Help on building a $700-900 gaming pc

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kraahkan

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Hello, I am looking to possibly build my own gaming pc for just under the 1000 dollar mark, but I am completely new to the idea of building a PC. I'm looking to build a computer that will be able to play games like Skyrim, battlefield 3, planetside 2 at the 1980x1080 resolution mark, ideally around med-high settings at a smooth 60fps.
I'm in Canada, and I know newegg is supposed to be good. I just need a bit of help selecting parts to use, as I have no idea how to go about selecting a motherboard // cpu // gpu that will all work together. I've looked for videos and guides, but they all seem to be geared to showing you how to build a specific build, rather then picking out parts that will work together.
Any help is appreciated, thanks! [=
 
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Chairman Ray

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To build a gaming pc, first you select the resolution of your monitor. Then you decide what graphics settings you want. I see you've already got those things. For your requirements, I would recommend the radeon 6870. Different brands change prices over time, so the cheapest one after rebate will be fine.

Here's one:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161396

Next you want to select the cpu. The question is, are you going to do anything cpu intensive? Cpu intensive tasks include streaming video, or doing video encoding. I will give you advice assuming you are not, but if you are, then I can suggest alternatives. For your cpu, an i5-3300 is probably the most that you will need.

Here's the cpu:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116781

Here's the motherboard:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130653

Next is all the other junk. For psu, anything between 400W-500W will be good. Good brands include Antec, Corsair, and Seasonic.

Here's a fitting psu:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139026

For the case, I personally recommend:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119197

I've been using that case for a long time and I love it to death. It's very sturdy, has great airflow, and has great cable management.

For RAM, you only need really need 4gb, but since you can get 8gb quite inexpensively now, why not?

Here's the ones I use, and I like them:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314

Optical drive, you can just go for like a cheap $17 one. Hard drive, whatever you choose will be okay. Anything between 500gb and 2tb are quite economical.

If somebody else could look it over and verify everything is fine, that would be great.
 
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You could possibly run games on ultra in 1080p with 60 FPS...

Get an i5-3570k and a 7970 GHz.
 
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For the cpu I wouldn't be streaming video or anything no, but I should be doing at least a bit of music production: though nothing professional by any means. From my very basic knowledge of cpu's, the i5 processor you picked out should be fine yes?

I picked this hardrive out;
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148681
Should be good yes?


 
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I would go for a hard drive that's 7200 RPM. It will shave a second every time there's a loading screen in a game.

The i5 i picked out is on the lower end of Intel quad core processors, but it's more than enough for games.
 
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Case : NZXT LEXA S LEXS. ( $79.99 )
♦ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146060

MotherBoard : GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-D3H LGA 1155. ( $134.99 )
♦ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128546

CPU : Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz. ( $229.99 )
♦ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504

Ram : Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1600. ( $24.99 )
♦ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104203

GPU : EVGA SuperClocked GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-bit GDDR5. ( $229.99 )
♦ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130826

HDD : Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache. ( $79.99 )
♦ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840

PSU : CORSAIR Enthusiast Series 650W 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified. ( $89.99 )
♦ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020

Optical Drive: SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner 22X DVD+R. ( $16.99 )
♦ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151244

♣ TOTAL = $887.
now u have a really nice spec. to go for ultra in most games , and for the cpu if u want to overclock it and get a better performance you should buy an after market cpu cooler. and you can go for that one.

CPU Cooler : COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO. ( $30.99 )
♦ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099

and the TOTAL WILL BE = $918.

( notice that without even overclocking it you still can smoothly play most of modern games smoothly).

GOOD LUCK ;)
 
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kraahkan

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Thank you! I will post if I build this, which I most surely hope to! =D
 
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