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Adolie

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So, I am new to building my own Desktop and I have checked everything myself and w/ pcpartpicker. Here is my list: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Alodie/saved/#view=7wymP6.
the only issue is "Asus H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard has an onboard USB 3.0 header, but the Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case does not have front panel USB 3.0 ports." Should I order some kind of a splitter (if there is any) or is it fine as it is? Also is there any tweaks I should make to the build? Thank you in advanced.
 
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Look at my recommended build and uguv's recommended build. You can easily fit a GTX 950 into your build by ditching the CPU cooler. The i3-6100 comes with a CPU cooler that is more than enough, no point in spending more when you're on a tight budget.

Personally, I would not get the 16GB ram but get a more reliable PSU, like the Seasonic S12II 520W or something (The 600B in my original recommendation is what I consider bare minimum unless really really tight...
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Overall, the build has the right idea, but there a few revisions that can be made.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
If gaming is not as important to you, you could upgrade this to an i5-6500 and stay within budget. You'd be dropping from 1080p at medium settings to 720p at medium/low settings in exchange for a 1.5x (conservatively) better CPU.

Motherboard: Asus H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($57.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg)
16GB is a little odd to pair with an i3. When you're pushed for budget, you skim off the non-vital parts, and 8GB ram is more than enough for current and near future games and office computing.

Storage: PNY CS1311 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($39.99 @ Best Buy)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.89 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB Superclocked Video Card ($119.99 @ Amazon)
A 950 will serve you well for most games at 1080p, medium settings. It's an imprtant to note that you can't really step down your GPU, anything less than a 950 will not be a worthwhile increase (performance increase per cost increase) over the integrated graphics that comes on the i3-6100. AMD's budget GPUs are going to debut soon, so it might be worth your time to hold off on a GPU till those launch. This is where the "Can I wait?" clashes with "Do I want better hardware?".

Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
A pretty common value case, but cases are usually very personal choices. There are a lot of good options at $50, more so if you start including MIRs (which I don't).

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($45.98 @ Newegg)
A decent, reliable, budget PSU to round things out.

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($92.99 @ B&H)
Total: $606.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-22 04:08 EDT-0400
 
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Adolie

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About $70-80 is my budget for a GPU, is there any GPU within that price range?

 
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No GPU under $100 is going to be worth your money when paired with an i3-6100.
FOr reference, see the Graphics Card Hierarchy for reference. The i3-6100 comes with an Intel HD 530, the chepaest GPU that's worth the upgrade would be GTX 750 Ti, GtX 950, R9 370/270.

If you want to see a short man rant (rightly so, IMO) about GPUs like the R7 240, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sph6cjJeRdI Note: the video is old, but the concepts are still applicable.

If you want to see a more recent update on graphics cards in that price range, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp6ltBCMDCE
 
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Adolie

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Made room for a slight budget increase, how would this graphics card fare ASUS GTX 700 GeForce GTX 750 Ti DirectX 11 GTX750TI-OC-2GD5 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP?1072 MHz - Core Clock 1072, Boost Clock 1150, Cuda cores 640.
http://pcpartpicker.com/list/WFxD2R

 
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The 750 ti is about the lowest end card worth buying so it would be ok, but personally I'd save $15 by ditching the aftermarket cpu cooler and just using the stock CPU cooler and then get a gtx 950 instead of the 750 ti like this:

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

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($57.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($66.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($41.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB SSC ACX 2.0 Video Card ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($36.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM 64-bit ($84.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $597.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-22 13:00 EDT-0400
 
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Look at my recommended build and uguv's recommended build. You can easily fit a GTX 950 into your build by ditching the CPU cooler. The i3-6100 comes with a CPU cooler that is more than enough, no point in spending more when you're on a tight budget.

Personally, I would not get the 16GB ram but get a more reliable PSU, like the Seasonic S12II 520W or something (The 600B in my original recommendation is what I consider bare minimum unless really really tight on budget). But that's because I prefer longevity and reliability over performance. 8GB RAM is more than enough for current games and programs. Generally speaking, unless you have a specific reason, most people don't get more than 8GB ram for budgets under $900 as that money is usually better spent elsewhere.
For PSU reference, check out PSU Tier List

If $630 is your budget, it's even possible to fit in a GTX 960 or an R9 380 which will allow you to max out most games at 1080p. All you have to do, is take my original recommendation, step down on PSU and Case and increase budget to $630, and you have: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/jDfKBP
 
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