up list. Not sure if other list was showing properly.

I plan on using the SSD for my OS and a program or two, And the HDD for games.
 
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Brandi_3

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I see people going with the MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA115 MOBO
Over the ASUS Z170 PRO GAMING LGA 1151 i previous mentioned.
Any reason i should switch to it or stick with what i intentionally posted.
 
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irish190

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Same here, LOL. Have you been to PCPARTPICKER yet? If niot check it out for compatibility issues. I see a few things you might have trouble with.

 
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irish190

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Hers my build I'm contemplating.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/yM2NkL
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/yM2NkL/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($233.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: LEPA AquaChanger 240 103.6 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($77.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($134.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.99 @ Micro Center)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card ($174.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF XB EVO ATX Desktop Case ($89.42 @ Mac Mall)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: BitFenix Spectre Pro LED 148.7 CFM 200mm Fan ($18.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: Asus VX238H 23.0" Monitor ($110.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1144.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-27 11:48 EDT-0400
 
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CV_Taihou

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Do you have any brand preferences? As it sits I see a few issues with the proposed build, mainly due to the motherboard. It's not the same socket for the CPU, so it won't actually work. I threw this together as something you could consider as an alternative. It uses all new series parts (so Intel's newest processor series and DDR4 ram) Also, the CPU Cooler has a manually entered price since it isn't showing up on PCPartPicker.

6600k build



 
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